Teddy Award

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Tilda Swinton, Special-Teddy-Award winner in 2008
Tilda Swinton, Special-Teddy-Award winner in 2008

The Teddy Award is an international film award for films with LGBT topics in Germany. The award is each year presented in Berlin by an independent jury as an official award of the Berlin International Film Festival or as it is commonly known, the Berlinale. Here, an "independent jury" implies that its members are not officially selected by the committee of the Berlinale. In the most part, the jury generally consists of organisers of gay and lesbian film festivals, who view films screened in all sections of the Berlinale. Subsequently, a list of films meeting criteria for LGBT content is selected by the jury, and a 3,000-Euro Teddy is awarded to a feature film, a short film and a documentary. The award was first given in 1987.

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[edit] History of the Award

In 1987 German filmmakers Wieland Speck and Manfred Salzgeber formed a jury called the International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Association (IGLFFA) to create an award for LGBT films.

The first Teddy Award was given to Pedro Almodóvar for his film La ley del deseo, which featured Antonio Banderas.

1990 was the first bigger festival in the LGBT centrum SchwuZ in Berlin with around 400 guests. The evening was organized from BeV StroganoV and workers of the bookstore Eisenherz in Berlin. In 1992 the award was officially made part of the Berlin International Film Festival. In 1997 TEDDY e.V., a non-profit organisation was founded, which lobbied the award.

[edit] Categories

There are three categories in which the award is given:

  • feature film
  • documentary
  • short film

[edit] Past winners

[edit] 1987

[edit] 1988

[edit] 1989

[edit] 1990

  • Best feature film: Coming Out – Heiner Carow
  • Best documentary: Tongues United – Marlon T. Riggs
  • Best short film: Trojans – Constantin Giannaris
  • Jury award: Silence = Death – Rosa von Praunheim

[edit] 1991

[edit] 1992

  • Best feature film: Together Alone – P.J. Castellaneta
  • Best documentary: Voices from the Front – David Meieran, Robyn Hut and Sandra Elgear
  • Best short film: Caught Looking – Constantin Giannaris
  • Jury award: Edward II – Derek Jarman
  • Guests award: Swoon – Tom Kalin

[edit] 1993

  • Best feature film: Wittgenstein – Derek Jarman
  • Best documentary: Silverlake Life – Tom Joslin and Peter Friedman
  • Best short film: P(l)ain Truth – Ilppo Pohjola
  • Guests award: Sex is... – Marc Huestis

[edit] 1994

[edit] 1995

  • Best feature film: The Last Supper – Cynthia Roberts
  • Best documentary: Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter – Deborah Hoffmann
  • Best short film: Trevor – Peggy Rajski
  • Jury award: Dupe od mramora – Želimir Žilnik
  • Siegessäule reader award: Ballot Measure 9 – Heather McDonald
  • Guests award: Priest – Antonia Bird

[edit] 1996

[edit] 1997

  • Best feature film: All Over Me – Alex Sichel
  • Best documentary: Murder and Murder – Yvonne Rainer
  • Best short film: Heroines of Love – Nathalie Percillier and Lily Besilly
  • Special award: Romy Haag
  • Siegessäule reader award: All Over Me – Alex Sichel

[edit] 1998

  • Best feature film: Hold You Tight – Stanley Kwan
  • Best documentary: The Brandon Teena Story – Susan Muska and Gréta Olafsdóttir
  • Best short film: Peppermills – Isabel Hegner
  • Jury award: The Man in Her Life – Carlos Siguion-Reyna
  • Special award: Richard O'Brien
  • Siegessäule reader award: The Brandon Teena Story – Susan Muska and Gréta Olafsdóttir
  • Special award: Uncut – John Greyson

[edit] 1999

  • Best feature film: Show Me Love – Lukas Moodysson
  • Best documentary: The Man Who Drove With Mandela – Greta Schiller
  • Best short film: Liu Awaiting Spring – Andrew Soo
  • Jury award: to all German gay-lesbian Berlinale films 1999
  • Siegessäule reader award: Trick – Jim Fall

[edit] 2000

[edit] 2001

[edit] 2002

  • Best feature film: Walking on Water – Tony Ayres
  • Best documentary: Alt om min far – Even Benestad
  • Best short film: Celebration – Daniel Stedman
  • Jury award: Just a Woman – Mitra Farahani
  • Siegessäule reader award: Walking On Water – Tony Ayres

[edit] 2003

[edit] 2004

[edit] 2005

[edit] 2006

[edit] 2007

[edit] 2008

[edit] See also

Berlin International Film Festival

[edit] External links

Berlinale Prizes of the Independent Juries