TEDDY TODAY: 26th of februar 2023

Today the 73rd Berlinale comes to an end. We had many great films and interviews this year. Not to forget the award ceremony of the GOLDEN BEARS and the TEDDY AWARDS. We´re extremly hapyy to have been able to send a clear message to our community and celebrating queer talent, creativity and solidarity!

To close out this year’s Berlinale you have another chance to check out a few of this year’s films today.

We look forward to next year and hope to see you again in 2024.

THE 2023 TEDDY WINNERS

The moment has come! After celebrating the incredible queer movies of the International Berlin Film Festival for the past month, we now know the names of the 2023 TEDDY AWARD winners.

The 37th edition of the TEDDY AWARD proved once again that there are infinite ways to tell queer stories. Our nominated films of 2023 illustrated this diversity in the best way possible, and we are overjoyed to see the work of all the directors, actors and behind-the-scenes workers being praised and appreciated. Unfortunately, at the end of the day, only one can win!

Without further ado, here are the 2023 winners. And the TEDDY goes to…

FEATURE FILM

ALL THE COLOURS OF THE WORLD ARE BETWEEN BLACK AND WHITE
Directed by Babatunde Apalowo

Film still All the Colours of the World Are Between Black and White © Polymath Pictures

SHORT FILM

MARUNGKA TJALATJUNU (Dipped in Black)
Directed by Matthew Thorne & Derik Lynch

Film still Marungka tjalatjunu | Dipped in Black © Other Pictures

DOCUMENTARY FILM

ORLANDO, MA BIOGRAPHIE POLITIQUE (Orlando, My Political Biography)
Directed by Paul B. Preciado

Film still Orlando, ma biographie politique | Orlando, My Political Biography © Les Films du Poisson

TEDDY JURY AWARD

VICKY NIGHT for her performance in SILVER HAZE
Regie: Sacha Polak

Film still Silver Haze © Viking Film

SPECIAL TEDDY AWARD

Andriy Khalpakhchi
Bohdan Zhuk

TEDDY TODAY: 23th of februar 2023

Are you as excited as we are? Tomorrow the award ceremony of the 37th TEDDY AWARDS will finally take place and afterwards you can party until the morning at the legendary TEDDY After Show Party. If you don’t have tickets yet, you should definitely get them today.

To have enough to talk about at the party you can find the premiere and today’s reruns as always down below.

PREMIERES:

TÁR

Directed by: Todd Field
USA, 2022, 158′

Film still TÁR © 2022 Focus Features, LLC.

Talented conductor Lydia Tár has established herself in the male-dominated world of classical music. When she arrives in Berlin as the first woman appointed to conduct a major German orchestra, she is at the peak of her career. Between commitments and concerts on both sides of the Atlantic, she is preparing for a much anticipated recording of Mahler’s Symphony No. 5. But a shadow suddenly falls over this charismatic figure; her performance on the podium suffers and her status begins to falter. Past decisions and the impact they had on a young musician resurface and Tár risks falling victim to the same obsessions again, complicating her relationship with her concertmaster and partner (played by Nina Hoss) and jeopardising her career and the reputation of the entire orchestra.T ÁR, which according to director Todd Field is a film “by” Cate Blanchett, without whom it would never have seen the light of day, is the portrait of a memorable female figure, ambitious and complex, that takes a critical look at the classical music business. A film capable of expressing an extraordinary musical passion, and also a tribute to Berlin and what makes it the city it is.

SCREENING TIMES:

23.02. / 22:00 Berlinale Palast

RERUNS:

20.000 especies de abejas (20,000 Species of Bees)
23.02. / 12:30 Zoo Palast 1
23.02. / 18:30 Verti Music Hall

After
23.02. / 21:30 Cineplex Titania

Arturo a los 30 (About Thirty)
23.02. / 10:30 Zoo Palast 5

El castillo (The Castle)
23.02. / 18:00 IL KINO

Crushed
23.02. / 15:30 Filmtheater am Friedrichshain
23.02. / 21:30 Cubix 2

Drifter
23.02. / 22:00 Zoo Palast 2

Femme
23.02. / 13:00 International

Green Night
23.02. / 21:30 Zoo Palast 1

Hello Dankness
23.02. / 22:00 Cubix 7

Hummingbirds
23.02. / 18:30 Filmtheater am Friedrichshain

I Heard It through the Grapevine
23.02. / 17:00 Cubix 1

Incroci
23.02. / 21:30 Cubix 2

It’s a Date
23.02. / 12:30 Cineplex Titania
23.02. / 21:30 Cubix 2

Joan Baez I Am A Noise
23.02. / 09:30 Cubix 9

Knochen und Namen (Bones and Names)
23.02. / 21:30 Filmtheater am Friedrichshain

Kokomo City
23.02. / 10:00 Cubix 7

Langer Langer Kuss (Long Long Kiss)
23.02. / 16:30 Zoo Palast 3
23.02. / 16:30 Zoo Palast 4
23.02. / 16:30 Zoo Palast 5

Llamadas desde Moscú (Calls from Moscow)
23.02. / 17:00 Werkstattkino@silent green

Mammalia
23.02. / 16:00 Cubix 7

Marungka tjalatjunu (Dipped in Black)
23.02. / 11:00 Cubix 3
23.02. / 21:30 Cubix 2

