Teddy Award Berlin - Der queere Filmpreis

ALESSANDRO RAIS

Alessandro Rais, Italy, lives in Palermo and 
works as a film historian and film critic. He
has been the founder and director of
“Sicilia Film Commission” through which he
strongly supported the production of “The
Sea Purple” (“Viola di mare”, 2009), the
first lesbian-themed feature entirely shot
on Sicily. He is the director of the Sicilian
Film Archive (Filmoteca Regionale Siciliana)
and furthermore he is the artistic director
of “Sicilia Queer filmfest” the only lgbt film
event on Sicily.

Bilge Taş

Joako Ezpeleta

Joako Ezpeleta, Spain, graduated in Journalism in 1991. Since then he directs programs of independent music at Prisa's Radio And Television Group and is editor of magazines such as "Spiral" and "Fiber". He was co-founder of the International Benicassim Festival in 1995. Since 2004 he produces his own short films and since 2008 he organizes FIRE!! International LGBT Film Mostra of Barcelona. In 2010 he also coordinated the cultural programme of Xacobeo 2010 and is currently coordinator of the Sónar Festival.

João Federici

João Federici, Brazil, graduated in arts and is a cultural producer. He has been director and executive producer of the Mix Brasil Film Festival of Sexual Diversity, produced by the Associacao Cultural Mix Brasil where he is vice president, giving visibility to the LGBT themed films. In 1993 he founded his production company Ideias & Ideais. He represented Brazil in theatrical productions or as curator/member of the jury for film festivals in countries around the world.

Magali Simard

Magali Simard, Canada, is a film programmer at the Toronto International Film Festival® and senior coordinator of Film Programmes at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. She has been with the organization since 2006, working on initiatives such as Canada’s Top Ten, the Student Film Showcase, the Open Vault and the New Releases. She has been on the Alberta Film and Television Awards jury for the past three years, was on the short film jury for the 2010 Outfest in Los Angeles, and was a programmer for the 2011 Perceides Film Festival.

Monika Visniarova

Nhlanhla Ndaba

Nhlanhla Ndaba, South Afrika, worked as a musical line-up producer and backstage director on events, such as the Miss Gay Soweto pageant. He worked as production manager for the Out in Africa Film Festival from 2002 to 2008 and the Encounters Documentary Festival. Nhlanhla organised the artist line-up for the launch of the gay and lesbian film festival in 2003, and in 2008 he produced a short film. In 2011 he was Production Co-ordinator for the Tri-Continental film festival and the People to People Conference.

Shannon Kelley

Shannon Kelley, USA, is Head of Public Programs for the UCLA Film & Television Archive. He is the former Director of Programming for Outfest: the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, and has served as Artistic Administrator of the Morelia International Film Festival (Mexico) and Associate Director of the Sundance Institute's Documentary Film Program. At UCLA Film & Television Archive, he is a committee member of the Outfest Legacy Project for LGBT Film Preservation.

Yang Yang

Yang Yang, China, graduated in 2004 from Peking University with a degree in French linguistics and literature. She went to Free University Brussels to study cultural management from 2007-2010. She worked for the Belgian Royal Film Archives - Chinese Film Fund and curated several cultural events. In 2011 she was co-founder and executive-chairwoman of the Beijing Queer Film Festival. Yang Yang currently lives in Beijing where she is planning to start a first women film festival in China.