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PRE-PRODUCTION DAY MONDAY 12 THMONDAY 12, 17:00 HAU 2BUILDING HOMES FOR FILMSUli Hanisch. Workshop.Uli Hanisch started working with performance artist ChristophSchlingensief on some of his early films before he tookcare of the production design and art direction for successfulproductions such as HEAVEN and PERFUME, both directedby Tom Tykwer, THE MIRACLE OF BERN by Sönke Wortmannand Enki Bilal’s TYKHO MOON.In today’s workshop, Uli Hanisch will introduce his workingmethods, providing an insight into his selection of settingsand style to visually narrate the story. In effect, he will revealthe secret behind his successful sets.MONDAY 12, 19:00 HAU 1BERLIN TODAY AWARD:BECOMING A BERLINERWladimir Kaminer, Adrian Kennedy, Sebastian Schipper, Nikko Weidemannand the Berlin Today directors Andrew Friedman, Guillaume Giovanetti,Rhoda Kawinga, Katarzyna Klimkiewicz, Çagla Zencirci. In co-operationwith Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg.Four creative Berliners, novelist Wladimir Kaminer, directorSebastian Schipper, musician Nikko Weidemann and performerAdrian Kennedy, will take you on a journey throughBerlin, beyond the festival venue: guidelines for lazytourists, festival guests and all those you may wish to comeagain. Afterwards the three short films nominated for theBerlin Today Award 2007 will be premiered. And again: Youwill witness three very personal and very special views onGermany’s metropole Berlin (see p.20/21 for further detailson the Berlin Today Award).Shooting of the BTA film WASSERSCHLACHT – THE GREAT BORDER BATTLEMONDAY 12, 19:00 HAU 2CAN SCRIPTWRITING BE TAUGHT?Dagmar Benke, Julian Friedmann. Lecture.A provocation by the editor of “ScriptWriter“, Julian Friedmann,and script consultant Dagmar Benke: Can scriptwritingbe taught effectively, or are the real beneficiaries thosewho do the teaching? The lecture will examine these questionsand argue that talent and not craft skills is how we cancompete with Hollywood.MONDAY 12, 23:30 CINEMAXX 3TALENT SHORT FILM NIGHTSeveral short film directors of the Berlinale Short Film Competition andGeneration, moderated by Andrew Amondson. Screening and discussion.In co-operation with Berlin Short Film Competition and Generation.A selection of the best short films from the Berlinale ShortFilm Competition and Generation will be screened at theCinemaxX 3, Potsdamer Platz. The Short Film Night is a specialprogramme for Campus Talents and for the short filmdirectors, including the films BLOOD SISTERS from Denmark(Louise N.D. Friedberg), the Turkish MY MOTHER LEARNSCINEMA (Nesimi Yetik), ROTTEN APPLE from UK (RalitzaPetrova) and the Ethiopian MENGED (Daniel Taye Workou),produced by 2007 Talent Meseret Argaw.Photo: © Peter HimselBERLINALE TALENT CAMPUS #547