Berlin

THE WINNERS

The seven members of the international jury view films of queer interest within all sections of the Berlinale. Three films are nominated and one wins infor each of the categories: best feature film, best documentary/essay film and the best short film. The jury furthermore presents its Special Jury Award, the L'Oréal TEDDY Newcomer Award and the TEDDY Readers’ Award powered by Mannschaft Magazin.

The TEDDY for the Best Feature Film goes to:

Tinta Bruta (Hard Paint)
Marco Reolon, Filipe Matzembacher

 Jury statement:

The TEDDY fiction feature award goes to a movie which beautifully tells the story of a boy reconnecting himself with the real world. In a unique and creative cinematic form, the film captures the fierce struggle between fear and desire. Music, lights and colours culminate in a pure expression of the protagonist's feelings, gradually becoming his means to reconcile body, heart and soul. For its incredible directing achievement and tremendous cast, the TEDDY jury is proud to award Tinta Bruta / Hard Paint by Marcio Reolon and Filipe Matzembacher.

Nominees:

“Las herederas” by Marcelo Martinessi

"Touch Me Not" by Adina Pintilie

The TEDDY for the Best Documentary Film goes to:

Bixa Travesty (Tranny Fag)
Claudia Priscilla and Kiko Goifman

Jury statement:
The film introduces us to an outstanding woman. Her curiosity and many different ways of expressing herself are more than inspiring. She is a performer, a good friend, a musician, a family person, an artist. With the beauty of the sounds, the aesthetic of the images, the film takes us on her journey of selfdetermination between fantasy and selfcare. The TEDDY AWARD for best documentary film 2018 goes to Bixa Travesty by Claudia Priscilla and Kiko Goifmann and of course to the protagonist of the film Linn da Quebrada.

Nominees:

“Yours in Sisterhood” by Irene Lusztig

“Shakedown” by Leilah Weinraub

The TEDDY for the Best Short Film goes to:

Three Centimetres
Lara Zeidan

Jury statement:
Lebanese female film director Lara Zeidan makes a sensitive and intimate portrait of four young female friends on a Ferris Wheel in Beirut. We share in their emotional ride of sexual understanding, as the conversation turns from a jovial discussion of virginity, to a nervous outing of homosexuality. As we listen, we realise these young women are only just beginning to explore the many layers of their own and others' identities. We are privy to a crucial life episode in which a queer individual must claim and defend her right to exist. Lara Zeidan captures this delicate moment in adolescence with subtle yet tender performances from her cast.

Nominees:

“T.R.A.P” by Manque La Banca

“Je fais où tu me dis” by Marie de Maricourt

The TEDDY Jury Award goes to:

Obscuro Barocco
Evangelia Kranioti

Jury statement:
This film transports us to a city that is vibrant and surreal, a carnival of dreams and nightmares, seen through the eyes of its queer icon. The director's impressive singular vision draws you in with remarkable cinematography and sound design, making it uniquely poetic and intimate, and an outstanding artistic achievement. That's why we award the Special Jury Prize to Evangelia Kranioti and her film Obscuro Barroco.

The L'Oréal TEDDY Newcomer Award goes to:

Retablo
Alvaro Delgado Aparicio

The TEDDY Readers' AWARD powered by Mannschaft Magazin goes to:

Las Herederas (The Heiresses)
Marcelo Martinessi

Jury Statement:
Marcelo Martinessi shows that the search for individual identity knows no age, gender or class. With masses of emotion, visually impressive cinematography and an outstanding cast, he guides his audience through the life of a woman who finds an avenue to love and to herself despite all problems and crises. “Las Heredaras” weaves it’s story gently and imparts the characters with the space needed to grow. This is a film that lingers with you and imbues you with power.

Members of the Jury:

Natascha Frankenberg:

Programmer of the queer film section begehrt! at the International Women's Film Festival Dortmund|Köln

Bohdan Zhuk:

Programmer of the Kiev International Film Festival Molodist, the biggest Ukranian film festival since 2014 and curator of the LGBTQ program Sunny Bunny, the oldest regular queer event in the Ukraine

Roisín Geraghty:

Film programmer for the GAZE International LGBT Film Festival

Irland Franck Finance-Madureira:

French film journalist and leading co-publisher of FrenchMania

Pecha Lo:

General secretary of the Taiwan Women’s Film Association and festival director of the international Women Make Waves Film Festival in Taipei

Antonio Harfuch:

Founder and coordinator of the Genre and Sexual Diversity Film Program, a program of Mexican queer short films which originated at the Morelia Film Festival

Marthe Djilo Kamga:

One of the founders and coordinators of the Massimadi Festival in Brussels