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Participants of the Jazzfest Community Film Lab © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Nadin Deventer

Jazzfest Community Film Lab

In a multi-week artistic process, Berlin-based filmmakers and artists from various disciplines developed the community film DREAM BABY DREAM that was shot during the festival week. In addition to the film, the Jazzfest Community Film Lab created a shared space for artistic encounters and new forms of exchange – improvisational, exploratory and collaborative.

DREAM BABY DREAM

Group in colourful costumes stands on a grassy area with graffiti walls and balloons.

DREAM BABY DREAM, Jazzfest Community Film Lab, 2025

© Berliner Festspiele / Jazzfest Berlin, photo: Amely Sommer

The experimental short film DREAM BABY DREAM celebrates its world premiere as one of 70 selected films from 18 countries at the LIMINALDance Film Festival in Washington, D.C., on 24 April. The German premiere will follow at the TANZRAUSCHEN Festival on move / move on in Wuppertal on 6 May.

60 Berlin-based participants, including children, teenagers, adults, professional and non-professional artists from various disciplines, explore inner and outer landscapes through music, movement, and poetry in this 20-minute collaboratively created experimental film. It features musicians from the specially commissioned transcultural ensemble Moabit Imaginarium, children from two Moabit day care centres, and young performers from the post migrant TheaterX / Platform Migration Matters. Together, they address pressing issues of our time – from the search for home and belonging to the ever present interplay of dream, utopia, and the trauma experienced by many members of Berlin’s migrant communities.

The film was developed and produced over four months in autumn 2025 by a 10-member creative team of Berlin-based artists, musicians, choreographers and international filmmakers and was shot during the Jazzfest Community Week in late October 2025 at the Gropius Bau, the former Tegel Airport, and various locations throughout the Berlin-Moabit district.

To the participants | film credits

Behind the Scenes & Trailer

Jazzfest Community Film Lab

Behind the Scenes, Jazzfest Community Film Lab © Berliner Festspiele / Jazzfest Berlin

Jazzfest Community Film Lab

Trailer, DREAM BABY DREAM © Berliner Festspiele / Jazzfest Berlin, video: Mariana Hoyos, music: Oùat

Day 1 © Berliner Festspiele / Jazzfest Berlin, video: Mariana Hoyos, music: Oùat

Day 2 © Berliner Festspiele / Jazzfest Berlin, video: Mariana Hoyos, music: Oùat

Day 3 © Berliner Festspiele / Jazzfest Berlin, video: Mariana Hoyos, music: Oùat

Impressions from the Film Shoot

  • Group photo of 9 people who are the creative team

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab creative team

    © Nadin Deventer

  • Three people are talking. On the table next to them is a poster with lots of Post-it notes.

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab, creative team meeting

    © Nadin Deventer

  • Several people are standing around a table on which index cards are scattered.

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab, creative team meeting

    © Jana Klimmek

  • Joel Grip plays the double bass in the Gropius Bau foyer

    Joel Grip, Jazzfest Community Film Lab

    © Nadin Deventer

  • Two people operate a film camera and the sound.

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab

    © Amely Sommer

  • Four young people are wearing overalls. They are standing in the middle of photographs scattered on the floor.

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab

    © Amely Sommer

  • Black-and-white photograph: A man is being filmed. The contours are blurred, creating an artistic tension.

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab

    © Amely Sommer

  • Group photo at Gropius Bau with participating kids and adults

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab

    © Amely Sommer

  • Film scene: Two men are sitting at a table in a bar. A stringed instrument is lying on the counter.

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab

    © Amely Sommer

  • Children sit in a circle and examine colourful objects.

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab

    © Amely Sommer

  • A child lies on the floor with closed eyes among several other children.

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Amely Sommer

  • Two people are looking at the recoding image from a camera.

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Amely Sommer

  • Silhouette of a person playing the flute in a darkened room

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Amely Sommer

  • One person applies make-up to another in front of a mirror framed by light bulbs.

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Amely Sommer

  • A person of colour sits in a darkened room. The curtain blocks out the daylight.

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Amely Sommer

  • Children in colourful clown-like costumes outdoors. They are holding large balloons of various shapes.

