Berlin Rebel High School / Berlin Rebel High School

Germany’s most unusual high school has no headmaster, no hierarchy and no pressure. This Berlin based school is entirely organized by its students without any outside funding. The adult pupils pay their own teachers and decide what they want to learn.
We follow three students who come from different state schools all over Germany and have one thing in common: they failed. Now they experience a completely new way of learning – and want to give it a try again. They have two years to prepare for the final official test, held by the government.
BERLIN REBEL HIGH SCHOOL is a film about the true meaning of learning, a tribute to curiosity, to the joy of life and to change.

Details

Country of Production
Germany

Year of Production
2016

Format
HD, DCP

Length
52 / 92 min

Director
Alexander Kleider

Production
DOK-WERK filmkooperative in co-production with WDR

Original Language
German

Subtitles
English

Festivals / Awards

Austin FF 2016 (Audience Award)
Berlinale 2017
Filmkunstfest Schwerin 2017
DOK.fest Munich 2017
Dt. Kinder-Medien-Festival GOLDENER SPATZ Gera / Erfurt 2017
Shanghai IFF 2017
Festival of German Cinema Paris 2017
FreeZone FF Belgrade 2017
Arras FF 2017
Pravo Ljudski FF Sarajevo 2017
Thessaloniki IDF 2018
One World HRFF Prague 2018
One World HRFF Bucharest 2018
Wexford IDF 2018 (Grand Jury Award)
One World HRFF Bratislava 2018

nominated for the German Film Award 2017 for Best Documentary