TEDDY AWARD Winner Daniel Ribeiro, director "The Way he Looks" (Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho)
Channel: TEDDY AWARD
Date: 2015-12-11

30 Years-30 Interviews #2
Birthday greetings Daniel Ribeiro, Brazil
In this Interview, TEDDY AWARD Winner Daniel Ribeiro, director of the fim "The Way he Looks" (Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho), talks about the impact which the Award had on his life and his film, he talks about the success of his movie, that followed the TEDDY AWARDS 2014, and sends us his best whishes for the next Teddy Awards.

About the movie
Giovana is Leo’s best friend. They spend their afternoons at the pool, awarding points for the level of their boredom and just hanging out. But there are limits to their intimacy. Leo is rather self-contained; even his schoolmates’ barbs can’t cause his sense of his own independence to waver. Tired of his parents’ over-protective attitude, this blind fifteen-year-old decides to determine his own life and applies for a school exchange. The arrival of a new pupil at school prompts Leo to reassess his daily routine. Having made friends with Gabriel he must now find a way to deal with Giovana’s jealousy... 

Jury Statement
"A joyous debut feature from a director who combines great writing, characterization, performance, camera, and music to deliver a film that soars above the well-explored coming of age genre, giving new meaning to the old adage ‘love is blind’." - The International Teddy Award Jury 2014

More info about the film at http://news.teddyaward.tv/en/video/?a-z=1&select=H&id_film=541

About this clip
This clip is part of a series dedicated to the 30th birthday of the TEDDY AWARD in 2016. The Teddy winners take a look back in queer film history, reflect on the meaning of a queer film prize and talk about the impact that the TEDDY AWARD had on their films as well as on their artistic lives.