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little boy

“A film looking at the past to warn about the future, from a little boy’s point of view. A companion to American Dreams (lost and found) (1984)” – James Benning

by James Benning (Director)
with Johnan Jahromi, Alessandro Streccioni, Yusef Ferguson, Yuan Gao, Nelson De Los Santos
74'
USA 2025
Colour
English

World premiere, Documentary form

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The grandmaster of US avant-garde film at the Delphi Filmpalast.

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James Benning

Dates

SatFeb 1515:00

Delphi Filmpalast

iCal

SunFeb 1621:45

Zoo Palast 2

iCal

ThuFeb 2022:00

Arsenal 1

iCal

SatFeb 2220:30

Cinema Betonhalle@Silent Green

iCal

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little boy

“A film looking at the past to warn about the future, from a little boy’s point of view. A companion to <em class="tit2">American Dreams (lost and found)</em> (1984)” – James Benning

by James Benning
with Johnan Jahromi, Alessandro Streccioni, Yusef Ferguson, Yuan Gao, Nelson De Los Santos
74'
USA 2025
Colour
English

World premiere, Documentary form

Credits

With

Johnan Jahromi ()
Alessandro Streccioni ()
Yusef Ferguson ()
Yuan Gao ()
Nelson De Los Santos ()
Calum Walter ()
Nathan Meier ()
James Benning ()

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Director
- James Benning

James Benning

Born in 1942 in Milwaukee, USA, James Benning completed a degree in film studies in the 1970s and has been making films and creating numerous installations since 1972. Benning has been a frequent guest at the Forum and Forum Expanded since 1977, most recently with Allensworth in 2022.

Filmography (selection)

1977 11 x 14 ()
1983 American Dreams (lost and found) ()
1986 Landscape Suicide ()
1997 Four Corners ()
2000 Los ()
2002 Sogobi ()
2004 13 Lakes (); Ten Skies ()
2005 One Way Boogie Woogie/27 Years Later ()
2007 RR ()
2009 Ruhr ()
2010 John Krieg Exiting the Falk Corporation in 1971 ()
2011 Faces (); Milwaukee/Duisburg (); Twenty Cigarettes (); Small Roads ()
2012 Nightfall (); Stemple Pass (); Easy Rider (); One Way Boogie Woogie 2012 (); BNSF ()
2014 Natural History (); Farocki (); Concord Woods ()
2015 American Dreams ()
2017 Untitled Fragments ()
2018 L. Cohen ()
2019 Maggie’s Farm ()
2022 United States of America (); Allensworth ()
2025 little boy ()

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2025

Dates

SatFeb 1515:00

Delphi Filmpalast

SunFeb 1621:45

Zoo Palast 2

ThuFeb 2022:00

Arsenal 1

SatFeb 2220:30

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James Benning

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Zoo Palast 2

Arsenal 1

Cinema Betonhalle@Silent Green

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