Berlinale 2008 Generation
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- DirectorPaulo MorelliStarsDouglas SilvaDarlan CunhaJonathan HaagensenBest buddies Acerola and Laranjinha, about to turn 18, discover things about their missing fathers' pasts which will shatter their solid friendship, in the middle of a war between rival drug gangs from Rio's favelas.
- DirectorMarian QuinnStarsAilish McCarthySophie Jo WassonOrla LongThis story is set in "in-between" time of a girl's life, when she is no longer a child and not yet a woman.
- DirectorMischa LivingstoneStarsHarrison SchelterMax SchelterWhen the bedtime story ends and the lights go out, a little boy exacts revenge on his tormenting older brother.
- DirectorNic BalthazarStarsMarijke PinoyGreg TimmermansCesar De SutterAs an alternative to getting bullied at school, an autistic teenager retreats into the world of online role-playing games.
- DirectorHana MakhmalbafStarsAbbas AlijomeAbdolali HoseinaliNikbakht NoruzIn Afghanistan, a young girl wants to go to school and learn to read and write, but is met with hostility or indifference.
- DirectorDaniel RibeiroStarsDaniel TavaresDiego TorracaEduardo MeloWhen the plans for the future change, new bonds are created between Danilo, Lucas and Marcos. in between video-games and milk cups, pain and disappointment, they need to learn how to live together.
- DirectorLeon EstrinStarsAlbert FilozovLong ago, there lived a poor man in Korea. His name was Kim. In winter, he earned his living by gathering brushwood in the forest. And when spring came, he would fish, hoping to exchange it for lots and lots of rice.
- DirectorTom HarperStarsNeil DudgeonSam SpruellOmari CarterA class of teenage schoolboys are oblivious to their teacher's attempts to question them about the wider world. They are about to get a lesson they will never forget ... one that will change their lives forever.
- DirectorRamin BahraniStarsAlejandro PolancoIsamar GonzalesRob SowulskiAlejandro, a resourceful street orphan on the verge of adolescence, lives and works in an auto-body repair shop in a sprawling junkyard on the outskirts of Queens, New York. In this chaotic world of adults, Alejandro struggles to make a better life for himself and his sixteen-year-old sister.
- DirectorMani Maserrat-AgahStarsPoyan KarimiChanelle LindellOliver Wahlgren-IngrossoMustafa Moradi is aching to find a girlfriend. On the other end of the city, Linnea is desperately searching for a guy with style, courage and a burning passion.
- DirectorJannik HastrupFlemming Quist MøllerStarsBjarke Kastbjerg AndersenKaya BrüelLisbet DahlDagmar the dancing mosquito has the hots for Egon. But Egon, putting love on hold, is busy achieving the ultimate sprint on his bike and wants to see the world. When wicked red ant queen Dominella and her soldiers kill the black ant queen and take over her heap, our heroes are drawn into an exciting forest floor drama that puts their friendship to the test and forces them to use their talents to the utmost.
- DirectorDana NechushtanStarsMaryam HassouniEva van de WijdevenChristine van StralenThe story of two 18-year old best friends who grew up together in the suburbs of Amsterdam. Dunya is Moroccan, grown up with Ramadan, imams and Mecca. Desie is as Dutch as cheese and tulips. On her 18th birthday Dunya is told that her family would like her to marry a second cousin from Morocco. She shall meet him during the family's holiday in Morocco but she's not looking forward to it. Desie, who has recently begun taking driving lessons, unexpectedly gets pregnant from her driving instructor. He breaks up with her instantly and says it's up to Desie to solve this. Desie want to look for her biological father. When appears that her father lives in Morocco, Dunya and Desie decide to go and look for him together. But Morocco is not Amsterdam, and together they get entangled in a road trip that takes them through the country of Morroco; from the big cities, through the deserts, into the mountains, where they get into exciting and hilarious situations. In the end they have to make some important choices for themselves.
- DirectorNatasha ArthyStarsSemra TuranNima NabipourCyron MelvilleAicha attends Kung Fu at her high school in Copenhagen. Her Muslim, Turkish father wants her to study hard and become a doctor but instead she starts training at a Kung Fu club where Emil helps with her training. They become friends.
- DirectorMiikka LeskinenStarsLynsey BeauchampAshley GeorgeSimon McLindenSam meets up with her best friend Billy for a lazy afternoon in the sun. Unbeknownst to her life is about to change.
