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VOLKSWAGEN SCORE COMPETITIONTOP SCORESTO PROMOTE INTERNATIONAL YOUNG COMPOSERS, THE BERLINALE TALENT CAMPUS AND VOLKSWAGEN INSTALLED THE VOLKSWAGEN SCORECOMPETITION AS PART OF THE WORKING CAMPUS: THREE PRIVILEGED TALENT COMPOSERS WILL WORK THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS WEEK TOFINISH THEIR SCORES BEFORE THURSDAY WHEN THE JURY WILL DECIDE ON THE WINNER.To participate in the Volkswagen Score Competition, Talentcomposers had to download three different short filmsfrom the Campus website: an extract of an animation filmby Jan Koester (OUR MAN IN NIRWANA), the Volkswagendocumentary ONE DAY IN WOLFSBURG by Julian Benedikt,and finally a 3-minute-sequence from FINDING NEVERLAND,Marc Foster’s film that earned Jan A.P. Kaczmarek an AcademyAward in 2004 for the Best Score.The applicants were asked to compose new scores for allthree films and send in draft versions. Prior to the Campus,the jury, consisting of this year’s mentor Jan A.P. Kaczmarek,renowned German mixing engineer Martin Steyer and composerMartin Todsharow (MINOTAUR, ELEMENTARY PARTI-CLES), chose three finalists.The finalists Titas Petrikis from Lithuania, Ilja Coric from Germanyand Costas Fotopoulos from England will work outtheir draft scores during the Campus. For that, musicians ofthe German Film Orchestra Babelsberg are at their disposal,Germany’s one and only score-specialised full orchester, aswell as the huge Harrison console at the Film & TelevisionAcademy (HFF) “Konrad Wolf“ in Potsdam, one of threeworldwide existing exemplars. The final post-productionwill be advised by the Berlin-based production companyWave-Line.On Wednesday 14, the jury will meet again for a presentationof the three final versions and will decide on the winnerof this year’s Volkswagen Score Competition. The chosenone will be invited by Dolby on a trip to Los Angeles wherehe will visit the best sound studios in town.The Harrison console in the HFF “Konrad Wolf“The results and experiences by the three finalists will be presentedand discussed with their mentor Jan A.P. Kaczmarekand with filmmaker Guy Maddin, whose latest film, BRANDUPON THE BRAIN!, will be presented as a Berlinale Special ina live-spectacle at the Deutsche Oper Berlin on February 15,also made possible with the support of Volkswagen.“JUST KNOWING THAT THERE WAS AN EIGHTY PIECE ORCHESTRAWAITING IN BERLIN TO PLAY MY SCORES FELT LIKE A GRAND PRIZEIN ITSELF.“Alasdair Reid, 2006 winner of the Volkswagen Score CompetitionWEDNESDAY 14, 11:00 EXTERNAL VENUESEXCURSION TO THE VOLKSWAGEN SCORE COMPETITION(FOR COMPOSERS AND SOUND DESIGNERS ONLY)THURSDAY 15, 11:00 HAU 1STEERING EMOTIONSBERLINALE TALENT CAMPUS #519