Aller Anfang ist schön

With Aller Anfang ist schön! (All Beginnings are Beautiful), we turn our attention to directorial debuts. More than just a first film, a debut is a new beginning, in which a new voice makes itself heard for the first time and a unique view of the world takes shape on screen. It emerges from the tension between expectation and experimentation, risk and resonance. It can be celebrated as the emergence of a great talent or only reveal its full significance in retrospect. It can be the first step of a long filmography or remain a singular explosion of creative energy. And it always has the potential to rewrite film history. Cinema is at its most vibrant in the raw beauty of these uncut gems: sometimes bold, sometimes tentative, and with the incomparable power of cinema to open our eyes to something new.