Queen Raquela wins a Teddy Award at the Berlin Film Festival
Much of the ceremony is in German, but the film clips and acceptance speech are in English.
Courtesy of www.teddyaward.tv comes this footage of The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela winning the 22nd Teddy Award at the 58th Berlinale. The Teddy Award is a queer film award. The Berlinale is the Berlin Film Festival.
Queen Raquela is cited "for its ability to address race, gender and poverty in an entertaining way, while also playing with audiences expectations of form."
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Director Olaf de Fleur Johannesson and Raquela Rios are seen here at the Berlinale in February of 2008, winning the Teddy Award after the world premiere of The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela.
The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela, directed by Olaf de Fleur Johannesson, is an 85 minute drama which chronicles the story of a naive but street smart Filipina transsexual prostitute named Raquela who decides to travel in order to find her prince charming.
For more about the Berlinale and the Teddy Award:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlinale
http://www.berlinale.de/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_Award
http://www.teddyaward.tv/
For more about the film Queen Raquela:
http://www.poppoli.com/raquela.html
http://www.queenraquelathemovie.com/
http://www.myspace.com/queenraquela
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fus...
http://www.youtube.com/results?search...
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