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TEDDY TODAY: 19th of February, 2025

Dear friends of queer cinema,

A sophisticated program with new international film highlights awaits you again today. There are exciting premieres to discover and the opportunity to experience some previously screened works again.

We wish you an inspiring day and lots of fun at the Berlinale!

INTERVIEWS:

Drømmer (Dreams (Sex Love))

Johanne’s intimate writings about her crush on her teacher ignite both tension and self-reflection within her family, as her mother and grandmother confront their own unfulfilled dreams and desires.

Premiere: 19.02./15:15, Berlinale Palast

More information about the movie can be found here

Julian and the Wind

Arthur and Julian share a dorm at a boys’ boarding school. Arthur is in love with Julian, but Julian ignores him. When Julian begins to sleepwalk, a strange intimacy develops between the two. 

Premiere: 19.02./12:30, Urania

More information about the movie can be found here

Sous ma fenêtre, la boue (The Mud Under My Window)

One of Emma’s mothers is too busy; the other is too far away. One is rejected, the other idealised. Out of a trivial tension, an intimate and unsettling face-to-face confrontation suddenly arises. 

Premiere: 19.02./12:30, Urania

Wenn du Angst hast nimmst du dein Herz in den Mund und lächelst (If You Are Afraid You Put Your Heart into)

Anna, 12, lives with her deaf mother in a loving bond, yet under humble conditions that are a source of social shame, when she begins high school. Staying close to its heroines, this refreshing debut blends solidarity, feminism and tons of melodies.

Premiere: 19.02./19:00, Zoo Palast 2

More information about the movie can be found here

PREMIERES:

Drømmer (Dreams (Sex Love))

Directed by: Dag Johan Haugerud
Norway, 2024, 110′

Johanne’s intimate writings about her crush on her teacher ignite both tension and self-reflection within her family, as her mother and grandmother confront their own unfulfilled dreams and desires.

SCREENING TIMES:

19.02./15:15, Berlinale Palast

Julian and the Wind

Directed by: Connor Jessup
Canada, 2024, 16′

Arthur and Julian share a dorm at a boys’ boarding school. Arthur is in love with Julian, but Julian ignores him. When Julian begins to sleepwalk, a strange intimacy develops between the two. 

SCREENING TIMES:

19.02./12:30-12:46, Urania

Looking for Langston

Directed by: Isaac Julien
Great Britain, 1989, 46′

The 1989 film Looking for Langston is a lyrical exploration of the world of poet and social activist Langston Hughes (1902–1967) and his fellow Black artists and writers of the 1920s Harlem Renaissance.

SCREENING TIMES:

19.02./21:30, Urania

Once again… (Statues Never Die)

Directed by: Isaac Julien
Great Britain, 2025, 32′

The film explores the storied relationship between Dr Albert C. Barnes, an early US collector and exhibitor of African cultural artefacts, and the renowned philosopher and cultural critic Alain Locke, known as the “Father of the Harlem Renaissance”. 

SCREENING TIMES:

19.02./21:30, Urania

Sous ma fenêtre, la boue (The Mud Under My Window)

Directed by: Violette Delvoye
France, Belgium, 2025, 13′

One of Emma’s mothers is too busy; the other is too far away. One is rejected, the other idealised. Out of a trivial tension, an intimate and unsettling face-to-face confrontation suddenly arises. 

SCREENING TIMES:

19.02./12:30, Urania

Wenn du Angst hast nimmst du dein Herz in den Mund und lächelst (If You Are Afraid You Put Your Heart into)

Directed by: Marie Luise Lehner
Austria, 2025, 87′

Anna, 12, lives with her deaf mother in a loving bond, yet under humble conditions that are a source of social shame, when she begins high school. Staying close to its heroines, this refreshing debut blends solidarity, feminism and tons of melodies.


SCREENING TIMES:

19:00-20:27, Zoo Palast 2

RERUNS:

Blue Moon
19.02./13:00, Uber Eats Music Hall
19.02./22:00, HKW 1 – Miriam Makeba Auditorium

Dreamers
19.02./22:00, Cubix 9

Dreams in Nightmares
19.02./18:45, Filmtheater am Friedrichshain

Duas Vezes João Liberada (Two Times João Liberada)
19.02./16:00, Cubix 9

Extra Life (and Decay)
19.02./20 :00, Arsenal 2

Howl
19.02./19:15, Cubix 6

Kein Tier. So Wild. (No Beast. So Fierce.)
19.02./21:00, w o l f – Saal 1

Lesbian Space Princess
19.02./13:15, Cubix 7

Lloyd Wong, Unfinished
19.02./12:00, Cinema Betonhalle@Silent Green

Monk in Pieces
19.02./10:00, Cubix 9

Pidikwe (Rumble)
19.02./21:30, Cinema Betonhalle@Silent Green

RAPTURE
19.02./12:00, Cinema Betonhalle@Silent Green

Satanische Sau (Satanic Sow)
19.02./12:30, Colosseum 1

Silent Sparks
19.02./22:00, Cubix 6

STARS
19.02./21:30, Cinema Betonhalle@Silent Green

The Trio Hall
19.02./13:00, Cubix 8

Wish You Were Ear
19.02./19:15, Cubix 6

TEDDY TODAY: 19th of February 2024

Six films are on our list of premieres today. Have you already picked your favourites?

INTERVIEWS:

I´m Not Everything I Want To Be

After the suppression of the Prague Spring in 1968, photographer Libuše Jarcovjáková strives to break free from the constraints of the repressive Czechoslovakian regime and embarks on a long journey towards freedom.