- DirectorTinge KrishnanStarsKali PerkinsChris LodgeCelyn Jones
- DirectorSeng Tat LiewStarsZi Jiang WongMing Wei LimJames LeeTwo boys, Li Ahh and Li Ohm, grow up motherless. Their father, Sui, is a workaholic who shuts himself out of the world. The boys' quest to reach out to their father leads them to adopt a puppy. But when the animal is sent away for being a nuisance, the boys are devastated. For the first time, Sui realizes that all his children ask is simply to love and be loved.
- DirectorMaria GiganteStarsAmri BerryErin BurnistonHannah DotyA timid young girl's horrific trip to the school bathroom results in an unexpected friendship.
- DirectorJulia Tews
- DirectorCathy RandallStarsDanielle CatanzaritiCassandra JinmanTalia MonaghanA coming-of-age story about a 13-year-old girl trying to fit into both a posh private school and an ordinary public school.
- DirectorMaris BrinkmanisEvalds LacisThree kids dig up a bone from an undiscovered species on the way to school.
- DirectorAndré MarquesStarsMaria Emília CorreiaRicardo FigueiredoChandra MalatitchJoão lives on a shabby suburban estate. He is always in trouble with the grown-ups, who don't seem to understand that his flamboyant behavior stems from his insecurity and desperation.
- DirectorChina Moo-YoungStarsLouis CordiceLouis Sheridan CordiceGlenn DohertyThe bittersweet story of a single parent father with a teenage daughter, and the day she brings home her new boyfriend.
- DirectorMagnus MorkStarsSven BorängJonas EskilssonEmilie LidgardTwo friends, Björn and Hampus, decide to move in together. If one ignores the fact that the two men are completely different, theirs is a close relationship. Being in love with your best friend and, in spite of this, or because of it, arguing to the point where it becomes unbearable.
- DirectorInga KorzhnevaSergey MerinovStarsTatyana KravchenkoAleksandr LenkovKroshechka-Khavroshechka was left an orphan, she inherited a cow. The girl gets to the evil aunt and her three daughters. The cow helps Khavroshechka cope with everyday hardships.
- DirectorIssei OdaStarsZhuang ZhangKen AyugaiNanami FujimotoA young martial arts student gets caught up in a series of Kung Fu adventures with a woman who manages a Chinese restaurant.
- DirectorBent-Jorgen PerlmuttStarsStewart LunangaFreddy MakondoBenjamin ManenoSet in the Democratic Republic of Congo, LES VULNERABLES is a coming-of-age story about a schoolboy who tries to prove his manhood to his once-famous, now-handicapped father by helping him smuggle goods over the border between Congo and Rwanda. It follows the journey of Stewart, a puny teenager who must push his father in a wheelchair through the streets of a vibrant Congolese town in order to reach the border. Along the way, they encounter many of his father's admirers and associates, each of whom teaches Stewart a lesson about respect.
- DirectorVolker Meyer-DabischA look at the rising beatboxing subculture in Berlin.
- DirectorBonnie ElliottStarsAlice AnsaraGeorge Shevtsov
- DirectorMikhail AldashinThree taiga stories about a bear, in which he somehow influenced the fate of other animals. He scratched stripes on the back of the chipmunk, flattened the crucian carp, and punished the nutcracker with eternal thinness.
- DirectorMats Olof OlssonStarsAlbin JohanssonClaes MånssonIt's the summer of 1963 in the Swedish countryside. Today is Martin's 12th birthday and, as always, his shy uncle Helmer arrives at the party before anyone else. Also as usual, his birthday present is something yellow. Helmer is very fond of the colour yellow. But when Uncle Helmer decides to paint his house yellow, the neighbours protest. And one day Martin hears rumours that Uncle Helmer is in the "madhouse" ...A tragicomic short about a moving relationship between a boy and a rather special uncle.
- DirectorLee Isaac ChungStarsJeff RutagengwaEric NdorunkundiyeJean Marie Vianney NkurikiyinkaFrom opposing ethnicities, Ngabo and Sangwa are tested when old-timers warn, "Hutus and Tutsis should not be friends." An intense and inspiring portrait of youth in Rwanda, 'Munyurangabo' features Poet Laureate Edouard Uwayo delivering a moving poem about his healing country. Rwanda. Kinyarwanda with English subtitles.
