Official page of Berlinale Talents NEXT EDITION: February 18-23, 2023. Please email us with any questions ([email protected]). Thank you!
Berlinale Talents is the Berlin International Film Festival's talent development programme for the world's top 200 emerging filmmakers and series creators.
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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!
The 34th European Film Awards will return to the German capital, home of the European Film Academy, on 11 December 2021.
President of the International Jury at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival, Kristen Stewart folks! 👏👏👏
Drum roll, please... The Berlinale is delighted to announce the president of the International Jury at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival: Kristen Stewart!
"Young, shining and with an impressive body of work behind her, Kristen Stewart is the perfect bridge between the US and Europe," say the festival directors Mariette Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian, who are excited about the American actor, screenwriter and director taking on this distinguished task.
Kristen Stewart, considered as one of the major young talents of Hollywood, is the first American ever receiving the French film award César in 2015 for her role in "Clouds of Sils Maria" by Olivier Assayas alongside Juliette Binoche.
Beside her outstanding acting career she celebrated her directorial and screenwriting debut with the short film "Come Swim" in 2018 and is currently working on her feature-length directorial debut, the film adaptation of the bestseller "The Chronology of Water" by Lidia Yuknavitch.
The Berlinale is looking forward to welcome Kristen Stewart in Berlin in February!
Read the full press release here: bit.ly/JuryPresident23
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Congratulations to our 2011 alum Margarita Jimeno whose first feature film, "Grind Reset Shine", will have its VOD release internationally in the coming weeks. The film was partly shot in Berlin and will be available in German-speaking countries and Eastern Europe on December 13, in the UK, Southeast Asia, Taiwan and Hong Kong on December 19, and in French speaking countries, Arabian Gulf, Africa and Caribbean on January 19.
The film follows Peter Bjorn, an unsatisfied artist who relocates to Berlin in search of change. In a Polish village, Alicia prepares to become a nun but, gets continuously distracted from her religious path. Both lost in their own ways, a friendship roses and leads them to a new beginning.
As part of our commitment to talent development, we are very happy to cooperate with Perspektive Deutsches Kino and the Deutsche Filmakademie to welcome the series Perspektive Match to our festival home of HAU Hebbel am Ufer.
We are also very pleased to announce that another cooperation with Perspektive Deutsches Kino, the Kompagnon Fellowship programme, which has already supported talents such as Nora Fingscheidt and Julian Radlmaier, will continue in 2023 now enjoying the support of the German Federal Film Board (FFA) for the first time.
For all details read the full press release: bit.ly/PerspektiveMatch23
The Berlinale stands for the long-term promotion of talent. The section Perspektive Deutsches Kino is underlining its commitment to up-and-coming creatives in Germany with a special focus on supporting and granting visibility to all film skills, viewing film as a collective work.
Hence, in the supplementary film series Perspektive Match, a special talent from a film discipline will be honoured in Perspektive-films. The selected talents will be brought into exchange with established colleagues from the Deutsche Filmakademie through a mentorship. In cooperation with Berlinale Talents, a film in which the mentor was involved will be shown publicly at the HAU Hebbel am Ufer Theatre (HAU1) on four afternoons, followed by a panel discussion between the mentor and the Perspektive talent.
In addition, the Kompagnon Fellowship Programme will be continued in 2023. Supported by the German Federal Film Board (FFA) for the first time, Berlinale Talents and Perspektive Deutsches Kino will once again mentor directors and screenwriters living in Germany for the duration of a full year. The Kompagnon Fellowship holders are selected by a jury and will be announced during the festival.
The Heiner Carow Prize for the promotion of German cinema art will be awarded at the Berlinale for the tenth time, honouring a talent from Perspektive Deutsches Kino who has made a particular mark on a documentary or feature film in the section. The prize is sponsored by the DEFA Foundation.
Read the full press release: bit.ly/PerspektiveMatch23
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We are happy to announce that Berlinale Talents will dedicate its 21st edition to Humour in Serious Times, focusing on the strengthening and restorative powers of this universal human trait.
