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Dream Baby Dream

A 20-minute collaborative experimental film in which 60 Berlin community members, children, teenagers and adults, professional and amateur artists, use music, movement and poetry to explore home and belonging, dream and utopia, and experiences of trauma.

Winner · COUNTERPOINT Award Liminal Dance Film Festival 2026 · Washington DC Berlin · 2026

Dream Baby Dream — official poster, Jazzfest Berlin, Official Selection Liminal Dance Film Festival

Stills

Dream Baby Dream — figure on an empty airfield, arms outstretched

Dream Baby Dream — performers moving across a sunlit room, photographs scattered on the floor

Dream Baby Dream — close portrait lit by warm curtains

Dream Baby Dream — child in soft focus, red hair ribbon

Dream Baby Dream — cast standing on white pedestals inside a grand hall

Dream Baby Dream — cast in costume with balloons, outdoor field

Dream Baby Dream — children in costume inside a dim room

Dream Baby Dream — full cast group photo, arms raised, inside the Bauhaus-Archiv atrium

Credits

A film by

Andrés Aguiló, Lina Ashour, Frederik Britzlmair, Nadin Deventer, Joel Grip, Andrés Hilarión, Chris Jonas, Nelly Thea Köster, Cal Ola, Ahmed Shah

With cast of

Musicians of Moabit Imaginarium; Performers of Theater X / Platform Migration Matters; Children of Mullewapp e. V. & Miriam-Makeba-Grundschule; SOS-Kinderdorf Berlin: Hort an der Theodor-Heuss-Gemeinschaftsschule; Milton Camilo

Production

A Production of Berliner Festspiele / Jazzfest Berlin. Funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. Supported by Berliner Sparkasse.

Recognition

Official Selection, Liminal Dance Film Festival 2026. Winner, COUNTERPOINT Award.