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BERLIN ANGELS DAYUNDER ANGELS’ WINGSTHE BERLIN ANGELS DAY IS AN INITIATIVE OF THE MEDIENBOARD BERLIN-BRANDENBURG AND THE MEDIA CITY BERLIN. IT WAS SET UP TO BRINGTOGETHER PROMISING TALENTS WITH INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED PERSONALITIES FROM BERLIN’S FILM SCENE.Flying Moon), Berlin film school graduates and awardedfilmmakers Bülent Akinci (RUNNING ON EMPTY / dffb) andMatthias Luthardt (PINGPONG / HFF) and games developerand entrepreneur Timo Ullmann (Yager Development).Wim Wenders with 2006 Talent Jarryd Watson from South Africa. © Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg“The Berlin Angels Day was the sugar on top of the greatCampus week for me. We spent the whole day with ‘our angel‘Knut Loewe, production designer of the German televisionseries KANZLERAMT. We had many questions and receivedmany valuable answers.“Frances Soeder, former participant from GermanyOn February 16 the Berlin Angels will be back! For the thirdtime Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and Media CityBerlin are going to invite 50 participants of the Berlinale TalentCampus to spend a day with one of the Berlin Angels, allof whom are prominent film and media professionals fromthe capital region, including the heads of sucessful film andtv production companies Ziegler Film and Schiwago Film,animation expert Gerhard Hahn (Hahn Film), documentaryfilmmaker Uli Gaulke (accompanied by his producers fromThe Berlin Angels will take young Talents under their wingsfor a behind-the-scenes look at local film and media production.A creative and productive two-way exchange of ideasbetween Berlin professionals and up-and-coming youngTalents from all over the world will be encouraged. EachAngel provides his/her protégés with an exciting itinerarydesigned to gain first-hand insights into the day-to-dayworkings of the film and media industry in Berlin and developcontacts.And this year again, internationally renowned German filmmakerWim Wenders has taken over the patronage of the2007 Berlin Angels Day. For Wim Wenders, the Angels Dayis “an excellent opportunity to pass our experience on toyoung filmmakers who are about to make their first film.““The Berlin Angels serve a very special purpose: as the mentorsof these international Talents they provide a glimpseinto the creative potential of the city and lay a foundation ofenduring contacts so that these young filmmakers will gladlyreturn to Berlin in the future“, explains Kirsten Niehuus, CEOManagement Film Funding, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg,one of the main partners of the Campus and initiatorof the Berlin Angels Day.24BERLINALE TALENT CAMPUS #5