'' Fig Trees '' premiered at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival ( Berlinale ) on February 9 , 2009 . It had been accepted as a rough cut and finished shortly before the festival . It went on to play at the Inside Out Film and Video Festival in Toronto , the Seattle International Film Festival , Outfest , the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam , the Paris Gay and Lesbian Film Festival , Watch Docs Film Festival in Poland and the Hamburg Lesbian and Gay Film Festival . It won the Teddy Award for Best Documentary at Berlinale , the Jury Prize at the Hamburg Lesbian and Gay Film Festival and the award for Best Canadian Film or Video at the Inside Out Film and Video Festival
59th Berlin International Film Festival
59th Berlin International Film Festival
Fig Trees