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Cape Town - South African entertainer and Aids activist Pieter-Dirk Uys is to be honoured on February 18 at the Berlin Film Festival with a Teddy prize for his life’s work.
This year will be the 25th time this international honour is to be awarded and former winners include filmmakers Pedro Almodóvar, Gus van Sant, Derek Jarman and actors Helmut Berger, John Hurt and Tilda Swinton.
More than 3 000 guests from the art, entertainment, economic and political sectors are expected to attend the awards ceremony at Berlin’s old Tempelhof airport.
Fewer wars
Uys will receive the Teddy for his continued work in Aids education and his work as the entertainer Evita Bezuidenhout, the woman that former Nelson Mandela labelled the most famous white woman in South Africa.
Evita already has her most glamorous Errol Arendz gown ready, Uys said from his hometown, Darling.
"Evita will tell women to go back to their kitchens and cook for their husbands. Then there will be fewer wars."
Desperate first ladies
On a more serious note, Evita also wants to use the international podium to "request the Arabs and the Jews to live together like Christians", and furthermore she wants to request Germans and South Africans to look to the future with optimism.
She will also compare the Art Deco airport the Nazis built with the Voortrekker monument, where one can now go to "have a nice picnic – the police won’t take us away anymore".
Uys will also be performing his show Desparate First Ladies on February 20 at the Jewish museum in Berlin, the same venue where his deceased mother’s piano is kept.
According to a statement, Uys will be praising his Jewish origin and Afrikaans heritage and wants to remind the audience that "a patriot can also be someone that protects his country against his government."
This year will be the 25th time this international honour is to be awarded and former winners include filmmakers Pedro Almodóvar, Gus van Sant, Derek Jarman and actors Helmut Berger, John Hurt and Tilda Swinton.
More than 3 000 guests from the art, entertainment, economic and political sectors are expected to attend the awards ceremony at Berlin’s old Tempelhof airport.
Fewer wars
Uys will receive the Teddy for his continued work in Aids education and his work as the entertainer Evita Bezuidenhout, the woman that former Nelson Mandela labelled the most famous white woman in South Africa.
Evita already has her most glamorous Errol Arendz gown ready, Uys said from his hometown, Darling.
"Evita will tell women to go back to their kitchens and cook for their husbands. Then there will be fewer wars."
Desperate first ladies
On a more serious note, Evita also wants to use the international podium to "request the Arabs and the Jews to live together like Christians", and furthermore she wants to request Germans and South Africans to look to the future with optimism.
She will also compare the Art Deco airport the Nazis built with the Voortrekker monument, where one can now go to "have a nice picnic – the police won’t take us away anymore".
Uys will also be performing his show Desparate First Ladies on February 20 at the Jewish museum in Berlin, the same venue where his deceased mother’s piano is kept.
According to a statement, Uys will be praising his Jewish origin and Afrikaans heritage and wants to remind the audience that "a patriot can also be someone that protects his country against his government."