Film has always been entertainment, even under challenging circumstances. So what about humour in films today? What can we laugh about, despite or precisely because of serious issues? A deftly delivered joke is a skill, it connects people, ingeniously condenses truth and delivers a swift punchline message. With that in mind, we are very pleased to reveal that the first guest in our public programme will be Ruben Östlund, whose stinging social satire, the Palme d'Or-winning "Triangle of Sadness" is currently both provoking and thrilling audiences in cinemas across the world.
Reflecting our theme and bringing warm colours into cold February is our key visual by illustrator Leandro Alzate and graphic designer Miriam Jacobi. Cheerful at first glance and complex in detail, they have interpreted the different dimensions of humour to bring the theme "You Must be Joking - Humour in Serious Times" to life.
For the full press release: bit.ly/BT_Theme2023
The funding recommendations from the 37th jury session of the Berlinale World Cinema Fund (WCF) were announced last week, with juries making eleven new recommendations for projects from 9 countries across the world. Five of the projects are from Berlinale Talents alumni, a total of seven.
Recommended for Distribution Funding was "Trenque Lauquen" by Laura Citarella (BT 2009) and "Anhell69" which was produced by Bianca Oana (BT 2009) and co-produced by Maximilian Haslberger (BT 2016).
"The Difficult Bride" by Rubaiyat Hossain (BT 2017) and "The Klezmer Project", produced by Lukas Valenta Rinner (BT 2013) were both recommended for Production Funding.
And lastly, the WCF Europe – TFL Audience Design Award was awarded to "Crocodile Tears", director Tumpal Tampubolon (BT 2009) and producer Mandy Marahimin (BT 2020). Mandy was selected for our Talent Project market in 2020 where presented this alongside Tumpal.
Congratulations to all, we are very happy to see these important projects portraying global perspectives receive necessary support!
Full list: bit.ly/WCF37thJurySession
Each year, the theme of Talents Buenos Aires refers to an emblematic film. The 18th edition in 2023 will run under the title "Las Furias", after the namesake feature by the pioneering filmmaker Vlasta Lah. It was the first sound feature film written and directed by a woman in Argentina in 1960, but was not properly preserved and now the original negative is missing.
This story forms the focus of the upcoming edition - the importance of the role of (audiovisual) memory from a material perspective, the roles of cinematheques and archives and their many difficulties, and of course the importance of shared discussion about films not directed, written, made, conceived or produced by men.
Full details on the theme: talentsba.ucine.edu.ar/las_furias/
Application deadline: 10 January 2023
It's been an incredibly exciting year for Laura Bermúdez and her project Tercer Cine - Espacio Alternativo since being selected as one of the 2022 fellows of the Talents Footprints - Mastercard Enablement Programme back in February.
Alongside the continuous community screenings and creating space for dialogue and discussion, Tercer Cine has now also legally established itself as a local exhibitor and distributor, with three theatrical releases under their belts already!
And today sees the beginning of their human rights film festival, "Fragments and Memories". The festival is free for the public and runs until 15 December with more than 20 screenings across four Honduran cities in locations from a prison, to local cinemas, cultural centres, parks, and universities.
We send our warmest congratulations to the whole team and best wishes for the festival and beyond ☺️
🎬¡Lxs invitamos al primer Festival de Cine y Derechos Humanos en Honduras!🎥
🌌Nos complace compartir “FRAGMENTOS Y MEMORIAS”, un evento nacional que llevará nuestra memoria histórica a nuevas constelaciones.
🎉¡Pronto más información sobre las películas, lugares y fechas!
Are you as excited as we are to welcome THE Steven Spielberg to Berlin in February?! ✨🤩✨
The Berlinale is thrilled to announce that the 2023 Homage will be devoted to Steven Spielberg. The US-American director, producer and screenwriter will also be awarded the Honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival. Congratulations!
A recipient and nominee of multiple Academy Awards, Spielberg is one of the world's most renowned filmmakers of all time. His oeuvre, consisting of over 100 films and series, is unique in the history of international cinema of the past 60 years for its immense variety.