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Amely Sommer

  • A child is wearing a thick, shiny silver jacket. The child is outdoors between musicians and balloons.

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Amely Sommer

  • One person films with a camera, another holds the clapperboard in front of the camera.

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Amely Sommer

  • A person of Colour is having their make-up done in front of a mirror surrounded by light bulbs.

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Amely Sommer

  • Group photo of 9 people who are the creative team

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab creative team

    © Nadin Deventer

  • Three people are talking. On the table next to them is a poster with lots of Post-it notes.

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab, creative team meeting

    © Nadin Deventer

  • Several people are standing around a table on which index cards are scattered.

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab, creative team meeting

    © Jana Klimmek

  • Joel Grip plays the double bass in the Gropius Bau foyer

    Joel Grip, Jazzfest Community Film Lab

    © Nadin Deventer

  • Two people operate a film camera and the sound.

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab

    © Amely Sommer

  • Four young people are wearing overalls. They are standing in the middle of photographs scattered on the floor.

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab

    © Amely Sommer

  • Black-and-white photograph: A man is being filmed. The contours are blurred, creating an artistic tension.

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab

    © Amely Sommer

  • Group photo at Gropius Bau with participating kids and adults

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab

    © Amely Sommer

  • Film scene: Two men are sitting at a table in a bar. A stringed instrument is lying on the counter.

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab

    © Amely Sommer

  • Children sit in a circle and examine colourful objects.

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab

    © Amely Sommer

  • A child lies on the floor with closed eyes among several other children.

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Amely Sommer

  • Two people are looking at the recoding image from a camera.

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Amely Sommer

  • Silhouette of a person playing the flute in a darkened room

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Amely Sommer

  • One person applies make-up to another in front of a mirror framed by light bulbs.

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Amely Sommer

  • A person of colour sits in a darkened room. The curtain blocks out the daylight.

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Amely Sommer

  • Children in colourful clown-like costumes outdoors. They are holding large balloons of various shapes.

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Amely Sommer

  • A child is wearing a thick, shiny silver jacket. The child is outdoors between musicians and balloons.

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Amely Sommer

  • One person films with a camera, another holds the clapperboard in front of the camera.

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Amely Sommer

  • A person of Colour is having their make-up done in front of a mirror surrounded by light bulbs.

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Amely Sommer

  • Group photo of 9 people who are the creative team

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab creative team

    © Nadin Deventer

  • Three people are talking. On the table next to them is a poster with lots of Post-it notes.

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab, creative team meeting

    © Nadin Deventer

  • Several people are standing around a table on which index cards are scattered.

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab, creative team meeting

    © Jana Klimmek

  • Joel Grip plays the double bass in the Gropius Bau foyer

    Joel Grip, Jazzfest Community Film Lab

    © Nadin Deventer

  • Two people operate a film camera and the sound.

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab

    © Amely Sommer

  • Four young people are wearing overalls. They are standing in the middle of photographs scattered on the floor.

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab

    © Amely Sommer

  • Black-and-white photograph: A man is being filmed. The contours are blurred, creating an artistic tension.

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab

    © Amely Sommer

  • Group photo at Gropius Bau with participating kids and adults

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab

    © Amely Sommer

  • Film scene: Two men are sitting at a table in a bar. A stringed instrument is lying on the counter.

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab

    © Amely Sommer

  • Children sit in a circle and examine colourful objects.

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab

    © Amely Sommer

  • A child lies on the floor with closed eyes among several other children.

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Amely Sommer

  • Two people are looking at the recoding image from a camera.

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Amely Sommer

  • Silhouette of a person playing the flute in a darkened room

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Amely Sommer

  • One person applies make-up to another in front of a mirror framed by light bulbs.

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Amely Sommer

  • A person of colour sits in a darkened room. The curtain blocks out the daylight.

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Amely Sommer

  • Children in colourful clown-like costumes outdoors. They are holding large balloons of various shapes.

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Amely Sommer

  • A child is wearing a thick, shiny silver jacket. The child is outdoors between musicians and balloons.

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Amely Sommer

  • One person films with a camera, another holds the clapperboard in front of the camera.