- DirectorSandra KogutStarsThiago da Silva MarizWallison Felipe Leal BarrosoMaria Juliana Souza de OliveiraThiago lives with his family on an isolated farm in the arid backlands of Minas Gerais, Brazil. As the story unfolds and Thiago is forced to confront separations and betrayal within the home, Thiago begins, little by little, to see and understand a place that he had never been able to before, thus slowly letting go of his innocence.
- DirectorAmanda AdolfssonStarsNatalie MinnevikBill SkarsgårdKarin BjurströmA young girl is going to spend the night at her boyfriend's place, his parents not being home. They rent a movie and have high expectations for the evening. But things don't really turn out the way they thought they would.
- DirectorWarwick ThorntonStarsKiara GibsonMitjili Napanangka GibsonNoreen Robertson NampijinpaNana's granddaughter thinks Nana's pretty special. She loves her Nana because she helps the old people, she's a good painter and other people love her too. Nana's got everyone under control.
- DirectorSteph GreenStarsOlutunji Ebun-ColeSimon O'DriscollFionn O'SheaCaptures the experience of being the new kid in school through the eyes of Joseph, a nine year-old African boy.
- DirectorChristian AsmussenMatthias Bruhn
- DirectorMark AlbistonStarsTyrell SamiaHelayna SerriLouis SutherlandA Samoan brother and sister live in fear of their over-protective widowed father who rules with a military regime in order to protect his children from a bleak future. The children learn that only together can they show him that he is their biggest obstacle.
- DirectorSergey Ryabov
- DirectorPeter CarstairsStarsXavier SamuelClarence RyanKieran Darcy-SmithSet in Australian wheat-belt in 1968, SEPTEMBER is a character driven film about two 15 year old boys.
- DirectorNina PaleyStarsAnnette HanshawAseem ChhabraBhavana NagulapallyAn animated version of the epic Indian tale of Ramayana set to the 1920s jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw.
- DirectorShane MeadowsStarsPiotr JagielloIreneusz CzopPerry BensonA black-and-white study of a social environment in London, concentrating on a pair of unlikely new friends and the girl they both fancy.
- DirectorRoseanne LiangStarsLi Ming HuKatlyn WongMichelle AngIngeniously unfolding three tales in unison, Take 3 follows a trio of young Asian-Kiwi actors on one horrorfying day of auditions
- DirectorTearepa KahiStarsGraham HohapataFred Te Kani Dargaville KoroAntonio Te MaiohaAfter a successful raid and having captured a rival village's leader, a war party must drag their huge canoe or "Taua" through the forest to reach the sea and escape with their trophy but even in a forest of their native land water can be scarce. As the warriors, driven by their insistent chief, press towards home, two boys are tasked to protect the precious water and keep an eye on the prisoner, but need and desperation grows for all as the story drives to a climax.
- DirectorSvilen DimitrovA frog daydreams of flying like a bird and starts trying different ways to achieve his goal.
- DirectorElissa DownStarsRhys WakefieldLuke FordToni ColletteAll Thomas wants is a normal adolescence but his autistic brother, Charlie, thwarts his every opportunity. Will Thomas, with the help of his girlfriend, Jackie, accept his brother?
- DirectorJustine Simei-BartonStarsCanada AlofaPudenciana Tangi AronaAlvin FitisemanuTraditional values clash with youthful ambition.
- DirectorGrethe Bøe-WaalStarsEdvard SteinYngve BervenUlla Marie BrochJust before she is going on a trip to Denmark, Liv and her best friend Thomas discover a secret room in the basement, and mystical things start happening.
- DirectorOlivier Jean-MarieStarsLambert WilsonClovis CornillacFrançois MorelIn New York City 1880, the Dalton brothers escape from a court trial regarding the Daltons' bank salesman cousin disgracing their name and plunder several banks across New York, while Lucky Luke hunts for them.
- DirectorNiels Arden OplevStarsRosalinde MynsterPilou AsbækJens Jørn SpottagThe daughter of a Jehovah's Witness is forced to choose between religion and love when she falls for someone outside her faith.
- DirectorMischa KampStarsEbbie TamAaron WanNaomi SapoenWinky is the happiest girl in the world because she gets to take care of Santa's horse, Amerigo; only it turns out not to be as easy as she thought it would be. Amerigo escapes and Winky has to find him back before Santa returns.
- DirectorChristian Karim ChrobogStarsEmmanuel JalHip-hop star Emmanuel Jal returns to Sudan where he served as a child soldier.
- DirectorStephen LanceStarsAudrey O'ConnorSkye WanseyHamish Irvine