Justin Kurzel Series ‘The Narrow Road To The Deep North’ Starring Jacob Elordi Among Titles Added To Berlinale Lineup 

Berlin Film Festival runs February 13–23.
Justin Kurzel Series ‘The Narrow Road To The Deep North’ Starring Jacob Elordi Among Titles Added To Berlinale Lineup 

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Aussie filmmaker Justin Kurzel’s series adaptation of Richard Flanagan’s Booker Prize-winning novel , starring Jacob Elordi, will screen at this year’s Berlin Film Festival. 

The Narrow Road to the Deep North was among several titles added to Berlin’s lineup this morning. 

The festival describes the series as a “riveting new Australian drama” about a WWII hero haunted by his past. The show will screen as a Berlinale Special Gala. Also in Specials strand is The Thing with Feathers starring Benedict Cumberbatch. The pic screens at Berlin following a debut bow at Sundance and is from filmmaker Dylan Southern. The pic is an adaption of Max Porter’s novel about a grieving father wrestling with the sudden death of his wife while also raising their young children. As previously reported, Bong Joon Ho’s Mickey 17 will also screen. Scroll down for the full list of films. 

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Over in Berlin’s Panorama sidebar, Austrian director Andreas Prochaska’s latest Welcome Home Baby has been added to the lineup alongside the satirical Norwegian body horror Den stygge stesøsteren (The Ugly Stepsister) Turkish political thriller Confidente (Confidante) and the gay Taiwanese gangster flick Silent Sparks. Welcome Home Baby by Andreas Prochaska will open Panorama. 

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This year’s Berlin Film Festival runs February 13–23. Veteran filmmaker Todd Haynes will head the competition jury. The festival will mark Tuttle’s first edition at the helm. Tuttle replaced the festival’s former dual directors Carlo Chatrian and Mariette Rissenbeek. Tuttle was the last head of the BFI’s London Film Festival.

Berlinale Special

Ancestral Visions of the Future  

by Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese | with Siphiwe Nzima, Sobo Bernard, Zaman Mathejane, Mochesane Edwin Kotsoane, Rehauhetsoe Ernest Kotsoane

France / Lesotho / Germany / Saudi Arabia 2025

Berlinale Special | World premiere | Documentary form

A poetic allegory of the filmmaker Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese’s childhood, an ode to cinema and an inner nod to his mother. Through fragmented narratives and mythic imagery, Mosese crafts a haunting reflection on dislocation and belonging.

Honey Bunch  

by Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Dusty Mancinelli | with Grace Glowicki, Ben Petrie, Kate Dickie, Jason Isaacs, India Brown Canada 2025

Berlinale Special | World premiere

Diana’s husband is taking her to an experimental trauma facility deep in the wilderness, but she can’t remember why… As her memories begin to creep back in so do some unwelcome sinister truths about her marriage.

Islands  

by Jan-Ole Gerster | with Sam Riley, Stacy Martin, Jack Farthing, Dylan Torrell

Germany 2025

Berlinale Special Gala | World premiere

Tom, a tennis coach at a luxury hotel, has his life changed when a new family arrives. Matters take a dark turn when the husband disappears and both Tom and the wife become suspects.

Je n’avais que le néant – “Shoah” par Lanzmann  (All I Had Was Nothingness) by Guillaume Ribot

France 2025

Berlinale Special | World premiere

Forty years after the release of Claude Lanzmann’s monumental film Shoah, Guillaume Ribot reveals the director’s relentless pursuit to tell the untold, using only Lanzmann’s words and unseen footage from the masterpiece.

Köln 75  

by Ido Fluk | with Mala Emde, John Magaro, Michael Chernus, Alexander Scheer

Germany / Poland / Belgium 2025

Berlinale Special Gala | World premiere

The true story of Vera Brandes, teenage patron saint of the 1970s Cologne music scene, who risked everything to organise the greatest solo jazz concert in music history: Keith Jarrett’s legendary Köln Concert.

Das Licht  (The Light)

by Tom Tykwer | with Nicolette Krebitz, Lars Eidinger, Tala Al-Deen, Elke Biesendorfer, Julius Gause Germany 2025

Berlinale Special Gala | World premiere

The Engels family is comfortably living separate lives under the same roof until the enigmatic Farrah, their new housekeeper who has just arrived in Berlin from Syria, enters their lives and challenges each of them in unexpected ways.

A melhor mãe do mundo  (The Best Mother in the World | Die beste Mutter der Welt) by Anna Muylaert | with Shirley Cruz, Seu Jorge, Rihanna Barbosa, Benin Ayo

Brazil / Argentina 2025

Berlinale Special | World premiere

To escape an abusive relationship, Gal puts her two young children into the recycling cart she uses to collect trash on the city’s streets and runs away. Alone and facing the dangers of homelessness, she convinces them that they are on an adventure.