“With an incredible career, Steven Spielberg has not only enchanted generations of viewers all over the world, but has also given a new meaning to the ‘cinema’ as the factory of dreams. If the 2023 Berlinale represents a new beginning we couldn’t find a better start than the one offered by Spielberg’s great work,” says the Berlinale director duo Mariette Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian.
His most recent work “The Fabelmans“ will be screened during the Award Ceremony at the Berlinale Palast and released in German cinemas in March 2023.
Stay tuned for the full Homage line-up and the announcement of the date of the Award Ceremony!
Read the full press release here: bit.ly/HonoraryGoldenBear23
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The nominees for the European Film Awards are out and, excitingly, there are 22 Berlinale Talents alumni involved in 11 films selected for consideration!
"Alcarràs", written and directed by Carla Simón (BT 2015), with cinematography by Daniela Cajias (BT 2018), edited by Ana Pfaff (BT 2018), produced by María Zamora (BT 2006) and co-produced by Giovanni Pompili (BT 2014) received three nominations: European Film and European Screenwriter for both Carla and co-writer Arnau Vilaró.
"Corsage", which was edited by Ulrike Kolfer (BT 2014), produced by Bernard Michaux (BT 2007) and stars Jeanne Werner (BT 2018) received three nominations: European Film, European Director for Marie Kreutzer and European Actress for Vicky Krieps.
"Close", written by Angelo Tijssens (BT 2021) received five nominations: European Film, European Screenwriter for both Angelo and Lukas Dhont, European Director for Lukas Dhont and finally European Actor for Eden Dambrine.
"Holy Spider", produced by Sol Bondy (BT 2016) and Jacob Jarek (BT 2007) and starring Sara Fazilat (BT 2017) received five nominations: European Film, European Director for Ali Abbasi, European Actress for Zar Amir Ebrahimi and European Screenwriter for both Afshin Kamran Bahrami and Ali Abbasi.
"Triangle of Sadness", edited by Jacob Schulsinger (BT 2010), received four nominations: European Film, European Director and Screenwriter for Ruben Östlund and European Actor for Zlatko Buric.
Nominated for the European Discovery - Prix Fipresci were:
"Pamfir", written & directed by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk (BT 2013) and produced by Adolf El Assal (BT 2006)
“Piccolo Corpo” (Small Body), with cinematography by Mitja Ličen (BT 2016), edited by Chiara Dainese (BT 2021) and produced by Thomas Lambert (BT 2021)
"Sonne" written & directed by Kurdwin Ayub (BT 2018)
"K**r" (Oink), produced by Marleen Slot (BT 2008) with by music Rutger Reinders (BT 2013), was nominated for European Animated Feature Film.
And finally, nominated for European Short Film were "Granny's Sexual Life", produced by Nidia Santiago (BT 2018), and "Techno, Mama" written & directed by Saulius Baradinskas (BT 2020).
All photos courtesy of European Film Academy.
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🤝🌿🎥 The deadline for the Talents Footprints Mastercard Enablement Programme is in four days! 🎥🌿🤝 Whether you have started your application or not, don't miss the chance to boost your film-related social initiative with the vital mentorship and financial support offered here! If you need a little nudge of encouragement, take this top tip from Ammar Aziz, who was selected as a 2022 fellow for his project the Girls Sexual Abuse Prevention Programme! 📅 Apply by 30 September 2022, 12:00 noon (CEST) For all further info on the programme and previous selected projects: bit.ly/BT_MEP SAMAAJ.
