Here are some highlights of the 39th TEDDY AWARD! Great performances and emotional moments that made the evening unforgettable.
Highlights of the 39th TEDDY AWARD
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Thank you, and see you next year!
Yesterday the Berlinale came to a close with the Audience Day and the 39th 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 39th TEDDY AWARD and to share a rainbow of queer joy, visibility and community with you.
Our heartfelt thanks go to: 3pc, Hotel Berlin, Berlin, Air France, Myer’s Hotel, Pangaea Life, Das Hoven, Grosse Freiheit 114, EFM, Medienboard, radioeins und Harald Christ.
See you for the 40th TEDDY AWARD next year!
TEDDY TODAY: 23rd of February 2025
The last day of the Berlinale is already here, and it brings a series of great reruns of this year’s inspiring TEDDY AWARD films. Enjoy watching them!
RERUNS:
Ato Noturno (Night Stage)
23.02./18:15, Cubix 7
Batim (Houses)
23.02./13:00, Arsenal 1
Blue Moon
23.02./10:00, Berlinale Palast
Casi septiembre (Close to September)
23.02./19:00, Cubix 9
23.02./19 :15, Colosseum 1
Come la notte (Where the Night Stands Still)
23.02./15 :00, Colosseum 1
Die Zärtlichkeit der Wölfe (Tenderness of the Wolves)
23.02./13:00, Cubix 5
Drømmer (Dreams (Sex Love)
23.02./12:30, Haus der Berliner Festspiele
Duas Vezes João Liberada (Two Times João Liberada)
23.02./14:00, Cubix 9
Howl
23.02./16 :00, Zoo Palast 2
Janine zieht aufs Land (Janine Moves to the Country)
23.02./16 :00, Arsenal 1
Julian and the Wind
23.02./15:45, Filmtheater am Friedrichshain
23.02./19:00, Cubix 9
Lesbian Space Princess
23.02./10:00, Haus der Berliner Festspiele
Lloyd Wong, Unfinished
23.02./19:00, Cubix 9
Looking for Langston
23.02./13:15, Stage Blumax Theater
Lurker
23.02./11:00, Stage Blumax Theater
Monk in Pieces
23.02./21:00, Cubix 7
O último azul (The Blue Trail)
23.02./21:45, Uber Eats Music Hall
Once Again… (Statues Never Die)
23.02./13:15, Stage Blumax Theater
Queer as Punk
23.02./12:00, Cinema Betonhalle@Silent Green
Queerpanorama
23.02./22:15, Zoo Palast 2
RAPTURE
23.02./12:00, Cinema Betonhalle@Silent Green
Silent Sparks
23.02./17:15, Colosseum 1
Sirens Call
23.02./10:00, Arsenal 1
Sous ma fenêtre, la boue (The Mud Under My Window)
23.02./15:45, Filmtheater am Friedrichshain
23.02./19:00, Cubix 9
The Trio Hall
23.02./14:30, Delphi Filmpalast
Vestida de azul (Dressed in Blue)
23.02./19:00, ADK am Hanseatenweg
Wish You Were Ear
23.02./16:00, Zoo Palast 2
TEDDY TODAY: 22nd of February 2025
The Berlinale is coming to an end, but don’t worry – there are still great films in many cinemas. And if you missed the 39th TEDDY AWARD ceremony yesterday, you can read the winners’ summary HERE!
PREMIERES:
A Horse Is Not A Metaphor
Directed by: Barbara Hammer
USA, 2008, 29′
As a “cancer thriver” rather than “survivor,” Barbara Hammer rides through American landscapes changing illness into recovery.
SCREENING TIMES:
22.02./19:30, Arsenal 2
Generations
Directed by: Barbara Hammer, Joey Carducci
USA, 2010, 30′
Celebrating Hammer’s spontaneous shooting style and dense editing montage with Carducci’s studied cinematography, the two filmmakers, generations apart in age, shoot the last days of the amusement park Astroland in Coney Island, New York.
SCREENING TIMES:
22.02./19:30, Arsenal 2
Maya Deren’s Sink
Directed by: Barbara Hammer
USA, 2010, 30′
This evocative tribute to the mother of American avant-garde film provides an elusive agency for a filmmaker who was larger than life, as recounted by those who knew her.
