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The Program 2014

03.02.14, 10 PM
Wieland Speck and the TEDDYfoundation present: MonGay Special
INTRODUCTION TO THE QUEER FILMS OF THE 64th BERLINALE @Kino International
Karl-Marx-Allee 33, 10178 Berlin
Head of the Panorama Section Wieland Speck presents the 2014 TEDDY program.
Ticket proceeds go to the TEDDY foundation (full price: 7 euro, concessions: 6.50 euro)

07.02.14, 10 PM
TEDDY GRAND OPENING NIGHT @SchwuZ
Rollbergstraße 26, 12053 Berlin
TEDDY JURY RECEPTION
with:
SO LOW SUICIDE
MADLICK
GODMOTHER
Djs: LEGO & K.JELL, JULI CHANCE & ENA LIND, BRUCE LABRUCE, DISKO CABINE, MICHAEL VON FISCHBACH
Entrance fee: 8 euro until midnight, afterwards 10 euro
(1 euro donation for the Side-by-Side Queer Filmfestival St. Petersburg)

14.02.14, 9 PM
28th TEDDY AWARD GALA @Komische Oper Berlin
Behrenstraße 55-57, 10117 Berlin
Host: JOCHEN SCHROPP
with:
HEDWIG & THE ANGRY INCH feat. SVEN RATZKE
DAGMAR MANZEL
GÜNTER PAPENDELL
LUCIEN DANTE
PIERRE CAESAR
JADE LEE PETERSEN
JESSICA GADANI
DAVID PEREIRA
JACK WOODHEAD
and with the ORCHESTER DER KOMISCHEN OPER BERLIN

TEDDY MIDNIGHT SPECIAL
“WHIPSTICK” with David Pereira & Jack Woodhead

TEDDY AFTER SHOW CHILL & DANCE
Live & DJs with:
SIGRID GRAJEK as CLAIRE WALDOFF
KATHARINA LEBEDEW
LUCIEN DANTE
JOAQUIN LA HABANA
DJs:
K.JELL
JOEY HANSOM
TRUST.THE.GIRL

And for those of you for whom the night is not enough and who want to party all day, we organized a party shuttle bus which will bring you to the TEDDY AWARD Closing Party at the new SchwuZ. Entrance is included in the Gala ticket fee.

14.02.14, 11 PM
TEDDY 2014 CLOSING PARTY @SchwuZ
Rollbergstraße 26, 12053 Berlin
with:
NUCLEAR FAMILY
Djs: LA SCHMOCK, KEVINFUNKT, GLORIA VIAGRA , AVIV-WITHOUT-THE-TEL, PA$CHA, KRIZZI WITH THE K!, LUCKY PIERRE
Entrance fee: 8 euro until midnight, afterwards 10 euro
(1 euro donation for the Side-by-Side Queer Filmfestival St. Petersburg)

28th TEDDY AWARD ON TV

15.02.14, 11.25 PM, ARTE Television and ARTE+7
28th TEDDY AWARD GALA
in Germany

16.02.14, 00.05 AM, ARTE Television and ARTE+7
28th TEDDY AWARD GALA
in France

18.02.14, 10 PM
Wieland Speck and the TEDDYfoundation present: MonGay Special
TEDDY AWARD WINNER FILM(S) FROM THE 64th BERLINALE @Kino International
Karl-Marx-Allee 33, 10178 Berlin
Ticket proceeds go to the TEDDY foundation (full price: 7 euro, concessions: 6.50 euro)

28th TEDDY AWARD Ceremony – Ticket presale has begun

The 28. TEDDY AWARD will be given away during the 64. Berlin International Film Festival on Friday, 14th of February 2014. The location of the festive awarding in 2014 will be the Komische Oper Berlin. Besides of the award winners of the evening, a high class artistic stage programme will await the audience. Among many others the baritone singer Günther Papendell, the actress Dagmar Manzel and the Orchestra of the Komische Oper Berlin will perform on the TEDDY stage. A musical homage will be dedicated to the pop icon Dusty Springfield. Valeska Gert, exceptional person, dancer, cabaret artist and actress will accompany us digitally through the evening. And last but not least the TEDDY bows to Russians most famous and important queer film icon: Sergej M. Eisenstein.
FRIDAY FEB. 14, 2014 
21:00 TEDDY AWARD Ceremony, Komische Oper Berlin
23:00 TEDDY AFTER SHOW LOUNGE
23:45 MIDNIGHT SPECIAL Premiere DAVID PEREIRA & JACK WOODHEAD mit “WHIPSTICK”
23:00 TEDDY AWARD Closing Party / SchwuZ

Friday Feb. 07, 2014

TEDDY GRAND OPENING NIGHT / SchwuZ

Friday Feb. 14, 2014

21:00 TEDDY AWARD CEREMONY,  Komische Oper Berlin
23:00 TEDDY AFTER SHOW LOUNGE
23:45 MIDNIGHT SPECIAL Premiere DAVID PEREIRA & JACK WOODHEAD mit “WHIPSTICK”
23:00 TEDDY AWARD Closing Party / SchwuZ

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MARIO MONTEZ 1935 – 2013

Mario Montez, Warhol Superstar dies at 78
Asked to name his favorite superstar, Jack Smith singled out the appealing madcap known as Mario Montez, explaining that “he [sic] immediately enlists the sympathy of the audience.”

Mario — who was born Rene Rivera in Puerto Rico in 1935 and died of a stroke last week at his Florida home — was an unclassifiable gender blur and underground luminary of the first order.

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