{"id":312,"date":"2014-02-13T21:40:41","date_gmt":"2014-02-13T19:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/en\/?p=312"},"modified":"2014-11-27T20:31:29","modified_gmt":"2014-11-27T18:31:29","slug":"9-day-teddy-award-gala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/en\/2014\/02\/13\/9-day-teddy-award-gala\/","title":{"rendered":"9. Day: TEDDY AWARD GALA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For me it should rain red roses today, because it is St. Valentine\u2019s Day! And not just any St. Valentine\u2019s Day, because today also the grand TEDDY AWARD GALA will take place in the Komische Oper Berlin.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media0.giphy.com\/media\/GCLlQnV7wzKLu\/giphy.gif\" alt=\"http:\/\/media0.giphy.com\/media\/GCLlQnV7wzKLu\/giphy.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Afterwards there will be a big party which will continue in Schwuz and last until the early hours of the morning!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/25.media.tumblr.com\/43a7765a7b6de2d86bf117b800528504\/tumblr_mko76lXFJT1s9rae8o1_500.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Girls, get ready to rock!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/selFE9e.gif\" alt=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/selFE9e.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And for everyone who wants to have a more quiet day, maybe as a couple in the cinema, should have a look at today\u2019s movies, to see which movies are competing for one the much desired TEDDYS.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.teddyaward.tv\/en\/video\/?a-z=1&amp;select=T&amp;id_film=557\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>THROUGH A LENS DARKLY<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<em>(Through a Lens Darkly)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PCfbCeHOmqI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a class=\"lightbox\" title=\"THROUGH A LENS DARKLY\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/through_a_lens_darkly_2-e1391437288155.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-556 alignright\" title=\"THROUGH A LENS DARKLY\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/through_a_lens_darkly_2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"through_a_lens_darkly_2\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>In his documentary, Thomas Allen Harris chronicles the history of photography from an Afro-American perspective. With the aid of archive photographs he makes apparent how the black community used the camera as a tool for social change. Making use of photographic arrangements, <a class=\"lightbox\" title=\"THROUGH A LENS DARKLY\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/through_a_lens_darkly_1-e1391437304867.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-555 alignright\" title=\"THROUGH A LENS DARKLY\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/through_a_lens_darkly_1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"through_a_lens_darkly_1\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>some of which are collage-like and others animated, the film introduces us to photographers of arthistorical importance.<br \/>\nHarris makes use of personal material depicting his own family in order to reflect upon the emergence of a sense of photographic identity among African Americans.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XF43Zp69_tU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Cinestar 7, 12.00am<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.teddyaward.tv\/en\/video\/?a-z=1&amp;select=T&amp;id_film=548\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>THE DOG<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<em>(The Dog)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9hFg-_SESpo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"lightbox\" title=\"THE DOG\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/The_Dog_1-e1391437332587.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-553 alignleft\" title=\"THE DOG\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/The_Dog_1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"The_Dog_1\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Over ten years in the making, Allison Berg&#8217;s and Frank Keraudren\u2019s powerful documentary THE DOG follows the life of John Wojtowicz, who spectacularly attempted to secure the money for his partner\u2019s sex change by robbing a bank in Brooklyn in 1972. His attempted heist was made famous by Sidney <a class=\"lightbox\" title=\"THE DOG\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/The_Dog_2-e1391437318224.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-554 alignleft\" title=\"THE DOG\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/The_Dog_2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"The_Dog_2\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Lumet\u2019s 1975 film <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dog_Day_Afternoon\" target=\"_blank\">DOG DAY AFTERNOON<\/a>. Making use of copious archive footage, photographs and testimonials from contemporaries, the filmmakers follow not only Wojtowicz\u2019s occasionally bizarre life and progression from lower-middle class right-winger <a class=\"lightbox\" title=\"THE DOG\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/The-Dog_3-e1391430793328.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-570 alignleft\" title=\"THE DOG\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/The-Dog_3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"The Dog_3\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>to militant gay activist, but also provide an unconventional survey of gay culture in New York during the past forty years. The Dog is truly a labour of love with Wojtowicz as its fascinating anti-hero, captured here in all his humaneness.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A9XTtaVJI3I\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>International, 2.00pm<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.teddyaward.tv\/en\/video\/?a-z=1&amp;select=E&amp;id_film=567\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>EL CARRO AZUL<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<em>(The Blue Car)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a class=\"lightbox\" title=\"EL CARRO AZUL\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/el_carro_azul_2-e1391437920468.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-523\" title=\"EL CARRO AZUL\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/el_carro_azul_2-1024x442.jpg\" alt=\"el_carro_azul_2\" width=\"474\" height=\"204\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After his grandmother\u2019s death Hansel returns to Cuba from San Francisco to look after his brother, Marcos, who has trisomy 21. The brothers have drifted apart. Marcos misses his grandmother and refuses to accept that she has died. She was the only one he trusted, the only one to look after him so patiently, and to teach him so much about the world. At first Marcos sees Hansel as an intruder in his world. He spends most of his time on the balcony looking up and down the street and playing a game he always used to play with his grandmother: waiting for an orange car. Hansel tries to approach his brother, albeit somewhat awkwardly. He begins to play the game with him, in his own way \u2013 hoping to regain his brother\u2019s trust.