Welcome to the Young Journalists
of the 61. Berlinale

The Young Journalists are a team of reporters between 11 and 17 years old, who write about all GENERATION-films in the Berlinale. Coached by journalist Julia Kaiser, an echo about the films and their topics forms on this site - with comments, interviews an background articles by young journalists für young cineasts.

Four teams, four topics

Four teams choose their films and concentrate on their topics and filmmakers. This year, the teams name themselves: daydreamers, changers, offshore and searchers.

offshore

Interview with Andrew Okpeaha Maclean

director of "On the Ice" >>

von Olmo Köhler, 15

Interview with Kriv Stenders

von Olmo Köhler, 15 and Sam Keogh, 15

Interview with Aqip Khan

von Olmo Köhler, 15 and Sam Keogh, 15

The journey of Red Dog

von Keyhan Hatami, 15

Festival

Award ceremony at 14plus

As I enter the magnificent foyer of the House of World Cultures just 30 minutes before the 14plus award ceremony, the waiting queue at the staircase leading to the cinema is growing longer by the second. >>

von Tita Hagen, 15

Award ceremony at Kplus

von Charlotte Kleine, 12

daydreamers

Interview with Tom McKeith

Director of "Pig" >>

Interview with the mail casts from "Jorgen+Anne=Sant"

von Judith Rinklebe, 14 and Sarah Gosten, 14

Q'n'a at "Twigson ties the Knot"

von Judith Rinklebe, 14

Interview with Heidi Maria Faisst

von Karolina Koch, 27 and Layla Schönfeld, 15

searchers

Where are the free directors from Iran?

Just imagine being a person who loves doing their job, who does it particularly well, and whose work fills people with enthusiasm and inspiration. And yet, because of your work, you are suddenly thrown in jail. This can’t be true, can it? >>

von Verena Caspari, 13

"When I started out I wanted to draw for comics"

von Charlotte Kleine, 12, Verena Caspari, 13 and Lorraine Neale, 15

Interview with Esben Toft Jacobsen

von Christine Hanberg, 17

Interview with Rune Schjøtt

von Christine Hanberg, 17

changers

Memories

Woody Allen once said: "I sometimes wonder if a memory is something you have, or something you've lost..." >>

von Finja Berresheim, 15

Gangs

von Nico Palesch, 15

New Photos

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