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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

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: 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 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

TEDDY TODAY: 15th of February 2025

The third day of the Berlinale has arrived and brings with it a series of exciting TEDDY films. Seven films premiere today!

INTERVIEWS:

Le Rendez-vous de l’été (That Summer in Paris)

Paris, the 2024 Olympic Games. Blandine (30) arrives from Normandy to watch the swimming competitions. Disorientated by the hustle and bustle of the city where nothing seems to go her way, she navigates the chaos of Paris and an unexpected reunion. 

Premiere: 15.02./18:30, Stage Blumax Theater

More information can be found here

Queerpanorama

A gay man impersonates men he has had sex with and brings this new persona with him to his next hook-up. Only by pretending to be someone else can he be truly himself.

Premiere: 15.02./21:30, Urania

More information about the movie can be found here

Satanische Sau (Satanic Sow)

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.

Premiere: 15.02./22:15, Zoo Palast 2

More information about the movie can be found here

PREMIERES:

Ari

Directed by: Léonor Serraille
France, Belgium, 2025, 88′

Ari, a young teacher, quits his job and is thrown out of the house by his father. Lost and alone, he reconnects with old friends, triggering a journey of self-discovery.

SCREENING TIMES:

15.02./15:30, Berlinale Palast 

Come la notte (Where the Night Stands Still)

Directed by: Liryc Dela Cruz
Italy, Philippines

Three Filipino siblings, all domestic workers in Italy, meet in the villa that one of the sisters has inherited. Shared memories and buried grievances come to the surface and put their fragile relationship to the test. 

SCREENING TIMES:

15.02./21 :30, Stage Blumax Theater

Le Rendez-vous de l’été (That Summer in Paris)

Directed by: Valentine Cadic
France, 2025, 77′

Paris, the 2024 Olympic Games. Blandine (30) arrives from Normandy to watch the swimming competitions. Disorientated by the hustle and bustle of the city where nothing seems to go her way, she navigates the chaos of Paris and an unexpected reunion. 

SCREENING TIMES:

15.02./18:30, Stage Blumax Theater

Queerpanorama

Directed by: Jun Li
USA, Hong Kong, China, 2025, 87′

A gay man impersonates men he has had sex with and brings this new persona with him to his next hook-up. Only by pretending to be someone else can he be truly himself.

SCREENING TIMES:

15.02./21:30, Urania

Satanische Sau (Satanic Sow)

Directed by: Rosa von Praunheim
Germany, 2025, 85′

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.

SCREENING TIMES:

15.02./22:15, Zoo Palast 2

The Trio Hall

Directed by: Su Hui-yu
Taiwan, 2025, 85′

This spectacularly eccentric satire by Su Hui-yu draws on 1970s Taiwanese TV culture and has a roller-skating Hitler dance with Stalin and Mao do the same with Chiang Kai-shek. A revue show of dictators in cahoots with the entertainment industry. 

SCREENING TIMES:

15.02./19:00, Arsenal 1

Vestida de azul (Dressed in Blue)

Directed by: Antonio Giménez-Rico
Spain, 1983, 99′

Documentary form about six trans women and their lives in 1980s Madrid. They speak frankly about their experiences as performers and prostitutes, facing marginalisation and the repressive laws that endured even after the end of the Franco era. 

SCREENING TIMES:

15.02./21:30, ADK am Hanseatenweg

RERUNS:

A natureza das coisas invisíveis (The Nature of Invisible Things)
15.02./10:00, Zoo Palast 2

Ato noturno (Night Stage)
15.02./10:30, Haus der Berliner Festspiele 

Das Licht (The Light)
15.02./10:00, HKW 1 – Miriam Makeba Auditorium
15.02./20:30, Haus der Berliner Festspiele

Die Zärtlichkeit der Wölfe (Tenderness of the Wolves)
15.02./21:00, Cubix 5

Hot Milk
15.02./13:00, Urania
15.02./15:15, Uber Eats Music Hall

Kaj ti je deklica (Little Trouble Girls)
15.02./13:00, Cubix 9

Kein Tier. So Wild. (No Beast. So Fierce.)
15.02./19:00, Cubix 9

Peter Hujar’s Day
15.02./ 15:30, Urania

RAPTURE
15.02./12:00, Betonhalle@Silent Green

Sirens Call
15.02./21:00, Betonhalle@Silent Green