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14plus Short Films 2

Lapso | Songs of Love and Hate | Muna | Un invincible été

Two teenagers living in the suburbs of Belo Horizonte in Brazil meet while completing a socio-educational measure. Through their shared experiences of repression at the hands of the state authorities, they slowly draw closer together.

The sudden disappearance of the popular host of a relationship advice radio show leaves a vacuum. Listeners are uncertain about the direction their romantic endeavours should take.

Muna is desperate to go on the school trip but her parents aren’t so sure. When her grandfather back in Somalia dies and the UK-based family mourn someone Muna never really knew, she learns that more connects the two of them than she ever realised.

Sixteen-year-old Clément spends a hot summer evening home alone by the pool. Determined to lose his virginity, he swipes through guys’ profiles on Grindr...

Tue Feb 20 13:30

International

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Wed Feb 21 18:45

Cubix 8

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Fri Feb 23 09:30

Filmtheater am Friedrichshain

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Sat Feb 24 18:30

Cineplex Titania

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The children transform into adults before our eyes. Yet they remain in limbo, haunted by memories of the war in Kosovo. Combining raw realism and staged performance, Afterwar is a meditation on the long-term repercussions of war.

Mon Feb 19 16:30

International

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Tue Feb 20 21:30

Cubix 8

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Wed Feb 21 12:45

Cubix 5

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Thu Feb 22 22:00

Zoo Palast 2

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Sat Feb 24 18:45

Cubix 5

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The people of the forests pound their drums to keep their chants alive. Those of the city shriek of “Progress!” Still more rush in to seize the treasures of the land, only to be met by new voices shouting in defiance.

Fri Feb 16 19:30

Haus der Berliner Festspiele

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Sat Feb 17 13:30

International

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Sun Feb 18 16:00

Cubix 5

Subtitles: German

Q&A with German sign language interpreter

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Tue Feb 20 15:30

Cineplex Titania

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Fri Feb 23 13:30

Cubix 5

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Sat Feb 24 10:00

Zoo Palast 2

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A visually powerful journey into the realm of materials from which human dwellings are made: concrete and its predecessor, stone. Victor Kossakovsky’s cinematic essay explores the fundamental question: How will we inhabit the world of tomorrow?

Mon Feb 19 15:30

Berlinale Palast

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Tue Feb 20 18:00

Verti Music Hall

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Tue Feb 20 22:00

HKW 1 - Miriam Makeba Auditorium

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Wed Feb 21 09:15

Haus der Berliner Festspiele

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Sun Feb 25 12:15

Zoo Palast 2

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A psychiatric clinic in Paris. Individual interviews and patient-carer meetings reveal a form of psychiatry that gives more space to the patients’ words. Little by little, the door to each of their worlds opens wider.

Fri Feb 16 15:00

Haus der Berliner Festspiele

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Sat Feb 17 13:00

Zoo Palast 2

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Sun Feb 18 10:00

Cubix 7

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Sun Feb 18 10:00

Cubix 8

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Sat Feb 24 21:30

International

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Using diary excerpts, photographs and memories from companions, the film paints the portrait of the artist Jürgen Baldiga who sensitively and authentically captured the West Berlin queer scene of the 1980s and early 1990s with his camera.

Sat Feb 17 10:00

Cubix 8

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Wed Feb 21 18:45

Haus der Berliner Festspiele

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Thu Feb 22 21:30

Cubix 8

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Fri Feb 23 10:30

Cubix 5

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Berlinale Shorts 1

Stadtmuseum / Moi Rai | Circle | Adieu tortue | Oiseau de passage

An essay film that describes the city as a subjective paradise in which systems of order and chaos constantly override each other. An ode to chaos, hidden signs and the city as an eternal palimpsest.

A girl draws a circle on the ground. Passers-by step into it, one by one. Soon the circle is full of people.

Five-year-old Inci wanders alone through the vast hilly landscape by the Black Sea. Her mother has just died. When she meets the adult Zeynep, she decides to follow her.

A body is floating in the water. A strange bird is calling and memories come alive again. “Where were you when I was in despair?”, asks the friend.

Sat Feb 17 10:00

Cubix 5

Subtitles: English

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Mon Feb 19 15:30

Cubix 9

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Tue Feb 20 15:30

HKW 2 - Safi Faye Hall

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Wed Feb 21 21:30

Cubix 9

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Thu Feb 22 15:00

Cinema Betonhalle@Silent Green

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Shorts Take Their Time - Each film followed by a detailed Q&A

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Fri Feb 23 18:30

Colosseum 1

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Sat Feb 24 13:30

Cineplex Titania

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Berlinale Shorts 2

Re tian wu hou | Kaalkapje | Al sol, lejos del centro | Jing guo

China at the end of the 1990s, lunch in an extended family. The father works in distant Shenzhen and is rarely home. The grandmother cooks and keeps an eye on the children. The air is filled with levity, longing and exhaustion.

Through the lens of her father’s camera, she looks back at a period of her childhood of which she can remember nothing. Twenty years after surviving cancer, she searches for traces of the illness between scars and desires.

Santiago in the shimmering summer heat. High-res images undergo a digital zoom which transforms spaces into surfaces and houses into textures. In between, there are the small gestures of everyday urban life. And two women in search of a place for their love.

He pays him a visit during his work trip to Europe. They have not seen each other since 2015, back in Beijing. This might be the last time they meet.

