Berlinale HUB75: TEDDY Directors’ Exchange: (Re)claiming Authority Over Narratives

In the organizer's words:

Who has the right to tell another person's story? Can authorship and collaboration coexist in a natural way? How can the process between the director and the people who live through the thematized reality be shaped in such a way that authentic and touching works such as Queer as Punk, Dreamers and Duas vezes João Liberada are created in films in which the real is fictionalized or extreme events are scrutinized, or in observational documentaries? We look forward to discussing this with the directors of these films presented in Forum, Panorama and Perspectives, Yihwen Chen, Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor and Paula Tomás Marques.

Who has the right to tell somebody else's story? Can authorship and collaboration organically co-exist? With regards to fictional re-creations, observational documentaries and the exploration of hard realities, how does the process between the director and those who have lived or are still living those realities come together to create authentic and moving works like Queer as Punk, Dreamers and Two Times João Liberada. We are looking forward to discussing these questions with the directors of the films presented in the Forum, Panorama and Perspectives respectively: Yihwen Chen, Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor and Paula Tomás Marques.

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The Berlinale HUB75 is a temporary festival lounge at Marlene-Dietrich-Platz. Stimulating morning talks and events await all interested parties there. Free admission - according to the principle: First come, first serve!