Video | Jazzfest Berlin 2025
Trailer | Dream Baby Dream
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The experimental short film DREAM BABY DREAM, realised as part of Jazzfest Berlin 2025, celebrates its world premiere as one of 70 selected films from 18 countries at the LIMINAL Dance Film Festival in Washington, D.C., on 24 April. The German premiere will follow on 6 May at the TANZRAUSCHEN Festival on move / move on in Wuppertal.
60 Berlin-based participants, including children, teenagers, adults, professional and non-professional artists from various disciplines, explore the inner and outer landscapes of music, movement, poetry, dreams and trauma through this 20-minute experimental film.
The film was developed and produced over four months in autumn 2025 by a 10-member creative team 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.
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
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
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