Berlinale
Thea Ehrlich dedicates her Silver Bear to the trans community
Thea honor is happy about the silver bear for her performance as a supporting actress in “until the end of the night”. photo
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In the thriller “Unto the End of the Night” Honor plays a trans woman – the Austrian hopes to appeal to many people and make them think.
After winning the award at the Berlinale, the Austrian actress Thea Ehrlich emphasized the support she received from those around her. “I’m definitely dedicating this award to the trans community – people who have supported me,” the 23-year-old told dpa on Saturday evening after the Berlinale award ceremony.
In Christoph Hochhäusler’s crime thriller “Until the End of the Night,” Honor plays a trans woman who, together with a police officer, is supposed to investigate undercover in the drug scene. She received a Silver Bear for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Honor said: “I also dedicate the award to my parents, who have always supported me as it should be.” Her parents were the ones “who let me live as freely as I wanted”.
She hopes that the film “will appeal to many people and that they will think about how they deal with people,” Honor later said in a press conference. She would like more visibility for trans people and an awareness that many trans women live in precarious situations, in situations “that are extremely toxic and trans-hostile”.