Don't forget, applications for the Mastercard Enablement Programme are open until September 30! If you are a Berlinale Talents alum and have a self-founded social organisation, cultural network, educational project or environmental initiative that aims to create sustainable change in your local community, don't miss this opportunity! If you need a little direction for your application, here's a top tip from Laura Helena Bermúdez Mesquita, who was selected as a 2022 fellow for her project Third Cinema Honduras, Tercer Cine - Espacio Alternativo. For all info and application form: bit.ly/BT_MEP
🤝🌿🎥 Applications for the Talents Footprints Mastercard Enablement Programme are now open! 🎥🌿🤝 Berlinale Talents alumni with film-related social initiatives for positive and sustainable change in local communities, apply now! Need a little guidance for your application? Take this top tip from Shuchi Talati, who was selected as a 2022 fellow for her project UnderCurrent! 📅 Apply by 30 September 2022, 12:00 noon (CEST) For all further info on the programme and previous selected projects: bit.ly/BT_MEP
Berlinale Talents alumni, here's another reminder to start preparing your cinema-related social initiative in time for the new round of applications for the Talents Footprints Mastercard Enablement Programme 🤝🌿 🎥 This time your inspo comes from Makhdoom Ammar Aziz who was selected as a fellow in 2022 for his project the Girls' Sexual Abuse Prevention Program (GSAP) from his organisation SAMAAJ. Alumni from 2021 and 2022 are automatically eligible to apply. If you are a Talents alumni from another year with a relevant projects and would like to be considered for a wildcard invitation, please email [email protected] with a brief outline of your project. 📅 Applications open on September 5, 2022 📅 For all further info on the programme, check out our website: bit.ly/BT_MEP
The Talents Footprints Mastercard Enablement Programme is coming back so if you're a Berlinale Talents alum it's time to get your cinema-related social initiative in order in time for the new round of applications 🤝🌿 🎥 Today's inspo is 2022 Mastercard Enablement Fellow Laura Helena Bermúdez Mesquita, whose project Third Cinema Honduras (Tercer Cine - Espacio Alternativo) creates a space for independent cinema screenings, open dialogues and reflections through cinema with the Central American community. Alumni from 2021 and 2022 are automatically eligible to apply. If you are a Talents alumni from another year with a relevant projects and would like to be considered for a wildcard invitation, please email [email protected] with a brief outline of your project. 📅 Applications open on September 5, 2022 📅 For all further info on the programme, check out our website: bit.ly/BT_MEP
🤝🌿🎥 Berlinale Talents alumni! Do you have a film-related social initiative, focused on sustainability, which aims to create positive change and lasting impact in your local community? Need a helping hand achieving those aims? The Talents Footprints Mastercard Enablement Programme is returning to support your self-founded social organisations, cultural networks, educational projects and more. 🎥🌿🤝 Alumni from 2021 and 2022 are automatically eligible to apply. We will also give out a limited number of wildcard applications to Talents alumni from previous years with relevant projects. If you would like to be considered for a wildcard invitation, please email [email protected] with a brief outline of your project. 📅 Applications open on September 5, 2022 📅 ⬇️💡 Just how valuable is this programme? Let Shuchi Talati, one of the 2022 Mastercard Enablement Programme fellows, fill you in! For all further info on the programme, check out our website: bit.ly/BT_MEP
Directors, producers and screenwriters, the deadline for the ZURICH FILM FESTIVAL Academy is fast approaching! You have until 31 July to apply for the chance to participate in this 5-day talent promotion programme, taking place from September 28 to October 2, 2022. For all details: industry.zff.com/en/zff-academy/apply-now/
A glimpse into another one of the three projects selected for our 2022 Talents Footprints - Mastercard Enablement Programme. Meet Honduran filmmaker Laura Helena Bermúdez Mesquita, who co-founded Tercer Cine - Espacio Alternativo, an alternative space for the exhibition of independent Honduran films. It has huge importance for filmmakers from the region, creating space for screenings, debates, community and dialogue around important issues, and that extends of course to its audiences too!
Our 20th edition earlier this year perfectly exemplified how taking part in Berlinale Talents is often the first step in our filmmakers' Berlinale - Berlin International Film Festival journey, how they become part of the Berlinale family. Every year we have over 100 Berlinale Talents alumni who return to the Berlinale with films in official selection, and that connection is an important part of what we do and who we are. Nowhere was it better seen than in this year's Golden Bear winner, Carla Simón, who took part in Berlinale Talents in 2015, screened at Generation in 2017 and this year took home the festival's biggest prize for "Alcarràs". Such stories are a testimony to the continued validity and success of Berlinale Talents, and we never cease to be encouraged and inspired by our alumni's achievements.
