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Creativity
Takes Courage
Berlinale Talents welcomes the public to the HAU Hebbel
am Ufer theatres. 25 talks with renowned filmmakers,
artists and experts as well as five screenings of alumni films
from the programmes of Panorama, Forum, Generation and
Berlinale Shorts are waiting to be dis­covered by Berlin's
cinema-loving audiences.
This year’s theme, “Courage: Against All Odds,” couldn’t
feel timelier. After a year in which xenophobia and terror
became nearly omnipresent, Berlinale Talents stands in
solidarity with all those who courageously share our beliefs
in cultural respect, optimism and openness to diversity.
Courage in work, as in life, can take plenty of different forms.
The theme acknowledges that filmmaking is a risky venture
not only from an aesthetic and financial per­spective but
also on a political and personal level. This everyday courage
is the focus of attention at Berlinale Talents 2017.
Weighing to­­geth­er risks and challenges, as well as sharing
the many strategies for success, our guests search for truths,
break narrative habits, take steps toward technical inno­va­
tions and reach out to new audiences. The fact that the
250 Talents from 71 countries embark with open hearts and
minds on a six day-journey is in itself a strong test and test­
ament of the topicality of this year’s focus. Be coura­geous:
you are warmly invited to join us.
Come rub elbows with the darlings
of the film and art worlds: Christo,
Paul Ver­hoev­en, Maggie Gyllenhaal,
Gob Squad, Isabel Coixet, Raoul Peck
Agnieszka Holland, Olafur Eliasson,
Andres Veiel, Ana Lily Amir­pour…
Talks
Courage: Against all Odds
11:30–13:00 | HAU1
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Paul Verhoeven.
Moderated by Peter Cowie. Supported by the
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Federal Government Com­missioner for Culture
and the Media, ­Creative Europe MEDIA ,
Robert Bosch Stiftung and Medienboard Berlin-­Brandenburg.
Tackling our main theme of this year, jury president Paul ­Verhoeven
and jury member Maggie Gyllenhaal kick off this edition of Berli­
nale Talents. Working since the 1970s between the Netherlands
and Hollywood, between art house and blockbuster, Dutch direc­
tor and screenwriter Verhoeven (Elle) has redefined the conven­
tions of genre filmmaking, in particular science fiction (Total
Recall) and the erotic thriller (Basic Instinct). Playing the maso­
chistic lead of the 2002 black comedy Secretary launched the
career of Golden Globe-winning and Academy Award-nominated
American actress Maggie Gyllenhaal, who over the next decade
would rise from indie queen to Hollywood A-list. From depictions
of on­screen intimacy to the pitfalls of navigating an unforgiving
industry, the two reflect on their most courageous moments.
Sunday
12
No Longer There: The Art of Disappearance
14:00–15:30 | HAU1 | Christo
In July 1995, no less than 23 years after the project’s inception,
artist Christo and his partner Jeanne-Claude completed Wrap­ped
Reichstag, Berlin 1971–95. For two weeks only, Berliners were
wowed by the transformation of the old parliament building,
covered with 100,000 square meters of billowing fabric. Despite
pleas to extend the project, Christo and Jeanne-Claude insisted
on the timely deinstallation. “It takes much greater courage to
cre­ate things to be gone than to create things that will remain,”
exclaim the artists. Christo presents images of Jeanne-Claude‘s
and his works. Interested in more than simply giving a talk, Christo
wishes that audience participation drives the second half of the
session.
Kill Your Darlings
14:00 –16:00 | HAU2 | Susan Korda
“Good editing is like good sex,” exclaims editor and director Susan
Korda (One of Us). “You create an expectation in your audience –
and then you fulfil it.” Tracing finished film scenes from Bonnie &
Clyde and Jaws back to the initial “Oh, shit!” experience in the
editing room, Korda reveals how the magic of courageous editing
can create a gratifying cinematic experience from what initially
appears to be a failure. Sharing tools learnt from Walter Murch
and Michael Rabiger, she lays bare secrets of the editing room and
shows how to “kill your darlings,” the critical ability to surrender
preconceived preferences, allowing your film to discover you.
