September 2006: 10th Lisbon Gay and Lesbian Film Festival - Awards - Best Documentary

Au-Delà de la Haine, directed by Olivier Meyrou (France, 2005) was awarded Best Documentary (1.000,00€) by jury members Manuela Kay, German journalist and coordinator for the Panorama Section of the Berlinale, Portuguese filmmaker João Pedro Rodrigues and Portuguese actor and stage director Luís Assis. According to the jury, Au-Delà de la Haine represents a different approach. Although focusing on homophobia, it surpasses the limits of this theme, presenting hate as a universal phenomenon. Being, among all other films in competition, cinematographically the most creative and inventive, it is as emotional as a fiction work and a very original approach on the use of documentary.”