Looking back at our 20th edition, we see how creativity, cinema and culture remain as vital now as they ever have been. The filmmakers who come through our doors are the future of the film world, a world that reflects, analyses, guides and informs the world around us. These storytellers, joining the almost 10,000 Berlinale Talents alumni around the world, are the voices who will speak out for what is right, both in their films and in their working environments, advocating for equality and diversity. It's a mark of pride for Berlinale Talents that at 20 we retain an important developmental role for these talented creatives. Here's to another 20!
Although this year our Talents couldn't join us in person, it didn't hinder the exploration of two of our core components: craft and connection. With last year's experience under our belt, we could ensure our standards were as high as ever when it came to explanations and intricacies of each of our 13 film crafts. Bringing 200 creatives from all over the world together opens the gates for connection, and connection builds understanding and appreciation of previously unknown situations and circumstances. At Berlinale Talents this is vital, in both the professional and personal realm. We are proud to have amassed an alumni community of almost 10,000, helping to build relationships, cooperation and understanding across the globe over the last 20 years.
Here's one for our German speaking followers! Tonight at 18:00, you can catch our 2021 alum Zara Zandieh taking part in the fourth episode of Berliner Korrespondenzen: Break-Up at the Maxim Gorki Theater and livestreamed online. Kicking off with Zara's short film "Zamani", the event is a discussion on storytelling and climate change. Tickets are still available here: bit.ly/3tM3Cus Follow the livestream here: bit.ly/3qGwToN Allianz Kulturstiftung
This week in Berlin, you can catch the devastatingly poignant “This Rain Will Never Stop” by Ukrainian filmmaker Alina Gorlova (BT 2019). The film was also co-produced by Patrick Hamm (BT 2018) and Ilona Bicevska (BT 2007), with sales agent Wouter Jansen (BT 2020). Winner of Best First Appearance at IDFA 2020, the film takes the audience on a powerful, visually arresting journey through humanity’s endless cycle of war and peace, through the eyes of Andriy, who fled the war in Syria for Ukraine only to face yet another conflict. Screenings at Wolf, ACUDkino, Kino Sputnik, Kino Krokodil. This Rain Will Never Stop / Цей дощ ніколи не скінчиться
“I’m coming from a country where I had no one who would care about me, but now I know there’s someone like me, there’s someone thinking like me, and I have a lot of self worth with me.” Afghan producer and director Ahmad Imami on his experience at Berlinale Talents and building a film community that works. #berlinaletalents
Talents Tanks moderator AC Coppens chats with Veronika Grob, funding advisor at Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, on the importance of accessing new perspectives and ideas from different countries. #berlinaletalents
“In these five days 200 talents were together and we had workshops everyday to create ideas for the film industry, to engage the community, to develop their future plans and to make something great happen!” moderator Thomas Biniasz, who has been leading the process of the Talents Tanks. #berlinaletalents
“A lot of enthusiasm, a lot of passion, and raising some tough questions. It’s exciting to see how Berlinale Talents created that forum.” Allison Triegaardt, Manager of Grow Creative at Netflix Africa, a fairly new team at Netflix, designed to expand and upscale the talent pipeline. Thank you Netflix for joining our Talents Tanks today! #berlinaletalents
Katja Hofem, VP German Original Series Netflix DACH chats with Talents Tanks moderator AC Coppens on talent relations, creative freedom, and her impression of Berlinale Talents. “I wish something like that existed when I was starting my career.” #berlinaletalents
Talents alumna and Oscar-nominated Australian cinematographer Ari Wegner ('Lady Macbeth') offers her insights into the professional 'Seeing of a Story' and her detailed process of preparation and production for Jane Campion’s visually striking film, 'The Power of the Dog'. Alongside cinematographers and Talents alumna Jenny Lou Ziegel and Marta Simões, who both have films in this year's Berlinale Forum. Together, they bring a new view of creation into view by rewinding and reassembling their different approaches, allowing us to see the creative work of seeing anew.
