Growing Pains
Nothing is as it used to be – In formative stages of life, the protagonists have to face the challenges of the world and ask themselves where their place is in it. Both painful and comforting moments that accompany an individual’s coming of age are explored.
Casa Chica
After their parents separate, siblings Quique and Valentina realise that the changes are greater than they expected. A non-linear family portrait told from the children’s perspective.
| Author | Lau Charles |
| Cinematographer | Ángel Jara Taboada |
| Composer | Alonso Alemán |
| Marco Charles | |
| Director | Lau Charles |
| Editing | Santiago Zermeño |
| Film School | Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica |
| Producer | Luna Martínez Montero |
| Sound Designer | Jorge Leal Carrera |
Interracial Symphony
In a multi-layered collage of private videos, found footage, and music, Maïmouna Nele Diop explores her German-Senegalese identity. A cinematic exploration of what belonging can mean beyond cultural categories.
| Artist | Maïmouna Diop |
Under safe skies
Dasha, a young Ukrainian woman, flees to Germany with her mother. When her mother returns to their abandoned homeland, Dasha is left alone in exile and must learn to cope on her own.
| Camera | Roman Neugebauer |
| Director | Duc Huy Luu |
| Editing | Duc Huy Luu |
| Film School | HFF München |
| Music | Chris Kohler |
| Producer | Duc Huy Luu |
| Still | Duc Huy Luu |
Saint-Honoré
Moha works hard to finally get a job as a pastry chef. But when he finds himself in a fateful situation, his dream is suddenly at risk.
| Cast | Adil Dehbi |
| Daouda Keita | |
| Andranic Manet | |
| Cinematographer | Anna Sauvage |
| Director | Mohamed Seddiki |
| Christopher Caulier | |
| Music | Zacharie Petit |
| Producer | Igor Auzépy |
| Benoit Martin | |
| Stéphane Demoustier | |
| Screenplay | Christopher Caulier |
| Mohamed Seddiki |
Tough Moves
The German Chessboxing Championships are just around the corner. As 13-year-old Arminius prepares for the tournament, he is driven not only by discipline and the will to win but also by the watchful eye of his coach – who is also his father.
| Cast | Arminius Rolle |
| Robert Rolle | |
| Cinematographer | Suzanne De Carrasco |
| Director | Jakob Michal |
| Editing | Kaspar Haußig |
| Jakob Michal | |
| Music | Matias Santos |
| Producer | Lisa Brandel |
| Adrian Ide | |
| Screenplay | Elsa Hoffmann |
| Sound Designer | Gerrit Schrepel |
| Sound Mixer | Gerrit Schrepel |
| Still | Suzanne de Carrasco |