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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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.
Categories
There are three categories in which the award is given:
- feature film
- documentary
- short film
Past winners
1987
- Best feature film: La ley del deseo (Law of Desire) – Pedro Almodóvar
- Best short film: Five Ways to Kill Yourself and My New Friend – Gus Van Sant
1988
- Best feature film: The Last of England – Derek Jarman
- Best documentary: Rights and Reactions – Phil Zwickler
- Best documentary: Die Wiese der Sachen (The Meadow of Things) – Heinz Emigholz
- Best short film: Alfalfa – Richard Kwietniowski
- Jury award: Tilda Swinton
- Siegessäule (German magazine) reader award: The Last of England – Derek Jarman
1989
- Best feature film: Looking for Langston – Isaac Julien
- Best film: Fun Down There – Roger Stigliano
- Best documentary: Tiny and Ruby: Hell Divin' Women – Greta Schiller and Andrea Weiss
- Best documentary: Urinal – John Greyson
1990
- Best feature film: Coming Out – Heiner Carow
- Best documentary: Tongues Untied – Marlon T. Riggs
- Best short film: Trojans – Constantine Giannaris
- Jury award: Silence = Death – Rosa von Praunheim
1991
- Best feature film: Poison – Todd Haynes
- Best documentary: Paris Is Burning – Jennie Livingston
- Best short film: Relax – Chris Newby
- Jury award: The Making of Monsters – John Greyson
- Special award: Forbidden Love – Vladislav Kvasnicka
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
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
1994
- Best short film: Go Fish – Rose Troche
- Best documentary: Coming Out Under Fire – Arthur Dong
- Best short film: Carmelita Tropicana – Ela Troyano
- Jury award: Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies – John Maybury
- Siegessäule reader award: Heavy Blow – Hoang Allen Duong
- Guests award: Fresa y chocolate (Strawberry and Chocolate) – Tomas Gutierrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabio
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
1996
- Best feature film: The Watermelon Woman – Cheryl Dunye
- Best documentary: The Celluloid Closet – Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman
- Best documentary: I'll Be Your Mirror – Nan Goldin and Edmund Coulthard
- Best short film: Unbound – Claudia Morgado Escanilla
- Best short film: Alkali, Iowa – Mark Christopher
- Jury award: Jerry Tartaglia for the Konservierung of the films from Jack Smith
- Siegessäule award: Paris Was a Woman – Greta Schiller
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
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: Un©ut – John Greyson
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
2000
- Best feature film: Water Drops on Burning Rocks – François Ozon
- Best documentary: Pharagraph 175 – Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman
- Best short film: Hartes Brot – Nathalie Percillier
- Jury award: Drôle de Félix – Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau
- Jury award: Chrissy – Jacqui North
- Siegessäule reader award: Drôle de Félix – Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau
2001
- Best feature film: Hedwig and the Angry Inch – John Cameron Mitchell
- Best documentary: Trembling Before G-d – Sandi Simcha DuBowski
- Best short film: Erè Mèla Mèla – Daniel Wiroth
- Jury award: Forbidden Fruit – Sue Maluwa-Bruce and Beate Kunath
- Special award: Moritz de Hadeln
- Siegessäule reader award: The Iron Ladies – Yongjoot Thongkontoon
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
2003
- Best feature film: A Thousand Clouds of Peace – Julián Hernández
- Best documentary: Talk Straight: The World of Rural Queers – Jochen Hick
- Best short film: Precious Moments – Lars Krutzkoff and Jan Dalchow
- Special award: Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
- Siegessäule reader award: The Event – Thom Fitzgerald
2004
- Best feature film: Latter Days
- Best documentary: The Nomi Song – Andrew Horn
- Best short film: ¿Con qué la lavaré? – Maria Trénor
- Special award: Edition Salzgeber
- Siegessäule reader award: D.E.B.S. – Angela Robinson
2005
- Best feature film: A Year Without Love – Anahí Berneri
- Best documentary: Katzenball – Veronika Minder
- Best short film: The Intervention – Jay Duplass
- Siegessäule reader award: Transamerica – Duncan Tucker
2006
- Best feature film: The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros – Auraeus Solito
- Best documentary: Beyond Hatred – Olivier Meyrou
- Best short film: El día que morí – Maryam Keshavarz
- Jury award: Combat – Patrick Carpentier
- Siegessäule reader award: Paper Dolls – Tomer Heymann
2007
- Best feature film: Spider Lilies – Zero Chou
- Best documentary: A walk into the sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol factory – Esther B. Robinson
- Special award: Helmut Berger for his whole lifework
- Siegessäule reader award: The Bubble – Eytan Fox
- Guest award: Notes on a Scandal - Richard Eyre
- Special award: La León – Santiago Otheguy
2008
- Best feature film: The Amazing Truth about Queen Raquela - Olaf de Fleur
- Best documentary: Football Under Cover - David Assman and Ayat Najafi
- Best short film: Ta - Felipe Sholl
- Jury award: Be Like Others - Tanaz Eshaghian
- Siegessäule reader award: Be Like Others - Tanaz Eshaghian
- Special Award Keith Collins, Simon Fisher Turner, Isaac Julien, James Mackay and Tilda Swinton
who as a family as combatants and allies of British filmmaker Derek Jarman have looked after his heritage.
2009
- Best feature film: Raging Sun, Raging Sky (Rabioso sol, rabioso cielo) - Julián Hernández
- Best documentary: Fig Trees – John Greyson
- Best short film: A Horse Is Not A Metaphor - Barbara Hammer
- Siegessäule reader award: City of Borders - Yun Suh
- Special award: Joe Dallesandro
- Special award: John Hurt
See also
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