🎥 19.02 / 21:30 Cubix 8
🎥 20.02 / 18:30 Cubix 5
🎥 24.02 / 22:00 Zoo Palast 2

Get more information about the film right here!

Al sol, lejos del centro

Santiago in the shimmering summer heat. High-res images undergo a digital zoom which transforms spaces into surfaces and houses into textures. In between, there are the small gestures of everyday urban life. And two women in search of a place for their love.

PREMIERE: 19.02 / 21:30 Cubix 9

🎥 20.02 / 13:30 Cineplex Titania
🎥 21.02 / 15:00 Cinema Betonhalle@Silent Green
🎥 23.02 / 21:30 HKW 2 – Safi Faye Hall
🎥 24.02 / 15:30 Cubix 9
🎥 25.02 / 18:30 Colosseum 1

Get more insights about the film and the director right here!

Sex

Two chimney sweeps living in monogamous, heterosexual marriages both end up in situations that challenge their views on sexuality and gender roles.

🎥 19.02 / 12:45 Cubix 5
🎥 19.02 / 18:00 Kino Zukunft
🎥 20.02 / 18:30 Colosseum 1
🎥 24.02 / 12:00 Haus der Berliner Festspiele
🎥 25.02 / 13:15 Cubix 5

Find more information about Dag Johan Haugerund and his film right here!

PREMIERES:

Between the Temples

Directed by: Nathan Silver
2024, USA, 117′

Filmstill Between the Temples ©  Sean Price Williams

The world of a Jewish cantor in the midst of a crisis of faith is turned completely upside down when his primary school music teacher comes back into his life as his new, later-life Bat Mitzvah student.

SCREENING TIMES:

19.02. / 15:30 Zoo Palast 1

Cidade; Campo

Directed by: Juliana Rojas
2024, Brazil, Germany, France, 119′

Filmstill Cidade; Campo © Cris Lyra / Dezenove Som e Imagens

Two tales of migration between the city and the countryside. After devastating floods in her hometown, rural worker Joana moves to São
Paulo to find her sister Tania who lives with her grandson Jaime. Joana struggles to thrive in this “working city”. Entering the world of
precarious employment, she applies for a job at a cleaning company. There, Joana gradually bonds with her colleagues whose collective
struggle for better working conditions brings new meaning to her life. Meanwhile, her deepening relationship with young Jaime
reawakens memories of her missing son. In the second part of the film, following the death of her estranged father, Flavia moves to his
farm with her wife Mara. The two women struggle to make a fresh start in the wilderness. Living in the abandoned house, Flavia
discovers unknown aspects of her father’s life. The couple suffers a shock when facing the harsh realities of rural daily life. Flavia begins
to suspect that there is something in the woods surrounding the house. Nature forces the couple to confront old memories and ghosts.

SCREENING TIMES:

19.02. / 16:30 Akademie der Künste

Cura sana

Directed by: Lucía G. Romero
2024, Spain, 18′

Filmstill Cura sana © ESCAC Films

Spain during the Noche de San Juan festival. Two sisters, 14-year-old Jessica and 8-year-old Alma, are once again on their way to pick
up food stamps from the Caritas charity. The violence they have both experienced over the years at the hands of their father has turned
Jessica into an angry, self-destructive teenager with a thick protective skin. She even subjects her little sister to her harsh, hostile
behaviour. But during the course of their journey together, Jessica realises that she does not want to turn out like her father. She must
learn to treat Alma with love instead of violence.

SCREENING TIMES:

19.02. / 13:30 Kino International

Goodbye First Love (Jing guo)

Directed by: Shuli Huang
2024, USA, 13′

Filmstill Jing guo (Goodbye First Love) © Shuli Huang

He pays him a visit in Frankfurt during his work trip to Europe. He talks about their time in Beijing, back in 2015. He listens, sometimes
answers, unblurring those seemingly important details which do not matter any longer. Worn-out joy and fresh weariness. This might be
the last time they meet.

SCREENING TIMES:

19.02. / 21:30 Cubix 9

Langue Étrangère

Directed by: Claire Burger
2024, France, Germany, Belgium, 105′

Filmstill Langue Étrangère © Les Films de Pierre

Fanny, a 17-year-old schoolgirl from France, goes on a language exchange trip to Germany. In Leipzig, she meets her pen pal Lena who
is the same age as her and who is eager to become involved in political activism. In order to impress Lena, the rather shy and withdrawn
Fanny invents a different life for herself – but she quickly becomes trapped in her deceit.

SCREENING TIMES:

19.02. / 18:30 Berlinale Palast

Towards the Sun, Far From the Center (Al sol, lejos del centro)

Directed by: Luciana Merino, Pascal Viveros
2024, Chile, 17′

Filmstill Al sol, lejos del centro (Towards the Sun, Far From the Center) © Luciana Merino & Pascal Viveros

Santiago in the shimmering heat of summer. High-resolution images undergo a digital zoom process which transforms spaces into
surfaces and houses into textures. In between, there are the small gestures of everyday urban life. And two women who are searching
for a place for their love.

SCREENING TIMES:

19.02. / 21:30 Cubix 9

RERUNS:

Betânia
19.02. / 18:30 Cubix 5

I’m Not Everything I Want to Be (Ještě nejsem, kým chci být)
19.02. / 21:30 Cubix 8

Love Lies Bleeding
19.02. / 09:15 Haus der Berliner Festspiele
19.02. / 12:45 Cubix 9

Sex
19.02. / 12:45 Cubix 5
19.02. / 18:00 Kino Zukunft

Winners (Sieger Sein)
19.02. / 12:30 Zoo Palast 1