Junk Space Berlin

A dystopian Berlin of the near future: a mysterious rift runs through the city, dividing it - literally and metaphorically. When the artificial intelligence Billie disappears into this rift, her friend Marion (Otiti Engelhardt) embarks on a dangerous search for Billie's digital trail. She is supported by former hacker activist Blue (Tamara Semzov) and her friend Akira (Selin Kavak). The journey takes them deep into Berlin's underworld, where they encounter bizarre characters, a disused server room and a mysterious homeless woman. The closer they get to Billie, the more the boundaries between reality and digital illusion become blurred. Visually and narratively, Juri Padel's film is an experimental trip through a fragmented world that explores themes such as social division, digitalization, artificial intelligence and identity politics. Elements of science fiction, mystery and theater combine to create an intense, partly AI-generated film experience. "With its genre mix of science fiction and mystery thriller, the film has nothing to hide from any of the titans of the cyberpunk genre. Despite the independent budget, the film manages to find its own visual signature, which may take some getting used to at the beginning, but gradually unfolds its charm and is definitely memorable. [...] The bottom line is that ‘Junk Space Berlin’ is an extremely successful piece of cinema that makes us look forward to (hopefully) future projects by the director and the whole team. A wonderfully playful, likeable movie that you shouldn't miss if you can get involved with wacky creative wonders in film form." (Johannes Witt, on: kino-zeit.de)