Sat Feb 17 11:45

Cubix 5

Subtitles: English

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Mon Feb 19 21:30

Cubix 9

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Tue Feb 20 13:30

Cineplex Titania

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Wed Feb 21 15:00

Cinema Betonhalle@Silent Green

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Shorts Take Their Time: Each film followed by a detailed Q&A

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Fri Feb 23 21:30

HKW 2 - Safi Faye Hall

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Sat Feb 24 15:30

Cubix 9

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Sun Feb 25 18:30

Colosseum 1

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Berlinale Shorts 3

Kawauso | The Moon Also Rises | Ungewollte Verwandtschaft | Preoperational Model

A girl is strolling through the fields when a Japanese river otter catches up with her. The two try in vain to communicate while all the junk of humanity rains down around them.

Artificial moons are going to be launched into space to eliminate the difference between day and night. An elderly couple retreats into the increasing darkness of their apartment, illuminated by digital devices.

Using the streets of his Berlin neighbourhood as a backdrop, a filmmaker from Belarus investigates the systematic nature of Russian and Belarusian war crimes in Ukraine and explores his own responsibility for this war.

Princess Sophie and her maid Jessica prepare for the new day at the royal court. Sophie’s struggle with her future existence as queen turns hierarchies, role assignments and timelines upside down. A disempowerment story from the perspective of the powerful.

Sat Feb 17 14:15

Cubix 5

Subtitles: English

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Tue Feb 20 15:30

Cubix 9

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Wed Feb 21 13:30

Cineplex Titania

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Wed Feb 21 15:30

HKW 2 - Safi Faye Hall

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Thu Feb 22 21:30

Cubix 9

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Fri Feb 23 15:00

Cinema Betonhalle@Silent Green

Subtitles: English

Shorts Take Their Time: Each film followed by a detailed Q&A

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Sat Feb 24 18:30

Colosseum 1

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Berlinale Shorts 5

Tako Tsubo | We Will Not Be the Last of Our Kind | City of Poets | Shi ri fang gu

Mr. Ham decides to have his heart removed to free himself from his complicated emotions. The doctor assures him that, in this day and age, this procedure no longer poses a problem.

What if the famous biblical ark, the last refuge of humankind and the animal kingdom during the great flood, was not merely an act of divine intervention but, instead, a meticulously planned programme for professional reintegration?

In a small, semi-utopian city, all the streets are named after poets. When war begins, new neighbourhoods emerge to accommodate the refugees. Now, the streets are named after soldiers.

An elaborate fashion shoot is planned on the beach, but the backdrop built in advance has been swallowed by the sea overnight. While the young assistant tries every means possible to find it again, the film slowly slips into the magical.

Sat Feb 17 18:00

Cubix 5

Subtitles: English

Screening for press and industry professionals | With accreditation only

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Wed Feb 21 15:30

Cubix 9

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Wed Feb 21 18:30

Colosseum 1

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Thu Feb 22 14:00

Cineplex Titania

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Fri Feb 23 21:30

Cubix 9

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Sat Feb 24 12:00

Cinema Betonhalle@Silent Green

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Shorts Take Their Time: Each film followed by a detailed Q&A

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Sun Feb 25 15:30

HKW 2 - Safi Faye Hall

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Berlinale Shorts Go Kiez

Tako Tsubo | Jing guo | Circle | City of Poets | Ungewollte Verwandtschaft

Mr. Ham decides to have his heart removed to free himself from his complicated emotions. The doctor assures him that, in this day and age, this procedure no longer poses a problem.

He pays him a visit during his work trip to Europe. They have not seen each other since 2015, back in Beijing. This might be the last time they meet.

A girl draws a circle on the ground. Passers-by step into it, one by one. Soon the circle is full of people.

In a small, semi-utopian city, all the streets are named after poets. When war begins, new neighbourhoods emerge to accommodate the refugees. Now, the streets are named after soldiers.

Using the streets of his Berlin neighbourhood as a backdrop, a filmmaker from Belarus investigates the systematic nature of Russian and Belarusian war crimes in Ukraine and explores his own responsibility for this war.

Thu Feb 22 21:00

Sinema Transtopia

Subtitles: English

Berlinale Goes Kiez

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Svitlana, a Russian-speaking Ukrainian, examines the colonised part of her consciousness and tries to find answers to the question of how Soviet totalitarianism and Russification influenced the relationships within her family.

Tue Feb 20 19:00

Haus der Berliner Festspiele

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Wed Feb 21 10:00

Cubix 9

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Thu Feb 22 16:00

Cubix 5

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Sat Feb 24 13:00

Cubix 5

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As Sicilian journalist Giuseppe Quatriglio turns 90, his daughter starts filming him. When he dies, she keeps on filming. Boxes become archival materials, as journeys, women and post-war Europe come to the fore. And in the end, there is a father.

Tue Feb 20 17:30

Delphi Filmpalast

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Thu Feb 22 18:45

Zoo Palast 2

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Fri Feb 23 17:30

Arsenal 1

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Sun Feb 25 13:30

Arsenal 1

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In 2021, 26 objects from the Kingdom of Dahomey leave Paris to be returned to present-day Benin. How should these art treasures, stolen from the ancestors, be received in a country that has reinvented itself in their absence?

Sun Feb 18 15:45

Berlinale Palast

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Mon Feb 19 14:00

HKW 1 - Miriam Makeba Auditorium

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Mon Feb 19 21:30

Verti Music Hall

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Tue Feb 20 09:30

Verti Music Hall

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Sun Feb 25 21:30

Berlinale Palast

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In 2021, 26 objects from the Kingdom of Dahomey leave Paris to be returned to present-day Benin. How should these art treasures, stolen from the ancestors, be received in a country that has reinvented itself in their absence?

Sat Feb 24 19:30

Berlinale Palast

Screening of the Golden Bear-winning film | Limited ticket availability

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