The 19 Films Up For Cannes' Queer Palm Award: Will a Lesbian-Interest Film Finally Win?

An all-female jury led by "Appropriate Behaviour" director Desiree Akhavan will decide the winner of the 6th annual Queer Palm awards, which has 12 films in the running for best feature honors and 7 for best short. Previous winners have included Gregg Araki's "Kaboom," Xavier Dolan's "Laurence Anyways,"  Alain Guiraudie's "Stranger By The Lake" and -- last year -- Matthew Warchus's "Pride." Though lesbians do feature in the latter, the award has been dominated by male-centric films in its first half decade. Even "Blue is the Warmest Color" lost to "Stranger" despite winning the Palme D'Or. But 2015 seems...

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