Berlin Sets Generation Lineup; Ira Sachs’ ‘Little Men’ In International Premiere

This year’s Generation sidebar at the Berlin Film Festival includes films that shed light on and challenge the nature of contradictions, say organizers. The massive section, which is made up of films targeted to children and young people, runs to 63 features and shorts produced or co-produced in 35 countries. Among the features competing for the Crystal Bear is U.S. helmer Ira Sachs’ Little Men which will world premiere this month in Sundance. Here, the Love Is Strange director reteams with Alfred Molina; Jennifer Ehle and Greg Kinnear also star. Norwegian claymation family film Louis & Nolan – The Big Cheeserace is also in the lineup. Already a hit at home, director Rasmus Sivertsen’s sequel has sold 370K tickets since December 25. The previous film, The Christmas Of Louis And Nolan, was Norway’s top grossing movie of 2013 with nearly 850K admissions and about $12M in box office. The full list of Generation features is below. Berlin runs from February 11-21.

Generation 14plus

6A
Sweden
Dir: Peter Modestij

Avant Les Rues (Before The Streets)
Canada
Dir: Chloé Leriche

El Soñador (The Dreamer)
Peru
Dir: Adrián Saba

Es Esmu Seit (Mellow Mud)
Latvia
Dir: Renars Vimba

Ma Révolution (My Revolution)
France
Dir: Ramzi Ben Sliman

Royahaye Dame Sobh (Starless Dreams)
Iran
Dir: Mehrdad Oskouei

Valderama
Iran
Dir: Abbas Amini

Zhaleika
Germany
Dir: Eliza Petkova

Ani Ve Snu! (In Your Dreams!)
Czech Republic/Slovakian Republic/Bulgaria
Dir: Petr Oukropec

Born To Dance
New Zealand
Dir: Tammy Davis

Girl Asleep
Australia
Dir: Rosemary Myers

Las Plantas (Plants)
Chile
Dir: Roberto Doveris

Sairat (Wild)
India
Dir: Nagraj Manjule

Triapichniy Soyuz (Rag Union)
Russian Federation
Dir: Mikhail Mestetskiy

What’s In The Darkness
People’s Republic of China
Dir: Yichun Wang

Generation Kplus

Jamais contente
France
Dir: Emilie Deleuze

Little Men
U.S.
Dir: Ira Sachs

Mavi Bisiklet (Blue Bicycle)
Turkey, Germany
Dir: Ümet Köreken

Ottaal (The Trap)
India
Dir: Jayaraj Rajashekaran Nair

Rara
Chile, Argentina
Dir: Pepa San Martín

Solan Og Ludvig – Herfra Til Flåklypa (Louis & Nolan – The Big Cheeserace)
Norway
Dir: Rasmus Sivertsen

Woorideul (The World Of Us)
Republic of Korea
Dir: Yoon Ga-eun

ENTE GUT! Mädchen Allein Zu Haus (Fortune Favors the Brave)
Germany
Dir: Norbert Lechner

Genç Pehlivanlar (Young Wrestlers)
Turkey/Netherlands
Dir: Mete Gümürhan

Rauf
Turkey
Dirs: Barış Kaya, Soner Caner

Siv Sover Vilse (Siv Sleeps Astray)
Sweden/Netherlands
Dirs: Catti Edfeldt, Lena Hanno Clyne

Ted Sieger’s Molly Monster
Switzerland/Germany/Sweden
Dirs: Ted Sieger, Matthias Bruhn, Michael Ekblad

Zud
Germany/Poland
Dir: Marta Minorowicz