Mickey 17  

by Bong Joon Ho | with Robert Pattinson, Naomi Ackie, Steven Yeun, Toni Collette, Mark Ruffalo

USA / South Korea / United Kingdom 2024

Berlinale Special Gala | German premiere

The unlikely hero, Mickey Barnes has found himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job… to die, for a living.

The Narrow Road to the Deep North  

by Justin Kurzel | with Jacob Elordi, Ciarán Hinds, Odessa Young, Olivia DeJonge, Simon Baker Australia 2025

Berlinale Special Gala | World premiere | Series

A celebrated World War II hero is haunted by his experiences in a Japanese prisoner of war camp and memories of an affair that took place just before the war in this adaptation of Richard Flanagan’s Booker Prize-winning novel.

Pa-gwa  (The Old Woman With the Knife)

by Min Kyu-dong | with Hyeyoung Lee, Kim Sung-cheol, Yeon Woo-jin, Kim Moo-yul, Shin Sia South Korea 2025

Berlinale Special | World premiere

Hornclaw, a legendary assassin in her 60s, specialises in eliminating the scum of the earth. She has learned to accept loss but finds new meaning in her mundane yet bloody life when she meets Bullfight, a promising young killer who wants to work with her.

Shoah  by Claude Lanzmann

France 1985

Berlinale Special | No premiere

Claude Lanzmann’s monumental Holocaust film, made over 12 years from interviews filmed around the globe with survivors, bystanders and perpetrators, powerfully recounts the extermination of six million Jews during the Second World War.

The Thing with Feathers  

by Dylan Southern | with Benedict Cumberbatch, Richard Boxall, Henry Boxall, Sam Spruell, Vinette Robinson United Kingdom 2025

Berlinale Special Gala | European premiere

Following the death of his wife, a young father’s hold on reality crumbles as a seemingly malign presence begins to stalk him from the shadowy recesses of the apartment he shares with his two young sons.

Panorama

1001 Frames von Mehrnoush Alia

USA 2025

Panorama | Weltpremiere | Debütfilm

Im Studio eines bekannten Regisseurs sprechen Schauspielerinnen für die Rolle der Scheherazade in „Tausendundeine Nacht“ vor.

Allmählich bemerken die Frauen, dass der Regisseur mehr im Sinn hat, als nur Scheherazade zu besetzen.

von Marcio Reolon, Filipe Matzembacher | mit Gabriel Faryas, Cirillo Luna, Henrique Barreira, Ivo Müller, Kaya Rodrigues Brasilien 2025

Panorama | Weltpremiere

Ein Schauspieler und ein Politiker beginnen eine heimliche Affäre und entdecken gemeinsam ihre Vorliebe für Sex an öffentlichen Orten. Je näher sie jeweils ihrem Traum vom Ruhm kommen, desto leichtsinniger werden sie.

Paraguay / Argentinien / USA / Frankreich / Deutschland 2025

Panorama Dokumente | Weltpremiere | Debütfilm | Dokumentarische Form

Filmische Reise durch die 35-jährige Alleinherrschaft Alfredo Stroessners in Paraguay. Ausschließlich anhand von Archivmaterial gibt der Film Einblick in eine der längsten Diktaturen in der Geschichte, deren Auswirkungen bis heute spürbar sind.

Bedrock von Kinga Michalska

Kanada 2025

Panorama Dokumente | Weltpremiere | Debütfilm | Dokumentarische Form

Seit 80 Jahren findet in Polen zunehmend Alltagsleben auch an Schauplätzen des Holocausts statt. Bedrock verbindet die Geschichten von Menschen, die diese Orte ihr Zuhause nennen.

von Jeanette Nordahl | mit Trine Dyrholm, David Dencik, Johanne Louise Schmidt, Bjørk Storm, Luna Fuglsang Svelmøe Dänemark / Schweden / Belgien 2025

Panorama | Weltpremiere

Ane und Thomas stehen kurz vor der Scheidung, als Ane einen Schlaganfall erleidet, der sie zwingt zusammenzubleiben und das Gespräch mit ihren Kindern zu vertagen. Angesichts ihrer neuen Realität finden die beiden Hoffnung, wo sie sie am wenigsten erwarten.

von Çağla Zencirci, Guillaume Giovanetti | mit Saadet Işıl Aksoy, Erkan Kolçak Köstendil, Muhammet Uzuner, Nilgün Türksever, İlber Uygar Kaboğlu

Türkei / Frankreich / Luxemburg 2025

Panorama | Weltpremiere

Ankara, 1999. Arzu arbeitet bei einer Sex-Hotline und nimmt Anruf um Anruf entgegen. Als Istanbul von einem Erdbeben erschüttert wird, ruft ein junger Kunde, mit dem sie kurz zuvor gesprochen hat, erneut an und bittet Arzu, ihn aus den Trümmern zu retten.

