Queer Palm: John Cameron Mitchell president of the jury for the 2023 edition

American actor and director John Cameron Mitchell (Shortbus) will chair the 2023 jury for the Queer Palm, an LGBT+ award given out during the Cannes Film Festival, organizers said on Tuesday, April 25. He succeeds Catherine Corsini, and will be joined by director and actress Isabel Sandoval, actress Louise Chevillotte, Belgian director Zeno Graton and programmer and critic Cédric Succivalli.

Created in 2010 by critic Franck Finance-Madureira, the Queer Palm rewards each year a film and short films dealing with LGBT+, queer or feminist themes, among all the Cannes selections. Last year, the prize was awarded to the Pakistani film Joyland by Saim Sadiq.