der des étrange it de va - Berlinale Talent Campus

Page
32
Indian director Supriyo Sen celebrates his Berlin Today Award 2009
for WAGAH – in the background the jury members Wim Wenders, emily Atef
and Andreas dresen.
Berlinale Talent campus #8
Berlin Today Award 2011
enviSion A WorlD
BeyonD THe FAmiliAr!
Five directors will have the special opportunity to make
a short film based on the theme “you Are leaving The Familiar
Sector” in collaboration with a production company from
Berlin / Bran denburg. The Berlin Today Award, the annual short
film com petition of the Berlinale Talent Campus, is within reach.
The short film competition of the Berlinale Talent campus
invited directors from all over the world to submit short film ideas
inspired by the theme “You Are Leaving the Familiar Sector”. Since its
invention, cinema has helped us to imagine what our lives could be
like and what the world could look like. Film offers an extraordinary
glimpse into a world you've never seen, never dreamt of or dared to
enter. crossing sectors in a wall-divided Berlin used to be an experience
where everything could change in the space of a few hundred metres.
How do you imagine a world beyond what you've known, and what
do you see when you leave the place you know best?
Fifteen Talents selected prior to the campus will be able to
pitch their film ideas to selected producers during the producers’
meeting at the Berlinale Talent campus 2010. The top five projects will
be produced by five production companies from Berlin and
Brandenburg – with funding from the medienboard Berlin-Bran denburg
and in-kind contributions from the film industry.
The short films will celebrate their world premiere at the
Opening of the Berlinale Talent campus 2011, as part of the 61st Berlin
“We were given the freedom and support to
explore, experiment and play; to create a film we
really cared about; and I know our team gained
so much from the experience.” Bryn Chainey, finalist of the Berlin Today Award 2010
International Film Festival. Last year‘s winner Supriyo Sen (WAGAH):
”The Berlinale Talent campus is a new world order in the periphery of
global cinema. It’s a space for young cineastes having different racial,
cultural and economical background to learn and share on the basis of
equality. So my friends go and grab the opportunity at the campus to
tell your unique local story to a global audience!”
every year, current and former participants of the Berlinale
Talent campus are invited to apply for the Berlin Today Award. For
detailed information on the competition please visit: www.berlinaletalentcampus.de/berlin-today-award.
The Berlin Today Award has been funded by the medienboard
Berlin-Brandenburg since 2004.
Berlin Today Award 2010
Five SHorTS on THeir WAy
STrAigHT To CinemA
Sharing the limelight, the five short films competing for the Berlin
Today Award 2010 celebrate their world premiere on the opening
night of the Berlinale Talent Campus.
passion for cinema is still alive and kicking. The motto for this
year’s competition “Straight to cinema” encouraged filmmakers to be
inspired by the power of cinema and to create a short film that is made
for the big screen. A jury comprising director Stephen daldry, actress
Heike makatsch and producer peter rommel select the winner of the
Berlin Today Award 2010 from:
By night
by Juan DiazB (Colombia)
In a wondrous parallel universe where day never ends,
martin has to create night in order to set camille, the love of his life,
free and let her return to her real life – even if that means losing her
forever. Produced by Molly Aida Film.
Hum
by rebecca Daly (ireland)
An abandoned house. dead bees scatter every window ledge.
A mutilated piano waits upstairs in an empty afternoon. A woman
climbs the staircase, pausing to remove her shoes. She has come here
in search of silence… Produced by Lichtblick Media.
Jonah and the vicarious nature of Homesickness
by Bryn Chainey (UK/Australia)
One day, jonah left his family and blasted-off in his homemade
spaceship. He gave no explanation and no goodbye – only a
telephone number that redirected to a most peculiar answering
machine. Produced by Anna Wendt Filmproduktion.
reflection
by giorgi mrevlishvili (georgia)
A documentary about a film screening specially organised for
the inhabitants of ushguli, a remote and magical Georgian village,
far from the modern, digital world. Produced by A-FILM.
The Astronaut on the roof
by Sergi Portabella (Spain)
A comedy about two scriptwriters who write a film about two
scriptwriters who write a film about a teenage couple who become
bank robbers. Produced by Penrose Film.
The Berlin Today Award 2010 is supported
by medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and the film industry.
The five short films of the 2010
Berlin Today Award
(from above): BY nIGHT (juan diazB),
Hum (rebecca daly), jOnAH And THe vIcArIOuS
nATure OF HOmeSIckneSS (Bryn chainey),
reFLecTIOn (Giorgi mrevlishvili) and
THe ASTrOnAuT On THe rOOF (Sergi portabella)
Dates
SAT 13 | 17:00
HAU 1
Opening ceremony
& World premiere of the
Berlin Today Award Films
2010 (by invitation only).
(p.47)
SUn 14 | 19:30
eWerK
dine & Shine – Talents
rendezvous with
Berlinale Guests and
Award ceremony of the
Berlin Today Award 2010
(by invitation only). (p.51)
WeD 17 | 20:00
CineSTAr 5
Screening at the
european Film market.
(see Berlinale programme)
SUn 21 | 16:00
CinemAxx 6
public Screening
at the Berlinale kinotag.
(see Berlinale programme)