von Nele Mueller-Stöfen | mit Fahri Yardim, Valerie Pachner, Carla Díaz, Naila Schuberth, Caspar Hoffmann Deutschland 2025

Panorama | Weltpremiere | Debütfilm

Eine wohlhabende deutsche Familie engagiert während des Sommerurlaubs in der Provence eine junge Frau als Haushaltshilfe. Das gesamte Familienleben verändert sich allmählich – mit dramatischen Konsequenzen.

von Emilie Blichfeldt | mit Lea Myren, Thea Loch Næss, Ane Dahl Torp, Flo Fagerli

Norwegen / Polen / Schweden / Dänemark 2025

Panorama | Europäische Premiere | Debütfilm

Um mit ihrer wunderschönen Stiefschwester mithalten zu können, ist Elvira zu allem bereit. Unter Einsatz von Blut, Schweiß und Tränen will sie die Aufmerksamkeit des Prinzen erregen. Eine furiose Version der klassischen Aschenputtel-Geschichte.

von Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor | mit Ronkę Adékoluęjo, Ann Akinjirin, Diana Yekinni, Aiysha Hart, Harriet Webb Vereinigtes Königreich 2025

Panorama | Weltpremiere | Debütfilm

Isio wird in Großbritannien ohne Papiere erwischt und in ein Abschiebezentrum gebracht. Dort lernt sie, dass Liebe, Freundschaft und Freiheit manchmal nur zu bekommen sind, indem man das Falsche tut.

von Shatara Michelle Ford | mit Denée Benton, Mars Storm Rucker, Dezi Bing, Sasha Compere, Charlie Barnett USA / Taiwan / Vereinigtes Königreich 2024

Panorama | Internationale Premiere

Drei queere Schwarze Frauen in den Dreißigern unternehmen einen Roadtrip durch den Mittleren Westen der USA. Sie suchen ihre Freundin, die verschwunden zu sein scheint.

von Imran Hamdulay | mit Keenan Arrison, Melissa De Vries, Loren Loubser, Dean Marais, Ridaa Adams Südafrika / Saudi-Arabien 2025

Panorama | Weltpremiere | Debütfilm

Bei einem Grillfest ist Ryans fünfjähriger Sohn für kurze Zeit verschwunden. Ryans heftige Reaktion löst eine Kette von Ereignissen aus und fördert Geheimnisse aus der Vergangenheit zutage. Eine Reise zu Selbsterkenntnis und Vergebung beginnt.

von Frelle Petersen | mit Jette Søndergaard, Karen Tygesen, Mimi Bræmer Dueholm, Hanne Knudsen, Finn Nissen Dänemark 2025

Panorama | Weltpremiere

Sofie beginnt eine neue Arbeit als mobile Seniorenpflegerin. Schnell wird sie mit den Härten dieser herausfordernden Tätigkeit konfrontiert. Präzise, authentische Darstellung eines Berufszweigs, der in der öffentlichen Wahrnehmung weitgehend unsichtbar bleibt.

von Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay | mit Devrim Lingnau, Mehdi Meskar, Serkan Kaya, Nicolette Krebitz, Aziz Çapkurt Deutschland 2025

Panorama | Weltpremiere

Als am Set eines provokanten Films ein Koran verbrannt wird, laufen die Dreharbeiten aus dem Ruder und Praktikantin Elif wird in ein gefährliches Spiel aus Geheimnissen und Anschuldigungen hineingezogen. Die Grenze zwischen Realität und Fiktion verschwimmt.

Ich will alles. Hildegard Knef (I Want It All) von Luzia Schmid Deutschland 2025

Panorama Dokumente | Weltpremiere | Dokumentarische Form

Hildegard Knef feierte weltweite Erfolge, überstand krachende Pleiten und bewahrte stets ihre Würde. Das Porträt einer einzigartigen Künstlerin und bemerkenswerten Frau, erzählt mit Archivmaterial aus sechs Jahrzehnten.

von Sébastien Betbeder | mit Blanche Gardin, Philippe Katerine, Bastien Bouillon, Ole Eliassen, Martin Jensen Frankreich 2025

Panorama | Weltpremiere

Allein durch Grönland reisen, auf einer Eisscholle zelten, mit bloßen Händen mit einem Bären kämpfen. Es gibt nicht viel, wovor Coline Morel Angst hat. Außer vielleicht vor der Konfrontation mit ihrer eigenen Existenz, über die sie die Kontrolle zu verlieren droht.

von Anas Saeed, Rawia Alhag, Ibrahim Snoopy, Timeea M Ahmed, Phil Cox | mit Khadmallah, Majdi, Jawad, Lokain, Wilson

Sudan / Vereinigtes Königreich / Deutschland / Katar 2025

Panorama Dokumente | Europäische Premiere | Dokumentarische Form

Fünf Leben, eine Stadt, das Schicksal eines Landes. Als im Sudan der Bürgerkrieg ausbricht, müssen ein Beamter, eine Teeverkäuferin, ein Widerstandskämpfer und zwei Straßenjungen fliehen. Ein emotionales, lyrisches Porträt von fünf Menschen aus Khartum.

von Emma Hough Hobbs, Leela Varghese | mit Shabana Azeez, Gemma Chua Tran, Richard Roxburgh, Bernie Van Tiel, Mark Bonanno

Australien 2025

Panorama | Weltpremiere | Debütfilm | Animation

Die introvertierte Weltraumprinzessin Saira muss ihren Heimatplaneten Clitopolis verlassen, um in einer inter-gay-laktischen Mission ihre gekidnappte Exfreundin zu befreien, die von den Straight White Maliens gefangen gehalten wird.

