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BERLIN TODAY AWARDGLIMPSES OF BERLINTHREE DIGITAL SHORT FILMS BY LAST YEAR’S TALENTS HAVE BEEN PRODUCED IN THE FALL OF 2006 IN BERLIN WITH THE SUPPORT OF ZEROFICTION FILM PRODUCTION COMPANY. THEY NOW GO INTO COMPETITION FOR THIS YEAR’S BERLIN TODAY AWARD 2007.Nominated for the Berlin Today Award (from left to right): WASSERSCHLACHT – THE GREAT BORDER BATTLE, SHANTYGARDENTOWN, THE WOOLEN HAT. Photos (l.t.r.): © Jürgen Scheer, Leon Kahane, zero fiction film“Our foreign eyes were looking at the city, getting closerand closer to it every day and creating, in the end, our ownvision of Berlin today”, say directors Çagla Zencirci (Turkey)and Guillaume Giovanetti (France), about their experiencesbeing one of the chosen teams which produced the shortfilm SHANTYGARDENTOWN in 2006.Prior to that, a jury went through more than 100 entries fromall over the world and selected ten short film ideas that wereinvited to return to Berlin. After an animated and interestingone-week Summer Campus, the jury chose three happynominees for Berlin Today Award 2007:SHANTYGARDENTOWN by Çagla Zencirci (Turkey) and GuillaumeGiovanetti (France)In SHANTYGARDENTOWN Belemir, a Turkish landscapearchitect from Ankara travels to Berlin to explore the city’sgardens. She wants to know more about the use and thefunction of such gardens in Berlin, to meet the owners andunderstand their desires and dreams.THE WOOLEN HAT by Rhoda Kawinga (Zambia).The animated film tells the story of Malita, a young girl whoowns a magic woolen hat that allows her to talk to animalsand instantaneously travel to far-off places. One day duringa reading session with her grandpa, she comes across a storyabout the Berlin bears that are threatened by an evil cat anddesperately seeking help…WASSERSCHLACHT– THE GREAT BORDER BATTLE by KatarzynaKlimkiewicz (Poland) and Andrew Friedman (USA)WASSERSCHLACHT– THE GREAT BORDER BATTLE shows theannual water-battle between people of all ages from theneighbouring Berlin districts of Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain.Since 1998, each summer people meet at the Oberbaum-bridgeto fight an anarchic battle with rotten fruitsand similar harmless objects that have grown for the solepurpose of the event. Most of the warriors are not awareof the battle’s genesis, but this doesn‘t keep them fromparticipating.The Berlin Today Award Ceremony on the Opening Night ofthe Campus also marks the kick-off for the fifth Berlin TodayAward Competition. You‘re invited to send in your drafts tothe organisers at boxfish events, Berlin, by April 13, 2007(further details at www.berlintoday.de).SATURDAY 10, 17:00 HAU 1OPENING NIGHT & BERLIN TODAY AWARD CEREMONYMONDAY 12, 19:00 HAU 1BECOMING A BERLINER –WORLD PREMIERE OF THE THREE FINALIST FILMS 2007BERLINALE TALENT CAMPUS #521