Berlin uncovers next Generation

BERLIN -- Sex and religion and also the desiring lost parents are some of the prevalent styles apparent within the first choices for that Berlin Film Festival's children and youth sidebar, Generation. Coordinators introduced the very first 14 movies which will unspool within the section, such as the world premiere of Rebecca Thomas' U.S. pic "Electrick Children." Rory Culkin and Billy Zane star within the tale of the youthful Mormon girl who thinks being pregnant to become caused by an immaculate conception, while her essentially religious family regards it as being an intolerable transgression. Inside a similar vein, Marialy Rivas' Chilean drama "Youthful & Wild" concentrates on a woman whose sexual adventures puts her at odds together with her evangelical parents. They're among eight features to date selected for that older-skewing Generation 14plus, that also includes the planet premiere of Gabriel Marino's "A Secret World," in regards to a schoolgirl who sparks on the harmful journey across Mexico in search of her dreams. Other game titles include Ella Lemhagen's Swedish crime drama "The Crown Jewels," starring Bill Skarsgard and Alicia Vikander Simon Staho's Danish-Swedish teen musical "Love Is incorporated in the Air" and Angelos Abazoglou's Greek-British "Mustafa's Sweet Dreams," in regards to a teen striving to become master baklava baker in Poultry. Also unspooling are "Off Whitened Lies," Maya Kenig's Israeli-French family drama set from the backdrop from the Second Lebanon War and Han Lee's South Korean title "Punch," in regards to a boy handling a cruel and disciplinary teacher. The six photos to date selected for that Generation Kplus tyke section include Indonesian helmer Kamila Andini's "The Mirror Never Lies," in regards to a youthful girl who's still convinced her father will return from fishing the oceans and Nicole van Kilsdonk's Nederlander title "Taking Chances," in regards to a young girl who still hopes her father will return from the distant war despite his disappearance on the medical save mission. Also screening are "Kauwboy," a Nederlander film by Boudewijn Koole, in regards to a youthful boy who switches into a motherless baby bird Alice Schmid's Swiss doc "The Kids in the Napf" Janno Poldma and Heiki Ernits's Estonian-Latvian animated film "Lotte and also the Moonstone Secret" and Rommel Tolentino Filipino pic "Nono." The Berlinale runs February. 9-19. Contact Erectile dysfunction Meza at staff@variety.com