Looking for Langston

Casi septiembre (Close to September)

Alejandra lives on a campsite close to the big hotels. She takes care of her siblings, hangs out in the neighbourhood and flirts casually with the tourists – until she meets Amara. A romance develops that grows more serious than Alejandra would like.

Premiere: 20.02./18:30, Urania

PREMIERES:

Dear friends of queer cinema,

A sophisticated program with new international film highlights awaits you again today. There are exciting premieres to discover and the opportunity to experience some previously screened works again.

We wish you an inspiring day and lots of fun at the Berlinale!

INTERVIEWS:

Drømmer (Dreams (Sex Love))

Johanne’s intimate writings about her crush on her teacher ignite both tension and self-reflection within her family, as her mother and grandmother confront their own unfulfilled dreams and desires.

Premiere: 19.02./15:15, Berlinale Palast

More information about the movie can be found here

Julian and the Wind

Arthur and Julian share a dorm at a boys’ boarding school. Arthur is in love with Julian, but Julian ignores him. When Julian begins to sleepwalk, a strange intimacy develops between the two.

Premiere: 19.02./12:30, Urania

More information about the movie can be found here

Sous ma fenêtre, la boue (The Mud Under My Window)

One of Emma’s mothers is too busy; the other is too far away. One is rejected, the other idealised. Out of a trivial tension, an intimate and unsettling face-to-face confrontation suddenly arises.

Premiere: 19.02./12:30, Urania

Wenn du Angst hast nimmst du dein Herz in den Mund und lächelst (If You Are Afraid You Put Your Heart into)

Anna, 12, lives with her deaf mother in a loving bond, yet under humble conditions that are a source of social shame, when she begins high school. Staying close to its heroines, this refreshing debut blends solidarity, feminism and tons of melodies.

Premiere: 19.02./19:00, Zoo Palast 2

More information about the movie can be found here

PREMIERES:

Drømmer (Dreams (Sex Love))

Directed by: Dag Johan Haugerud
Norway, 2024, 110′

SCREENING TIMES:

19.02./15:15, Berlinale Palast

Julian and the Wind

Directed by: Connor Jessup
Canada, 2024, 16′

Arthur and Julian share a dorm at a boys’ boarding school. Arthur is in love with Julian, but Julian ignores him. When Julian begins to sleepwalk, a strange intimacy develops between the two.

SCREENING TIMES:

19.02./12:30-12:46, Urania

Directed by: Isaac Julien
Great Britain, 1989, 46′

The 1989 film Looking for Langston is a lyrical exploration of the world of poet and social activist Langston Hughes (1902–1967) and his fellow Black artists and writers of the 1920s Harlem Renaissance.

SCREENING TIMES:

19.02./21:30, Urania

Once again… (Statues Never Die)

Directed by: Isaac Julien
Great Britain, 2025, 32′

The film explores the storied relationship between Dr Albert C. Barnes, an early US collector and exhibitor of African cultural artefacts, and the renowned philosopher and cultural critic Alain Locke, known as the “Father of the Harlem Renaissance”.

SCREENING TIMES:

19.02./21:30, Urania

Sous ma fenêtre, la boue (The Mud Under My Window)

Directed by: Violette Delvoye
France, Belgium, 2025, 13′

One of Emma’s mothers is too busy; the other is too far away. One is rejected, the other idealised. Out of a trivial tension, an intimate and unsettling face-to-face confrontation suddenly arises.

SCREENING TIMES:

19.02./12:30, Urania