Film Prize of the Robert Bosch Stiftung:
Award Ceremony
17:00–18:15 | HAU1
Moderated by Frank W. Albers, Florian Weghorn.
Hosted by Robert Bosch Stiftung.
Getting films made in the Arab world takes guts, and this past
decade has seen a boom in the efforts of a new generation of
Arab filmmakers bravely documenting these times of social and
political upheaval. The Film Prize of the Robert Bosch Stiftung
supports German-Arab film cooperations between filmmakers
and producers working jointly on a project. The 11 nominated
pro­jects from various Arab countries are introduced and excerpts
from the projects screened, followed by the announcement of
the winners of the 2017 Film Prize of the Robert Bosch Stiftung.
Three prizes of up to EUR 60,000 are awarded in each of the fol­
lowing categories: documentary, short fiction and animation.
Walking Home Ideas: Inspirational Flows
17:00–18:30 | HAU2
Ana Lily Amirpour. Moderated by Christoph Gröner.
Ana Lily Amirpour’s unforgettably atmospheric feature debut,
A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night, tagged ”the first Iranian vampire
western,” woos genre-lovers with its cool pastiche of pop-culture
references and deliciously romantic mood swings. Although
wary of categorizations, Amirpour sees herself as an inventor –
not motivated by money but rather by passion – perhaps a bit
mad and sometimes also a loner. Taking Bruce Lee’s life philo­
sophies as a launch pad, the Berlinale Talents alumna describes
Berlinale Talents 2017
how her ideas flow from a dynamic process of being inspired.
Showing clips from her own films and projects and drawing refe­
rences to other pop-culture inspirations, Amirpour invites the
audience to witness a fluid approach to cradling ideas.
Doc Different: Co-Producing Culture
11:30–13:00 | HAU3, top floor
Kimberly Drew, Nanna Heidenreich,
Elise McCave, Dorothee Wenner.
Moderated by Alison Norrington.
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Making a documentary easily spans years, and
during this development and production process often more
cultural exchange and impact is created than during the so-called
theatrical release. Bringing together the knowledge of film­
makers, curators, writers, bloggers and specialists for audience
engagement, we explore how the web can enable us to rethink
documentary production as an ongoing, holistic and culturally
more diverse and democratic process. Topics to consider include
cutting-edge interactive and cross-cultural work models, research
and the creation of a public archive and how audience engage­
ment helps grow a project’s effect at all stages.
Monday
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Body Experience: Sounds From Inside
14:00–15:30 | HAU2
Nicolas Becker, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe.
Moderated by Milena Fessmann.
Often these days the canned scores of blockbusters seem almost
indistinguishable. But why leave your audience tone-deaf when
half the impact of a good story emanates from an original sound­
track? Through a range of collaborations from experimental (A
Spell to Ward Off the Darkness) to major productions (Arrival),
artist and multi-instrumentalist Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe and
sound designer and foley artist Nicolas Becker have developed
a unique working relationship. Rather than composing, they
improvise, let go, jam. They prefer field recordings to library
sounds and use their voices and bodies as instruments. Through
a mix of talk and performance, the two make tangible how crea­
ting scores can be a collective discovery trip that demands com­
plete physical play.
On Location: Berlin Station
14:30–17:00 | HAU3, top floor
Marco Bittner Rosser, Hagen Bogdanski, Jocelyn Diaz,
Richard Gold, Angela Mages, Jan R. Martin,
Michael Scheel, Clemens Schmid, Charlie Woebcken.
Moderated by Andrew Amondson.
Supported by ARRI and Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg.
Berlin’s location at the heart of Europe has set it historically as a
hotbed of espionage, and Berlin Station, Epix’s new hit series shot
entirely on location in town, casts the moody metropolis as a
haven of spies. This case study provides in-depth insights into the
on-set processes of production of the series. Crew members
tackle moments from pre-production and challenges faced while
shooting, including organizing the team, equipment, locations,
scenery and time schedules. Experts of key departments discuss
crafting a visual approach, lighting and set design, as well as the
logistics and creative considerations of using Berlin as location.
