Saturday, February 20, 2010

24th Teddy Awards at the 60th Berlinale


Well this award deserves a post so here are the winners for this year.

Best Feature Film: The Kids Are All Right, Lisa Cholodenko, USA, 2010 (Lesbian Interest with Julianne Moore and Annette Benning)
Teddy Jury Award: Open, Jake Yuzna, USA, 2009

Best Documentary: La bocca del lupo (The Mouth of the Wolf), Pietro Marcello, Italy, 2009
Siegessäule Readers Award: Postcard to Daddy, Michael Stock, Germany, 2010

Best Short Film: The Feast of Stephen, James Franco, USA, 2009 (yes, is the actor)

Special Teddy Award: Werner Schroeter

The French-German TV broadcaster ARTE recorded the ceremony and will air today, February 20th at 11:10pm. rbb TV will rebroadcast the show tomorrow February 21st at 11:30pm.

To read info about all films in competition and watch some trailers or clips go here or here.

There were not many lesbian interest films this year and it's somehow surprising that one won, but it's quite understandable with the casting and the director credentials. Definitively a must be seen for me even when the story is not really that interesting for me.

Cheers!

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