Listy z Wilczej (Letters from Wolf Street) von Arjun Talwar Polen / Deutschland 2025

Panorama Dokumente | Weltpremiere | Dokumentarische Form

Eine Straße in der Warschauer Innenstadt wird zum Kaleidoskop der polnischen Gesellschaft. Hinter der Kamera steht ein indischer Migrant, der die Distanz zwischen sich und diesem Land voller Widersprüche und Ängste überwinden möchte.

von Isaac Julien | mit Ben Ellison, Matthew Baidoo, Akim Mogaji, John Wilson, Dencil Williams Vereinigtes Königreich 1989

Panorama | Keine Premiere

Der 1989 entstandene Film Looking for Langston ist eine lyrische Erkundung der Welt des Dichters und Sozialaktivisten Langston Hughes (1902-1967) und seiner Schwarzen Künstler- und Schriftstellerkolleg*innen der Harlem-Renaissance der 1920er-Jahre.

von Amalia Ulman | mit Chloë Sevigny, Alex Wolff, Joe Apollonio, Camila Del Campo, Simon Rex USA / Argentinien 2025

Panorama | Internationale Premiere

Eine amerikanische Filmcrew reist für eine Medienagentur nach Argentinien, um einen Musiker mit Potenzial zu treffen. Doch als sie feststellen, dass sie im falschen Land gelandet sind, beschließen sie vor Ort Leute anzuheuern und selbst einen Trend zu kreieren.

von Toshizo Fujiwara | mit Daiki Ido, Toshizo Fujiwara, Rino Tsuneishi, Sasha, Tomoko Fujita Japan 2025

Panorama | Weltpremiere

Ein Restaurantbetreiberpaar stellt straffällig gewordene Jugendliche ein, um sie bei der Resozialisierung zu unterstützen. Auch der 18jährige Yuto will mit ihrer Hilfe ein neues Leben beginnen.

von Martina Priessner | mit Hava Arslan, İbrahim Arslan, Namık Arslan, Yeliz Burhan

Deutschland 2025

Panorama Dokumente | Weltpremiere | Dokumentarische Form

30 Jahre nach dem rassistischen Brandanschlag von Mölln entdeckt der Überlebende İbrahim Arslan Hunderte bisher unbekannte Briefe mit Solidaritätsbekundungen. Der Film begleitet ihn und seine Familie bei ihrem Kampf für eine neue opferzentrierte Erinnerungskultur.

von Billy Shebar | mit Meredith Monk, Björk, David Byrne, Ping Chong, John Schaefer

USA 2025

Panorama Dokumente | Weltpremiere | Dokumentarische Form

Die visionäre Komponistin und Performerin Meredith Monk trotzte feindseliger Kritik und wurde eine der größten Künstlerinnen ihrer Zeit. Im siebten Jahrzehnt ihres kreativen Schaffens überlegt sie, wie ihre einzigartige Arbeit ohne sie fortbestehen kann.

von Fernando Eimbcke | mit Aivan Uttapa, Gustavo Sánchez Parra, Diego Olmedo, Andrea Suárez Paz, Rosa Armendariz USA / Mexiko 2025

Panorama | Weltpremiere

An einem gewöhnlichen Samstag im Jahr 1979 sitzt der 14-jährige Olmo zu Hause fest und kümmert sich um seinen bettlägerigen Vater. Als die Nachbarin Nina ihn zu einer Party einlädt, steht für ihn die Welt plötzlich Kopf.

von Isaac Julien | mit André Holland, Danny Huston, Sharlene Whyte, Devon Terrell, Alex Part Vereinigtes Königreich 2025

Panorama | Weltpremiere

Der Film erforscht die geschichtsträchtige Beziehung zwischen Dr. Albert C. Barnes, einem frühen US-amerikanischen Sammler und Aussteller afrikanischer Kulturartefakte, und dem berühmten Philosophen und Kulturkritiker Alain Locke, Begründer der HarlemRenaissance.

von Jan Schomburg, Dustin Loose, Kaspar Munk | mit Justus von Dohnányi, Nils Strunk, Lisa Wagner, Karen-Lise Mynster, David Dencik Deutschland / Dänemark / Österreich 2025

