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TEDDY AWARD goes Oscar®
From 2025, the TEDDY AWARD – BEST DOCUMENTARY/ESSAY FILM will be eligible to compete for an Oscar®.
The TEDDY AWARD is the first and only LGBTQ+ film award to be included in the very exclusive club of film awards that lead directly to qualification for the Oscar® longlist. As of 2025, the winning film of the TEDDY AWARD for Best Documentary Feature is automatically eligible for an Academy Award®/Oscar® in the Best Documentary Feature category. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences thus underlines the importance of the TEDDY AWARD for queer film and international cinema.
The TEDDY AWARD, the first queer prize at an A-festival, has been presented during the Berlinale since 1987. It is awarded in various categories to films from all sections that communicate LGBTQIA* topics on a broad social level and thus contribute to more tolerance, acceptance, solidarity and equality in society.
Film entry 2025
In order to submit a film to the 75h Berlinale and 39th TEDDY AWARD please send the film and the completed film entry form to the festival before the given deadline.
Deadline for receipt of entry forms and films:
Feature-length films: Oct. 30, 2024
Short films: November 13, 2024
Thank you, see you next year!
Yesterday the Berlinale came to a close with the Audience Day and the 38th TEDDY AWARDS are behind us, as well. We would like to give you a short review of a fantastic award ceremony and after-show party.
It was an honor to make our contribution with the 38th TEDDY AWARD and to share a rainbow of queer joy, visibility and community with you.
We would like to take this opportunity to say a special thank you to our partners and sponsors, without whom the TEDDY would not be possible in this form:
3pc
Air France
BASE Berlin
Berlinale
Brazilian Embassy in Berlin
EFM
Gerolsteiner
Harald Christ
Hotel Berlin Berlin
Pangaea
Myer’s Hotel
No Coffee
Queer Academy
Radio One
SchwuZ
Twotickets
We would especially like to thank the volunteers who supported us on the evening of the award ceremony. You were fantastic!
We are already looking forward to the next Berlinale and the 39th TEDDY – see you in February 2025!
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