A VISUALLY STUNNING DOCUMENTARY THAT MOVINGLY EXPLORES THE WORLD OF YOUNG PEOPLE WITH AUTISM.

They come from all over the world, yet they share a common fate: young autistic people who cannot speak. Based on Naoki Higashida’s bestseller of the same name, which described his life as an autistic person at the age of 13, THE REASON I JUMP portrays remarkable people who give an intimate insight into their lives. Sounds, images, associations, and words open a window to an overwhelming, sensory universe that carries a message at its core: Not being able to speak does not mean there is nothing to say.

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A FAIRYTALE-LIKE SOCIAL DRAMA ABOUT TWO SIBLINGS ON AN ODYSSEY

Life is like a roller-coaster ride for 15-year-old Billie and her younger brother Nico. Nothing gives them security. Of course, their father loves them but when he drinks too much, he is unpredictable. Their mother is even less reliable. But Billie and Nico do not give up their dream of a beautiful youth. They run away with the neighbor Malik, experience adventures and make friends, until reality catches up with them again. In grainy black and white, occasionally interrupted by color sequences and shot with many close-ups, US independent director Alexandre Rockwell tells the story of two siblings who must defy a life of poverty. They draw hope from the power of love and poetry.

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COMING OF AGE STORY SET AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF POLITICAL TURMOIL OVER THE DISPLACEMENT OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

The nickname Beans actually stands for Tekahentahkhwa. The sheltered 12-year-old girl grows up near Quebec. Beans’ perfect world is shattered when conflicts arise between the Mohawk community and the neighboring town of Oka, which wants to construct a building on an indigenous cemetery. Peaceful protests are met with racist violence, stones and fired shots. Beans no longer understands the world. How is she supposed to deal with all this chaos? Based on her own experiences, the director tells the individual and political self-assertion of a girl who, against the backdrop of the 1990 Oka crisis, suddenly must grow up far too quickly.

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MICA HAS TALENT, BUT DOES THE TENNIS COURT REALLY OFFER A NEW OUTLOOK?

Mica lives with his mother and his sick father in the slums of Meknès in Morocco. At the age of ten, he must already earn money for his family. As a suitable opportunity presented itself, he was sent to Casablanca. There he works as an assistant in a tennis club frequented by the city’s upper class. It is a strange world in which Mica has to live with humiliation and contempt and soon realizes that he must take his fate into his own hands. Fleeing to Europe seems to be the only way out. Only when the former Tennis champion Sophia recognizes his talent on the tennis court, a new opportunity arises for Mica.

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They call it „The Game“ but it is a life-threatening endeavor. Alone or as a group, adolescents try to reach the EU through the Balcan route. They sleep under motorway bridges, traverse raging rivers at sub-zero temperatures at night and hide in trains and trucks. It is an Odyssey which they document on TikTok and Instagram. Over WhatsApp they keep in contact with their families. If the border police catches the minors, they have to expect mistreatments and illegal pushbacks. Their mobile phones become film cameras and show us close-up that the fortress Europe does not want them. But a return to their home countries is no option.

Manny, Sid and Diego are back! The three are horrified to discover that the ice age is coming to an end. They join a group on a journey to higher habitats. On the journey they discover that Manny is not the last woolly mammoth, they experience adventures and meet more quirky prehistoric pals. But a disaster of unprecedented magnitude is approaching.

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