The Berlinale has announced the first selections for its Generation Kplus and Generation 14plus competitions.

The rest of the lineup will be announced in mid-January.

The selections are as follows:

Generation 14plus

Baby Blues by Kasia Rosłaniec (Poland)

Capturing Dad by Ryota Nakano (Japan)

Hide Your Smiling Faces by Daniel Patrick Carbone (US) [world premiere]

Pluto by Shin Suwon (Republic of Korea)

Shopping by Louis Sutherland, Mark Albiston (New Zealand)

The Cold Lands by Tom Gilroy (US) [world premiere] [pictured]

Touch of the Light by Chang Jung-Chi (Taiwan/Hong Kong, China)

Tough Bond by Austin Peck and Anneliese Vandenberg (US) [world premiere]

 

Generation Kplus

Kopfüber (UPSIDEdown) by Bernd Sahling (Germany) [world premiere]

Mother, I love You (Mammu, es Tevi mīlu) by Janis Nords (Latvia) [world premiere]

Nono, The Zigzag Kid (Nono, Het Zigzag Kind) by Vincent Bal (Netherlands-Belgium)

WASTELAND – So that No One Becomes Aware of It (ÖDLAND – Damit keiner das so mitbemerkt) (Germany)

Satellite Boy by Catroina McKenzie (Australia)

The Rocket by Kim Mordaunt (Australia) [world premiere]

Three Kids (Twa Timoun) by Jonas d’Adesky (Belgium)