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2017 TEDDY-Jury

Good News!!!!

We are happy to announce the participants of the 2017 TEDDY-Jury!

This Year Gizem Bayiksel (Turkey), Sachiko Imai (Japan), Hassan Kamoga (Uganda), Saadat Munir (Denmark), Marjo Pipinen (Finland) Carl Spence (USA) und Martin Wolkner (Germany) will be part of the TEDDY-Jury.

Gizem Bayiksel

Bayiksel Gizem - Jury member 31. TEDDY AWARD
Bayiksel Gizem – Jury member 31. TEDDY AWARD

Gizem Bayiksel was born in Ankara in 1989. She has been working as a photographer and cinematographer in the film industry for over 5 years. Since 2012 she has also been working for numerous events and film festivals as a coordinator, programmer and film curator. Currently she is the festival coordinator and programmer of Pink Life QueerFest, the first and only queer film festival in Turkey. Pink Life QueerFest was launched in Ankara in 2011 and the festival is a space for LGBTQI individuals and artists to raise awareness for LGBTQI issues. Bayiksel’s personal interest in film and photography focuses on the female gaze and queer theory. She is currently working on her first feature film project, a sequel for her short “Child’s Play”,  a lesbian couple’s story with Turkish politics on the background.

Sachiko Imai

Sachiko Imai  - Jury member 31. TEDDY AWARD
Sachiko Imai – Jury member 31. TEDDY AWARD

Sachiko Imai is the programming director of Rainbow Reel Tokyo (formerly known as Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival), which is one of the longest-running LGBT film festivals in Asia. Sachiko studied screenwriting at Nihon University College of Art where she received a Bachelor Degree in Film. After working in publishing for a while, she started her career as a translator, specializing herself in subtitles. She has translated numerous films and TV shows in Japanese, including some queer masterpieces such as “Weekend”, “Stranger by the Lake” and Showtime’s “The L Word” series. Imai also works as a coordinator for various film festivals in Japan.

Hassan Kamoga

Hassan Kamoga - Jury member 31. TEDDY AWARD
Hassan Kamoga – Jury member 31. TEDDY AWARD

Hassan Kamoga is a young Ugandan human rights activist and filmmaker. In 2016 he founded the Queer Kampala International Film Festival (QKIFF), the first and only LGBTQ Film Festival in Uganda and the only gay film festival organized in a country where homosexuality is illegal. QKIFF offers a powerful platform to promote and progress LGBTIQ rights through film advocacy in homophobic Uganda. Kamoga has produced a number of short documentaries for non-profit organizations in Uganda, Rwanda, Malawi, Egypt, Mozambique and Swaziland. He believes that social justice film-making has the power to change hearts, minds, and laws. Currently Kamoga Hassan is in pre-production for his latest documentary entitled ‘Where is Home’ about Ugandans seeking asylum in other countries.

Saadat Munir

Saadat Munir - Jury member 31. TEDDY AWARD
Saadat Munir – Jury member 31. TEDDY AWARD Photo: Nadia Hosted

Saadat Munir was born into the dichotomy of European and Asian cultures. From childhood, he was blessed with the opportunity to experience both cultures equally, having been raised in Denmark by his Pakistani parents. His love for culture grew and led him to receiving a degree in Communications from South Denmark University. In his short time as a filmmaker, Munir has been awarded several honours for his work and has recently been an official Talent at Berlinale 2015. Presently, Munir is a creative director of Aks Film, Art and Dialogue, a bi-national film festival for minorities and marginalized communities that illuminate sociopolitical aspects of transgender, queer, people of color (POC) living in Pakistan and Denmark. The film festival has played a very important role in bringing forth the challenges transgender women face in Pakistan and this festival is first of its kind which is officially run and organised by transgender and queer community in Pakistan.

Marjo Pipinen

Marjo Pipinen - Jury member 31. TEDDY AWARD
Marjo Pipinen – Jury member 31. TEDDY AWARD

Marjo Pipinen is programmer for Love & Anarchy – Helsinki International Film Festival, the biggest film festival in Finland. In 2002–2009, she worked as programmer for Vinokino, the Finnish queer film festival. Pipinen holds a Master’s Degree in Film Studies from Stockholm University. In her Master’s thesis, she wrote about archival aesthetics in New Queer Cinema. After her studies, Pipinen took office at Media Desk Finland and the Finnish Film Foundation, and she currently works in communications at the National Audiovisual Institute in Finland (formerly the Finnish Film Archive). Pipinen keeps a queer-feminist film blog (HQFEB) focusing on events around Helsinki. She is interested in cinema on the margins and she prefers to see films on the big screen. Festivals are her passion and she is voluntarily involved in the organization of many kinds of cultural events.

