Teddy Bear (2012 film)

Teddy Bear
Film poster
Directed by	Mads Matthiesen
Screenplay by	Mads Matthiesen Martin Zandvliet
Produced by	Morten Kjems Juhl
Starring	Kim Kold Elsebeth Steentoft Lamaiporn Sangmanee Hougaard Allan Mogensen David Winters
Cinematography	Laust Trier Mørk
Edited by	Adam Nielsen
Music by	Sune Martin
Production companies	SF Film Beofilm Tonemestrene Studio Minerva Film
Distributed by	SF Studios Danmark
Release dates	22 January 2012 (2012-01-22) (Sundance) 26 January 2012 (2012-01-26) (Denmark)
Running time	93 minutes[1]
Country	Denmark
Languages	Danish English Thai

Teddy Bear is a 2012 Danish romantic drama film directed by Mads Matthiesen, who co-wrote it with Martin Zandvliet. It stars Kim Kold as a painfully shy bodybuilder in his late 30s who, after failing to find love in his native Denmark, travels to Thailand at the suggestion of his uncle to find love and escape from his overbearing mother.^[1]

The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on 22 January 2012, where Matthiesen won the World Cinema Directing Award (Dramatic). Four days later, SF Studios gave the film a theatrical release as 10 timer til Paradis (10 Hours to Paradise) in Denmark. It was nominated for the Robert Award for Best Danish Film and the Robert Audience Award. Matthiesen was also nominated for the European Film Award for European Discovery of the Year.