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New year, new opportunity! Filmmakers from around the world have one week until the deadline for applications for the Nipkow Programm! Film and television professionals such as writers, directors, producers, animators can apply to develop and refine their projects in Berlin for up to three months, with a grant of 1,500 Euros monthly.
For all further programme and application details:
https://nipkow.de/welcome
Wishing you all a very happy new year! We're twitching with excitement for everything that lies ahead in our 2023 edition, just like our key visual! As we say in Germany, "Guten Rutsch"!
As we announced earlier in December, the team of Todd Field's "Tár" will join us at Berlinale Talents 2023 for an exploration of the music-centric drama. We are so looking forward to welcoming them all, and to welcoming the film's composer Hildur Guðnadóttir back once again to the stage at HAU Hebbel am Ufer. Hildur joined us in 2020 to discuss her tendency towards the eccentric in her work, including on the drama series "Chernobyl" and Todd Phillips' "Joker".
Watch the full talk here: bit.ly/BT_HildurGuðnadóttir2020
Berlin Film Residencies provides an overview of fellowships for international filmmakers looking for opportunities in Berlin, and for local creatives seeking scholarships abroad. Initiated by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Nipkow Programm and the Berlinale - Berlin International Film Festival, it is the platform for talent development, which we fervently support.
Our connection runs deeper however, with members of the Berlinale Talents team frequently leading workshops for the fellows of the various programmes, and many Berlinale Talents alumni going on to receive one of these residencies in Berlin. We caught up with one such alumna, Maria Carla Del Rio, who was a Berlinale Talent in 2015 and again in 2017 with a project selected for the Talent Project Market. We spoke to her about her time with us, at the Nipkow Programme, and much more.
Read here: bit.ly/BT_Interview_MariaCarla-DelRio
Wishing you all a happy and healthy festive season! Sending the best holiday wishes from the entire Berlinale Talents team ✨
And in our final exciting news for the day, we will also welcome Cate Blanchett and Hilder Guðnadóttir back to HAU Hebbel am Ufer in 2023! The crew of the US feature film "TÁR" will join us on February 23, 2023, with director Todd Field, the two leading actors, Cate Blanchett and Nina Hoss, and film composer Hildur Guðnadóttir coming together to unfold the genesis of their music-centric drama, which is closely linked to Berlin in both its story and as a shooting location. The event will also include the world premiere of Todd Field's short film "THE FUNDRAISER". On the same day, "TÁR" will be screened for the Berlin audience as a Berlinale Special Gala at the Berlinale Palast.
We are very pleased to announce the jury for the third edition of the globally unique Talents Footprints - Mastercard Enablement Programme fellowship: actor Honor Swinton Byrne (The Souvenir), Marene Arnold (Vice President Marketing & Communications Mastercard DACH) and Hania Mroué (Director Metropolis Cinema Beirut). The trio will make the selection of three new fellows, who will receive mentorship and financial support for their projects for the following year.
The fellows are chosen from applicants from the international Berlinale Talents Alumni Community who, beyond their cinematic projects, have initiated social organisations, cultural networks or educational programmes and are thus actively committed to gender equality, ecological sustainability and inclusion in the film industry in the long term.
The announcement of the fellows will take place in the presence of the jury during the Dine&Shine dinner on 19 February 2023.
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Left to right: Hania Mroué, Honor Swinton Byrne, Marene Arnold
✨ Meet the 2023 Berlinale Talents! ✨
Our 204 Talents, selected from 3,295 applications, come from 68 countries across the world, and we are very happy that the selection includes filmmakers from countries that have rarely been represented at Talents, such as Myanmar, Palestine, Nepal, Mongolia, Lesotho, Bangladesh, Costa Rica. Many of the talents have already worked on renowned projects, with more than 40 who have been involved in previous Berlinale films. They are united by their motivation to make a difference, whether artistic or socio-political, and come from the fields of acting, cinematography, directing, distribution, film editing, film criticism, production, production and digital set design, screenwriting, sound design, film composition and audience design. In addition to the Summit, 40 Talents are also developing and presenting projects for cinema to virtual reality in the Talents Labs.
