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!

Broys

Braty

Marcin Filipowicz
Poland / 2022 / 82 min

Skateboarding brothers' search for meaning in a stylish black-and-white hipster look. After the death of their mother, Bartek and Filip's lives slowly slip away. Intimate and rough odyssey of emotions through the turmoil of growing up. FSK 12

Brutal Heat

Brutální vedro

Albert Hospodářský
Czech Republic, Slovakia / 2023 / 75 min

18-year-old Vincek wants to escape the heat of the city and visit his friends in the country. But the trip turns into an odyssey, because the world is out of joint as a piece of the sun hurtles towards the earth and people start acting without any ...

Dyad

Diada

Yana Titova
Bulgaria / 2023 / 89 min

Relentless schoolyard shocker from Bulgaria. Dida bullies, steals and posts naked photos of her classmates to earn a plane ticket to a new life with her expatriate mother, but her world is full of frustration and betrayal. FSK 16

Excursion

Ekskurzija

Una Gunjak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, France, Norway, Qatar / 2023 / 93 min

A striking and sensitively directed coming-of-age debut film from Bosnia-Herzegovina with a rebellious young protagonist who invents her first time - and feels the harshness of a patriarchal society. FSK12

Role Model

Vzornik

Nejc Gazvoda
SI/CZ/IT/RS / 2023 / 98 min

Pandemic coming-of-age noir with wry humour. Finally, attendance classes again! But teenager Jan is bullied at his new school. The mother likes to drink one too many, which is not helping. The only thing that does is a friendship with the thug from ...

Sweet Sorrow

Sunce mamino

Kosta Đorđević
Serbia / 2023 / 97 min

Love in the face of death. The boy Reja is in love with Ana. To win her heart, he secretly organises his grandmother's funeral. Melancholic coming-of-age in the alleys of summery Belgrade. FSK12

Summer Ends Soon

Yana Skopina
Kazakhstan/Russia / 2022 / 90 min

Sensitive, nostalgic coming-of-age cinema from Kazakhstan. May 1990: graduation, first love - and then the lead singer of the favourite band "Kino" dies. Yana Skopina tells the story of teenager Bakha and the summer when everything changes for him. ...

The Dream is Gone

Maria Batova
Russian Federation / 2021 / 91 min

War trauma meets young rebellion. Alyona, 18, confronts her father, a war veteran, with his and Russia's wartime past. He doesn't even know that he has a daughter. FSK12

Why Chickens Don't Fly

Wut auf Kuba

Naira Cavero Orihuel
Germany / 2022 / 78 min

Unconventional road movie with socio-critical depth - filmed in Cottbus. Throw away your mobile phone and leave everything behind? In search of freedom, young single mother Marlene does just that - and runs off with Sonne, who happens to cross her ...