Talents Tanks moderator AC Coppens chats with Berlinale Talents alumna Lina Rodriguez on her film “Mis dos voces”, selected at Forum, her way of storytelling and bringing her two voices on screen, from Colombia and Canada. #berlinaletalents
“If we want to include more voices in cinema, we have to think that the ways of making films have to be varied.” Berlinale Talents alumna Ashley McKenzie is back with us at Talents Tanks to talk about her feature “Queens of the Qing Dynasty”, selected at this year’s competitive section of Encounters, her Talents journey, learning from peers and finding your own process. #berlinaletalents
What does sustainability mean to the film industry? It is a key topic for Berlinale Talents, and the Talents are a step ahead of the game. The three new fellows of the Talents Footprints – Mastercard Enablement Programme, announced on Sunday, discuss their initiatives with socially engaged actor Zazie Beetz (Joker) and producer Jonas Weydemann (Systemsprenger), the two jury members who selected them. Their pragmatic proposals for change take three different approaches to work on film sets and beyond, united by a commitment to the creation of a more sustainable society.
“What I’m most excited about is finding my tribe at the Talents. That gives me validation and encouragement to keep going, because as a filmmaker who works outside of the major industry, that’s very hard to do if you don’t have people with you on the way.” Writer and director Payal Sethi, one of the 2022 Talents. #berlinaletalents
It's 20 years of Berlinale Talents! Programme Manager Florian Weghorn explains how the Talents Tanks aim at shaping the future in the labours of cinema. #berlinaletalents Auswärtiges Amt
“We have a pool of alumni of almost 10.000 people and they are interconnected and they are really bringing about change in the film industry” Irmgard Maria Fellner, Director for Cultural Relations Policy and Deputy Head of the Directorate-General for Culture and Communication at the Federal Foreign Office Auswärtiges Amt, which has been part of #berlinaletalents since the beginning.
It is with great pride and pleasure that we announce the new fellows of the Talents Footprints – Mastercard Enablement Programme! The fellows were selected by a jury comprised of actor Zazie Beetz ("Joker"), Jeanette Liendo (Senior Vice President Marketing and Communications at Mastercard Europe) and producer Jonas Weydemann ("System Crasher"). Their pragmatic proposals for change come in the form of three different approaches to sustainability in work on film sets and beyond, and are united by a commitment to create positive change and lasting impact in their local communities. The 2022 fellows are: - Ammar Aziz / Girls' Sexual Abuse Prevention Program (GSAP) SAMAAJ. - Laura Helena Bermúdez Mesquita / Third Cinema Honduras - Shuchi Talati / Bright Squad Congratulations, we look forward to seeing the progression of these innovative and inspiring projects.
It was wonderful to have Claudia Roth join us for our Opening Ceremony last night, for her first time as Minister of State for Culture and the Media. She was kind enough to share this inspiring message of encouragement for Berlinale Talents, all our participants, the festival as a whole and beyond, a clarion call for culture! Thank you for the continuous support. Berlinale - Berlin International Film Festival
Before our Opening Ceremony begins, we would like to thank Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg for their years of support and commitment to Berlinale Talents. It takes many hands to keep the Labours of Cinema in action, and great partners too! Thank you to Veronika Grob for this wonderful message of congratulations and encouragement!
Time to call it a day, in style. Hosted by the Berlinale's very own Artistic Director Carlo Chatrian, this talk rounds off the Berlinale Talents week by bringing it within the broader lights of the film festival. With winners revealed the night before, Berlinale Talents invites a band of happy filmmakers who have been awarded in the Competition, Encounters and other festival sections to celebrate the Labours of Cinema in this 'after-work' session.
Berlinale Talents is the Berlin International Film Festival’s talent development programme for the world’s top 250 emerging filmmakers and series creators. Next edition: February 13-18, 2021. Details at www.berlinale-talents.de Questions? Email us: [email protected]
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