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TEDDY TODAY: 17th of February 2025

Two exciting premieres await you today! Which movie will be your new favorite?

INTERVIEWS:

Lloyd Wong, Unfinished

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. 

Premiere: 17.02./18:30, Urania

More information about the film can be found here

Silent Sparks

Freshly released from prison, Pua plunges into the world of gangsters. His long-awaited reunion with his former cellmate Mi-ji falls short of his expectations. Both men will soon have to make some difficult choices. 

Premiere: 17.02./22:00, Zoo Palast 2

PREMIERES:

Lloyd Wong, Unfinished

Directed by: Lesley Loksi Chan
Canada, 2025, 29′

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. 

SCREENING TIMES:

17.02./18:30, Urania

Silent Sparks

Freshly released from prison, Pua plunges into the world of gangsters. His long-awaited reunion with his former cellmate Mi-ji falls short of his expectations. Both men will soon have to make some difficult choices. 

SCREENING TIMES:

17.02./22:00, Zoo Palast 2

RERUNS:

Ari
17.02./20:30, Haus der Berliner Festspiele

Batim (Houses)
17.02./12:30, Cubix 8

Come la notte (Where the Night Stands Still)
17.02./21:30, Cubix 5

Dreams in Nightmares
17.02./21:30, Cubix 9

Hot Milk 
17.02./21:45,Uber Eats Music Hall

Kaj ti je deklica (Little Trouble Girls)
17.02./15:30, Colosseum 1

Kein Tier. So Wild. (No Beast. So Fierce)
17.02./21:30, Colosseum 1

La Tour de Glace (The Ice Tower)
17.02./12:45, Uber Eats Music Hall
17.02./22:00, HKW 1 – Miriam Makeba Auditorium

Le Rendez-vous de l’été (That Summer in Paris)
17.02./21:30, Cubix 8

Magic Farm
17.02./15:30, Urania

O último azul (The Blue Trail)
17.02./10:00, Urania
17.02./19:15, Uber Eats Music Hall

Peter Hujar’s Day
17.02./21:45, Filmtheater am Friedrichshain

Queerpanorama
17.02./15:45, Cubix 5

RAPTURE
17.02./12:00, Cinema Betonhalle@Silent Green

Satanische Sau (Satanic Sow)
17.02./10:15, Cubix 7

Vestida de azul (Dressed in Blue)
17.02./20:00, KLICK Kino

Zečji nasip (Sandbag Dam)
17.02./13:15, Cubix 6
17.02./17:00, KLICK Kino

TEDDY TALKS AND EVENTS

TEDDY Talk: Queer Creations Part 3

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19TH, 15:00-16:30, Martin-Gropius-Bau Kino: The Queer-Creation Talks are about exploring, analysing and connecting people, organizations and initiatives in the queer film network. In Part 3, we continue with organizations that provide training and development support for queer feature films, from documentaries to fiction films. An essential part of supporting queer projects is ensuring timely and effective development support, which has been rare in the past, but a number of training programs have pioneered this, and we look at how their models can inspire further programs that could benefit queer storytelling. More information you can find here.

Queer Your Program; Speedy Film Pitches

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19TH,17:00–18:00 Martin-Gropius-Bau Kino:  Thirty Filmmakers whose films are ready for distribution will present their projects within two-minute pitches to programmers, distributors and sales agents. 
Join in to find potentially your next opening night film.

QUEER Industry Reception 

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19TH,18:00–20:30 Martin-Gropius-Bau-Lichthof: The annual gathering of industry professionals from the Queer Film Industry, from filmmakers to programmers, to distributors and sales agents at Gropius Bau Lichthof.

TEDDY TALENTS TALK: LISTEN TO YOUR HEART!

TUESDAY, 18.02., 14:30–16:00 HAU2, Hebbel am Ufer, Hallesches Ufer 34, 10963 Berlin: Few things are more indispensable to queer storytelling than the act of listening. For it is listening that drives both coming out and coming of age stories, where characters gradually wake up to the power of their desires and to the wonders of the world around them. It takes a lot of courage to listen to our hearts while telling these stories; doing so means undertaking major risks, both personally and professionally. In this third edition of the Teddy Talents Talks, we invite four film professionals to reflect on the boundaries they have shattered just by listening courageously, and how important the act of listening has proved in their practice.

The panelists are Faridah Gbadamosi, Jun Li, Paulina Lorenz und Connor Jessup. The moderation will be done by Djamila Grandits . More information you can find here.

TEDDY TODAY: 16th of February 2025

Today, six queer films will be shown for the first time at the 75th Berlinale! Soon, we also have a series of interviews for you that provide interesting background information on the making of the films.

INTERVIEWS:

Batim (Houses)

Sasha is non-binary and came to Israel from the Soviet Union as a child in the 1990s. Haunted by memories, they visit the houses they used to live in. A quiet meditation in black and white on what it means to feel at home in a house, a body, and in time. 

Premiere: 16.02./17:30, Delphi Filmpalast

More information about the movie can be found here

O último azul (The Blue Trail)

To maximise economic productivity, the government orders the elderly to relocate to distant housing colonies. Tereza, 77, refuses – and instead embarks on a journey through the Amazon that will change her destiny forever.

