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TEDDY<br />
AWARDS 25<br />
In 1987, Manfred Salzgeber and Wieland Speck gave souvenir teddy bears to Gus Van Sant and Pedro Almodovar at a<br />
gay bookstore in Berlin in recognition of their achievements in LGBT cinema. What began organically has grown into an<br />
institution: The Teddy Awards are the foremost international recognition that can be bestowed to an LGBT narrative,<br />
documentary and short film at the Berlin International Film Festival. The awards have boosted films in the marketplace,<br />
and the ceremony is a highlight of the Berlinale. Having served as president of this year's 25th anniversary jury, I found it<br />
both an honor and a serious responsibility to uphold. Whether presided over by Tilda Swinton or Javier Bardem, the Teddy<br />
is a glittering sui generis award that celebrates what we stand for.<br />
Sponsored by<br />
- Marcus Hu, Co-President, Strand Releasing<br />
TH ANNIVERSARY<br />
fREE<br />
COMING OUT<br />
Dir: heiner Carow, Scr: wolfram witt, 1989, Germany, subtitled, 109 min.<br />
Shot in 1989, COMING OUT was the first narrative film from East Germany to deal openly with gay issues. Philipp, a closeted<br />
teacher is dating a woman, but when he finds himself in a gay bar, he meets and falls in love with a young man. Through this<br />
relationship he finds the courage to accept who he is entirely. Significantly, the film premiered in 1990 at the Berlin Film<br />
Festival, the same night that the Berlin Wall came down.<br />
Winner of the Teddy Award for best feature film in 1990.<br />
SATURDAY | July 9 | 4:15pm | DGA 2<br />
GO FISH<br />
Dir: Rose troche, Scr: Rose troche & Guinevere turner, 1994, USA, 83 min.<br />
Director Rose Troche and co-writer Guinevere Turner created a new standard for lesbian-themed films. Capturing everyday<br />
life in Chicago set within a Sapphic world, this scrappy black-and-white romantic comedy tells the story of Max (the<br />
captivating Turner) looking for love in all the wrong places until she meets her unlikely match for her in gawky Ely (V.S.<br />
Brodie). Sexy, funny and full of inside jokes, GO FISH remains a classic.<br />
Winner of the Teddy Award for best feature film in 1994.<br />
PLUS ShORt: the Day I Died (El Dia Que Mori) Dir: Maryam Keshavarz, 11 min.<br />
POSt-SCREEnInG RECEPtIOn: All-Girl Friday<br />
FRIDAY | July 15 | 7:15pm | DGA 2<br />
LAW OF DESIRE<br />
Dir/Scr: Pedro Almodóvar, 1987, Spain, subtitled, 102 min.<br />
One of the most creative, provocative and prolific filmmakers alive today, Pedro Almodóvar’s canon of films represents one of<br />
the greatest bodies of work in film history. This film portrays a love triangle between a gay film director; his transgender sister<br />
and actress (Carmen Maura), and a murderously obsessive stalker (Antonio Banderas). Coming a year before his international<br />
sensation WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN, Almodóvar has said that LAW OF DESIRE “is the key film in<br />
my life and career.”<br />
Winner of the Teddy Award for best feature film in 1987.<br />
TUESDAY | July 12 | 7:15pm | DGA 2<br />
THE MAN WHO DROVE WITH MANDELA<br />
Dir: Greta Schiller, Scr: Mark Gevisser, 1999, UK/South Africa/netherlands, 82 min.<br />
FROM THE LEGACY PROJECT COLLECTION<br />
The man who drove with Mandela was Cecil Williams, an acclaimed gay white theatre director living in South Africa who<br />
assisted with the inception of the black anti-apartheid movement. From Greta Schiller, director of the acclaimed<br />
documentaries PARIS WAS A WOMAN and BEFORE STONEWALL, this remarkable documentary relates Williams’ story while<br />
skillfully drawing parallels between the plight of South African blacks and the dilemma of a gay man of conscience living in a<br />
society that prohibits expression of his identity and core beliefs.<br />
Winner of the Teddy Award for best documentary in 1999.<br />
Special Thanks: UCLA Film & Television Archive<br />
Sponsored by<br />
PLUS ShORt: trevor Dir: Peggy Rajski, 18 min.<br />
SUNDAY | July 10 | 2:30pm | REDCAT<br />
POISON<br />
Dir/Scr: todd haynes, 1991, USA, 85 min.<br />
Todd Haynes’ career continues to hit new heights with films like FAR FROM HEAVEN and most recently, the awe-inspiring<br />
HBO mini-series “Mildred Pierce”, but it was his debut feature POISON that established him as the great hope of the New<br />
Queer Cinema of the early ‘90s. Twenty years later, POISON remains bold and fresh, exploring sexual obsession, deviance<br />
and passion in a fashion that continues to defy age.<br />
Winner of the Teddy Award for best feature film in 1991.<br />
PLUS ShORt: the Intervention Dir: Jay Duplass, 15 min.<br />
FRIDAY | July 8 | 8:00pm | DGA 2<br />
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Tickets: 213.480.7065 or www.outfest.org
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