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Berlin International Film Festival · 2017

Berlin International Film Festival 2017

Generation

Selection of films for younger audiences. The Kplus films will be judged by a jury of 11 to 14-year-olds and the 14plus films by a jury of 14-18-year-olds. A selection of short films also plays in this section.

Programme

16 films · 1 review

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Almost Heaven

Documentary. Far from home, 17-year-old Ying Ling practices for her examination to become a mortician at one of China’s largest funeral homes.

(Country: UK; Year: 2017; Director: Carol Salter)

World premiere. 14plus

Butterfly Kisses

Jake and his friends pass their time hanging out in the courtyards of their high-rise development or in pool halls, talking about girls, watching pornos and getting drunk. But Jake has a dark secret.

(Country: UK; Year: 2017; Director: Rafael Kapelinski; Writer: Greer Ellison, Merlin Merton; Stars: Theo Stevenson, Elliot Cowan, Rosie Day, Thomas Turgoose, Charlotte Beaumont, Honor Kneafsey, Luke McKenzie, Leigh Gill, Lee Nicholas Harris, Anastasia Drew, David Neville, Taniel Yusef, Ella-Rae Smith, Paul A Munday, Leslie Hall)

World premiere. 14plus

Emo The Musical

Ethan embarks on a new journey as he tries to fit in at his new school.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2016; Director: Neil Triffett; Writer: Neil Triffett; Stars: Benson Jack Anthony, Jordan Hare, Rahart Adams, Jon Prasida, Lucy Barrett, Ben Bennett, Craig Hyde-Smith, Geraldine Viswanathan, Kevin Clayette, Bridie Carter, Natasha Herbert, Dylan Lewis, Adam Zwar, Heidi Arena, Brianna Bishop)

International premiere. 14plus

The Erlprince (Królewicz Olch)

Review preview for The Erlprince

We don't just see this teenager grow up, we are buffeted and tossed by the experience.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
The boundaries between reality, desire and appearance blur for a boy coming of age.

(Country: Poland; Year: 2016; Director: Kuba Czekaj; Writer: Kuba Czekaj; Stars: Staszek Cywka, Agnieszka Podsiadlik, Sebastian Lach, Bernhard Schütz, Boguslawa Jantos, Emilia Stachurska, James Fordham, Anna Podolak, Artur Kazmiruk)

Full review See: Kuba Czekaj on the psychology of adolescence in The Erlprince

My Entire High School Sinking Into The Sea

A high school newspaper team try to escape their school as it sinks into the Pacific Ocean.

(Year: 2016; Director: Dash Shaw; Writer: Dash Shaw; Stars: Susan Sarandon, Lena Dunham, Maya Rudolph, Jason Schwartzman, John Cameron Mitchell, Reggie Watts, Alex Karpovsky)

European premiere. 14plus

Nalu On The Border (Mulher do pai)

After the death of her grandmother, 16-year-old Nalu is left to care for her father alone.

(Country: Brazil, Uruguay; Year: 2016; Director: Cristiane Oliveira; Writer: Cristiane Oliveira, Michele Frantz; Stars: Maria Galant, Marat Descartes, Verónica Perrotta, Áurea Baptista, Amélia Bittencourt, Jorge Esmoris, Fabiana Amorim, Liane Venturella, Diego Trinidad, Renan Goulart)

International premiere. 14plus

On The Road (Love Song: Wolf Alice)

Documenting the London band on and off stage.

(Country: UK; Year: 2016; Director: Michael Winterbottom; Stars: Shirley Henderson, Paul Popplewell, James McArdle, Jamie Quinn, Ellie Rowsell, Leah Harvey, Joel Amey, Theo Ellis, Joff Oddie)

14plus

Primero Enero

Eleven-year-old Valentino’s life goes off the rails when his parents get divorced, challenging him to see the world from a different angle.

