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every steP you take
five directing talents will have the special opportunity to make a short film based on the theme
“every step you take” in collaboration with a production company from berlin / brandenburg.
the berlin today award, the annual short film competition of the berlinale talent campus, is within reach.
“ i met great collaborators and was given a
huge leg-up to grander production values;
from here-on there's no turning back.”
Bryn Chainey, Berlin Today Award winner 2010
The short film competition of the Berlinale Talent Campus
invited directors from all over the world to submit ideas inspired by
the motto “Every Step You Take”. does the flap of a butterfly's wings in
Thailand set off a tornado in Texas? Small decisions we take in everyday
life intrinsically influence our near future. What is a harmless accessory
in one part of the world might be a major statement in another that
leads to a chain of reactions. Whether political or private, it is these
moments of taking a step and being aware of it, that are at the core of
the Berlin Today Award 2012.
Fifteen Talents selected prior to the Campus will be able to
present their film ideas to selected producers during the Producers’
Meeting at the Berlinale Talent Campus 2011. The top five projects will
be produced by five production companies from Berlin and Bran denburg
– with funding from the Medienboard Berlin­Bran den burg and
in­kind contributions from the film industry.
The short films will celebrate their world premiere at the
Opening of the Berlinale Talent Campus 2012 as part of the 62nd
Berlin International Film Festival.
current and former participants of the berlinale talent campus
are invited to apply for the annual berlin today award.
For detailed information
on the competition please visit:
www.berlinale-talentcampus.de/berlin-today-award
The Berlin Today Award has been funded
by the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg since 2003.
The Berlin Today Award 2010 (from above to below)
director Bryn Chainey won the Berlin Today Award 2010 for JONAH ANd THE VICARIOUS
NATURE OF HOMESICKNESS | Berlin Today Award 2010 jury members Stephen daldry (left)
and actress Heike Makatsch (2nd from right) with the managing director of the
Medienboard Berlin­Brandenburg, Kirsten Niehuus, the Federal Government
Commissioner for Culture and the Media Bernd Neumann (right) and Berlinale festival
director dieter Kosslick