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Amely Sommer

  • A person of Colour is having their make-up done in front of a mirror surrounded by light bulbs.

    Jazzfest Community Film Lab

    © Berliner Festspiele, photo: Amely Sommer

Creative Team

  • Portrait

    Lina Ashour

    © Lina Ashour

  • Portrait

    Andrés Aguiló

    © Andres Aguilo

  • Portrait

    Frederik Britzlmair

    © Wolfgang Amadeo

  • Nadin Deventer

    Nadin Deventer

    © Roland Owsnitzki

  • portrait of Joel Grip

    Joel Grip

    © Carina Khorkhordina

  • Portrait

    Cal Ola Hagen

    © Hardy Brackmann

  • Portrait

    Andrés Hilarión

    © Dominik Antoni Krolikowski

  • Portrait

    Chris Jonas

    © Kate Russell

  • portrait of Nelly Thea Köster

    Nelly Thea Köster

    © Caroline Schreer

  • Portrait Ahmed Shah

    Ahmed Shah

    © private

  • Portrait

    Lina Ashour

    © Lina Ashour

  • Portrait

    Andrés Aguiló

    © Andres Aguilo

  • Portrait

    Frederik Britzlmair

    © Wolfgang Amadeo

  • Nadin Deventer

    Nadin Deventer

    © Roland Owsnitzki

  • portrait of Joel Grip

    Joel Grip

    © Carina Khorkhordina

  • Portrait

    Cal Ola Hagen

    © Hardy Brackmann

  • Portrait

    Andrés Hilarión

    © Dominik Antoni Krolikowski

  • Portrait

    Chris Jonas

    © Kate Russell

  • portrait of Nelly Thea Köster

    Nelly Thea Köster

    © Caroline Schreer

  • Portrait Ahmed Shah

    Ahmed Shah

    © private

  • Portrait

    Lina Ashour

    © Lina Ashour

  • Portrait

    Andrés Aguiló

    © Andres Aguilo

  • Portrait

    Frederik Britzlmair

    © Wolfgang Amadeo

  • Nadin Deventer

    Nadin Deventer

    © Roland Owsnitzki

  • portrait of Joel Grip

    Joel Grip

    © Carina Khorkhordina

  • Portrait

    Cal Ola Hagen

    © Hardy Brackmann

  • Portrait

    Andrés Hilarión

    © Dominik Antoni Krolikowski

  • Portrait

    Chris Jonas

    © Kate Russell

  • portrait of Nelly Thea Köster

    Nelly Thea Köster

    © Caroline Schreer

  • Portrait Ahmed Shah

    Ahmed Shah

    © private

Participants | Film Credits

Creative Team

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

Executive & Creative Producer
Nadin Deventer

Co-Producer
Chris Jonas 

Line Producer & Production Managers
Jana Klimmek
Anuschka Beese 
Leo Wölfel

Idea, Concept & Curation
Nadin Deventer

Director of Photography
Cal Ola

Music Coordinator
Joel Grip

All Music by
Moabit Imaginarium

Costume
Frederik Britzlmair

Cast

Dance
Milton Camilo

Texts & Voices (in order of appearance)
Simon Sieger
Lina Ashour
Lorna Popp
Rugie Berg
Nicole Uebing
Hyunjeong Park
Mina Mahdyar

Musicians/Performers
Moabit Imaginarium

Joel Grip – double bass 
Simon Sieger – maracas, flutes, tuba, various instruments 
Michael Griener – percussion, drums 
Assane Seck – tama, djembe, sabar 
Berno Jannis Lilge – trumpet, flutes, bouzouki, bagpipe
Hyunjeong Park – gayageum
Elsa M’bala – voice, loops, cassette
Hakam Wahbi – riq

Theater X
Platform Migration Matters

Ahmed Shah – Project Lead
Lina Ashour – Creative Coordinator

Workshop Leader
Mehdi Qurbani

Performers
Mehdi Qurbani
Lorna Popp 
Rugie Berg 
Mina Mahdyar
Nicole Uebing
Lina Ashour
Ôgkü (Aleyna) Türkdogcan 
Heike Scarlett Duran Schoengut
Estrelle Cheremah
Helene Jakob
Frida-Su Ebersold