Premiere: 16.02./15:30, Berlinale Palast 

More information about the film can be found here

Queer as Punk

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.

Premiere: 16.02./21:00, Arsenal 1

More information about the movie can be found here

Zečji nasip (Sandbag Dam)

In a village on the brink of flooding, Marko’s life is turned upside down when Slaven returns for his father’s funeral and rekindles their forbidden romance. Marko must confront his family and make a difficult choice.

Premiere: 16.02./19:00,  HKW 1 – Miriam Makeba Auditorium

More information about the movie can be found here

PREMIERES:

Batim (Houses)

Directed by: Veronica Nicole Tetelbaum
Germany, Israel, 2025, 98′

Sasha is non-binary and came to Israel from the Soviet Union as a child in the 1990s. Haunted by memories, they visit the houses they used to live in. A quiet meditation in black and white on what it means to feel at home in a house, a body, and in time. 

SCREENING TIMES:

16.02./17:30, Delphi Filmpalast

Dreams in Nightmares

Directed by: Shatara Michelle Ford
USA, Taiwan, Great Britain, 2024, 128′

Three Black queer femmes in their mid-thirties take a road trip across the American Midwest in search of their friend who has seemingly disappeared off the grid. 

SCREENING TIMES:

16.02./15:30, Zoo Palast 1

La Tour de Glace (The Ice Tower)

Directed by: Lucile Hadžihalilović
Germany, France, 2025, 118′

Colder than ice, her kiss pierces the heart … The 1970s. Jeanne, a young runaway, falls under the spell of Cristina, the enigmatic star of The Snow Queen, a film which is being shot in the studio where Jeanne has taken refuge.

SCREENING TIMES:

16.02./18:45, Berlinale Palast

Magic Farm

Directed by: Amalia Ulman
USA, Argentina, 2025, 93′

An American film crew working for an edgy media company travels to Argentina to cover a musician who has the potential to go viral. When they realise they have landed in the wrong country, they decide to hire local people to fabricate a trend.

SCREENING TIMES:

16.02./19:00, Zoo Palast 1

O último azul (The Blue Trail)

Directed by: Gabriel Mascaro
Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Netherlands, 2025, 86′

To maximise economic productivity, the government orders the elderly to relocate to distant housing colonies. Tereza, 77, refuses – and instead embarks on a journey through the Amazon that will change her destiny forever.

SCREENING TIMES:

16.02./15:30, Berlinale Palast 

Queer as Punk

Directed by: Yihwen Chen
Indonesia, Malaysia, 2025, 88′

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. 

SCREENING TIMES:

16.02./21:00, Arsenal 1

Zečji nasip (Sandbag Dam)

Directed by: Čejen Černić Čanak
Croatia, Lithuania, Slovenia , 2025, 88′

In a village on the brink of flooding, Marko’s life is turned upside down when Slaven returns for his father’s funeral and rekindles their forbidden romance. Marko must confront his family and make a difficult choice.

SCREENING TIMES:

16.02./19:00,  HKW 1 – Miriam Makeba Auditorium

RERUNS:

A natureza das coisas invisíveis (The Nature of Invisible Things)
16.02./16:00 Uhr Cubix 6

Ari
16.02./10:00, Urania
16.02./18:00, Uber Eats Music Hall

Come la notte (Where the Night Stands Still)
16.02./16:00, Cubix 9

Das Licht (The Light)
16.02./20:00, Thalia – Das Programmkino (Potsdam-Babelsberg)

Extra Life (and Decay)
16.02./12:00, Cinema Betonhalle@Silent Green

Kaj ti je deklica (Little Trouble Girls)
16.02./21:30-22:59, Cubix 8

Le Rendez-vous de l’été (That Summer in Paris)
16.02./13:00, Cubix 9

Peter Hujar’s Day
16.02./22:00, Cubix 7

Queerpanorama
16.02./16:00, Cubix 7

RAPTURE
16.02./12:00, Cinema Betonhalle@Silent Green

Satanische Sau (Satanic Sow)
16.02./21:30, ADK am Hanseatenweg

The Trio Hall
16.02./15:00, Cinema Betonhalle@Silent Green

The Queerfantastic TEDDY After-Show-Show!

The stage is set for the stars of the queer cultural scene! This year, we can look forward to a spectacular show in which the drag queens, with their unique energy and stunning talent, will take over the stage: The entertainers from Große Freiheit 114 and the restaurant Das Hoven will guide you through a special night with singing, schnapps and other shenanigans.

Nikita Vegas and Kelly Heelton are known from Drag Race Germany. Nikita has been in the business for a long time in Berlin and hosts her monthly salon at Große Freiheit 114 – with an amazing voice and a lot of heart.

Kelly Heelton from Frankfurt am Main, also known from Drag Race Germany, has done many drag shows in the Main-Taunus district. In Berlin, she is currently performing at the Bar jeder Vernunft.

Destiny Drescher is a drag actress at the BKA Theater and shakes up every dance floor with her wit and great charisma.

Here’s to a wonderful TEDDY and an unforgettable night!

Get your tickets HERE.