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"lightbox\" title=\"EL CARRO AZUL\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/el_carro_azul_1-e1391437927558.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-522\" title=\"EL CARRO AZUL\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/el_carro_azul_1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"el_carro_azul_1\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 <a class=\"lightbox\" title=\"Valerie Heine\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/el_carro_azul_7-e1391437911522.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-524\" title=\"Valerie Heine\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/el_carro_azul_7-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"el_carro_azul_7\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Cinemaxx 5, 2.00pm, Cinemaxx 3, 7.30pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.teddyaward.tv\/en\/video\/?a-z=1&amp;select=V&amp;id_film=565\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>VETRARMORGUN<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<em>(Winter Morning)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZQfvKbXd2IY?list=UUD1iOuMk-g6JvV76Rj_qBkw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Maria hesitates when her best friend Birita <a class=\"lightbox\" title=\"VETRARMORGUN\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Vertrarmorgun_2-e1391438243779.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-498 alignright\" title=\"VETRARMORGUN\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Vertrarmorgun_2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Vertrarmorgun_2\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>offers her some pills, but \u2013 what the hell? Her mother\u2019s away and they are both desperate to have some fun tonight. They set off and, once the drug takes effect, start euphorically planning how they might finally escape their dreary island. But they only manage to wind up at a party where<a title=\"VETRARMORGUN\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Vertrarmorgun_1small.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"VETRARMORGUN\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Vertrarmorgun_1small-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Vertrarmorgun_1small\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> they continue celebrating. Maria\u2019s pupils are wide open in her delicate face. She may be high, but she doesn\u2019t feel at all well any more. It now transpires that Birita has plans for her friend: she wants Maria finally to have sex with a boy and put a stop to the stupid gossip about her being a lesbian.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Cinemaxx 1, 2.30pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/news.teddyaward.tv\/en\/video\/?a-z=1&amp;select=F&amp;id_film=554\" target=\"_blank\">FUCKING DIFFERENT<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<em>(Fucking Different)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"lightbox\" title=\"FUCKING DIFFERENT XXY\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/Fucking_Different_XXY_2.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-348\" title=\"FUCKING DIFFERENT XXY\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/Fucking_Different_XXY_2-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Fucking_Different_XXY_2\" width=\"474\" height=\"315\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The sixth part in the compilation film series Fucking Different breaks new ground. FUCKING DIFFERENT XXY intends to dissolve the binarity of classic gender identities. Seven transgender filmmakers from all over the world have made short films about aspects of sexuality which are alien to them. The mixture is colourful and diverse and includes documentary contributions from pornographic filmmakers Buck Angel and experimental approaches by J Jackie Baier who comes from a documentary background. The film series attempts to overturn stereotypes about the \u2018other\u2019 and what&#8217;s \u2018normal\u2019 \u2013 stereotypes which also exist in the queer community. &#8211; Break stereotypes, create confusion and celebrate diversity!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"lightbox\" title=\"FUCKING DIFFERENT XXY\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/Fucking_Different_XXY_1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-349 aligncenter\" title=\"FUCKING DIFFERENT XXY\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/Fucking_Different_XXY_1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Fucking_Different_XXY_1\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Cubix 7, 5.30 pm<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/news.teddyaward.tv\/en\/video\/?a-z=1&amp;select=C&amp;id_film=559\" target=\"_blank\">CASTANHA<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><em>(Castanha)<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yko8urDaoBk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">52-year-old actor and transvestite Jo\u00e3o has his best years behind him. He\u2019s ill, has lost both lovers and companions along the way and appears weary, even if none of this stops him from living the way he always has. Jo\u00e3o shares two rooms with his mother in a housing complex closed off to the outside; at night he performs in small theatres and gay bars.<br \/>\nThe film makes just as much time for solitary moments in shabby backstage areas as it does for Jo\u00e3o\u2019s performances and his unforgettable face, exploring a milieu at once tender, brutal and cruel with precision, its fleeting glamour only skin-deep. Its complex layers of documentary observation and fictional elements coalesce into a story of life and death.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"lightbox\" title=\"CASTANHA\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Castanha_3-e1391437978526.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-517\" title=\"CASTANHA\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Castanha_3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Castanha_3\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Castanha_2-e1391437176515.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-562\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Castanha_2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Castanha_2\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/Castanha_72dpi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-407\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/Castanha_72dpi-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Castanha_\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Cinestar 3, 5.45pm<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.teddyaward.tv\/en\/video\/?a-z=1&amp;select=P&amp;id_film=543\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>PAPILIO BUDDHA<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<em>(Papilio Buddha)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fdb2UfHRv6Q\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shankaran discovers a rare butterfly, the <a class=\"lightbox\" title=\"PAPILIO BUDDHA\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Papilio_Buddha_1-e1391437235938.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-560 alignright\" title=\"PAPILIO BUDDHA\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Papilio_Buddha_1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Papilio_Buddha_1\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Papilio Buddha, which is only found in the Western Ghats in India. It is a near perfect moment for him and his gay friend, Jack. The American accompanies Shankaran home where he witnesses an argument between Shankaran and his father which he fails to understand. His father is the <a class=\"lightbox\" title=\"PAPILIO BUDDHA\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Papilio_Buddha_2-e1391437629125.