Jazzfest ImproLab

Workshop Direction
Nelly Thea Köster

Workshop Leaders
Cenk Arpa, Camilo Milton, Nelly Thea Köster, Yvonne Leppin

Participating Children
Mullewapp e. V. of the Miriam-Makeba-Grundschule
Ada Aenne Stoll
Carla Adenstedt
Ella Josefina Capelia
Felix Adamuz Oel
Gunesh Ezizova
Helin Sibel Yonat
Nahla Mohamad
Noah Hussein
Rebekka Gomille
Salma El Rhazouani
Theresia Jäckel

After-School Care/Educator
Andrea Freimüller, Alberto Garramiola Barrenechea

Afterschool care of the Theodor-Heuss-Gemeinschaftsschule
Ilayda Akbas 
Amani Fakhro
Sanaa Fakhro 
Nikolas Gjiaka 
Amra Kaloshi
Bohdan Koniev
Soffiia Konieva 
Lovis Machalz
Kalina Robev 
Aulona Sherifi
Diar Sherifi
Melanie Wamoyo

After-School Care/Educator
Jennifer Sengpiel, Şanaz Sharafani

Education Assistance
Nadine Mirschinka

Camera
Cal Ola
Andrés Hilarión
Andrés Aguiló

1st Assistant Camera
Lorenz Reimann

2nd Assistant Camera
Anuschka Beese

Gaffer
Volker Langholz

Best Boy
Dirk Hilbert

Sound Recording 
Kris Limbach

Costume
Frederik Britzlmair

Costume Assistance
Jäckie Rydz

Hair & Makeup
Liubov Dyvak

Unit Production Managers & Set Managers
Jana Klimmek
Anuschka Beese

Set Runner
Anna Lau

Technical Support Berliner Festspiele
Benjamin Brandt, Dan Dansen, Birte Dördelmann, Stefan Frenzel, Christine Kobsarew, Mirko Neugart

In Collaboration with Berliner Festspiele / Gropius Bau
Curatorial Team, Live Programme & Outreach
Nora-Swantje Almes, Alexandra Philippovskaya, Paula Vogt, Edessa Evelyn Malke

Technical Team Berliner Festspiele / Gropius Bau
Bert Schülke, Malte Hurtig, Felix Paul Petzold

Drivers
Max Keller, Carolin Weische 

Special thanks to
Kerstin Brätsch
Beba Restaurant
Ligia Lewis

Catering
Café Beba

Digital Media

BTS Photographer
Amely Sommer

Media Management & BTS Video
Mariana Hoyos

Post-Production

Editors
Andrés Aguiló
Andrés Hilarión
Chris Jonas

With contributions by
Nadin Deventer
Joel Grip
Nelly Thea Köster

Colour Grading
Cal Ola

Music and Audio Mix & Master
Kris Limbach

Music

Pieces in order of appearance:
Imaginal Hymn
Drone
Music X
Delicate Waves
Roy’s Café
Balloon Blues
Waiting Room
Nieuf
Lichthof

All music composed and performed by Moabit Imaginarium

Joel Grip – double bass 
Simon Sieger – maracas, flutes, tuba, various instruments 
Michael Griener – percussion, drums 
Assane Seck – tama, djembe, sabar 
Berno Jannis Lilge – trumpet, flutes, bouzouki, bagpipe
Hyunjeong Park – gayageum
Elsa M’bala – voice, loops, cassette
Hakam Wahbi – riq

Except:

Delicate Waves
Composed and performed by Hyunjeong Park

Special Thanks to the teams of the filming locations of

Berliner Festspiele / Gropius Bau
khisdapaze e. V. (Kulturfläche TXL)
ZK/U – Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik
to all colleagues of the Berliner Festspiele for their contribution
and to Theaterkunst GmbH for their support.

The Jazzfest Community Film Lab is part of the Jazzfest Community Week 2025 which is supported by

 

Logo Berliner Sparkasse

A production by
Logo Berliner Festspiele

Funded by
 

Logo Der Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien

The audiovisual material of this short film is a work of fiction. Any similarity to real persons (living or dead), places, events, or other material is coincidental and unintentional.

© KBB GmbH, Berliner Festspiele / Jazzfest Berlin, 2026
All rights reserved.