Zsombor Bobák joined the TEDDY team in 2018 and has since then seen almost all queer films at the Berlinale. With his insightful and competent interviews and conversations with the directors, he gives us a deep insight into the world of queer cinema and the makers every year on TEDDYAWARD TV. He holds an M.A. in Preservation and Presentation of the Moving Image from the University of Amsterdam and is a PhD student at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. His field of research is queer archiving methods that bring the LGBTQ+ history of Central and Eastern Europe to life. He is passionate about queer moving images and recently started to explore the productive engagement of academic research and found footage filmmaking.
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Live on stage – LUNA
We’re happy to have LUNA performing at this year’s TEDDY AWARD. The 20-year-old sings about her own coming-out, setting a universal statement about the courage to be yourself. And who but her would be predestined than LUNA, a young girl from the Bavarian provinces, ill-fitting into the traditional picture of what a girl should be like.
Her single ‘Blau’ presents a hymn to her own coming-out, saying: “I liked the idea of writing a song I would have needed to hear myself.”
LUNA blurs the borders between modern, rap-influenced sounds and classical songwriter-arrangements. Her powerful voice tells a tale of falling and standing up, honoring pop music’s promise to be a voice for the different ones, for the freaks. Power and empowerment!
If you want to see LUNA live on the TEDDY Awards stage on February 24th, you can book tickets for the ceremony now on the Webshop der Volksbühne or by calling the Ticket-Hotline 030-240 65-277.
THE 2022 TEDDY WINNERS
As this unique and challenging edition is swiftly approaching its end, we have saved the best for last: the winners of the 2022 TEDDY AWARD have finally been chosen! 🤩
We’re overjoyed to see their work being praised and appreciated by the entire community and beyond. Congratulations to all of you!
And the TEDDY AWARD goes to…
FEATURE FILM:
TRES TIGRES TRISTES (Three Tidy Tigers Tied a Tie Tighter)
directed by Gustavo Vinagre
also nominated:
BASHTAALAK SA’AT (Shall I Compare You to a Summer’s Day?)
directed by Mohammad Shawky Hassan
TYTÖT TYTÖT TYTÖT (Girl Picture)
directed by Alli Haapasalo
SHORT FILM:
MARS EXALTÉ (Exalted Mars)
directed by Jean-Sébastien Chauvin
also nominated:
STARFUCKERS
directed by Antonio Marziale
WEST BY GOD
directed by Scott Lazer
DOCUMENTARY FILM:
ALIS
directed by Clare Weiskopf & Nicolás van Hemelryck
also nominated:
NEL MIO NOME (Into My Name)
directed by Nicoló Bassetti
NELLY & NADINE
directed by Magnus Gertten
JURY AWARD:
NELLY & NADINE
directed by Magnus Gertten
TEDDY TODAY, Wednesday, June 09
The Berlinale Summer Special has finally arrived and what better time to celebrate our wonderful LGBTQ+ films and artists than during pride month! Starting today and running until the 20th of June 2021, all films nominated for a TEDDY 2021 will be screened in open-air cinemas around Berlin!
“GLÜCK”, Regie: Henrika Kull, Deutschland, 2021
PREMIERE, 21:30h, Freiluftkino Kreuzberg
Breaking the ice on the first day of festival is the feature BLISS (original title: GLÜCK) directed by the wonderful Henrika Kull! Shot in a real brothel, the film breaks down the negative stereotypes and stigma associated with sex work through the passionate relationship of two female sex workers. More details about the film and other screening dates can be found on our BLOG. Watch the full interview with Henrika Kull here:
LUZ DE PRESENCA“, Regie: Diogo Costa Amarante, Portugal, 2021,
PREMIERE, 21:45h, Freiluftkino Hasenheide
We just can’t get enough of this buzzing festival atmosphere that was so dearly missed! Screening today is a delightful short film directed by Diogo Costa Amarante: A PRESENT LIGHT (original title: “Luz de Presença”). Save the dates: 09.06. / 21:45 / Freiluftkino Hasenheide 10.06. / 21:45 / Freiluftkino im Filmrauschpalast Don’t miss out on the other screenings taking place today on our BLOG .Catch Amarante discussing his idea for the film on Vimeo:
“DAS MÄDCHEN UND DIE SPINNE“, Director: Ramon Zürcher,
Switzerland 2021
PREMIERE, 22.15h, Sommerkino Kulturforum
Over the course of two days and one night, as Lisa moves out of the apartment she has shared with Mara and into the one where she will live alone, many things will break and some will be repaired.
Like the titular spider’s web, the film has a perfect, fragile geometry. Set almost entirely in interiors, it is also an involuntary summary of the paradoxical age of the pandemic. The transition from one abode to another, and the energy that is released between one story ending and another beginning, puts the entire ensemble into an altered state of grace.
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“STOP ZEMLIA“, Director: Kateryna Gornostai, Ukraine 2021
PREMIERE, 21:30h, Freiluftkino Rehberge
“They say when you get goosebumps, your soul touches your body.”
It‘s Masha, Iana and Senia‘s last but one year of high school. Among the thriving pot plants in the classroom and to the sound effects of a Biology lesson about physical signs of stress, the young protagonists grapple with themselves and with one another. 16-year-old Masha is the quiet center of Kateryna Gornostai’s feature debut. …read more
All Films & Screenings 2021
The time has come: the program for the TEDDY Screenings 2021 is fixed! During the Berlinale Summer Special, from June 09 – June 20, 21, the screenings of the films nominated for the TEDDY AWARD will take place in different open air cinemas. The screening dates and cinema addresses can be found under the respective film descriptions.
An overview about the TEDDY AWARD 2021 film selection you can find on our website.
FEATURE FILM
DOCUMENTARY / ESSAY FILM
SHORT FILM
SERIES
