Berlin International Film Festival 2022 revealed films in the two competition program Generation Kplus and Generation 14plus featuring 24 feature-length films and 28 short films. The focus of the overall Generation selection is on young people: how they perceive the world, how they appropriate it or how they oppose it.
Edouard Joubeaud’s Haingosoa was named Best Narrative Feature, with George King’s Thumbs Up for Mother Universe: Stories from the Life of Lonnie Holley taking the award for Best Documentary Feature at the virtual edition of the 2020 Harlem International Film Festival (Hi). Maryna Er Gorbach and Mehmet Bahadir Er’s Omar and Us was cited as Best World Film (Narrative) and Cam Cowan’s Opeka took the prize for Best World Documentary.