Carl Spence

Carl Spence 31. TEDDY AWARD Jury member
Carl Spence 31. TEDDY AWARD Jury member

Carl Spence began curating films and concerts during the grunge era in Seattle. He began his festival career at the Seattle International Film Festival in 1994, helping grow the Festival to become one of the largest film events in North America over the past two decades. He also led SIFF’s expansion into a year-round exhibition, making SIFF the leading independent arthouse exhibitor in Seattle by saving two historic cinemas along with the creation of a new flagship Film Center.  He most recently held the the position of Festival Director and Chief Curator at SIFF prior to starting his own consulting film, CCS Arts in late 2016.  He also held Director of Programming positions with the Palm Springs International Film Festival and with the San Francisco International Film Festival. In 2014, he helped create the Orcas Island Film Festival as a Festival co-director and the chief curator.

Martin Wolkner

Martin Wolkner - Jury member 31. TEDDY AWARD
Martin Wolkner – Jury member 31. TEDDY AWARD

Martin Wolkner studied Linguistics and Film Studies and is the founder and head of homochrom Film Festival. Established in 2009 as a monthly film series in six cities in North Rhine Westphalia, homochrom 2011 was supplemented by a queer film festival in Cologne and Dortmund. Wolkner initiated and launched the debut film prize of the German festival co-operation QueerScope, which was first awarded in 2016. As a member of German Film Critics Association he writes for online magazines and since 2010 – for the gay magazine called Box. Martin Wolkner has previously worked for the International Women’s Film Festival Dortmund | Cologne and is translating and making subtitles for DVD productions. Currently he is developing his own film projects as a writer.

31st TEDDY AWARD, ticket presale has begun

At the 17th of February 2017 we are going to celebrate the 31st TEDDY AWARD and the preparations are in full swing! The venue for the award ceremony and the TEDDY PARTY with live concerts and DJ-Lounge will be at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele in Schaperstraße 24, 10719 Berlin.

The artist duo cabine is responsible again for the artwork of the 31st TEDDY AWARD.

Tickets for the 31st TEDDY AWARD Ceremony and the big Backstage Party are available from now on in the Online Shop. Ticket reservation is possible via e-mail at tickets@papagena.de or on the telephone via the Ticket Hotline 030 – 4799 7447. Without booking fee the tickets are available at Prinz Eisenherz Bookshop, Motzstraße 23, 10777 Berlin.

For the special support of the Teddy e.V., we offer a limited amount of Premium Tickets. With the purchase of a Premium Ticket, you will be guest of honour in the best seating category. Furthermore, you will be invited to an exclusive pre-reception between 6.30 and 8.00 pm on the evening of the ceremony. Here you can purchase your Premium Ticket.

The award ceremony starts directly after the opening at 9pm. After the ceremony we are going to celebrate  the TEDDY Backstage PARTY  with live concerts and DJ-Lounge until dawn.

DATES:
09.02.- 19.02.2017 67. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin

FRIDAY, Feb. 17, 2017
21:00 TEDDY AWARD Ceremony, in the Haus der Berliner Festspiele
23:00 TEDDY 31 Backstage PARTY with live concerts and DJ-Lounge


TICKETS
Premium Ticket cat. A incl. reception: 138,- EUR
Seat category A: 69,- EUR
Seat category B: 48,- EUR
Seat category C: 32,- EUR

Screening Lounge: 25,- EUR
Party: 15,- EUR

(All tickets include the entrance to the parties and concerts on the 17th of February in the Haus der Berliner Festspiele.)

TICKET HOTLINE & INFO Tel.: +49-(0)30-4799 7474

The TEDDY AWARD is a non-profit event. The TEDDY AWARD finances itself only by contributions of sustaining members and patrons of the Teddy e.V., by donation of supporters, the contribution of many voluntary helpers as well as sponsors and the earnings of the award ceremony.

31 TEDDY AWARD film entry

Submit your film to 31th TEDDY AWARD and 67th Berlinale.

Deadline for receipt of entry forms and films:
Feature-length films: October 31, 2016
Short films: November 15, 2016

In order to submit a film to the Berlinale you have to send the film and the completed film entry form to the festival before the given deadline.

In any case, we ask you to carefully read the Festival’sGeneral Guidelines for Submission and Participationas well as the “How to Berlinale” short guide to film submission.

The additional special requirements of the individual sections – regarding premiere status, running time, subtitling etc. – can be found on the corresponding webpages of the Competition, Berlinale Shorts,Panorama, Forum, Generation and Perspektive Deutsches Kino sections.