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“Cinema needs talent, talent needs
opportunity, opportunity is at
the Talent Campus.” Bat-Amgalan lkhagvajav, Talent 2009
Talent Projects are the "insider tip"
at the Berlinale Co-Production market.
Feature films from eight countries as far flung as costa rica,
Israel, canada, uSA, norway, France, uk and Germany are among the
eleven projects selected for the Talent project market, one of the
hands-on trainings of the Berlinale Talent campus in close cooperation
with the Berlinale co-production market.
The Talent projects were picked from a record number of 267
entries by an international jury of film producers and financiers: “my
Sweet euthanasia” by Tal Granit (Israel), “The Samaritan” by Odilon
rocha (uk), “kin” by Asitha Ameresekere (uk), “Out of Time man” by
Arne kohlweyer (Germany), “Arcadia” by Olivia Silver (uSA), “Lifelined”
by Basile doganis (France), “princesas rojas” by Laura Astorga (costa
rica), “Without mercy” by Thomas Wangsmo (norway), “I Am north” by
noah pink (canada), “Gone, june” by Brooke Sebold (uSA), and “central
Station” by Amiel Livne (Israel).
All of the eleven projects will be presented in the Berlinale coproduction
market's project catalogue and three will be chosen for a
public pitching, the “Talent Highlight pitch”, to the producers and
potential financiers attending the co-production market. “Talent
Highlight pitch” is sponsored by the vFF – German collecting Society
for Inhouse and commissioned production of Film and Tv programmes
Berlinale Talent campus #8
Talent Project market
TAlenTS on TArgeT
katriel Schory (Israel Film Fund) talks with Talent Amy Lo (uSA) about
her project which participated in the Talent project market 2009.
– and confers a special development award of euros 3,000 on the three
preselected projects.
The three-day Talent project market programme will provide
participating directors and producers the chance to present their
film projects to experienced co-producers and financiers attending
the Berlinale co-production market. The first day focuses on the pre -
paration of meetings and learning about the international business
and markets. A renowned pitching trainer, the international jury
and other industry experts will pave the way for Talent producers and
directors, giving valuable advice on presenting and marketing
pro jects, and on the technicalities of international co-production,
financing and markets. The following days will be filled with preset
one-on-one meetings with potential partners keen on getting
in vol ved in projects at an earlier stage.
The Talent project market also opens up a variety of informal
networking opportunities, besides the possibility of exchanging ideas
and sharing projects with other participants.
Talent Project market
Sonja Heinen and Kathi Bildhauer in an interview
about setting up international co-productions.
What exactly is the Berlinale Co-Production market?
SH: It is a networking platform for internationally experienced
producers and financiers where preselected projects are presented to
participants from production, television, distribution and world sales.
What are the criteria for a potential co-production?
KB: There is no precise catalogue of criteria even though you’ll
find some quite obvious leads. A road movie taking place in three different
countries is of course quite suitable for an international co-production in
the respective countries. However, regardless of the setting, while reading
the projects we quickly detect an international appeal, a universal
character of the story. But this can be due to different possible reasons.
SH: But it is also important to underline that you cannot give
your film a global appeal and an international face simply by trying to
create it. That would be the wrong way to go because the most
important thing for your story is authenticity. now, what the coproduction
market provides is: It helps to check whether your story
works at an international level because potential co-production
partners are at the same time your first international audience. The
extent of their interest reflects a possible potential in their countries.
At which stage of a project does it make sense
to join the Berlinale Co-Production market?
SH: To take part in the Berlinale co-production market, 30% of
the financing must be set. There isn‘t much sense in looking for
international partners if even money from your own country is not at
your disposal – even though we know that year after year the teamingup
with co-production partners happens earlier.
KB: However, the Talent project market is the more ex perimental
part of the co-production market. Fresh ideas, exciting stories,
often more original than the average. That’s why the financial criteria
is not the prime issue here but the pure quality of the project. every
year we are very happy to see the increasing number of professional
market guests who want to meet our Talents.
How many projects actually get produced?
KB: We have a success rate of about 40%. Actually there is one
project for example, which took part at the Talent project market in
2008, which you can watch in the official programme of this year’s
Berlinale Generation: SuSA by rusudan pirveli.
is it possible for a current Talent to apply next year?
KB: Sure! All Talent producers and Talent directors are invited
to apply with a project for next year’s Talent project market.
Profiles
looKing For
inTer nATionAl APPeAl
Sonja Heinen & Kathi Bildhauer
Berlinale Co-Production market
Sonja Heinen
Head of the Berlinale co-production market
and project manager of the World cinema Fund, both
initiatives of the Berlin International Film Festival are
dedicated to international co-productions.
Kathi Bildhauer
member of the Berlinale co-production
mar ket team since its first year and coordinator of the
Talent project market, she also works for the World
cinema Fund. She is the author of ”drehbuch re -
load ed” based on her phd thesis on unconventional
contemporary screenplays. She is also a lecturer at
German uni ver sities.
Dates
THU 18 | 10:30
HAU 3, Top Floor
All You Should know
About: Berlinale
co-production market.
(p.64)
THU 18 | 12:15
HAU 3, Top Floor
World cinema Fund:
How to Apply. (p.65)
Sonja Heinen (above),
kathi Bildhauer (below)