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We are screening two films at our club, at ladenkino, Berlin, on Oct 16. Both come from very exotic places of the world and both have sheep in them. You gotta like at least one of those features, right?, so this should be your evening. If that's not enough, Teboho Edkins, director of Coming of Age, will be present at the screening for a Q&A.

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Lesotho is the highest (in terms of altitude) and lowest (in terms of affluence) mountain kingdom in the world. For two years, director Teboho Edkins followed four teenagers in this country, which is completely surrounded by South Africa: brothers Mosaku and Retabile, who are growing up in a family of shepherds, and BFFs Senate and Lefa from the village of Ha Sekake. Scenes with the two duos alternate in this observational film, in which the young protagonists also talk to the filmmaker. One of the brothers tells him what he would most like to have: at least 10 cows, 100 sheep, two horses and a few donkeys. With this, he would be able to take care of himself and his family. The village where the two girls are growing up is equally short on resources. But at least the best friends have their voices to sing with and to chat and fantasize together – about how they’d rather be boys, for example, because boys dress better. Their lives change dramatically when both pairs can no longer be together 24/7. The best girlfriends are split up because one does better at school than the other, while in the severe mountain landscape the two brothers continue to watch their flock – also separated from one another, but in this case by an old initiation ritual. 2) APOLLO JAVAKHETI dir. Bakar Cherkezisvili 2017, 16 mins Trailer

Moldovan Miracle (Stian Indrevoll, 2017) is having its Berlin premiere followed by a Q&A with the film’s director at BDFC at ladenkino, Friedrichshain, on September 11, 2018.

Napalm (Claude Lanzmann, 2017) is having its Berlin premiere followed by a Q&A with the film’s producer at BDFC at ladenkino, Friedrichshain, on August 14, 2018.

He She I (Er Sie Ich, Carlotta Kittel, 2018) is having its Berlin English language premiere along with a Q&A with the director at BDFC at ladenkino, Friedrichshain, on March 13, 2018

Unrest (Jennifer Brea, 2017) is having its Berlin premiere along with a Q&A with the filmmakers at BDFC at ladenkino, Friedrichshain, on Feb 20, 2018

The Islands and the Whales (Mike Day, 2017) is having its Berlin premiere at BDFC at ladenkino, Friedrichshain, on Dec 19, 2017