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-540 alignright\" title=\"PAPILIO BUDDHA\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Papilio_Buddha_2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Papilio_Buddha_2\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>leader of a group of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dalit\" target=\"_blank\">Dalits<\/a>, or low caste \u2018untouchables\u2019 who are engaged in a brutal struggle for land rights in many places in India. Although their rights have been enshrined in the constitution since independence, the police regard Dalits as terrorists. Shankaran is put behind bars and Jack is soon expelled from the country on account of his association with him.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J3gYy0eJxJw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Cinemax 7, 8.00pm<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.teddyaward.tv\/en\/video\/?a-z=1&amp;select=Q&amp;id_film=544\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">QUICK CHANGE<\/span><\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>(Quick Change)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HCcpmm3sY3g\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2019You\u2019ll be beautiful and it won\u2019t even hurt!\u2019 This is what Dorina promises dozens of her clients. She has come to Manila from Japan to help them realise their dream of winning a Miss Gay or Miss Amazing beauty contest. Decked out in the eccentric and colourful costumes of the show there\u2019s no sign of the earlier injections into their cheeks, nose, lips, breasts, hips and behind. Until one day the dark side of this artificially created beauty comes to light.<br \/>\nWith documentary precision and breathtaking speed director Eduardo Roj, Jr. follows his heroine as she moves through the harsh world of a community obsessed with beauty and with improving their chances of a career.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"lightbox\" title=\"QUICK CHANGE\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/quick_change_2-e1391437549244.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-547\" title=\"QUICK CHANGE\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/quick_change_2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"quick_change_2\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"lightbox\" title=\"QUICK CHANGE\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/quick_change_1-e1391437559820.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-546\" title=\"QUICK CHANGE\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/quick_change_1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"quick_change_1\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Cinestar 3, 8.15pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.teddyaward.tv\/en\/video\/?a-z=1&amp;select=Y&amp;id_film=571\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>YE<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<em>(The Night)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DPcDMfCEPTU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A young man stands in front of a mirror. Every evening, he appraises his appearance, attired in a new shirt, leaves his apartment and waits in a poorly lit alleyway for his johns. One night he meets a female prostitute of his age who\u2019s new in this part of town. They flirt and wander the streets and name themselves after flowers: he calls himself Tuberose and she, Narcissus. The strangers they follow remain faceless \u2013 until Rose, a one-night stand, falls in love with Tuberose. In his visually impressive, sensual debut film in which he also plays the leading role this 21-year-old director demonstrates all the poetic intensity of a Jean Genet in describing these three misfits\u2019 mute search for intimacy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"lightbox\" title=\"YE\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/Ye_1_72dpi.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-418\" title=\"YE\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/Ye_1_72dpi-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Ye_1_72dpi\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <em><a class=\"lightbox\" title=\"YE\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Ye_2-e1391438173497.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-507 alignnone\" title=\"YE\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Ye_2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Ye_2\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Cubix 7, 10.30pm, Cubix 8, 10.30pm<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/news.teddyaward.tv\/en\/video\/?a-z=1&amp;select=C&amp;id_film=559\" target=\"_blank\">CASTANHA<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><em>(Castanha)<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yko8urDaoBk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">52-year-old actor and transvestite Jo\u00e3o has his best years behind him. He\u2019s ill, has lost both lovers and companions along the way and appears weary, even if none of this stops him from living the way he always has. Jo\u00e3o shares two rooms with his mother in a housing complex closed off to the outside; at night he performs in small theatres and gay bars.<br \/>\nThe film makes just as much time for solitary moments in shabby backstage areas as it does for Jo\u00e3o\u2019s performances and his unforgettable face, exploring a milieu at once tender, brutal and cruel with precision, its fleeting glamour only skin-deep. Its complex layers of documentary observation and fictional elements coalesce into a story of life and death.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"lightbox\" title=\"CASTANHA\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Castanha_3-e1391437978526.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-517\" title=\"CASTANHA\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Castanha_3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Castanha_3\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Castanha_2-e1391437176515.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-562\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Castanha_2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Castanha_2\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/Castanha_72dpi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-407\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/Castanha_72dpi-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Castanha_\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Cubix 9, 10.30 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For me it should rain red roses today, because it is St. Valentine\u2019s Day! And not just any St. Valentine\u2019s Day, because today also the grand TEDDY AWARD GALA will take place in the Komische Oper Berlin. Afterwards there will be a big party which will continue in Schwuz and last until the early hours &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/en\/2014\/02\/13\/9-day-teddy-award-gala\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">9. 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