The Cannes Film Festival has served as a consistent platform for world queer cinema. Only Blue Is the Warmest Color has won the Palme d’Or as a textually queer film, while other winners have included queer undertones. Cannes has helped launch many gay filmmakers and celebrated queer stories such as Carol and Portrait of a Lady on Fire. In 2010, the Queer Palm prize was created to honor the best queer film in the festival, with winners including Stranger on a Lake, Pride, and BPM. Before the Queer Palm, queer films already appeared at Cannes. In 2004, Tropical Malady became the first Thai film to enter the main competition, written and directed by Apichatpong Weerasethak.
"The Cannes Film Festival has been one of the most consistent platforms for world queer cinema throughout the years. Although Blue Is the Warmest Color is the only textually queer film to have ever won its highest honor, the Palme D'or,in 2012 (although one could argue other recent winners like Titane or Anatomy Of A Fall also have queer undertones), the festival has been the launching pad for dozens of gay filmmakers and movies, from Pedro Almódovar and Francois Ozon, to Carol and Portrait Of A Lady On Fire."
"In fact, a separate prize was created in 2010 to award the best queer film participating in the festival, aptly named the Queer Palm, with winners that include now-classic films like Stranger On A Lake, Pride, and BPM. But many queer films had played the fest before the inclusion of this award."
"In 2004, Tropical Malady became the first Thai film to play the main competition at Cannes. Written and directed by Apichatpong Weerasethak"
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