News 2012
Side by Side LGBT Film Festival Debut in Moscow
Side by Side LGBT Film Festival to make its Capital Debut in Moscow 26 – 29 April, 2012
TEDDY PHOTO AWARD 2012
CALL FOR ENTRIES
This year, the TEDDY foundation launches the TEDDY PHOTO AWARD. In the framework of the International BROWSE PHOTO FESTIVAL from June 02 - June 30,2012 the TEDDY PHOTO AWARD will be awarded for the first time on June 22, 2012 in Berlin. DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES is May 31, 2012
TEDDY in Mexico
For the 27th time the International Film Festival took place in Gudalajara, Mexico.
RUSSIA: CENSOR "GAY" NO WAY
WE WON´T BE SILENCED
We cannot stand by while our friends in Russia are pushed underground or their speech is criminalized. Check it out here. Tweet it, reblog it, post it to your wall, put it on your blog - if each one of us takes one minute to share this far and wide, the Governor and other decisionmakers in Russia will have to think twice about the damage this law could do to their city's reputation.
TEDDY AWARD 2012
Press release Feb. 17, 2012
After the TEDDY is before the TEDDY - The last day of the festival
AND THE TEDDY GOES TO...
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As if there was no tomorrow - The ninth day of the festival, 17.02.2012
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Queer in the change of time
In this interview Rosa von Praunheim speaks about his movie NOT THE HOMOSEXUAL IS PERVERTED BUT THE SOCIETY IN WHICH HE LIVES, about the change of the queer world and the possibilities to learn from the past.
Beautiful people, big emotions - The eigth day of the festival, 16.02.2012
Far Far Away from Heaven - the seventh day at the festival, 15.02.2012
True love - the sixth day of the festival, 14.02.2012
On Valentine's Day we present you an extra portion of love. But love has many different appearances - and just as various is today's filmprogramme. We show you kids with a lust for life, passionate knights, untamed spanish girls...
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Everything will be fine! - The fifth day of the filmfestival, 13.02.2012
Queer in Turkey
Bilge Taş, festival programmer and member of this year’s TEDDY JURY, speaks in an interview with Philipp Schmidt about the only queer filmfestival in Türkei, the situation for queer people in her country, and her motivations to organise filmfestivals.
Little Talks - The fourth day at the festival, 12.02.2012
With words you can do things. With words you can inform. That solves problems, creates agreements and prevents misunderstandings. And therefore we will tell you now, what to expect from the TEDDY for today...
Transgender in Europe
TEDDY's main theme this year is trans*. Magnus Rosengarten speaks in an interview with Julia Ehrt and Richard Köhler about trans* in Europe, challenges for trans* people and transphobia.
Bend over for genderbending - The third day at the festival
Everyone who likes documentaries will have a merry gay day today. Six documentaries celebrate their Berlinale premiere today and compete at the same time for a TEDDY AWARD for the best documentary-/essay-film...
Interview with Wieland Speck
TEDDY-father Wieland Speck speaks in an interview with Magnus Rosenfeldt about this year's TEDDY AWARD, the movies competing for one of the prizes and queer filmmaking...
Teddy Calling - The second day at the festival, february 10th, 2012
The TEDDY gains momentum and today we present you five premieres of this year‘s filmfestival, which are all competing for a TEDDY AWARD...
Press release Feb 9, 2012
Russia: Onslaught against LGBT Community
Russian politicians are continuingtheir onslaught against the LGBT community by expanding the introduction ofcriminalisinglegislation around the country that prohibits the promotion of so called "sodomy, lesbianism, bisexualism and transgenderism to minors." The implementation of the law prevents any organisation or an individual to promote what is described as “propaganda of homosexuality”. This initiative threatens a wide range of activities...
It's spring - The first day at the festival Feb. 09, 2012
All of Germany is under winter‘s control. All of Germany?! No, a small village of brave people is also this year fighting against the cold....
The films for the 26. TEDDY AWARD
The anti-gay draft law is back on the table in St. Petersburg's city parliament...
The anti-gay draft law, prohibiting the so-called propaganda of "sodomy, lesbianism, bisexualism and transgenderism" as well as pedophilia to minors, is back on the table in St. Petersburg's city parliament this Wednesday, February 8, for the second, and possibly final, hearing.
LGBT rights in Indonesia and Asia and the World And The Panorama Section of the Berlinale
Children of Srikandi world premieres in the Panorama section of the Berlinale. But the producers still need a bit of finishing funds...
Press Information Jan. 30, 2012
26. TEDDY AWARD 2012
on the occasion of Berlinale 62
Michael Stocks new film project "Healing By Sharing"
The filmmaker Michael Stock (Postcard To Daddy, Berlinale 2010)and his crew urgently need sponsors for his new film project...
Congratulations from Holly Woodlawn
to Mario Montez
Holly Woodlawn via phone , Friday 27,2012
Congratulations from Taylor Mead
to Mario Montez
Taylor Mead via phone, Friday 27,2012
Foto: Mario Montez archive
TEDDY AWARD JURY
The nine members of the international jury – organisers of queer and other film festivals – view films within the framework of all programs of the Berlinale which have queer context. Three films are nominated for each category and one receives a TEDDY for best feature film, best documentary/essay film and the best short film.
