{"id":8315,"date":"2024-02-15T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/en\/?p=8315"},"modified":"2024-02-15T22:15:20","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T20:15:20","slug":"teddy-today-15th-of-february-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/en\/2024\/02\/15\/teddy-today-15th-of-february-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"TEDDY TODAY: 15th of February 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The wait is over. The 74th Berlinale is finally starting.<br>If you want to keep up to date with the premieres of LGBTQIA+ films, then you&#8217;ve come to the right place! Every day we will inform you about the latest films and screening times. In addition to the premieres, you will also find interesting interviews with the film makers over the next ten days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then all that&#8217;s left to do is buy your cinema ticket, order some popcorn and enjoy the screening!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For even more information and interviews about this year&#8217;s queer films, follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/teddyaward\/\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/teddyaward1\">Facebook.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-light-gray-background-color has-background\"><strong>The first interviews with the film makers are here:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Crossing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Interview with Levan Akin, director of &quot;CROSSING&quot;\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gYsvAXsUQSU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lia, a retired teacher, has promised to find her long-lost niece, Tekla. Her search takes her to Istanbul where she meets Evrim, a lawyer fighting for trans rights, and Tekla starts to feel closer than ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Premiere:  21:00 \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/zoopalast.premiumkino.de\/program\">Zoo Palast 1<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udfa5 15.02 \/ 21:30 <a href=\"https:\/\/zoopalast.premiumkino.de\/program\">Zoo Palast 2<\/a><br>\ud83c\udfa5 16.02 \/ 12:00 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verti-music-hall.de\/en\/\">Verti Music Hall<\/a><br>\ud83c\udfa5 17.02 \/ 12:30 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cinestar.de\/kino-berlin-cubix-am-alexanderplatz\">Cubix 9<\/a><br>\ud83c\udfa5 18.02 \/ 10:00 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cinestar.de\/kino-berlin-cubix-am-alexanderplatz\">Cubix 5<\/a><br>\ud83c\udfa5 23.02 \/ 16:30 Kino International<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teddyaward.tv\/en\/archive\/crossing\/\">More about the director and his film<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Goodbye First Love<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Interview with Shuli Huang, director of &quot;JING GUO&quot; (&quot;Goodbye First Love&quot;)\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6a-8R6qK2Vo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He pays him a visit in Frankfurt during his work trip to Europe. He talks about their time in Beijing, back in 2015. He listens, sometimes answers, unblurring those seemingly important details which do not matter any longer. Worn-out joy and fresh weariness. This might be the last time they meet.<br><br>\ud83c\udfa5 19.02 \/ 21:30 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cinestar.de\/kino-berlin-cubix-am-alexanderplatz\">Cubix 9<\/a><br>\ud83c\udfa5 20.02 \/ 13:30 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cineplex.de\/berlin-titania\/#\">Cineplex Titania<\/a><br>\ud83c\udfa5 21.02. \/ 15:00 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silent-green.net\/en\/\">Cinema Betonhalle@Silent Green<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teddyaward.tv\/en\/archive\/jing-guo\/\">More about the director and his film!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Baldiga &#8211; Unlocked Heart<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Interview with Markus Stein and Florian Lampersberger about &quot;BALDIGA - UNLOCKED HEART&quot;\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NB_Fkb9olJc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Using diary excerpts, photographs and memories from companions, the film paints the portrait of the artist J\u00fcrgen Baldiga who sensitively and authentically captured the West Berlin queer scene of the 1980s and early 1990s with his camera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udfa5 21.02 \/ 18:45<a href=\"https:\/\/www.berlinerfestspiele.de\/en\/ueber-uns\/das-haus\"> Haus der Berliner Festspiele<\/a><br>\ud83c\udfa5 22.02 \/ 21:30 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cinestar.de\/kino-berlin-cubix-am-alexanderplatz\">Cubix 8<\/a><br>\ud83c\udfa5 23.02 \/ 10:30 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cinestar.de\/kino-berlin-cubix-am-alexanderplatz\">Cubix 5<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teddyaward.tv\/en\/archive\/baldiga-entsichertes-herz\/\">More about the director and his film<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-light-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background\"><strong>PREMIERES:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teddyaward.tv\/en\/archive\/crossing\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.teddyaward.tv\/en\/archive\/crossing\/\">Crossing<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Directed by: Levan Akin<br>Sweden, Denmark, Turkey, France, Georgia, 2024, 105&#8242;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/teddyaward.tv\/media\/image\/film\/image_7711_h.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Film still Crossing \u00a9 Haydar Tastan<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lia, a retired teacher, has made a promise to find out what happened to her long-lost niece, Tekla. When Lia learns from a neighbour,<br>Achi, that Tekla might have left their Georgian homeland and be living in Turkey, Lia and Achi set off together to find her. Arriving in<br>Istanbul, they discover a beautiful city full of connections and possibilities. But searching for someone who never intended to be found is harder than they expected \u2013 until they meet Evrim, a lawyer fighting for trans rights. As Lia and Achi weave their way through the city\u2019s<br>backstreets, Tekla starts to feel closer than ever.<br>Levan Akin\u2019s fourth feature film is filled with an impressive emotional immediacy. Two initially hesitant strangers overcome not only<br>ideological but also internal boundaries on their mission and join forces. The topography of the city plays just as important a role in this<br>ode to humanity as the array of characters that live within it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SCREENING TIMES:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>15.02. \/ 21:00 Zoo Palast 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-light-gray-background-color has-background\"><strong>RERUNS:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Crossing<\/strong><br>15.02\/ 21:30 Zoo Palast 2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The wait is over. The 74th Berlinale is finally starting.If you want to keep up to date with the premieres of LGBTQIA+ films, then you&#8217;ve come to the right place! Every day we will inform you about the latest films and screening times. In addition to the premieres, you will also find interesting interviews with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/en\/2024\/02\/15\/teddy-today-15th-of-february-2024\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">TEDDY TODAY: 15th of February 2024<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":8449,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1489,1488,201,19,1484,1490,1486,824,1487,18,1485,158],"class_list":["post-8315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-baldiga-entsichertes-herz","tag-baldiga-unlocked-heart","tag-berlin-international-film-festival","tag-berlinale","tag-crossing","tag-florian-lampersberger","tag-goodbye-first-love-jing-guo","tag-levan-akin","tag-markus-stein","tag-queer-film-award","tag-shuli-huang","tag-teddy-award"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8315"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8448,"href":"https:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8315\/revisions\/8448"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}