{"id":2758,"date":"2026-06-23T10:38:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T10:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=2758"},"modified":"2026-06-23T10:38:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T10:38:46","slug":"german-actor-jonathan-berlin-sets-directorial-feature-debut-mio-with-taddeo-kufus-barbara-auer-and-godehard-giese-to-star-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=2758","title":{"rendered":"German Actor Jonathan Berlin Sets Directorial Feature Debut \u2018Mio\u2019 With Taddeo Kufus, Barbara Auer and Godehard Giese to Star (EXCLUSIVE)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n\tGerman actor and director Jonathan Berlin (\u201cThe Forger\u201d) is set to write and direct his first feature \u201cMio\u201d, a queer coming of age drama about a teenager who must embark on a journey into the unknown after his parents disappear. Set in a small Spanish town, Mio undertakes an odyssey between childhood and adolescence that demands everything of him in his quest to find himself.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=2756\">Dustin Hoffman, Juliette Binoche, Jeffrey Wright to Be Honored at Karlovy Vary Film Festival<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tTaddeo Kufus (\u201cLes Rascals\u201d, \u201c1917\u201d), Barbara Auer (\u201cMiroirs No. 3\u201d and a German Film Award winner for \u201cMy Daughter Belongs To Me\u201d) and Godehard Giese (\u201cRose\u201d, a German Film Award for \u201cSad Jokes\u201d) will star in the feature. Behind the camera, Gesa J\u00e4ger (a German Film Award winner for \u201cThe Teacher\u2019s Lounge\u201d) and Raffa\u00e9llo Lupperger (\u201cMarzahn Mon Amour\u201d) will edit, while Manuel Mack (German Film Critics Award for \u201cGun-Shy\u201d) is on board as director of photography.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cTold as a modern, surreal fairytale, \u2018Mio\u2019 aims to explore the tender story about a teenager\u2019s journey of self-discovery while exploring the reclamation of one\u2019s own love, intimacy, and identity at the same time,\u201d said Berlin. \u201cTogether with my team, I want to create a film that celebrates freedom and asks the question: Do I belong to myself? Am I MIO?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=2754\">Edinburgh TV Festival Relocating After 50 Years in Shock Move<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tBerlin is setting up \u201cMio\u201d as a co-production with BetaBerlin Productions &amp; Fourmat Film, with producers including two-time Emmy winner Nico Hofmann, plus Nicolas Kronauer, Jan W\u00fcnschmann and Tobias Gerginov. \u201cMio\u201d is planned to begin shooting in Spain in early 2027.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAn actor across both film and TV, Berlin has appeared \u201cThe Forger\u201d (directed by Maggie Peren) and \u201cUnwanted\u201d (directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel) winning honors including the New Faces Award and the German Screen Actors Award. His short films as a director have screened at numerous international festivals.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=2752\">\u2018The Traitors\u2019 Sets WhatsApp-Based Game \u2018The Traitors: Anywhere,\u2019 Allowing Fans to Play at Home<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taddeo Kufus, Barbara Auer and Godehard Giese will star in Mio, the directorial feature debut of German actor Jonathan Berlin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2357],"class_list":["post-2758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film","tag-german-film-awards"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>German Actor Jonathan Berlin Sets Directorial Feature Debut \u2018Mio\u2019 With Taddeo Kufus, Barbara Auer and Godehard Giese to Star (EXCLUSIVE) - 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