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There’s a scene in Nanouk Leopold’s Cobain where the titular fifteen year-old (Bas Keizer) tells his estranged, junkie mother Mia (Naomi Velissariou) that he wants to help. Her response is to ask whether she cares about what he does, the answer tragically understood before his mouth utters the word “No.” To watch her shrug her shoulders and say, “Why should you?” epitomizes love’s power and its strength in circumstances where you couldn’t be blamed for believing it didn’t exist at all. Mia has never been a mother to him and he calls her by her first name to prove it. (And don’t expect a manipulative “Mom” to be uttered either as Stienette Bosklopper’s script is uninterested in saccharine clichés). But he still can’t let her go.

Cobain is on the cusp of starting over having just been placed with a foster family...

The teenage son of a Flemish drug addict in the Netherlands has to grow up much faster than perhaps he’d like in Cobain, the latest feature from Dutch auteur Nanouk Leopold (Guernsey, Wolfsbergen). The director’s films have long been produced by Stienette Bosklopper through her outfit Circe Films — named after the Greek enchantress, natch — and that collaboration not only continues but is actually expanded, as Leopold here films Bosklopper’s first screenplay. But the story’s rhythm and tonal shifts aren’t always convincing, though astounding newcomer Bas Keizer, in the title role, is certainly a find.

After its premiere in the Berlinale...

Beta Cinema handles world sales.

Screen can reveal the first trailer (see above) for Berlin Film Festival Generation 14plus drama Cobain by Nanouk Leopold (Brownian Movement).

Beta Cinema handles world sales on the Dutch-German co-production which will be distirbuted by Cinemien in Benelux and W-Film in Germany.

Leopold’s sixth film follows teenager Cobain who tries to get his pregnant mother Mia to quit her self-destructive lifestyle. When she refuses to clean up her act, Cobain must take over.

Starring are Naomi Velissariou (Out Of Love), Wim Opbrouck (Cafe Derby), Dana Marineci (Toni Erdmann) and newcomer Bas Keizer in the lead role.

Written and produced by Stienette Bosklopper (Brownian Movement), Cobain is also produced by Fish Tank associate producer Lisette Kelder.

Beta Cinema handles world sales.

Screen can reveal the first trailer (see above) for Berlin Film Festival Generation 14plus drama Cobain by Nanouk Leopold (Brownian Movement).

Beta Cinema handles world sales on the Dutch-German co-production which will be distirbuted by Cinemien in Benelux and W-Film in Germany.

Leopold’s sixth film follows teenager Cobain who tries to get his pregnant mother Mia to quit her self-destructive lifestyle. When she refuses to clean up her act, Cobain must take over.

Starring are Naomi Velissariou (Out Of Love), Wim Opbrouck (Cafe Derby), Dana Marineci (Toni Erdmann) and newcomer Bas Keizer in the lead role.

Written and produced by Stienette Bosklopper (Brownian Movement), Cobain is also produced by Fish Tank associate producer Lisette Kelder.

16 films for youth strand announced.

Source: Zeca Miranda

‘Unicórnio’

The first batch of titles for the 2018 Berlin International Film Festival’s Generation strand have been released.

The sidebar focuses on youth and children’s films. The festival takes place from 15 - 25 February 2018.

The 16 films are equally split between the Generation 14plus and Generation Kplus categories. The complete Generations programme will be released mid-January.

The first batch of Berlin competition titles was announced earlier this week.

Full list of titles

Synopses provided by Berlinale press office.

Generation 14plus

303

Germany

By Hans Weingartner

World premiere

303 tells the story of two university students, Jule (Mala Emde) and Jan (Anton Spieker) who leave Berlin together in an old camper on a road trip south, but for different reasons. As they philosophise on the world and themselves in passionate discussions, director Hans Weingartner maintains a natural closeness to the two young people against breathtaking backgrounds.

16 films for youth strand announced.

Source: Zeca Miranda

‘Unicórnio’

The first batch of titles for the 2018 Berlin International Film Festival’s Generation strand have been released.

The sidebar focuses on youth and children’s films. The festival takes place from 15 - 25 February 2018.

The 16 films are equally split between the Generation 14plus and Generation Kplus categories. The complete Generations programme will be released mid-January.

The first batch of Berlin competition titles was announced earlier this week.

Full list of titles

Synopses provided by Berlinale press office.

Generation 14plus

303

Germany

By Hans Weingartner

World premiere

303 tells the story of two university students, Jule (Mala Emde) and Jan (Anton Spieker) who leave Berlin together in an old camper on a road trip south, but for different reasons. As they philosophise on the world and themselves in passionate discussions, director Hans Weingartner maintains a natural closeness to the two young people against breathtaking backgrounds. After his contribution...