Panorama | Weltpremiere | Serie

Ein globales Netzwerk aus Bankern, Anwälten und superreichen Investoren betrügt die europäischen Staatskassen um 146 Milliarden Euro. Zwei Frauen versuchen, dem ein Ende zu setzen, doch Staaten und Banken scheinen ihre Bemühungen um jeden Preis verhindern zu wollen.

von Denis Côté | mit Cleaning Simp Paul

Kanada 2025

Panorama Dokumente | Weltpremiere | Dokumentarische Form

Paul hat mit Depressionen, sozialen Ängsten und Einsamkeit zu kämpfen. In einem ungewöhnlichen Job findet er Zuflucht und Trost: Er putzt die Wohnungen von Frauen und teilt seine leicht exzentrischen Reinigungsroutinen auf Social Media.

von Ira Sachs | mit Ben Wishaw, Rebecca Hall

USA / Deutschland 2025

Panorama | Internationale Premiere

Eine Unterhaltung zwischen dem Fotografen Peter Hujar und seiner Freundin Linda Rosenkrantz im Jahr 1974 gibt Einblick in die damalige New Yorker Kunstszene und in die persönlichen Kämpfe und Erkenntnisse, die das Leben von Künstler*innen bestimmen.

von Jun Li | mit Jayden Cheung, Erfan Shekarriz, Sebastian Mahito Soukup, Arm Anatphikorn, Zenni Corbin USA / Hongkong, China 2025

Panorama | Weltpremiere

Ein schwuler Mann imitiert Männer, mit denen er Sex hat, und bringt diese neue Persona jeweils mit in sein nächstes Sex-Date. Nur indem er vorgibt, ein anderer zu sein, ist er ganz bei sich.

Schwesterherz (The Good Sister)

von Sarah Miro Fischer | mit Marie Bloching, Anton Weil, Proschat Madani, Laura Balzer, Jane Chirwa Deutschland / Spanien 2025

Panorama | Weltpremiere | Debütfilm

Rose und ihr älterer Bruder Sam haben eine enge Bindung. Als Sam der Vergewaltigung beschuldigt wird, soll Rose im Rahmen der Ermittlungen gegen ihn aussagen. Das stellt sowohl die Beziehung der beiden als auch Roses moralische Integrität auf die Probe.

von Ping Chu | mit Akira Huang, Shih Ming Shuai, Jui Chun Fan, Chih Wei Cheng, Wei Jei Hu Taiwan 2024

Panorama | Internationale Premiere | Debütfilm

Frisch aus dem Gefängnis entlassen, landet Pua direkt in der Gangsterwelt. Als es endlich zum langersehnten Wiedersehen mit seinem früheren Zellengenossen Mi-ji kommt, werden Puas Erwartungen enttäuscht. Beide müssen bald schwierige Entscheidungen treffen.

von Eva Libertad | mit Miriam Garlo, Álvaro Cervantes, Elena Irureta, Joaquín Notario

Spanien 2025

Panorama | Weltpremiere

Die gehörlose Ángela und ihr hörender Lebensgefährte Héctor bekommen ein Kind. Nach der Geburt der Tochter gerät das Paar in eine Krise. Ángela muss lernen, ihr Kind in einer Welt großzuziehen, die nicht für sie gemacht ist.

von Andreas Prochaska | mit Julia Franz Richter, Reinout Scholten van Aschat, Gerti Drassl, Maria Hofstätter, Gerhard Liebmann Österreich / Deutschland 2025

Panorama | Weltpremiere

Die Berliner Notärztin Judith erbt ein Haus in Österreich von einer Familie, die sie als Kind weggegeben hat. Die Suche nach dem Geheimnis ihrer Herkunft wird zur albtraumhaften Reise in die Vergangenheit und zum Sturz in die Abgründe ihrer Seele.

von Areeb Zuaiter | mit Ahmed Matar

Schweden / Katar / Saudi-Arabien / Palästina 2024

Panorama Dokumente | Europäische Premiere | Debütfilm | Dokumentarische Form

Auf den Spuren der Erinnerung und der Suche nach Zugehörigkeit begegnet Areeb in Gaza dem Parkour-Athleten Ahmed.

Widersprüche treffen aufeinander: Nostalgie trifft auf Ehrgeiz und die Schwere einer unzugänglichen Vergangenheit auf eine ungewisse Zukunft.

von Ina Weisse | mit Nina Hoss, Saskia Rosendahl, Vincent Macaigne, Greta Richter, Thorsten Merten Deutschland / Frankreich 2025

Panorama | Weltpremiere

Isabell muss sich um ihre alternden Eltern kümmern und steht vor den Trümmern ihrer Ehe, als sie die alleinerziehende Mutter Anja kennenlernt. Die neue Verbindung zwingt sie, sich mit der Zerbrechlichkeit ihrer sorgfältig aufgebauten Welt auseinanderzusetzen.

