The 20th edition of achtung berlin – new berlin film award 2024 is showcasing a dozen german documentaries in the documentary competition. And the winners are:

• Best Documentary: FOR THE TIME BEING by Nele Dehnenkamp
• Best Picture Documentary: UNTIL THE SUN DIES – HASTA QUE SE APAGUE EL SOL by Jonas Brander
• Ecumenical Jury Award: HAUSNUMMER NULL by Lilith Kugler
• Best Medium-length Movie: HOME SWEET HOME by Annika Mayer
• Best Medium-length–short  Documentary: DO YOU GET ME – ¿ME ENTIENDES? by Otto Lazic-Reuschel

LineUp German documentary productions and co-productions:

• BACKGROUND by Khaled Abdulwahed, 64min, P: pong film, [mittellanger film]
• A BEAUTIFUL DAY by Stefano Obino, 19min, P: Moving Mountains Production, [kurzfilm]
• BECAUSE WE BLEED by Andrea Grambow, Joscha Kirchknopf, 14min, P: Kirchknopf-Grabow.com,  [kurzfilm]
• BERLIN EVICTION | BERLIN UTOPIEKADAVER by Johannes Blume, 92min, P: Filmgalerie 451, [competition documentary]
• CHASING THE SUN: EL SHATT | DOHVATTI SUNCE: EL SHAT by Ana Bilankov, 20min, [kurzfilm]
• CONCRETE GOLD | BETONGOLD - Wie die Finanzkrise in mein Wohnzimmer kam by Katrin Rothe, 52min, ©2013 P: Katrin Rothe Filmproduktion,  [retrospective]
• DANCING ALONE | ALLEINE TANZEN by Biene Pilavci, 95min, P: telekult Film- und Medienproduktion, Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, ©2012, [retrospective]
• DANCING HEARTBEATS by Lisa Wagner, 92min, P: LICHTBLICK FILM, D: JIP Film und Verleih, [competition documentary]
• DO YOU GET ME? | ¿ME ENTIENDES? by Otto Lazic-Reuschel, 31min, P: ZELIG, [mittellanger film]
• EINE EINZELNE TAT by Constanze Wolpers, 19min, P: radpaar films, [kurzfilm]
• EXILE NEVER ENDS by Bahar Bektas, 100min, P: Pink Shadow Films, [competition documentary]
• FACING TIME by Annett Ilijew, 82min,  C: SOMOS CUBA TEAM, [berlin spotlights]
• FOR THE TIME BEING by Nele Dehnenkamp, P: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, D: ACROSS NATIONS, [competition documentary]
• HARRAGA – THOSE WHO BURN THEIR LIVES by Benjamin Rost, 86min, P: MSZ // Production & Consulting, [competition documentary]
• HAUSNUMMER NULL by Lilith Kugler, 90min, P: now films, Torero Film, [competition documentary]
• HOME SWEET HOME by Annika Mayer, 67min, P: MAJUM FILMS, Raina Films, [mittellanger film]
• I AM FINE BUT by Marc Sebastian Eils, 54min, [mittellanger film]
• INSEL 36 by Asli Özarsla, 64min, P: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, ©2014, [retrospective]
• LA EMPRESA by André Siegers, 94min, P: FÜNFERFILM UG,  [competition documentary]
• Lychener 64 LYCHENER 64 – BERLIN PRENZLAUER BERG by Jakob Rühle, Fabio Dondero, Teresina Moscatiello, 83min, P: Sinafilm, ©2010 [retrospective]
• OSMOSA by Laurence Favre, 11min [kurzfilm]
• QUEER EXILE BERLIN by Jochen Hick, 104min, P: GALERIA ALASKA PRODUCTIONS, D: MISSING FILMS, [competition documentary]
• RENT EATS THE SOUL | MIETE ESSEN SEELE AUF by Angelika Levi, 54min, P: weltfilm GmbH, © 2015 [retrospective]
• SCHADE, DASS BETON NICHT BRENNT von Gabriele Bartels, Nils C. Bolbrinker, Barbara Etz, Barbara Hennings, Christoph Marzian, Helmut Nierycklo, Barbara Rhode, Klaus Salge, Wolfgang Schuhkrafft, 82min, ©1981, P: Novemberfilm, D: Deutsche Kinemathek, Berlin [retrospective]
• SHORTS including documentaries ©1930–1985 [retrospective]
• SICK GRILS by Gitti Grüter, 80min, P: kurhaus production Film & Medien, [competition documentary]
• STICK TOGEHTER | BIS HIERHIN UND WIE WEITER? von Felix Maria Bühler, 91min, D: W-film Distribution, [competition documentary]
• TEACHES OF PEACHES by Philipp Fussenegger, Judy Landkammer, 102min, WS: MAGNETFILM GmbH, P: avanti media fiction GmbH, D: farbfilm verleih GmbH, [berlin spotlights]
• UNTIL THE SUN DIES | HASTE QUE SE APAGUE EL SOL by Jonas Brander, P: urua Films, growing vision, [competition documentary]
• WAR OR PEACE | KRIEG ODER FRIEDEN by Elfi Mikesch, 86min, P: Filmgalerie 451, [competition documentary]
• ZUHAUSE IST DORT, WO DIE STERNFRÜCHTE SAUER SIND by Huy Nguyen, 24min, P: Drehs Um, [kurzfilm]

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