TEDDY TALENTS Talks: Listen to your Heart!

Berlinale Industry Events

Access: Festival Accreditation & (Online) Market Badge

Tue Feb 18 14:30 – 16:00 HAU2
on-site only

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.

In collaboration with

Partnered with

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