Tom Gramenz

Like tears in the rain, water is the metaphor for growing pains and so much more in these four tales about young boys coming to terms with a host of emotions for the very first time. These polished productions and festival favourites are brought to you by a host of talented directors from across Germany, Denmark, France and the Netherlands. The short films are: Ocean [Océan] (2013); Go Daan Go! [Daan Durft] (2014); The Boy in the Ocean (2016); Beach Boy (2011).

It's the summer of 1990, two teenagers in Germany fall in love - an innocent first love, shortly before the German reunification. Katja (16) is from West-Berlin, Thorben (17) from GDR. Their families are fighting over a house in Kleinmachnow (a suburb of East-Berlin), where Thorbens family has been living since the 70ies, but where Katjas father grew up. The family had to emigrate to West-Berlin in 1961, just before the Berlin Wall was built. Later, the house was dispossessed under GDR-rule. Now, Katjas father demands restitution. The conflict grows bitterer and threatens to tear apart both families. It is about old wounds and new prejudices. While being in the middle of Germanys swiftly progressing process of reunification, Katja and Thorben have to fight for their love.

Adaptación de Lars Kraume (El caso Fritz Bauer) del relato autobiográfico de Dietrich Garstka, que sigue la historia de un grupo de jóvenes de bachillerato de la Alemania Oriental que, tras una votación unánime, decidieron demostrar su solidaridad con los insurgentes húngaros durante el levantamiento de 1956, contra los invasores soviéticos.

Truth, Dare or Lemon is a game played by stupid boarding school kids who don't know what to do with themselves. Before Tim died he was the number one of a close-knit boarding school gang. When the friends engage in a ritual one year after his death a familiar game turns into a sadistic night...

A la indecisa Lara (Aylin Tezel), una joven estudiante de arquitectura de 25 años, el destino le da un vuelco inesperado. Junto a su amiga Nora (Henrike von Kuick) mantiene un estilo de vida que no deja de ofrecerse como retrato de una generación atrapada entre un pretérito despreocupado y un futuro sin horizontes, que se resiste a madurar. Más allá de los estudios, solo le interesan las raves, las drogas, el sexo. En sus planes desde luego no entraba la posibilidad de ser madre. Frente a esta inesperada situación, la reacción de Lara se alimenta de contrarios: la pulsión de aventura y rebeldía y el despertar de la responsabilidad materna.

Prora, Rügen Island, Mar bático. Un complejo de vacaciones nazi y un campamento militar comunista. Jan, un tímido adolescente alemán, pasa sus vacaciones con su amigo Matthieu, un francés autoproclamado machote mujeriego. Los dos amigos se embarcan en un juego erótico que pone en riesgo su amistad. Intentarán escapar pero se perderán en Prora, un laberinto de estancias y corredores.

It's mid-summer. Dimi has to spend the vacation with his older brother by the Baltic Sea. On a country road he meets beautiful Isabelle. He is fascinated by her, but disillusioned when they arrive at the campsite together: Isabelle is in a relationship, and her boyfriend is Dimis’ older brother Steffen. But Dimi doesn't give up and keeps on struggling for her attention. He shares an inflatable mattress with her, scares her in the shower and takes her on a boat trip. Even if Isabelle is unreachable for Dimi – in the end he will have reached something and will have made everyone reflect a little.