Berlin reveals next Generation

BERLIN -- Sex and religion as well as the desiring lost parents are the prevalent styles apparent inside the first options for your Berlin Film Festival's children and youth sidebar, Generation. Planners introduced the initial 14 movies that will unspool inside the section, like the world premiere of Rebecca Thomas' U.S. pic "Electrick Children." Rory Culkin and Billy Zane star inside the tale from the youthful Mormon girl who thinks having a baby being triggered by an immaculate conception, while her basically religious family regards it an intolerable transgression. In the similar vein, Marialy Rivas' Chilean drama "Youthful & Wild" focuses on a lady whose sexual adventures puts her at odds along with her evangelical parents. They are among eight features up to now selected for your older-skewing Generation 14plus, which includes the earth premiere of Gabriel Marino's "A Secret World," of a schoolgirl who sparks around the dangerous journey across Mexico looking for her dreams. Other game 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 within the Air" and Angelos Abazoglou's Greek-British "Mustafa's Sweet Dreams," of a teen striving being master baklava baker in Chicken. Also unspooling are "Off White-colored Lies," Maya Kenig's Israeli-French family drama set in the backdrop in the Second Lebanon War and Han Lee's South Korean title "Punch," of a boy coping with cruel and disciplinary teacher. The six photos up to now selected for your Generation Kplus tyke section include Indonesian helmer Kamila Andini's "The Mirror Never Lies," of a youthful girl who's still convinced her father will return from fishing the oceans and Nicole van Kilsdonk's Nederlander title "Taking Chances," of a youthful girl who still hopes her father will return in the distant war despite his disappearance around the medical save mission. Also screening are "Kauwboy," a Nederlander film by Boudewijn Koole, of a youthful boy who retreats into a motherless baby bird Alice Schmid's Swiss doc "The Children within the Napf" Janno Poldma and Heiki Ernits's Estonian-Latvian animated film "Lotte as well as the Moonstone Secret" and Rommel Tolentino Filipino pic "Nono." The Berlinale runs Feb. 9-19. Contact Erection dysfunction Meza at staff@variety.com