SCREENING TIMES:
22.02./19:30, Arsenal 2
RERUNS:
Ari
22.02./22:00, Uber Eats Music Hall
Casi septiembre (Close to September)
22.02./12:00, Cinema Betonhalle@Silent Green
Duas Vezes João Liberada (Two Times João Liberada)
22.02./12:30, Colosseum 1
Janine zieht aufs Land (Janine Moves to the Country)
22.02./21:15, Zoo Palast 2
Julian and the Wind
22.02./9:30, Stage Blumax Theater
La Tour de Glace (The Ice Tower)
22.02./15:30, Zoo Palast 1
Looking for Langston
22.02./16:00, Zoo Palast 2
Lurker
22.02./12:45, Uber Eats Music Hall
22.02./18:00, Haus der Berliner Festspiele
Magic Farm
22.02./22:00, Cubix 6
Monk in Pieces
22.02./10:00, Haus der Berliner Festspiele
Once Again… (Statues Never Die)
22.02./16:00, Zoo Palast 2
Peter Hujar’s Day
22.02./12:30, Cubix 9
Queerpanorama
22.02./22:00, Cubix 9
RAPTURE
22.02./12:00, Cinema Betonhalle@Silent Green
Silent Sparks
22.02./15:30, Cubix 8
Sous ma fenêtre, la boue (The Mud Under My Window)
22.02./9:30, Stage Blumax Theater
Wenn du Angst hast nimmst du dein Herz in den Mund und lächelst (If You Are Afraid You Put Your Heart into)
22.02./21:00, Delphi Filmpalast
Zečji nasip (Sandbag Dam)
22.02./15:45, Filmtheater am Friedrichshain
The winners of the 39. TEDDY AWARD
After ten exciting days of the Berlinale, filled with spectacular and creative queer films, the moment we’ve all been waiting for has finally arrived. The anticipation of the jury’s decision is over. Once again, awards will be given in categories such as Best Feature Film, Best Documentary/Essay Film, Best Short Film as well as the Special TEDDY AWARD for lifetime artistic achievement, recognizing outstanding individuals.
And now, the wait is over. The jury of the 39th TEDDY AWARD has made its selections, and the winners are in. Drum roll, please…
The TEDDY AWARDS go to…
Best Feature Film
Lesbian Space Princess
Director: Leela Varghese, Emma Hough Hobbs
The introverted space princess Saira is forced to leave her home planet of Clitopolis on an inter-gay-lactic mission to save her ex-girlfriend who has been kidnapped and is being held ransom by the Straight White Maliens.
Nominees
Drømmer (Dreams (Sex Love))
by Dag Johan Haugerud
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.
Peter Hujar’s Day
by Ira Sachs
A 1974 conversation between photographer Peter Hujar and his friend Linda Rosenkrantz provides a glimpse into the New York downtown art scene of the time and the personal struggles and epiphanies that define an artist’s life.
Best Documentary/Essay Film
Satanische Sau (Satanic Sow)
Director: Rosa von Praunheim
Rosa von Praunheim is the satanic sow, incarnated by the wanton actor Armin Dallapiccola. A poetic compendium of life and death with pushy fans, the Good Lord, lovers and Rosa’s horrified mother.
Nominees
Monk in Pieces
by Billy Shebar
Visionary composer and performer Meredith Monk overcame hostile critics to become one of the great artists of her time. In her seventh decade of creativity, she ponders how her unique work can continue without her.
Queer as Punk
by Yihwen Chen
Being LGBT is criminalised in Muslim-majority Malaysia. Trans man Faris and his punk band still travel the country playing gigs and protesting on the streets. A documentary portrait of courageous people, humorous friendship and the spirit of punk.
Sirens Call
by Miri Ian Gossing and Lina Sieckmann
In this feature-length debut, nomadic siren Una journeys through postmodern reality, navigating survival, identity and belonging. A dive into the merfolk subculture between self-care and political activism, a hybrid of science fiction and documentary.
Best Short Film
Lloyd Wong, Unfinished
Director: Lesley Loksi Chan
In the 1990s, Chinese-Canadian artist Lloyd Wong began a video work about his living with HIV. It remained unfinished. Thirty years after his death, filmmaker Lesley Loksi Chan discovers and edits the material.
Nominees
Once Again…(Statues Never Die)
by Isaac Julien
This 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”.
STARS
by STARS Collective
STARS tells of the Nommo: extra-terrestrial Afro-hermaphrodite anthro-amphibian migrants. Delivered from outer space via the Dogon of Mali, STARS is a queer African tale of tails, told through animation, music, and poetry.
TEDDY Jury Award
Wenn du Angst hast nimmst du dein Herz in den Mund und lächelst (If You Are Afraid You Put Your Heart into Your Mouth and Smile)
Director: Marie Luise Lehner
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.
Special TEDDY AWARD
Todd Haynes
Congratulations to this year’s winners! Thank you to all directors, filmmakers, actors and sponsors for being part of the 39th edition of the TEDDY AWARD.