Generation

Akababuru: Expresión de asombro (Akababuru: Expression of Astonishment | Akababuru: Ausdruck des Erstaunens)

by Irati Dojura Landa Yagarí | with Heluney Nerio Niaza, Wayra Andrea Aguilar Tascón, Escolástica Yagarí Gónzalez, Kipara Niaza, Isabel Yailu Vergara Niaza

Colombia 2025

Generation Kplus | World premiere | Short Film

Kari, an Indigenous girl, is afraid to laugh. But a new interpretation of the old legend of Kiraparamia helps her to set herself free.

A natureza das coisas invisíveis (The Nature of Invisible Things | Die Natur der unsichtbaren Dinge) by Rafaela Camelo | with Laura Brandão, Serena, Larissa Mauro, Camila Márdila, Aline Marta Maia Brazil / Chile 2025

Generation Kplus | World premiere | Debut film

During the summer holidays, the paths of two ten-year-old girls cross in a hospital and they form an unexpected bond. Their connection leads them on a bittersweet journey of loss, farewells and quiet discoveries about life.

by Christoffer Rizvanovic Stenbakken | with Kamillo Ignatiussen, Mikkel Paalu P. Bianco, Simujooq Ikila Denmark / Greenland 2025

Generation Kplus | World premiere | Short Film

Kaali embarks on an intense search through the town of Tasiilaq in East Greenland, determined to find his missing sled dog. After an encounter with a group of young bullies, he recovers the dog but risks losing his only friend.

by Gustavo de Carvalho | with Camila Botelho, Isabella Guido, Ricardo Bagge, Gabriel Novaes, Bruna Domingues Brazil 2025

Generation 14plus | World premiere | Short Film

After a serious accident in rural Brazil, two sisters and their stepfather are forced to spend the night in a hospital emergency room. As they face challenging interactions with strangers, they also struggle with their own family dynamics.

Atardecer en América (Sunset over America) by Matías Rojas Valencia Brazil / Chile / Colombia 2025

Generation 14plus | World premiere | Documentary form | Short Film

The Altiplano plateau is one of the most dangerous migration routes in Latin America. A teenager recalls the night she crossed the plateau and the feeling of being accompanied by a spiritual presence that wanders like the wind.

by Sylwia Szkiłądź | with Natalia Wolska, Henryk Niebudek, Elżbieta Gaertner, Marcin Pempuś, Lidia Sadowa Belgium / France 2025

Generation Kplus | World premiere | Animation | Short Film

In the 1990s, 8-year-old Agata leaves her home in Poland and travels by herself to Belgium. Her perceptions transform the reality of migration into an imaginative experience of initiation.

Beneath Which Rivers Flow by Ali Yahya | with Ibrahim Halim

Iraq 2025

Generation 14plus | World premiere | Documentary form | Short Film

In the marshlands of southern Iraq, Ibrahim feels like a stranger in the world. His sole companion is his faithful buffalo. But a looming environmental catastrophe threatens the only life he knows and the one living being he truly understands.

by Brendan Canty | with Danny Power, Diarmuid Noyes, Emma Willis

United Kingdom / Ireland 2025

Generation 14plus | World premiere | Debut film

Two estranged brothers with chequered childhoods in the care system suddenly find themselves living under the same roof. They must now reconcile with their pasts and make decisions about the future.

Daye: Seret Ahl El Daye (The Tale of Daye’s Family)

by Karim El Shenawy | with Aseel Omran, Badr Mohamed, Islam Mobarak, Haneen Saeed, Mohamed Mounir Egypt / Saudi Arabia 2024

Generation 14plus | European premiere

Daye, a 14-year-old Nubian albino with a golden voice, is used to having to stick up for himself. Inspired by his idol Mohamed Mounir, he and his family journey to Cairo so he can audition for “The Voice”.

De menor (Underage | Minderjährig)

by Caru Alves de Souza | with William Costa, Carlota Joaquina, Giovanni Gallo, Marina Medeiros, Rita Batata Brazil 2025

Generation 14plus Special Screening | World premiere | Series

A fictional TV series about how the justice system in Brazil can commit injustices against underprivileged youngsters. Six young actors perform different stories on a theatre stage via various genres.

by Vera van Wolferen | with Yootha Wong-Loi Sing, Alex Klaasen, Manoushka Zeegelaar Breeveld Netherlands 2025

Generation Kplus | World premiere | Animation | Short Film

Cinelli is a perfectionist ladybird. When her red wing sheath are stolen, she falls into a deep depression. But then she learns that her true worth goes far beyond her looks.