(Country: Argentina; Year: 2016; Director: Darío Mascambroni; Writer: Darío Mascambroni; Stars: Jorge Rossi, Valentino Rossi, Eva Torres)

European premiere. Kplus

Rabbit School - Guardians Of The Golden Egg (Die Häschenschule - Jagd nach dem Goldenen Ei)

Scrappy city rabbit Max finds shelter in a hidden Easter bunny school after a misadventure with a model plane leaves him stranded far beyond the city limits.

(Year: 2017; Director: Ute von Münchow-Pohl)

World premiere. Kplus

Red Dog: True Blue

When 11-year-old Mick is shipped off to his grandfather's cattle station in Australia’s remote Pilbara, he prepares himself for a life of dull hardship but instead finds myth, adventure and a friendship with a scrappy, one-of-a-kind pup that will change his life forever.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2016; Director: Kriv Stenders; Writer: Daniel Taplitz; Stars: Jason Isaacs, Levi Miller, Hanna Mangan Lawrence, Bryan Brown, Thomas Cocquerel, Justine Clarke, Steve Le Marquand, Winta McGrath, Zen McGrath, Kee Chan, Syd Brisbane, Kelton Pell, Calen Tassone, Igor Sas, Caitlin Berestford-Ord)

European premiere. Kplus

Richard The Stork

Even though everybody else thinks he’s a sparrow – Richard himself holds tight to the conviction that he is in fact a stork. In this fast-paced adventure.

(Country: Luxembourg, Belgium, Germany, Norway, US; Year: 2017; Director: Toby Genkel, Reza Memari; Writer: Reza Memari)

World premiere. Kplus

Stonehead (Shi Tou)

Ten-year-old Shi Tou, the son of a migrant labourer, grows up alone with his grandmother. It’s so hard to tell right from wrong! Sharing a reward with a classmate or waiting until his father returns, obeying his teacher or protecting his friend – which one should he choose?

(Country: China; Year: 2016; Director: Xiang Zhao)

World premiere. Kplus

Tesoros

Siblings Dylan and Andrea set off with their new friends on a marvellous journey of discovery in search of long lost pirate loot.

(Country: Mexico; Year: 2017; Director: María Novaro)

World premiere. Kplus

Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves (Ceux qui font les révolutions à moitié n'ont fait que se creuser un tombeau)

A group of young people in Québec who resolve to form a revolutionary cell together in the aftermath of student protests.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2016; Director: Mathieu Denis, Simon Lavoie; Writer: Mathieu Denis, Simon Lavoie; Stars: Charlotte Aubin, Laurent Bélanger, Emmanuelle Lussier Martinez, Gabrielle Tremblay, Léa Aubin, Joseph Bellerose, Louis-Philippe Berthiaume, Marc-André Brunet, Myreille Bédard, Youssef Camara, Sylvain Castonguay, Sarah Chouinard-Poirier, Saskya Eikeness, Solo Fugère, Gabrielle Gilbert)

European premiere. 14plus

Two Irenes (As Duas Irenes)

In the shimmering heat of Brazil, 13-year-old Irene discovers a dark secret her father’s been hiding: he has another family and even another daughter with the same name.

(Country: Brazil; Year: 2017; Director: Fabio Meira; Writer: Fabio Meira; Stars: Priscila Bittencourt, Isabela Torres, Marco Ricca, Suzana Ribeiro, Inês Peixoto, Teuda Bara, Priscila Bittencourt, Marcela Moura, Ana Reston, Maju Souza)

World premiere. Kplus

Weirdos

Just after the end of the Vietnam War and in the midst of the American bicentennial celebrations of 1976, runaway Kit and his girlfriend Alice hitchhike their way along the east coast of Canada.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2016; Director: Bruce McDonald; Writer: Daniel MacIvor, Daniel MacIvor; Stars: Dylan Authors, Rhys Bevan-John, Francine Deschepper, Mateo Giovannetti, Allan Hawco, Max Humphreys, Gary Levert, Matthew Lumley, Molly Parker, Julia Sarah Stone)

European premiere. 14plus