To read the full press release and explore the 2023 Talents and projects: bit.ly/BT_PR_Dec22
Clockwise from top left: Evelyn Rack, Melis Aksoy, Joseph Wallace, Christina Tynkevych, Eliza Scanlen, Pedro Harres, Dornaz Hajiha, Aboozar Amini
Exciting news from one of our 2022 Short Form Station projects! "Civic" by Dwayne LeBlanc has been selected for International Competition at the Festival du court métrage de Clermont-Ferrand AND will have its international premiere at International Film Festival Rotterdam - IFFR. Congratulations to Dwayne, we hope the success continues!
We would like to use our platform to highlight those filmmakers in our community who are in or have been through incredibly difficult situations. Stay connected to our WE STAND WITH series to hear from our alumni, their thoughts and comments on their current situations, what they are working on, whatever they would like to share. We stand with them.
For more on Sadaf and Kiarash's story: bit.ly/BT_Sadaf_Kiarash
If you are an alumni and would like to take part, please get in touch with us.
Of the 93 films submitted for Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards, 43 have Berlinale Talents alumni connected to them. Pictured is India's submission "Last Film Show" by Pan Nalin, which was produced by Dheer Momaya (BT 2019).
For the entire impressive list featuring 77 alumni: bit.ly/BT_Alumni_Oscars23
The festival is drawing ever closer and we're so excited to see the first announcement of films selected for the 73rd Berlinale - Berlin International Film Festival! And more excited still to see them kick off with a strong turnout of Berlinale Talents alumni returning to Berlin with films in selection!
The first round of confirmed films for the 2023 Panorama programme include:
"Silver Haze" – writer/director Sacha P***k (BT 2010), producer Marleen Slot (BT 2008)
"La sirène" (The Siren) - executive producer Vanessa Ciszewski (BT 2006)
"Stams" – producer David Bohun (BT 2011)
"Perpetrator" – writer/director Jennifer Reeder (BT 2015)
"El castillo" (Castle) - sound design Sofía Straface (BT 2017), sound Paula Silencio (BT 2022)
And within the first 18 announced for Generation, the Talents alumni are also showing up in force!
"Zeevonk" (Sea Sparkle) – co-producer Marleen Slot (BT 2008)
"Sica" – producer Alba Sotorra Clua (BT 2011)
"Infantaria" (Infantry) – cinematography Wilssa Esser (BT 2019)
"Nanitic" - exec. producer Hany Ouichou (BT 2015)
"Waking Up in Silence" – writer/director/sound design Daniel Asadi Faezi (BT 2021), music Anton Baibakov (BT 2010)
"Tomorrow Is a Long Time" – producer Fran Borgia (BT 2014), production design James Page (BT 2021)
Sunshine Cinema has partnered with the University of Cape Town to launch a course in grassroots media facilitation. Aimed at communicators, creatives, aspiring impact producers & or anyone interested in using film to affect change, there are ten bursaries on offer for filmmakers who would like to take part in the Film Impact Screening Facilitation.
The six-month professional development course takes place online and begins in June 2023. One of the lecturers is co-founder of Sunshine Cinema and Mastercard Enablement Programme fellow, Sydelle Willow Smith.
Apply now until 31 March, 2023:
https://sunshinecinema.org/2023-uct-impact-course-application/
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The winners of the 35th European Film Awards were announced on Saturday and we congratulate our alumni for their awards!
Vicky Krieps performance in “Corsage” won her the award for European Actress. The film was produced by Bernard Michaux (BT 2007), edited by Ulrike Kofler (BT 2014), and also starring Jeanne Werner (BT 2018).
The prize for European short went to “Granny’s Sexual Life”, produced by Nidia Santiago (BT 2018), and the Excellence Award winners in European Editing were Özcan Vardar (BT 2011) and Eytan İpeker for their work on "Burning Days".
“Piccolo Corpo” won the European Discovery Prix Fipresci. It was produced by Thomas Lambert (BT 2021), edited by Chiara Dainese (BT 2021), with cinematography by Mitja Ličen (BT 2016).
And last but not least, Ruben Östlund's "Triangle of Sadness", edited by Jacob Schulsinger (BT 2010), scooped the awards for European Film, Director, Screenwriter and Actor for Zlatko Buric.
We cannot wait to welcome Ruben to Berlinale Talents in February!
President of the International Jury at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival, Kristen Stewart folks! 👏👏👏