Mutt
23.02. / 15:30 Zoo Palast 1

Nuits blanches (Sleepless Nights)
23.02. / 12:30 Cineplex Titania
23.02. / 21:30 Cubix 2

Passages
23.02. / 21:45 Zoo Palast 3
23.02. / 21:45 Zoo Palast 4
23.02. / 21:45 Zoo Palast 5

Perpetrator
23.02. / 22:00 Akademie der Künste

A Rainha Diaba (The Devil Queen)
23.02. / 12:00 Cubix 1

Silver Haze
23.02. / 12:15 Haus der Berliner Festspiele

Sværddrage (The Shift)
23.02. / 10:00 Urania

To Write From Memory
23.02. / 20:00 Urania
23.02. / 21:30 Cubix 2

Transfariana
23.02. / 15:30 Cubix 5

Viver Mal (Living Bad)
23.02. / 12:30 Akademie der Künste

Între revoluii (Between Revolutions)
23.02. / 19:00 Cubix 7

TEDDY TODAY: 22nd of februar 2023

Today is a full day with many events we have prepared for you. Feel free to swing by our events “EFM Queer Focus Day”, “Manifestations”, “TEDDY Talk: From Surviving to Thriving!”, “Queer Your Program” and “QUEER Industry Reception”.
If you want to know more about it, you can do so here.

Also, as always, you can find our premieres and reruns listed in this blog post.

PREMIERES:

Crushed

Directed by: Ella Rocca
Switzerland, 2022, 8′
TEDDY nominated

Film still Crushed © Hochschule Luzern BA Video

Doesn’t crush also mean “to smash”? Dealing with their own obsessive crushes, Ella Rocca researches what to do about it. During the quest for a representation of their feelings, texts, images and sounds are layered on top of each other on the computer screen and become the expression of intense contemplation. Internet discoveries and a moment of intimate directness merge to provide a sense of the inner workings of infatuation.

SCREENING TIMES:

22.02. / 16:30 Urania

Learn more about the film in our interview with Ella Rocca.

Viver Mal

Directed by: João Canijo
Portugal, France, 2023, 125′

Film still Viver Mal | Living Bad © Midas Filmes

Five women are running an old hotel and trying to save it from inexorable decay. Guests arrive over the course of a weekend: a couple bears the wounds of a long-term misunderstanding; a domineering mother interferes in her daughter’s relationship; two girls try to save their own love story in the face of opposition from a possessive mother. Viver Mal is the reverse shot of Mal Viver, which is screening in the Competition: here, João Canijo reveals everything that was floating in the depth of field in this film’s mirror image. Reality becomes the intertwining and multiplication of different points of view; the intersection between what can be seen and what the eye misses. Like aplay of light reflections, Viver Mal is Mal Viver in another dimension. The image is distorted, but at the same time seeks a new definition by relaunching itself into infinity.

SCREENING TIMES:

22.02. / 11:45 CinemaxX 7

RERUNS:

20.000 especies de abejas (20,000 Species of Bees)
22.02. / 15:30 Berlinale Palast

Almamula
22.02. / 10:00 Cubix 2

El castillo (The Castle)
22.02. / 21:45 Zoo Palast 3
22.02. / 21:45 Zoo Palast 4
22.02. / 21:45 Zoo Palast 5

O estranho (The Intrusion)
22.02. / 11:00 Kino Arsenal 1

Green Night
22.02. / 19:15 CinemaxX 10

Hello Dankness
22.02. / 16:00 International

Hummingbirds
22.02. / 15:30 Cineplex Titania

I Heard It through the Grapevine
22.02. / 15:00 Delphi Filmpalast

Incroci
22.02. / 09:30 Filmtheater am Friedrichshain

Joan Baez I Am A Noise
22.02. / 19:00 Haus der Berliner Festspiele

Kill Boksoon
22.02. / 21:30 Verti Music Hall

Knochen und Namen (Bones and Names)
22.02. / 16:30 Zoo Palast 3
22.02. / 16:30 Zoo Palast 4
22.02. / 16:30 Zoo Palast 5

Kokomo City
22.02. / 13:00 International

Langer Langer Kuss (Long Long Kiss)
22.02. / 21:30 Filmtheater am Friedrichshain

Llamadas desde Moscú (Calls from Moscow)
22.02. / 19:00 Cubix 7

Love to Love You, Donna Summer
22.02. / 18:30 Verti Music Hall

Marungka tjalatjunu (Dipped in Black)
22.02. / 16:00 Cubix 9

Mutt
22.02. / 12:45 Cubix 8

No Stranger at All
22.02. / 20:00 Werkstattkino@silent green

Le Paradis (The Lost Boys)
22.02. / 18:30 Filmtheater am Friedrichshain

Passages
22.02. / 21:30 Cineplex Titania

Silver Haze
22.02. / 18:00 fsk Kino

Sværddrage (The Shift)
22.02. / 18:45 Cubix 8

Taif kurabu (Typhoon Club)
22.02. / 13:00 Cubix 6

This Is the End
22.02. / 09:30 Cubix 1

Transfariana
22.02. / 21:30 Cubix 2