SECTION: Youth Film U18 Competition

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Rebellion and escalation meet in search of identity and freedom. Whether in an idealised family home in Slovakia, a Georgian ghetto or a religious boarding school in Turkey - young people question their roles and fight against the expectations placed on them by their environment. They conjure up political scandals and seek refuge in magical worlds. Everyday life becomes a battlefield of toxic friendships. Incorporating the many facets of youth, young people this year fight, love and dream as if there were no tomorrow!

DORMITORY

YURT

Nehir Tuna
TR, DE / 2023 / 116 min

1997 in Turkey: 14-year-old Ahmet is sent by his father to an Islamic afternoon boarding school. Caught between religious fundamentalism and a yearning for romantic escapades, he tries to fulfil the expectations of his devout father whilst also ...

EXPLANATION FOR EVERYTHING

Magyarázat mindenre

Gábor Reisz
HU/SK / 2023 / 128 min

A high school political satire with a bitter aftertaste that proved a hit on the international festival landscape. Unwilling to admit to his father that he failed his high school exams, young Ábel triggers a national scandal. FSK12 #feature #humor ...

GOTTESKINDER

Frauke Lodders
DE / 2024 / 117 min

Teenagers Hannah and Timotheus grow up in a strict evangelical family. Hannah in particular lives out her faith with passion and a strong commitment to the Free Church. When the siblings fall in love for the first time however, their supposedly ...

MARCH TO MAY

Od marca do mája

Martin Pavol Repka
CZ / 2024 / 85 min

Three months in the life of a family in the Czech provinces: new things happen and others stay the same; the children head out into the wider world and the parents would appear to have been left behind. That is until something unexpected does happen: ...

TOXIC

Akipleėša

Saulė Bliuvaitė
LT / 2024 / 100 min

Amongst the stylish photos and fat techno beats, two disparate teenagers fight for their place in a world of bullying, obsession with beauty and toxic friendships - and dream of a big breakthrough as models. FSK16 #feature #coming of age #female ...

WET MONDAY

Lany Poniedziałek

Justyna Mytnik
PL, EE, CZ / 2024 / 85 min

A year has passed since 15-year-old Klara was raped by a masked youth on "Wet Monday", a Polish Easter ritual. Since then, she has been petrified of water. And now; it's Easter again. Klara decides to face her fear. FSK16 #feature #fantasy #female ...

WHEN YOU ARE 17

Giorgi Mukhadze
GE, DE / 2024 / 90 min

A ghetto coming-of-age caught between Olympic ambitions and drug parties. Amo, shooting star of the Georgian swimming scene, dreams of realising his dreams for the future at an athletics academy in Belgium. He earns the money for this back home by ...