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TS 03 What's Up? English Language Program for ages 14+

In Australia we become immersed in the absurdity of extreme smartphone use, Gil meets a fascinating mermaid called Rose and Grace secretly tests her family’s strict boundaries. Five Canadian kids and teenagers show us that standing up for oneself is definitely worthwhile, while British plankton ponder life’s important questions and a Ghanaien protagonist learns to love herself.

20.11.18, 10:00h, City Kino Wedding

21.11.18, 12:00h, Filmtheater am Friedrichshain Kino 2

What's Up? Sprachprogramm Englisch für Jugendliche ab 14
6 films
Plankton

Plankton

Gustaf Lindstrom // // 2018 // 05:12 min

Animation

In Plankton we get a glimpse of the ideas and aspirations that float around at the bottom of the food chain. Don’t we all want to become something big one day?

Beauty

Beauty

Christina Willings // Canada // 2018 // 23:24 min

Documentary

Although still children Bex, Fox, Tru, Lili, and Milo know who they are and that they do not conform with the traditional categories of gender. They talk about their lives.

GRACE

GRACE

Alex Holmes // Australia // 2017 // 15:00 min

Live Action

A strict Christian community dictates the rules that guide the lives of Grace and her family – and forbidden relations, however chaste, do not go unpunished.

iRony

iRony

Radheya Jegatheva // Australia // 2017 // 07:57 min

Animation

“Welcome to the new age, a digital life, where man is married to wi-fi and wife”: the relationship between man and technology.

I F*cked a Mermaid and No One Believes Me

I F*cked a Mermaid and No One Believes Me

Madeleine Gottlieb // Australia // 2018 // 14:58 min

Live Action

During the summer holidays with his dad and sister, Gil longs to be on his own. That is, until he meets a fascinating mermaid on the beach named Rose.

Black Barbie

Black Barbie

Comfort Arthur // Ghana // 2016 // 04:00 min

Animation

Black Barbie is a Poetry animation that explores the filmmakers experience with skin bleaching products when growing up.