Berlinale Talents
Berlinale Talents (formerly Berlinale Talent Campus ) is an initiative of the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) with the aim of attracting 250 selected talents from all over the world (authors, directors, producers, cameramen, actors, film editors, film distributors, production designers, Composers, sound designers and young film journalists) and bring them together with renowned experts from the international film industry. The events and coaching programs take place in the HAU theater ( Hebbel am Ufer ), in the immediate vicinity of the Berlinale Festival Center and the European Film Market. Until 2007 the initiative was held in the House of World Cultures .
The initiative was founded in 2003 under the name Berlinale Talent Campus, after Berlinale director Dieter Kosslick announced his plan to create a platform for young international filmmakers at the Berlinale at “Vision Day”. Since October 1, 2013, the initiative has been continued under the new name Berlinale Talents. The event is funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, the Creative Europe - MEDIA program of the European Union, the Robert Bosch Foundation and the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg . The organization is led by a project team led by Christine Tröstrum and Florian Weghorn.
Previous topics
- 2017: "Courage: Against All Odds"
- 2016: "The Nature of Relations"
- 2015: "2015: A Space Discovery"
- 2014: “Ready to play? - Breaking the rules "
- 2013: "Some Like It Hot - Filmmakers as Entertainers"
- 2012: "Changing Perspectives"
- 2011: "Framespotting - Filmmakers Positioning Themselves"
- 2010: "Cinema Needs Talent: Looking for the Right People"
- 2009: "Suddenly it all happened - the turning point in close-up"
- 2008: "Screening Emotions - Cinemas Finest Asset"
- 2007: "Home Affairs - Privacy, Films and Politics"
- 2006: "At the Cutting Edge of Making Movies"
- 2005: "Designing Your Future"
- 2004: "Let's Get Passionate About Film!"
- 2003: "You Always Remember the First Time"
Attendees
Up to 3000 filmmakers from around 130 countries apply each year. An international committee selects 250 outstanding talents who are invited to Berlin. The participants are in the first ten years of their careers and are supported by Berlinale Talents in positioning themselves in the film industry: They can discuss innovations and trends in the film industry with experts and renowned filmmakers, develop their own projects in the project laboratory programs and to the selected festival audience.
The program
Berlinale Talents consists of a Summit ( Summit ), project laboratories ( Project labs ), Studio programs ( studios ) and a program for film critics ( Talent Press ). Participants can choose from up to 100 individual events and offers, many of which are open to the public.
Summit
Berlinale stars and personalities from the film industry from various disciplines exchange ideas with the talents in interactive panel discussions and masterclass events, provide an insight into their work and discuss new developments and trends in the film industry.
Project Labs
- The Talent Project Market (for producers and directors) offers participants the chance to present their film projects at the Berlinale Co-Production Market and to get in touch with producers, financiers, distributors and global distributors. As part of the Talent Project Market, two prizes (endowed with 10,000 and 6,000 euros) will be awarded.
- In the Script Station , talented people work on their scripts under the guidance of renowned consultants. The participants take part in an intensive project development day and can present their projects to the public. The mentors prepare them for this.
- The Doc Station offers documentary filmmakers the opportunity to further develop their projects under the guidance of experienced specialists in the genre and to present them publicly on a project development day.
- In the Short Film Station , directors can present their short film ideas to representatives of the film industry. Experienced mentors provide you with intensive, personal advice on project development and presentation.
Studios
- The Camera Studio (formerly Post Production Studio ) provides talent and a. the latest in digital technology in the areas of recording, color correction, editing and audio mastering.
- Film editors and directors can apply for the editing studio with the rough cut version of their film. Experts help with dramaturgical optimization.
- The Sound Studio offers participants an exchange with renowned sound designers and film composers, and also focuses on interdisciplinary collaboration with directors, authors and producers.
- In the Production Design Studio , the participants refine their skills in creating real and virtual spaces in order to embed the content in the right ambience.
- The Market Studio (formerly Distribution Studio ) enables talented distributors and producers to exchange ideas with renowned distributors, dealers, publicists and audience developers and also makes use of the European Film Market EFM.
- The Acting Studio offers actors a wide range of different training options in the areas of acting technique, dialogue work, casting and camera acting. A major focus is on interdisciplinary collaboration with directors, producers, screenwriters and cameramen.
