TEDDY TALENTS Talks: Listen to your Heart!
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Few things are more indispensable to queer storytelling than the act of listening. For it is listening that drives both coming out and coming of age stories, where characters gradually wake up to the power of their desires and to the wonders of the world around them. It takes a lot of courage to listen to our hearts while telling these stories; doing so means undertaking major risks, both personally and professionally. In this third edition of the Teddy Talents Talks, we invite four film professionals to reflect on the boundaries they have shattered just by listening courageously, and how important the act of listening has proved in their practice.
Speakers

Faridah Gbadamosi (she/they)
Senior Programmer
Tribeca Film Festival

Connor Jessup (he/him)
Actor, Writer, Director Julian and the Wind
Generation

Jun Li ( he/they)
Writer, Director Queerpanorama
Panorama

Paulina Lorenz (she/her)
Writer, Producer, Co-founder Jünglinge Film
Moderator

Djamila Grandits (she/her)
Cultural worker, Curator, Film Programmer