El paso (The Leap | Der Schritt) by Roberto Tarazona

Cuba 2025

Generation Kplus | World premiere | Documentary form | Short Film

Two children set out to decipher the mystery of events the adults only talk about in secret: in the darkness of the moonless nights, cattle are disappearing along with the farmers who dare to confront the “monster” that is taking them.

by Halima Elkhatabi | with Tania Doumbe Fines, Juan Mateo Barrera Gonzales, Bourriquet, Adam Hilali, Ryan Hilali Canada 2024

Generation 14plus | International premiere | Short Film

Tania decides to take her horse Fantas to the city and introduce it to some friends in the working-class neighbourhood where she and her family live. Two worlds that have never crossed paths before collide in this little urban tale.

Hora do recreio (Playtime) by Lucia Murat

Brazil 2025

Generation 14plus | World premiere | Documentary form

Brazil from the perspective of school pupils aged 14 to 19. Combining a documentary with a fictional approach, Hora do recreio addresses topics including violence, racism and drug dealing.

by Domini Marshall | with Ingrid Torelli, Kristina Bogic, Safe Shahab, Liam Mollica Australia 2025

Generation 14plus | World premiere | Short Film

Daisy and Lila are best friends. At a suburban house party, shifting desires and tough choices force them to reconsider their place in the world and what they mean to each other.

by Vasilis Kekatos | with Daphné Patakia, Nikolakis Zegkinoglou, Eva Samioti, Stavros Tsoumanis, Natalia Swift Greece / France 2025

Generation 14plus | World premiere | Debut film

Chloe leaves her family behind and joins a group of teenagers crossing Greece. On her journey, she helps poor people in unconventional ways and starts to wonder if tenderness is the ultimate act of rebellion.

by Karen Joaquín, Uliane Tatit | with Leire Bravo, Laura Gómez, Joana Belmonte, Sofia Bordon, Eli Iranzo Spain 2025

Generation Kplus | World premiere | Short Film

Twelve-year-old Latina Juanita is growing up with stringent female beauty ideals, even though she has now moved to the seemingly more open-minded Barcelona. Before a pool party, she realises something else has been growing with her: the hair on her legs.

by Connor Jessup | with David Webster, Joel Oulette, Joey Klein

Canada 2024

Generation 14plus | International premiere | Short Film

Arthur and Julian share a dorm at a boys’ boarding school. Arthur is in love with Julian, but Julian ignores him. When Julian begins to sleepwalk, a strange intimacy develops between the two.

by Khozy Rizal | with Jordan Omar, Muzakki Ramdhan, Mian Tiara, Cleo Haura, Al Ghazali Indonesia 2024

Generation Kplus | International premiere | Short Film

2008, the Indonesian city of Parepare. Together with his best friends, 14-year-old Doddy tries to recreate an iconic scene from a zombie movie and record it with the video camera that belongs to his sad and angry emo brother, Anji.

Maya, donne-moi un titre (Maya, Give Me a Title | Maya, schenkst du mir einen Titel?) by Michel Gondry | with Maya Gondry, Pierre Niney

France 2024

Generation Kplus | International premiere | Animation

Michel Gondry’s stop-motion love letter to his daughter Maya brings to life a poetic and amusing journey that invites you to dream and laugh.

by Kevin Aubert | with Khadia Ndiaye Fall, Mama Sané, Samba Ly, Adji Mareme Hanne

Senegal / France / Morocco 2025

Generation 14plus | World premiere | Short Film

Fifteen-year-old Diamant from Dakar dreams of making films, but her family has other plans for her. To Diamant, however, these are out of the question. She falls into a deep sleep from which no one can wake her.

by Alicia K. Harris | with Zoe Peak, Amia Ogieva, Samaya Hodge, Jasmine Best, Malea Yarde Canada 2024

Generation Kplus | International premiere | Short Film

A young Black ballerina carries out her Sunday rituals while facing the pressure to perform whiteness. The film is an unapologetic celebration of the powerful, ancestral bond embedded in Black women.

Only on Earth by Robin Petré Denmark / Spain 2025

Generation Kplus | World premiere | Documentary form

A visually stunning journey into southern Galicia, one of the most wildfire-prone zones in Europe, where humans and animals alike are struggling to cope with the hottest, driest summer on record.

Ornmol (White Ochre) by Marlikka Perdrisat

Australia 2025

Generation Kplus | International premiere | Documentary form | Short Film

Kupungarri in northwestern Australia is one of the most natural places left in the world. The small community strengthens its young people through a close connection with Country. Excitement grows as they prepare for the biggest event of the year, the Mowanjum Festival.

by Alissa Jung | with Juli Grabenhenrich, Luca Marinelli, Arturo Gabbriellini, Joy Falletti Cardillo, Gaia Rinaldi Germany / Italy 2025

Generation 14plus | World premiere | Debut film

Torn between longing and anger, 15-year-old Leo travels to the coast of northern Italy to meet her biological father. The two are complete strangers to each other. They struggle to find truth, affinity, love and the courage to face themselves.

