For the 32nd time, the TEDDY AWARD will be awarded during the International Film Festival Berlin (Feb.15-25, 2017). The festive award ceremony for the world’s most important queer film prize will take place on February 23, 2018 in the Haus der Berliner Festspiele.
Several Diversity Talks will take place in the lead-up to the award ceremony:
Tuesday, 20.02.2018
TEDDY Diversity Talks @ BRLO Brwhouse, Schöneberger Straße 16, 10963 Berlin (U-Bhf. Gleisdreieck), presented by L‘Oréal Paris
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Before Pride: Queer Film Pioneers on their legacy and contemporary work
Jerry Tartaglia is an experimental filmmaker and writer whose work in experimental film and Queer Cinema began in the early 1970s. For more than twenty years, Jerry Tartaglia has also worked on restoring, preserving and exhibiting the film legacy of queer film pioneer Jack Smith. “Escape from Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith”, Tartaglia’s film essay about the work of Jack Smith, premieres at the Forum Expanded.
Panelist: Jerry Tartaglia - Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith
Moderation: Toby Ashraf
Registration at https://www.eventbrite.de/e/teddy-diversity-talk-before-pride-registration-42704942633
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Bodies of Evidence: The Sensual and Political Power of Transformation
Directors Claudia Priscilla / Kiko Goifman and Evangelia Kranioti delve into the queer underground of Brazil, portraying the female trans* body as a symbol of transformation, sensual celebration and political resistance.
Panelists: Evangelia Kranioti - Obscuro Barocco
Kiko Goifman, Claudia Priscilla & Linn da Quebrada - Bixa Travesty
Moderation: Margarita Tsomou
Registration at https://www.eventbrite.de/e/teddy-diversity-talk-bodies-of-evidence-registration-42705526379
Wednesday, 21.02.2018
TEDDY Diversity Talks @ BRLO Brwhouse, Schöneberger Straße 16, 10963 Berlin (U-Bhf. Gleisdreieck), presented by L‘Oréal Paris
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Black Queer Women in Focus:The Economy of Space and Desire
Black lesbian and queer women are claiming and re-imagining the spaces they live, work and celebrate in. These narratives intersect the private and public, intimate and the collective.
Panelists: Leilah Weinraub - Shakedown
Alina Skrzeszewska - Game Girls
Moderation: Margarita Tsomou
Registration at https://www.eventbrite.de/e/teddy-diversity-talk-black-queer-women-in-focus-registration-42705742024
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Go Your Own Way:Adolescent Resistance in Queer Narratives
Debut filmmakers Tsivia Barkai and Martín Rodríguez Redondo discuss their individual portraits of teenage life and desire. Hermetically sheltered and repressed by their surroundings, a transformation is triggered in these teenagers, which leads to resistance and self-determination.
Panelists: Martín Rodríguez Redondo - Marilyn
Tsivia Barkai - Para Aduma
Moderation: Toby Ashraf
Registration at https://www.eventbrite.de/e/teddy-diversity-talk-go-your-own-way-registration-42706022864
For the past 32 years, the TEDDY AWARD has honoured films and filmmakers who, with queer themes and cinematic engagement, contribute to greater tolerance, equality, acceptance and diversity in our society. The TEDDY AWARD is conferred in the categories Best Feature Film, Best Documentary/Essay Film, Best Short Film, TEDDY Jury Award and SPECIAL TEDDY AWARD.
Tickets for the TEDDY AWARD Ceremony in the Haus der Berliner Festspiele on February 23, 2018 are now available at https://papagena-shop.comfortticket.de/de/tickets/32-teddy-award or via the Ticket Hotline 030-4799 74 74. Tickets free of booking fee are available at the Prinz Eisenherz bookshop, Motzstraße 23, 10777 Berlin.
The TEDDY AWARD ceremony on February 23rd will take place at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Schaperstraße 24, 10719 Berlin, starting at 8:30 pm. From 11:30 pm onwards the hot TEDDY AWARD BACKSTAGE PARTY and the After Show Lounge will open their doors!