BOROS 57. internationale kurzfilmtage oberhausen 5. — 10. mai 2011 www.kurzfilmtage.de
<strong>Talent</strong> Actors Stage develoPing tHe actor in you in its second year, the <strong>talent</strong> actors stage assists actors to enhance their technique and develop their craft. It’s rigorous, but exhilarating! The <strong>Talent</strong> Actors Stage offers a challenging opportunity to explore acting techniques, dialogue delivery, casting, improvisation and more. In its second year and going full throttle, this handson training programme is not just for actors, but focuses on interdisciplinary collaboration with directors, producers, scriptwriters and cinematographers to foster exchange, dialogue and effective cooperation among practitioners of the different fields of filmmaking. As such, the <strong>Talent</strong> Actors Stage facilitates the improvement of actors’ per formances by bringing them together with professionals from other film disciplines. In addi t ion to networking possibilities with other film practitioners and co<strong>Talent</strong>s, the <strong>Talent</strong> Actors Stage endeavours to give more prominence to acting <strong>Talent</strong>s within the <strong>Campus</strong>. the <strong>talent</strong> actors stage offers actors five special events: directing actors Prominent actress and filmmaker Kerry Fox, who was awarded the Silver Bear in 2001 for her outstanding performance in INTIMACY, will draw on her vast experience as an actress and share her perspective as a director to explain how she prefers to work with actors to assist them in delivering compelling per formances. on the Path with Jasmila Žbanić For GRBAVICA, Jasmila Žbanić won the 2006 Golden Bear; her subsequent film ON THE PATH feat ured in the 2010 <strong>Berlinale</strong> Competition. Using these two films as a starting point, but also working with new scenes and through improvisations, actors participating in this work shop will audi tion for Jasmila Žbanić and re cei ve valuable feedback on their per for mances. embodying the character This intensive, interactive acting workshop,led by renowned acting coach, movement spe c ia list and choreographer JeanLouis Ro dri gue, focuses on recognising the power of mo vement and physicality in creating a cha rac ter in film. rehearsed reading dramaturge Alby James will work with actors and screenwriters on building characters and bringing scripts to life through smooth and effective delivery of dialogue, as they read vi tal scenes from a selection of Script Station projects. meet the expert Two established casting directors, Ulrike Mül ler and Beatrice Kruger, meet actors in two se p a rate “Meet the Expert“ sessions. Ulrike Mül ler, who casts predominan tly Germanspeaking films, will talk about possibilities for foreign actors to work in Germany. Beatrice Kruger, on the other hand, also does casting for major Hollywood pro duc tions and will give insight into casting for international film productions. Dates sun 13 | 14:00 Hau 3, toP floor directing Actors (p.48). mon 14 | 11:00 tue 15 | 11:00 Hau 3, black stage On the Path with Jasmila Žbanić (p.50). mon 14 | 14:00 Hau 3, toP floor Embodying the Character (p.52). tue 15 | 14:00 wed 16 | 14:00 Hau 3, black stage Rehearsed Reading: Actors Reading Scripts (p.56). <strong>Berlinale</strong> <strong>Talent</strong> <strong>Campus</strong> #9