The eight members of this international jury - filmmakers and organisers of queer film festivals - view films within the framework of all programs of the Berlinale which have queer context. Three films are nominated for each category and one receives a TEDDY for best feature film, best documentary film and the best short film, each with a cash award of Euro 3,000.
Members of the Jury:
Basil Tsiokos - NewFest: The New York LGBT Film Festival (New York , USA,)
Marcin Pietras - Film and Television Pride Festival (Warschau, Polen)
Maria Cyber - G&L Pornographic Art Film Festival (Athen, Griechenland)
Melissa Pritchard - Lesbisch Schwule Filmtage Hamburg (Hamburg, Deutschland)
Meninaputri Wismurti - Q! Film Festival (Jakarta, Indonesien)
Mihai Chirilov - Transilvanian Filmfestival (Cluj, Rumänien)
Vicci Ho - Hong Kong Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (Hong Kong)
Yair Hochner - TLVFEST-Israel International LGBT Film Festival (Tel Aviv, Haifa, Jerusalem Israel)
The TEDDY Jury nominated the following films for the Best Feature Film:
Otto; or, up with Dead People by Bruce LaBruce
Piao Lang Qing Chun (Drifting Flowers) by Zero Chou
The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela by Olaf de Fleur
The TEDDY Jury nominated the following films for the Best Documentary Film:
Be Like Others by Tanaz Eshaghian
Football Under Cover by David Assmann and Ayat Najafi
Improvvisamente l'Inverno Scorso (Suddenly Last Winter) by Gustav Hofer and Luca Ragazzi
The TEDDY Jury nominated the following films for the Best Short Film:
Café com Leite by Daniel Ribeiro
No Bikini by Claudia Morgado
Tá by Felipe Sholl
This Year we award 2 SPECIALTEDDYS:
The TEDDY Foundation awards Hans Stempel and Martin Ripkens with a SPECIAL TEDDY for their activities and achievements as film critics, film scouts and filmmakers.
The TEDDY Foundation awards Keith Collins, Simon Fisher Turner, Isaac Julien, James Mackay and Tilda Swinton with a SPECIAL TEDDY who as a family, as combatants and allies of British filmmaker Derek Jarman have looked after his heritage.
The Readers of the Siegessäule nominated the following films for the ELSE Reader's Choice Award:
Be Like Others by Tanaz Eshaghian
Football Under Cover by David Assmann and Ayat Najafi
Improvvisamente l'Inverno Scorso by Gustav Hofer and Luca Ragazzi
Members of the Jury:
Basil Tsiokos - NewFest: The New York LGBT Film Festival (New York , USA,)
Marcin Pietras - Film and Television Pride Festival (Warschau, Polen)
Maria Cyber - G&L Pornographic Art Film Festival (Athen, Griechenland)
Melissa Pritchard - Lesbisch Schwule Filmtage Hamburg (Hamburg, Deutschland)
Meninaputri Wismurti - Q! Film Festival (Jakarta, Indonesien)
Mihai Chirilov - Transilvanian Filmfestival (Cluj, Rumänien)
Vicci Ho - Hong Kong Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (Hong Kong)
Yair Hochner - TLVFEST-Israel International LGBT Film Festival (Tel Aviv, Haifa, Jerusalem Israel)
The TEDDY Jury nominated the following films for the Best Feature Film:
Otto; or, up with Dead People by Bruce LaBruce
Piao Lang Qing Chun (Drifting Flowers) by Zero Chou
The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela by Olaf de Fleur
The TEDDY Jury nominated the following films for the Best Documentary Film:
Be Like Others by Tanaz Eshaghian
Football Under Cover by David Assmann and Ayat Najafi
Improvvisamente l'Inverno Scorso (Suddenly Last Winter) by Gustav Hofer and Luca Ragazzi
The TEDDY Jury nominated the following films for the Best Short Film:
Café com Leite by Daniel Ribeiro
No Bikini by Claudia Morgado
Tá by Felipe Sholl
This Year we award 2 SPECIALTEDDYS:
The TEDDY Foundation awards Hans Stempel and Martin Ripkens with a SPECIAL TEDDY for their activities and achievements as film critics, film scouts and filmmakers.
The TEDDY Foundation awards Keith Collins, Simon Fisher Turner, Isaac Julien, James Mackay and Tilda Swinton with a SPECIAL TEDDY who as a family, as combatants and allies of British filmmaker Derek Jarman have looked after his heritage.
The Readers of the Siegessäule nominated the following films for the ELSE Reader's Choice Award:
Be Like Others by Tanaz Eshaghian
Football Under Cover by David Assmann and Ayat Najafi
Improvvisamente l'Inverno Scorso by Gustav Hofer and Luca Ragazzi