Get also a glimpse into the underlying infrastructure of the series’
digital workflows.
World Building Live: Future Cities,
Surveillance and Spectacle
17:00–18:30 | HAU2
Alex McDowell, Itamar Kubovy, Kamal Sinclair,
Trisha Williams. Moderated by Juan DiazB.
In cooperation with the USC / World Building Institute, Los Angeles.
World building designates a collaborative narrative practice in
which the understanding of a world precedes the telling of a story.
Interdisciplinary experts engage the audience in a session to
holistically visualize the future reality of cities and the cinema­tic stories that will emerge within them. The omnipresence of
screens, cameras, tracking and personalized media blur the
boundaries between surveillance and spectacle. Cult­­ure, politics,
architecture, fashion and social interaction are reshaped – and so
is film. Through narratives presented by the Talents, we redefine
the capability of storytelling to construct our world.
I’m British But … The Many States of Film
17:00–18:30 | HAU1
Gurinder Chadha. Moderated by Ben Gibson.
Gurinder Chadha became a household name in the UK with the
runaway success of Bend It Like Beckham, in 2002 the highestgrossing British film to date at the national box office. Born in
Nairobi of Punjabi Sikh Kenyan Asian origin, Chadha grew up
in England, and her experiences coming-of-age as a British wo­
man in the Indian diaspora figure prominently in the stories and
characters of her films. A queen of comedy amongst other genres,
Chadha’s works progressively address the social and emotional
issues faced by immigrants. Chadha takes time away from the
premiere of her newest film, Viceroy‘s House, to tell the story of
how the outspoken girl, who refused to cook Indian food, ended
up bravely taking the film world by storm.
Fifty-Fifty: Producing Gender Equality
11:30–13:00 | HAU3, top floor
Joslyn Barnes, Anna Serner, Isabell Šuba,
Vinca Wiedemann. Moderated by Toby
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Ashraf. Supported by Creative Europe MEDIA.
While great strides have been made recently by
women in the film industry, there is no denying the facts: filmma­
king mirrors many other professions in that it is still a little boys’
club. Prominent advocates for the cause examine the current state
of affairs and show how initiatives, film schools, mentoring pro­
grammes and especially everyone involved in production can
actively fo­s­ter equal opportunity on grassroots levels. Questions
include how to in­f iltrate dude-dominated technical fields and
how to address the dichotomy of male/ female gender con­­struct­
­ions and account for the multiplicities of identity in-­between.
Tuesday
14
Real Virtualities: Gob Squad Goes VR
14:00–16:00 | HAU2 | Sean Patten, Sarah Thom,
Bastian Trost. Moderated by Friedrich Kirschner.
In cooperation with HAU Hebbel am Ufer.
As a new technology hyped to go mainstream in the near future,
Virtual Reality is all the buzz. But the practice of ascribing the
spectator an active role is long familiar from the worlds of per­
formance art. Since 1994, much beloved British-German collec­tive Gob Squad has probed the intersections of these fields.
Through their simulations of social situations, as well as their nonlinear narrations with multiple outcomes, Gob Squad indirectly
comments on potentials for role-reversal and agency in VR. In
this interactive session, members of the collective share their
creative processes and express solidarity with those who also ask
themselves what the heck is going on behind these goggles.
Happily Ever After: How to Survive a Co-Production
14:30–16:00 | HAU3, top floor
Sophie Erbs, Maximilian Leo, Raymond Phathanavirangoon.
Moderated by Roshanak Behesht Nedjad.
Supported by Creative Europe MEDIA.
Almost everybody wants their next feature to be co-produced,
but many don’t understand the complexities of such a part-time
marriage before having experienced it at least once. The producer
and co-producers of the highly successful Singapore-GermanyFrance-Hong Kong-Qatar thriller Apprentice weigh the benefits
and consequences of their joint-venture between multiple com­
panies, countries and markets. The three pinpoint crucial mo­
ments demonstrating the necessity of strong skills in com­mu­
nication, cultural understanding, empathy and a certain passion
for risky ventures.