Pohádky Po Babičce (Tales From the Magic Garden)

by David Súkup, Patrik Pašš, Leon Vidmar, Jean-Claude Rozec | with Arnošt Goldflam, Zuzana Kronerová, Žofie Hánová, Alex Mojžíš, Mikuláš Čížek

Czechia / Slovakia / Slovenia / France 2025

Generation Kplus | World premiere | Animation

Three children spend the night at their grandpa’s house after their grandma has died. There, they discover the magical power of the imagination. A stop-motion animation that celebrates the art of storytelling.

by Giovanna Molina | with Cecilia Rene, Caroline Campos, Tyler Diamond, Ayana François, Allegra Leguizamo USA 2025

Generation 14plus | World premiere | Short Film

At a final meeting before they graduate from high school, Quaker pupils in Brooklyn reveal their unfiltered feelings to each other.

Ran Bi Wa (A Story about Fire | Eine Geschichte vom Feuer) by Li Wenyu | with Yang Haoyu, Zhou Xun, Bei Yile, Kang Chunlei

People’s Republic of China 2025

Generation Kplus | World premiere | Debut film | Animation

The legend of Ran Bi Wa talks about a monkey who was raised by humans. When he sets off to the Holy Mountain to steal fire for humankind, a journey begins from which he will return transformed into a man.

by Rhea Shukla | with Khurangi Vijayshri Nagraj, Akshara Padwal, Sammara Khan India 2025

Generation Kplus | World premiere | Short Film

On a rainy afternoon, three adolescent girls rehearse a dance that takes on a life of its own, somewhere between innocence and awareness.

by Violette Delvoye | with Gabriella Zola, Jasmina Douieb, Stéphanie Coerten

France / Belgium 2025

Generation 14plus | International premiere | Animation | Short Film

One of Emma’s mothers is too busy; the other is too far away. One is rejected, the other idealised. Out of a trivial tension, an intimate and unsettling face-to-face confrontation suddenly arises.

Canada 2025

Generation Kplus | World premiere | Debut film | Animation

When the astronaut Celeste blasts off into space on her first solo mission, the guardian robot that has accompanied her throughout her childhood is left alone to wonder: What now? A tomorrow-days lullaby about finding your place in the universe.

by Antoinette Jadaone | with Maris Racal, Annika Co, Jennica Garcia, Meryll Soriano, Elijah Canlas Philippines 2024

Generation 14plus | European premiere

During the week of try-outs for the national team, a young gymnast discovers she is pregnant. On her way to meet a dealer in illegal abortion pills, she encounters a mysterious girl who questions her decision.

by Maja Ajmia Yde Zellama | with Safa Gharbaoui, Mehdi Bouziane, Mounir Amamra, Adnane El Haruati, Saber Tabi Belgium 2025

Generation 14plus | World premiere | Debut film

Twelve-year-old Eya has to face the sudden death of her beloved older brother Younès. In an intense grieving process, she draws on her creativity, resilience and the support of Younès’ friends to come to terms with her loss.

by Zacharias Kunuk | with Theresia Kappianaq, Haiden Angutimarik, Leah Panimera, Mark Taqqaugaq, Emma Quassa Canada 2025

Generation 14plus | World premiere

After a mysterious death, Kaujak and Sapa are separated, even though they were promised to each other at birth. Spirit helpers intervene to make things right again in this arctic fairy tale set in an Inuit community.

Umibe é Iku Michi (Seaside Serendipity)

by Satoko Yokohama | with Konosuke Harada, Kumiko Aso, Kengo Kora, Erika Karata, Koharu Sugawara Japan 2025

Generation Kplus | World premiere

A seaside town that attracts artists who involve children and adults alike in dubious events. A collection of vignettes from an unforgettable summer, both gently mysterious and bittersweet.

by Rima Das | with Bhanita Das, Basanti Das, Junumoni Boro, Boloram Das, Manabendra Das India / Singapore 2024

Generation 14plus | European premiere

In a small and charming village, a teenage girl passionately pursues her musical dream. But the harsh realities of life get in the way.

Defying the challenges, she embarks on a journey to rediscover the profound harmonies between music and life.

Hungary 2025

Generation 14plus | World premiere | Animation | Short Film

In a world where ex-partners have to swap a chosen body part after breaking up, someone rediscovers their former ear on someone else. A journey towards self-acceptance begins.

by Čejen Černić Čanak | with Lav Novosel, Andrija Žunac, Leon Grgić, Franka Mikolaci, Tanja Smoje Croatia / Lithuania / Slovenia 2025

Generation 14plus | World premiere

In a village on the brink of flooding, Marko’s life is turned upside down when Slaven returns for his father’s funeral and rekindles their forbidden romance. Marko must confront his family and make a difficult choice.

Zirkuskind (Circusboy) by Julia Lemke, Anna Koch

Germany 2025

Generation Kplus | World premiere | Documentary form

Santino is a circus kid. He travels round the country with his family and animals and is here today, there tomorrow. His greatgrandfather tells him stories from the past. As the old man looks back on his life, Santino’s is just beginning.

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