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THE TEDDY AWARD WINNERS 2020

This is the moment you’ve all been waiting for! The jury has chosen this year’s TEDDY Award winners! We’re so excited to announce the freshly selected award winning films:

Best FEATURE Film

Nominees:
– Shirley, dir. Josephine Decker
– Futur Drei, dir. Faraz Shariat
– The Twentieth Century, dir. Matthew Rankin

Winner:
Futur Drei, dir. Faraz Shariat
 
You can read more about the movie on the TEDDY blog and below you can watch our interview with Fariaz Shariat:

Best DOCUMENTARY

Nominees:
– Petite fille, dir. Sébastien Lifshitz
– Si c’était de l’amour, dir. Patric Chiha
– La casa dell’amore, dir. Luca Ferri

Winner:
Si c’était de l’amour, dir. Patric Chiha

You can read more about the movie on the TEDDY blog and below you can watch our interview with Patric Chiha:

Best SHORT Film

Nominees:
– Extractions, dir. Thirza Cuthand
– Untitled Sequence of Gaps, dir. Vika Kirchenbauer
– Genius Loci, dir. Adrien Merigeau
– Playback. Ensayo de una despedida, dir. Agustina Comedi

Winner:
Playback. Ensayo de una despedida, dir. Agustina Comedi

You can read more about the movie on the TEDDY blog and below you can watch our interview with Agustina Comedi:

Jury Award

Winner:
Rizi, von Tsai Ming-Liang

You can read more about the movie on our blog and watch the trailer here:

Readers’ Award

Winner:
Futur Drei, dir. Faraz Shariat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZNg8TIKDqQ

ACTIVIST Award

Winner:
Welcome to Chechnya, dir. David France

You can read more about the movie on the TEDDY blog and below you can watch our interview with David France:

Congratulations to all the winners and nominees! Thank you for making movies! :)

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TEDDY TODAY: Friday the 28th of February 2020

Worried that you’ve missed some of the films? Have you watched one that you truly enjoyed and wish to see it again?

We’ve prepared here another list of almost 20 films that you can re-watch (for the first, second or tenth time). Don’t forget to bring a friend! :)

Re-Screenings:

  1. Vento Seco – CinemaxX 7 – 09:00
  2. Charlatan – Haus der Berliner Festspiele – 09:30
  3. El Nombre Del Hijo – Urania – 10:00
  4. Panteres – Filmtheater am Friedrichshain – 10:00
  5. Rizi – Friedrichstadt-Palast – 10:00
  6. Always Amber – Cubix 7 – 10:00
  7. Babylebbe – Filmtheater am Friedrichshain – 10:00
  8. Las Mil Y Una – CinemaxX 6 – 11:15
  9. Charlatan – Friedrichstadt-Palast – 13:00
  10. Suk Suk – Cubix 7 – 13:15
  11. Who Can Predict What Will Move You – Filmtheater am Friedrichshain – 13:30
  12. Alice Júnior – CinemaxX 3 – 13:30
  13. Welcome to Chechnya – Colosseum 1 – 14:30
  14. Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets – CinemaxX 4 – 16:00
  15. Minyan – Zoo Palast 2 – 16:15
  16. Hama’azin – Zoo Palast 3 – 16:30
  17. Inflorescence – Zoo Palast 3 – 16:30
  18. Genius Loci – Cubix 9 – 21:30
  19. Die Letzte Stadt – International – 22:00
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Live Stream TEDDY AWARD Ceremony

Don’t miss the live stream of the 34th TEDDY AWARD Ceremony. The Live Transmission is starting on Feb. 28, from 8pm-11pm

Here’s the link to watch the event live.

Also please check our Facebook live stream

The 34th TEDDY AWARD takes place within the framework of the Berlin International Film Festival from February 20, 2020 – March 1, 2020 and is awarded in the categories Best Feature Film, Best Documentary Film, Best Short Film, Jury Award and the TEDDY Readers Award.

The award ceremony and the glittering TEDDY After Show & Backstage PARTY is taking place on Feb. 28, 2020 at Volksbühne Berlin.

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TEDDY TODAY: Thursday the 27th of February

We know for sure that you are all very excited because tomorrow is the big day. For the few of you who don’t know, tomorrow is the 34th Teddy Award Ceremony. To prepare perfectly for it, we all have the opportunity to plan a day at the cinema today.
The three films listed below are the last premieres this year.
We wish you a lot of fun with the films and hope to see you all tomorrow at the Ceremony!

Rizi
15:30 Berlinale Palast

Rizi © Homegreen Films

Kang lives alone in a big house, Non in a small city apartment. They meet. They part, and the days flow as before. Tsai Ming Liang’s quietly observing film is about the embrace of the two men.

 

Charlatan
18:45 Berlinale Palast

© Marlene Film Production

Jan Mikolásek is a miracle healer with a kind of special status both during the time of the Nazi protectorate and in the Czechoslovakian Communist Party. In the 1950s, however, the political climate became unpredictable. The charlatan and his assistant are threatened with fall.

 

Alice Júnior
20:30 Urania

© Beija Flor Filmes

After moving to a conservative small tow in southern Brazil, Alice, a transgender girl, has to confront her repressive new surroundings. But, full of courage, energy and self-confidence, the young Youtuber turns established stereotypes upside down.

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TEDDY TODAY: Tuesday 25th February

Day six and more than half of this year’s Berlinale is already gone. But don’t be disappointed; as a little encouragement, there are two more wonderfully diverse films that are being shown in the cinemas for the first time today!

As the days are passing by, you can still find the films that have already been shown and will be shown again today at the end of this article.

Trigonometry
17:00 Zoo Palast 1

Picture shows: Kieran (GARY CARR), Gemma (THALISSA TEIXEIRA), Ray (ARIANE LABED)

London, the present: Gemma is a chef, Kieran a paramedic and Ray, who moves in with the young couple, is at a loss. They fall in love, each with the other and all together. Can this possibly work out? Or might it actually be the best thing that could ever happen o them?

 

Meu Nome É Bagdá
20:30 Urania

© Luh Barreto

With her hair short, trousers pulled up high and sweater tucked into the waistband, 17-year-old Baghdad from Sao Paulo spends her days skateboarding tainted by sexism and violence.