36th Teddy Award Lineup

Again this year a reduced events section for Teddy but awards ceremony will be live-streaming on February 18 starring at 9pm Germany time and yes, there will be an "online party" starring at 11pm (!). But there will be other live events like the jury reception online or a panel on experimenting and evolving plus more events that will be streamed online.

The TEDDY AWARD will accompany the 72nd Berlinale on the TEDDY AWARD platforms with talks, discussions, panels and interviews on current queer films and the most burning issues and developments in the queer media industry. The film market events Queer Industry Reception and Speedy Film Pitches will take place online in the form of interacting and networking queer media professionals.

Most films in the feature length film are of gay interest so, chances are this interest could win top Teddy in current edition. Sigh.  Was from reading synopsis, posters and/or trailers where I gather if film had lesbian (L), gay (G), trans (T) or queer (Q) interest. Those with no letter means no guess from me, eventually the theme will be discover and if applicable will add the label.

The List

Feature Length Film - Fiction
Bashtaalak sa'at (Shall I Compare You to a Summer’s Day?), Mohammad Shawky Hassan, Egypt, Lebanon, and Germany (Q)
Berdreymi (Beautiful Beings), Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson, Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, and Czech Republic (G)
Calcinculo (Swing Ride), Chiara Bellosi, Italy and Switzerland  (L)
Concerned Citizen, Idan Haguel, Israel  (G)
Fogaréu, Flávia Neves, Brazil and France
A Love Song, Max Walker-Silverman, USA
Peter von Kant, Francois Ozon, France (G)
Queens of the Qing Dynasty, Ashley McKenzie, Canada
Sublime, Mariano Biasin, Argentina  (G)
Três Tigres Tristes (Three Tidy Tigers Tied a Tie Tighter), Gustave Vinagre, Brazil
Tytöt tytöt tytöt (Girl Picture), Alli Haapasalo, Finland  (L)
Viens je t'emmene (Nobody's Hero), Alain Guiraudie, France (G)

Documentary/Essay Film
Alis, Clare Weiskopf, Colombia, Chile, Romania
Aşk, Mark ve ölüm (Love, Deutschmark and Death), Cem Kaya, Germany
Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power, Nina Menkes, USA
Dreaming Walls, Amélie van Elmbt and Maya Duverdier, Belgium, France, USA, Netherlands, and Sweden
If from Every Tongue It Drips, Sharlene Bamboat, Canada, United Kingdom, and Sri Lanka (L)
Jet Lag, Xinyuan Zheng Lu, Switzerland and Austria
Ladies Only, Rebana Liz John, Germany and India
Nelly & Nadine, Magnus Gertten, Sweden, Belgium, and Norway (L)
Nel mio nome (Into My Name), Nicolo Bassetti, Italy (T)
Sab changa si (All Was Good), Teresa A. Braggs, India

Short Films
Aos dezasseis (At Sixteen), Carlos Lobo, Portugal  (L)
Blaues Rauschen (Blue Noise), Simon Maria Kubiena, Germany (G)
Diva, Nicolas Cilins, Switzerland
Home When You Return, Carl Elsaesser, USA
Jail Bird in a Peacock Chair, James Gregory Atkinson, USA and Germany
Lay Me By the Shore, David Findlay, Canada
Mars Exalte (Exalted Mars),Jean-Sebastien Chauvin, France
One Big Bag, Every Ocean Hughes, USA and UK
Sonne Unter Tage (Sun Under Ground), Alex Gerbaulet and Mareike Bernien, Germany
Terminal Norte (North Terminal), Lucrecia Martel, Argentina
Starfuckers, Antonio Marziale, USA (G)
Le Variabili Dipendenti (The Dependent Variables), Lorenzo Tardella, Italy (G)
West by God, Scott Lazer, USA
White Sands Crystal Foxes, Liz Rosenfeld, Germany (L)
Soum by Alice Brygo, France, 31’

Exhibitions
Medicine and Magic, Thirza Cuthand, Canada
Shadowboxing, Adbi Osman, Canada
The Song of the Shirt, Kerstin Schroedinger, Germany
VCR’s Choice, Charlton Diaz, Canada

Series
The Rising, Ed Lilly, Thora Hilmarsdottir, Paul Walker, Carl Tibbetts, UK

The Jury
Faridah Gbadamosi, Artistic Director of Outfest, USA
Joanna Ostrowska, film critic, Poland
Pepe Ruiloba, film programmer and critic, Mexico
Robert Moussa, Director Soura Film Festival, Lebanon