The Berlinale's Generation section for children and young people has finalised its 2008 lineup with 24 feature and 31 short films from 20 countries, including eight world and seven international feature film premieres.

The Generation Kplus competition will open on February 8 at the Zoo Palast with the Dutch film Where is Winky's Horse' by Mischa Kamp, while Generation 14plus competition section will kick off with the world premiere of Elissa Down's The Black Balloon, starring Toni Collette, Rhys Wakefield, Luke Ford and model Gemma Ward.

As an innovation this year, the 14plus competition will also include two documentaries: Volker Meyer-Dabisch's love, peace & beatbox about the Berlin subculture of human beatboxing, and Christian Karim Chrobog's War Child, which accompanies hip-hop star Emmanuel Jal on a journey into his past as a child soldier in Sudan.

Generation Kplus Feature Films
A Tale of Two Mozzies (Cykelmyggen og Dansemyggen) by Jannik Hastrup and Flemming Quist-Moller, Denmark
Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame (Buda Az Sharm Foru Rikht) by Hana Makhmalbaf, Iran/France
Chop Shop by Ramin Bahrani, US
Flower in the Pocket by Liew Seng Tat, Malaysia
Hey Hey it's Esther Blueburger by Cathy Randall, Australia
Kung Fu Kid (Kung Fu Kun) by Issei Oda, Japan
Mutum by Sandra Kogut, Brazil/France
The Ten Lives of Titanic the Cat (Titanics ti liv) by Grethe Boe, Norway GO WEST! A Lucky Luke adventure (TOUS A L'OUEST, Une aventure de Lucky Luke) by Olivier Jean-Marie, France
Where is Winky's Horse' (Waar is het Paard van Sinterklaas') by Mischa Kamp, The Netherlands

Generation Kplus Short Films
A Little Night Fright by Mischa Livingstone, US
Andante Mezzo Forte by Annarita Zambrano, France
Bears' Stories (Medvezhii istorii) by Marina Karpova, Russian Federation Chepogi by Leon Estrin, Russian Federation
Golden Guy by Julia Tews, Germany
Girls Room by Maria Gigante, US
Kroshechka-Khavroshechka by Inga Korzhneva, Russian Federation
KuyGorozh by Sergey Merinov, Russian Federation
My Uncle Loved the Colour Yellow (Min morbror tyckte mycket om gult) by Mats Olof Olsson, Sweden
Nana by Warwick Thornton, Australia
New Boy by Steph Green, Ireland
Run by Mark Albiston, New Zealand
POST! by Christian Asmussen and Matthias Bruhn, Germany
The New Species (Jauna Suga) by Evalds Lacis, Latvia
The Tiny Fish (Rybka) by Sergei Ryabov, Russian Federation
The Trophy by Justine Simei-Barton, New Zealand
The Air Ace by Svilen Dimitrov, Bulgaria
War Party (Taua) by Tearepa Kahi, New Zealand

Generation 14plus Feature Films
32A by Marian Quinn, Ireland/Germany
Ben X by Nic Balthazar, Belgium/The Netherlands
The Black Balloon by Elissa Down, Australia
Ciao bella by Mani Maserrat-Agah, Sweden
City of Men (Cidade dos Homens) by Paulo Morelli, Brazil
Dunya & Desie by Dana Nechushtan, The Netherlands/Belgium
Fighter by Natasha Arthy, Denmark
Liberation Day (Munyurangabo) by Lee Isaac Chung, US/Rwanda
love, peace & beatbox by Volker Meyer-Dabisch, Germany
September by Peter Carstairs, Australia
Sita Sings the Blues by Nina Paley, US
Somers Town by Shane Meadows, UK
War Child by Christian Karim Chrobog, US
Worlds Apart (To Verdener) by Niels Arden Oplev, Denmark

Generation 14plus Short Films
Cherries by Tom Harper, UK
Firewood by Miikka Leskinen, UK/Finland
First by Tinge Krishnan, UK
Flatmates (Kompisar) by Magnus Mork, Sweden/Norway
John and the Dog (Joao e o Cao) by Andre Marques, Portugal
Juvenile by China Moo-Young,UK
Light my Fire (Bool-eul Ji-pyeo-ra) by LEE Jong-pil, Republic Korea
Meditations on a Name by Bonnie Elliott, Australia
Spending the Night (Myskväll) by Amanda Adolfsson, Sweden
Take 3 by Roseanne Liang, New Zealand
The Vulnerable Ones (Les Vulnerables) by Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt, US
Yolk by Stephen Lance, Australia
You, Me and Him (Cafe com Leite) by Daniel Ribeiro, Brazil 2007

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