13/01/2016 - Berlin’s youth sidebar will this year present 63 features and shorts representing 35 countries, split between the Generation 14+ and Generation Kplus sub-sections

Mellow Mud by Renars Vimba

The programme of the youth section of the 66th Berlin Film Festival (11-21 February 2016), Generation, is now complete, following the announcement of an initial batch of movies before the Christmas holidays. Out of the 2,000 films that were submitted, this huge section, which joins together two competitions, Generation 14+ and Generation Kplus, has selected 63 features and shorts representing 35 countries. Among the 15 features selected for Generation 14+, eight of which will be screened as world premieres, six as international premieres and one as a European premiere, there are five European productions (which stands as a testament to the section’s commitment to open up the minds and perspectives of young audiences). Among the 13 features that have been chosen for Generation Kplus – which will all be having their world premieres at Berlin, apart from three titles that have already been screened in their own countries – we find six European productions and two co-productions.

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Generation 14+

My Revolution [+see also:
trailer
interview: Anamaria Vartolomei
film profile] - Ramzi Ben Sliman (France)
Zhaleika [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Eliza Petkova (Germany)
6A - Peter Modestij (Sweden)
In Your Dreams! (Ani ve snu!) [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Petr Oukropec (Czech Republic/Slovakia/Bulgaria)
Mellow Mud [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Elina Vaska
interview: Renars Vimba
film profile] (Es esmu šeit) - Renars Vimba (Latvia)
Rag Union (Triapichniy Soyuz) - Mikhail Mestetskiy (Russia)
Plants - Roberto Doveris (Chile)
The Dreamer [+see also:
trailer
film profile] - Adrián Saba (Peru)
Wild (Sairat) - Nagraj Manjule (India)
What’s in the Darkness - Yichun Wang (China)
Starless Dreams (Royahaye Dame Sobh) - Mehrdad Oskouei (Iran)
Valderama - Abbas Amini (Iran)
Before the Streets - Chloé Leriche (Canada)
Born to Dance - Tammy Davis (New Zealand)
Girl Asleep - Rosemary Myers (Australia)

Generation Kplus

Jamais contente [+see also:
trailer
film profile] - Émilie Deleuze (France)
Fortune Favors the Brave (ENTE GUT! Mädchen allein zu Haus) [+see also:
trailer
film profile] - Norbert Lechner (Germany)
Siv Sleeps Astray [+see also:
trailer
film profile] (Siv sover vilse) - Catti Edfeldt, Lena Hanno Clyne (Sweden/the Netherlands)
Ted Sieger's Molly Monster [+see also:
trailer
film profile] - Ted Sieger, Matthias Bruhn, Michael Ekblad (Switerland/Germany/Sweden)
Zud [+see also:
trailer
film profile] - Marta Minorowicz (Germany/Poland)
Solan & Ludvig – The Big Cheese Race [+see also:
trailer
interview: Rasmus A Sivertsen
film profile] - Rasmus A Sivertsen (Norway)
Blue Bicycle [+see also:
trailer
film profile] (Mavi Bisiklet) - Ümet Köreken (Turkey/Germany)
Young Wrestlers [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] (Genç Pehlivanlar) - Mete Gümürhan (Turkey/the Netherlands)
Rauf [+see also:
trailer
film profile] - Barış Kaya, Soner Caner (Turkey)
Rara - Pepa San Martín (Chile/Argentina)
The Trap (Ottaal) - Jayaraj Rajashekaran Nair (India)
The World of Us (Woorideul) - Yoon Ga-eun (Korea)
Little Men - Ira Sachs (USA)

(Translated from French)