Berlin: "Raquela", "Football" win Teddies
"The Amazing Truth about Queen Raquela," directoed by Olaf de Fleur won the TEDDY, the Berlinale's award for queer film. "Raquela" (pictured) follows the story of a Filipino "lady-boy prostitute's" desire to get to her imaginary kingdom in Paris.
David Assmann and Ayat Najafi's doc, "Football Under Cover," on homosexuality in Islamic sports won for best non-fiction as well as the audience award. All three awards come with a 3000 Euro prize.
Winning the Teddy Jury Price award was Tanaz Eshaghian's "Be Like Others," which the jury committee singled out as "an uncompromising and moving portrayal of the shocking reality faced by queer Iranians." Eshaghian's doc also won the ELSE Siegessäule Reader's Choice Award, endowed with 1,000 Euros.
Michael Jones is the film festival editor at Variety.com. 
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