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Editorial
Find your Frame!
“a unique opportunity for networking.
in my professional life, there will definitely
be a ‘before’ and an ‘after’ the campus.”
Yves Heck, participant 2010
Nine years old and going strong: The idea of the Berlinale
Talent Campus has lost nothing of its freshness and international
attraction. On the contrary, this year nearly 4,000 filmmakers from as
many as 141 countries sent in their applications to be part of this
worldwide film community. 350 of them were chosen to gather at this
year’s Campus to attend the exemplary series of workshops and
lectures given by a range of top-notch international film experts.
Back home these up-and-coming filmmakers will profit from
the global network the Berlinale Talent Campus is able to provide
them with. And we definitely know that – because they come back!
Many Campus alumni send us their work, they apply with their films to
the Berlinale – that's one of our ways of keeping in touch.
And so, every year the Official Selection of the Berlin International
Film Festival is enriched by films made by Campus alumni. In
this manner, the spirit of the Campus swirls permanently within the
different sections of the festival. This year is not any different: We are
proud to present 35 films made with the major involvement of 38
current or former Talents in the Official Berlinale Selection – among
them is OUR GRAND DESPAIR by 2005 alumnus Seyfi Teoman in the
Berlinale Competition. This displays the immense potential of the
Campus and is the best proof of its growing significance.
But besides networking and learning from Berlinale guests,
as well as from other renowned professionals, there is another opportunity
offered to the participants of the Berlinale Talent Campus: the
chance to position oneself, the chance for self-orientation within a
world and an industry full of endless possibilities. As this year’s Campus
focus “Framespotting – Filmmakers positioning themselves“ stresses:
Every filmmaker has the chance to find an individual frame in which
she or he wants to work. Like a camera needs a perspective to shoot a
scene, a filmmaker needs a vision from which she or he can tell a story.
Positioning oneself is not an easy task; it might demand courageous
decisions and a good sense of responsibility. Nevertheless, to develop
a strong artistic profile, a clear approach and focus are indispensable.
The Berlinale Talent Campus offers support by way of unique pos si -
bilities to connect and discuss with people of a similar disposition as
well as with industry old hands or creative minds of all kinds.
That the Berlinale Talent Campus was able to position itself
over the course of the past nine years as a world-spanning community
of young filmmakers is due to a group of true partners who have
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tirelessly supported it from the very beginning. First and foremost we
extend our gratitude to Bernd Neumann, the Federal Government
Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM) as one of our funders.
Together with a congratulation on its 20th anniversary, we also sin -
c er ely thank the MEDIA Training Programme of the European Union,
as well as our founding partner Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg.
Another founding partner, UK Film Council / Skillset, has unfortunately
not been able to join us anymore – nevertheless, thank you for your
backing in the past years! With out the support of all our partners
and sponsors we would not be able to create this fascinating frame
around the world‘s next filmmaking generation.
i wish everybody an exciting campus week – and we all look
forward to seeing you again with your films in the next years!
dieter Kosslick
Festival Director
Berlin International Film Festival
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