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FOUNDATIONSWITH A LITTLE HELP...WITHOUT INTERNATIONALLY OPERATING FOUNDATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS LIKE THE FOLLOWING, THE BERLINALE TALENT CAMPUS WOULD NOTBE THE SAME. THANKS TO THEIR SUPPORT MANY TALENTS CAN AFFORD TO BE AT THE CAMPUS. WE ARE GRATEFUL TO THEIR PROGRAMME INPUTTHAT HAS INSPIRED PANELS AND EVENTS.ALFRED HERRHAUSEN SOCIETYThe Alfred Herrhausen Society is the international forum ofDeutsche Bank. It seeks traces of the future in the present andbrings together people who are committed to the continuedexistence of civil society. For this the Alfred Herrhausen Societyencourages international dialogue by organising andarranging conferences and congresses with internationalparticipation. For example, “Urban Age“, which is a series ofinternational conferences investigating the multidisciplinaryconnections between urban form and urban society. Withinthis context the Alfred Herrhausen Society supports the BerlinaleTalent Campus in the conception and organisation ofthe panel “Metrobranding – The Creation and Production ofCity Images“ which will take place on February 11 at 14:00, inHAU 1. Further information about the Society see on www.alfred-herrhausen-gesellschaft.de.HEINRICH BÖLL FOUNDATIONThe Heinrich Böll Foundation, named after the NobelPrize winning German writer, is affiliated with the GermanGreen Party and headquartered in the Hackesche Höfein the heart of Berlin. It is a legally independent politicalfoundation whose primary objective is to support politicaleducation both within Germany and abroad, thus promotingdemocratic involvement, socio-political activism, andcross- cultural understanding. The Foundation also providessupport to art and culture, science and research, and developmentalco-operation. The Foundation and the BerlinaleTalent Campus have co-operated repeatedly over the years.This year, it supports the Campus in covering the travel expensesof Latin American Talents, and in preparing the panel“Filming in the Eye of the Storm – Filmmaking in TroubledAreas“ which will take place on February 13, 19:00, in HAU 2.Further information about the Foundation at www.heinrichboell-stiftung.de.KATRIN CARTLIDGE FOUNDATIONShortly after the untimely death of 41-year-old actressKatrin Cartlidge (BREAKING THE WAVES, NAKED, BEFORETHE RAIN) the foundation was established in her memory.It exists to encourage the independence, singularity andintegrity of the spirit of young cinema that Katrin Cartlidgepowerfully embraced and exemplified in her own lifetime.Patrons of the foundation include Lars von Trier, Mike Leigh,Charlotte Rampling and Stellan Skarsgård. Once a year theKatrin Cartlidge Foundation awards a bursary to a new creativevoice in cinema. In 2006, Gerd Schneider (Germany) andEyas Salman (Israel) won in recognition of their documentaryTHE EDGE OF HOPE. We will introduce you to Eyas Salmanon February 13, 19:00 in HAU 2 when he will report on hisfilm as part of the Campus panel “Filming in the Eye of theStorm”. Further information on the foundation and its activitieson www.katrincartlidgefoundation.org.uk.MANFRED DURNIOK FOUNDATIONThe Berlin-based filmmaker and producer Manfred Durniok,who passed away four years ago, had a deep passionfor South- Eastern Asian culture. Manfred Durniok producedIstván Szabó's Oscar-awarded MEPHISTO and OBERSTREDL, and was, in 1986, one of the first Europeans to shoota film in Beijing. EIN CHINESE SUCHT EINEN MÖRDER, directedby Hans Borgelt, was a Chinese- German co-production– one of the many films that Durniok dedicated to this belovedregion.One of the aims of the Manfred Durniok Foundation,recently established by Ayano Teramoto, Manfred Durniok's19-year-old daughter, is the promotion of South-EasternAsian film art and the support of young creatives. Thisyear, like in 2006, the travel expenses of the Talents fromSouth Eastern Asia will be covered by the Manfred DurniokFoundation. Further information on Manfred Durniok atwww.durniok.com.“I BELIEVE IN CREATION AND IMAGINATION AS BETTER WAYS TOLIVE AND TO SHOW OTHERS IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITHSOMETHING.“Juan David Diaz, Talent from Colombia26BERLINALE TALENT CAMPUS #5