Talent Press
Talent Press is a workshop program for young film journalists. Accompanied by experienced tutors, the participants write daily articles on festival films and their impressions of Berlinale Talents events, which are published on the FIPRESCI and Goethe-Institut websites .
"Kompagnon" award
In 2017, Berlinale Talents and Perspektive Deutsches Kino jointly award the “Kompagnon” sponsorship award for the first time. With the award, two directors and screenwriters living in Germany are to be artistically supported and accompanied in their professional development.
Eligible are directors and scriptwriters of a short or full-length film from the last year of the Perspektive Deutsches Kino as well as participants of the “Script Station”, “Doc Station” or “Short Film Station” of the current edition of Berlinale Talents who live permanently in Germany . In addition to a grant of 5000 euros (2500 euros for short films) for independent script and project development, the “Kompagnon” offers a mentoring program to strengthen the artistic signature, extra-occupational coaching and better networking with the industry.
International talent initiatives
In the years of its existence, Berlinale Talents has had an international response and has led to several successful international initiatives: There are now five annual Talents International initiatives that take place in cooperation with film festivals or film universities in Buenos Aires, Durban, Guadalajara, Sarajevo and Tokyo be carried out with Berlinale Talents. The Talent Press program is also carried out in the Buenos Aires, Rio, Sarajevo, Durban and Guadalajara locations.
Berlin Today Award
The Berlin Today Award was an international short film competition. It was open to all current and former participants of the Berlinale Talent Campus. The filmmakers submitted a project proposal for a short film for the competition. Five projects were selected from these and implemented by German production companies and with the support of the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg. The films premiered at the opening of the next Berlinale Talent Campus, where one of these films also received the Berlin Today Award. The last Berlin Today Award took place in 2012.
Award winners
Berlin Today Award
- 2012: Batman and the Checkpoint (Director: Rafael Balulu)
- 2011: Hackney Lullabies (Director: Kyoko Miyake)
- 2010: Jonah and the vicarious nature of homesickness with Jens Winter (Director: Bryn Chainey)
- 2009: Wagah (Director: Supriyo Sen)
- 2008: Match Factor with Anneke Kim Sarnau , Navíd Akhavan and Sebastian Schwarz (Director: Maheen Zia )
- 2007: Wasserschlacht - The Great Border Battle (Director: Katarzyna Klimkiewicz & Andrew Friedman)
- 2006: BerlinBall (Director: Anna Azevedo)
- 2005: Alright Love (directed by Samuli Valkama & Roman Sorger) and București — Berlin (directed by Anca M. Lăzărescu & Cristian Mungiu )
- 2004: Berlinbeirut (director: Myrna Maakaron), Best of the Wurst (director: Grace Lee) and Berlin Backstage (director: Stéphanie Chuat & Véronique Reymond)
Score Competition
- 2012: Christoph Fleischmann
- 2011: Felix Rösch
- 2010: Camilo Sanabria
- 2009: Atanas Valkov
- 2008: Conrad Oleak
- 2007: Ilja Coric
- 2006: Alasdair Reid
- 2005: Ognjan Milosevic
- 2004: Tom Third
Garage studio
(no longer in the program since 2009) 2008
- EDDI (screenplay and director: Victoria Hayford)
- The String Puppet (Script and Director: Alexander Frank)
- It Could Happen To You (Screenplay and Director: Juliane Block)
- On Time (Writer: David Bradley Halls, Director: Ted Chung)
2007
- Resigned (script and director: Tamara Maloney)
- One of These Days (Script and Director: Sadaf Ahmadi)
- Click-Clack-Clack (Script and Director: Amira Lopez)
- The Discreet Charms of the Refugee (Written and directed by Colm Quinn)
Talent Movie of the Week
(no longer in the program since 2007)
- 2006: High Maintenance (Director: Philipp Van)
- 2005: Cataract with Andreas Schmidt and Sesede Terziyan (Director: Sainath Choudhury)
- 2004: Funeral Etiquette (Director: Martin Romanella)
- 2003: Dangle (Director: Phil Traill)
Quotes
"This is one of the most important initiatives for the future of the Berlinale."
"I feel privileged and extremely lucky to have had the opportunity to listen to such a varied and distinguished gathering of masters from Mike Leigh to Ken Adam and Walter Murch to Derek Malcolm ."