2008 Teddy Award – 58th Berlinale

Up to today this is the list of LGBT films, docs, and short films competing for this award. According to their site the list can be modified as soon as the festival starts and they actually see the movies lol!

A Jihad For Love, Parvez Sharma, Section: Panorama, Category: Documentary / Essay (G/L)
B teme (In The Theme), Olga Popova, Category: Short Film (L)
Be Like Others, Tanaz Eshaghian, Section: Forum, Category: Feature (G/L/T)
Bonne Mère, Maxime Desmons. Category: Short Film, (G)
Café com Leite (You, Me and Him), Daniel Ribeiro, Section: Generation 14 (plus), Category: Short Film (G)
Chief Miss Eagle Testickle Trilogy, Urban Nation, Section: Forum, Category: Short Film, (G/L/T)
Corazones de Mujer (Hearts of Woman), Kiff Kosoof, Section: Panorama, Category: Feature (G/T)
Corroboree, Section: Forum, Category: Feature (G)
Darling! The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story, Julian Shaw, Section: Panorama, Category: Documentary / Essay (G/T)
Das andere Istanbul (The Other Side of Istanbul), Döndü Kilic, Section: Panorama, Category: Documentary / Essay (G)
Decoupage, Monika Kijas & Vanessa Aab, Category: Short Film, (G/L/T)
Derek, Isaac Julien, Section: Panorama, Category: Documentary / Essay (G)
Dream Boy, James Bolton, Section: Panorama, Category: Feature, (G)
Drifter, Sebastian Heidinger, Section: Perspektive Deutsches Kino, Category: Feature (G)
EAST/WEST - Sex & Politics, Jochen Hick, Section: Panorama, Category: Documentary / Essay (G/L/T)
Filth And Wisdom, Madonna, Section: Panorama, (G)
Happiness For One Day, Tim Blue, Section: Forum, Category: Short Film (G/L/T)
Hatsu-koi (First Love), Imaizumi Koichi, Section: Panorama, Category: Feature (G)
Improvvisamente l'inverno scorso (Suddenly Last Winter), Gustav Hofer, Luca Ragazzi, Section: Panorama, Category: Documentary / Essay (G/L/T)
Kirschblüten – Hanami (Cherry Blossoms – Hanami), Doris Dörrie, Section: Competition, Category: Feature (L)
Kompisar (Flatmates), Magnus Mork, Section: Generation 14 (plus), Category: Short Film (G)
Lostage (Star-Crossed), Bettina Eberhard, Section: Perspektive Deutsches Kino, Category: Feature (G)
No Bikini, Claudia Morgado Escanilla, Section: Panorama, Category: Short Film (G)
Otto; or, up Dead People, Bruce LaBruce, Section: Panorama, Category: Feature (G)
Patti Smith: Dream Of Life, Steven Sebring, Section: Panorama, Category: Documentary / Essay (G)
Piao Lang Qing Chun (Drifting Flowers), Zero Chou, Section: Panorama, Category: Feature (L)
Shooting Geronimo, Kent Monkman, Category: Short Film (T)
Sita Sings The Blues, Nina Paley, Section: Generation 14 (plus), Category: Feature (G)
Tá, Felipe Sholl, Section: Panorama, Category: Short Film (G)
The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela, Olaf de Fleur Johannesson, Section: Panorama, Category: Feature (T)
The Glow Of White Women, Yunus Vally, Section: Panorama, Category: Documentary / Essay, (G)
The Living End (digitally remastered), Gregg Araki, Section: Panorama, Category: Feature (G)
Tommy, Tora Martens, Category: Short Film (G)
Tote Schwule – lebende Lesben (Dead Gay Men and Living Lesbians), Rosa von Praunheim, Section: Panorama, Category: Documentary / Essay (G/L)
Traces, Rachel Zisser, Category: Short Film (G/T)
Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell, Matt Wolf, Section: Panorama, Category: Documentary / Essay (G)
With Gilbert & George, Julian Cole, Section: Panorama, Category: Documentary / Essay (G)

Not many lesbian interest entries, but worth checking is the new Zero Chou movie. She made last year’s Ci-Qing or Spider Lilies. Also to check Kirschblüten – Hanami by Doris Dörrie. To check updates on the list go here then to Teddy Awards and Films.