Films by Alireza Darvish

Germany 2022, 99 min
by Tine Kugler, Günther Kurth

Boyhood in Berlin. KALLE KOSMONAUT accompanies Kalle, his family and their East Berlin neighborhood along the Avenue of the Cosmonauts over a shooting period of 10 years.16-year-old Kalle wanders through a wasteland in Berlin. He regrets a momentous act that will change his life significantly. „I really don’t know how it all started…“ We begin with Kalle at 10 years old. Alone at night in his ‘hood. His first love. His Jugendweihe (civic initiation ceremony). Dangerous dares on the city’s distri