KUKI .16 Young Short Film Festival Berlin
12 - 19 November 2023

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KUKI 05 Watch The World- Documentary Competition 10+

We dive through the Peruvian Amazon with catfish and whiz across an Indian skate park with a tummy tingle in the next moment. We dream up new worlds and learn to follow our own heart. Whether it takes us to the other side of the earth or far out into space, with the help of these wide-ranging documentaries we remain daring and curious and full of wonder about life.

Themes: Growing up, fishing, family, Indigenous Peoples, skating, community, caste system, poverty, imagination, fantasy world, rules, migration, identity, home, outer space, science, medicine, research, work

12.11.23, 14:00h, Filmtheater am Friedrichshain Kino 2

13.11.23, 10:00h, Zeiss-Großplanetarium Kino

15.11.23, 09:30h, Filmtheater am Friedrichshain Kino 1

16.11.23, 10:00h, Filmtheater am Friedrichshain Kino 1

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Watch the World - Documentary competition Program 10+

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5 films
Shirampari, herencias del río

Shirampari, herencias del río

Shirampari: Legacies of the River

Lucia Florez // Spain, Peru, United States // 2022 // 15:00 min

Documentary

In one of the most remote places in the Peruvian Amazon, an Indigenous Ashéninka boy must overcome his fears and catch a giant catfish using only a hook to start his journey as an adult.

Janwaar

Janwaar

Danny Schmidt // India, United States // 2022 // 10:20 min

Documentary

In the Indian region of Janwaar, skating is more than just a hobby: it connects children at the skate park and manages to overcome generations of caste and gender roles.

Gösta Petter-land

Gösta Petter-land

George-Peterland

Sebastian Rudolph Jensen / Christer Wahlberg // Sweden // 2023 // 14:30 min

Animation, Documentary

Five eight-year-olds create the fantasy world "Gösta Petter-land". A dreamy forest land with cute chickens everywhere, where you can travel just by closing your eyes. But the dream crumbles as more and more rules take over.

Jasminin kaksi kotia

Jasminin kaksi kotia

Jasmin’s Two Homes

Hanna Karppinen / Inka Achté // Finland // 2022 // 15:00 min

Documentary

When Jasmin's parents decide to move from Finland to her father's home country, Somalia, she faces the biggest change of her life. What does she miss and what makes her feel surprisingly at home?

Heart of an Astronaut

Heart of an Astronaut

Jennifer Rainsford // Sweden // 2023 // 14:44 min

Documentary

As a doctor for astronauts, Brigitte Godard explains why astronauts' hearts are the strongest and how best to stay fit in space.