Berlinale, Generation Berlinale, Berlinale2024, Berlinalereport2024, Generation, Movie, People's Republic of China
Wo Tu lives with his parents and little sister in a village far away from the big city. There is drought and a shortage of water, but his greatest wish is a water pistol. His grandfather also lives in the apartment. He is bedridden and very weak. Wo Tu’s father works on a building site […]
Berlinale, Generation, Generation Berlinale, Berlinale2024, Berlinalereport2024, Generation, Movie, Netherlands
Beavers are known as true construction artists, but that they have Nazi traits is probably rather new. In the film by Masha….., the beaver is freshly at work finalizing his new mega structure, a gigantic dam in the middle of a forest with a tiny stream. Or rather, he is building it. Two rats are […]
Berlinale, Generation Berlinale, Berlinale2024, Berlinalereport2024, Crystal Bear, Generation, Movie, South Korea
In-Youn (Lee Re) belongs to a renowned dance group that is currently performing on the big stage in Seoul. At the same time, her mother has a fatal car accident in her home country. A year later, In-Youn seems to have largely come to terms with her mother’s death. She continues to attend the dance […]
Berlinale, Generation Berlinale, Berlinale2024, Berlinalereport2024, Generation, Movie, Peru, Switzerland
We are in the 90s in Lima (Peru). Inflation is hitting hard and there are repeated attacks with dead people from a group called the “Shining Path”. Carlos, father of two siblings (Aurora and Lucia) is standing in the doorway. While the mother (Elena) greets her ex-husband warmly, there is a rather strange coldness between […]
Berlinale Berlinale, Berlinale2024, Berlinalereport2024, Encounters, Movie, Österreich
The film “Favoriten” by Ruth Beckermann is a documentary that follows schoolchildren at an Austrian elementary school over a period of three years. The focus is on a 2nd grade class with 25 children and a very dedicated teacher. Almost all the children in the class barely speak German and have a migrant background. As […]
Berlinale, Generation Berlinale, Berlinale2024, Berlinalereport2024, Generation, Germany, Movie
11-year-old Mona had to flee Syria with her Kurdish family. This is her first time at a secondary school in rebellious Berlin Wedding. As soon as she sets foot on the school grounds, she is bombarded with a huge number of impressions, including of course the obligatory teasing from her future classmates and seeing students […]