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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.