As part of the Quad Cinema’s WorldPride Month programming, TEDDY AWARD founder Wieland Speck has curated “Queer Kino,” a program — with support from the Goethe-Institut — of nine classic queer German films from the 1970s and 1980s.
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32nd TEDDY AWARD is on the way
The 32nd TEDDY AWARD takes place within the scope of the 68th Berlin International Film Festival, Feb.15 – Feb.23, 2018 and is awarded in the categories Best Feature Film, Best Documentary / Essay Film, Best Short Film, TEDDY Jury Award and as Special TEDDY AWARD.
The festive TEDDY AWARD Ceremony will take place Feb.23, 2018, at 20:30pm at Haus der Berliner Festspiele.
Films
As soon as the selection of films is finished you will find here all information about the films in the race for the TEDDY AWARDS. The film programme will be published on this page on the afternoon of February 6, 2018.
Artwork
This years TEDDY AWARD artwork was created by the designers collective cabine.
The Many Facettes Of Queer Cinema
Queer is an umbrella sheltering non-hetero people
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Queer is an umbrella sheltering non-hetero people
Curating Queer Cinema since the late 70s – and before the term queer was used the way it is now: as a representation of a worldwide population of some 20 percent – I have come to the conclusion that the LGBTIQ* world, in many parts, has emancipated itself from the corner it was kept hostage by the hetero norm. Excluded from society and family alike, queer people have fought their way back into the community.
Film Submission 32nd TEDDY AWARD
Submit your film to 68th Berlinale.
Deadline for receipt of entry forms and films:
Feature-length films: November 01, 2017
Short films: November 15, 2017
In order to submit a film to the Berlinale you have to send the film and the completed film entry form to the festival before the given deadline.
Wieland Speck Takes on New Responsibilities
Berlinale: Wieland Speck Takes on New Responsibilities and Hands Over His Position as Head of Panorama after 25 Years
Wieland Speck, until now head of the Berlinale’s Panorama section, will in the future be contributing his extensive range of expertise on film to the Berlinale as Consultant of the Official Programme. Starting in 1982, Wieland Speck joined forces with Manfred Salzgeber to build up Panorama (an autonomous section as of 1980, known as “Info-Schau” until 1985) and made its programme one of the most prestigious in arthouse film.
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