Local Heroes: Community Cinema Reloaded
16:30–18:00 | W o l f Kino
Anthony Killick, Youssef Shazli,
Verena von Stackelberg. Moderated by Agnès Salson.
In cooperation with Berlinale Goes Kiez. / Ticket free of charge.
Pre-registration: [email protected]
Since the digital revolution, the doomsday prophecies of the
­death of the local cinema have proven largely unfounded. On
the contrary, many innovative screening spaces are cropping up
across regions worldwide. This trend is evidence that going to
cinema is about more than watching films. As part of the highly
popular “Berlinale Goes Kiez” initiative, this session takes place
New York City, 2012: Christo in his studio with a preparatory drawing for
The Mastaba, Project for Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. © Wolfgang Volz.
The cathedral of talks – HAU Hebbel am Ufer.
in the brand new w o l f in Berlin Neukölln. The “wolf-gang” and
other creators of exciting community cinemas in Germany, the
UK and Egypt present their projects and address practical con­
cerns such as financing, curatorship and social engagement.
The Freedom Gene: How to Remain an Optimist
17:00–18:30 | HAU1
Agnieszka Holland. Moderated by Anne Lakeberg.
Supported by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and
in cooperation with European Film Academy.
In “post-truth” times, storytellers in cinema are faced with the
challenge to redefine their roles as purveyors of truths – critical
and activistic voices – while keeping a positive attitude and good
humour. Polish director Agnieszka Holland, one of Europe’s most
prolific advocates for free-spirited cinema and also a regular di­
rector of TV-series (House of Cards), joins the Berlinale with her
bloody smart thriller Spoor in Competition. Holland can com­pare
filmmaking in Poland of the 1970s versus today, opti­mistically
remarking on the creative potentials she experienced working
both under censorship then, and internationally in a likewise
complicated industry now.
The Road Not Taken: Funding Courage
17:00–18:30 | HAU3, top floor
Claas Danielsen, Lizzie Francke, Roberto Olla,
Katriel Schory. Moderated by Henning Kamm.
Supported by Creative Europe MEDIA.
Imagine the following: Four film funders join forces to invent
never-before-seen schemes that seek to support filmmakers who
dare to take risks. To reach that ambitious goal, they ask courage­
ous directors, radical screenwriters and fearless producers who
– more than merely on the lookout for money – develop original
ideas and unique relations with their crews and audiences. But
how do we value courage if, by definition, one of its qua­lities is a
certain unpredictability? In an interactive brainstorm, film fund­ers
from the BFI, MDM, Eurimages and Israel Film Fund invite you to
learn more about their institutions and think out­side of the box.
the practical applications of Dolby Atmos®. A composer, sound
designers and a re-recording mixer present excerpts from their
recent projects in Dolby Atmos®, the sound system that transports
you into the story with breathtaking, moving audio that fills the
cinema and flows all around you.
Between the Lines: Film, Critique
11:30–13:00 | HAU3, top floor
Senem Aytaç, Ceylan Özgün Özçelik. Moderated by
Rasha Salti. In cooperation with FIPRESCI and Goethe-Institut.
In its 15th year, Altyazi is a monthly publication and website noted
for its promotion of Turkish and international independent cine­
­ma and its revival of critical discourse within film culture. ­Altyazi
editor Senem Aytaç details how the story of the publication pro­
ves that the role of criticism in generating discourse is more im­
portant today than ever. Joining her is director and critic Ceylan
Özgün Özçelik, who celebrates the world premiere of her film
Inflame (Panorama), a psychological thriller that portrays how the
slippery grasp on truth and what is real unravels for a young jour­
nalist. Set against the backdrop of deteriorating media free­doms in present-day Turkey, Aytaç and Özçelik explain how their
works shape spaces for critique and open the doors for free ex­
pression to emerge.
In Another World: You Can Be Everything
14:00–15:00 | HAU2
David OReilly. Moderated by Maike Mia Höhne.
In cooperation with Berlinale Shorts and European Film Academy.
Famous for stripping down 3D graphics to the point of absurdity,
the animated films of young Irish-born filmmaker and artist David
OReilly have garnered over 80 awards, including the Golden
Bear. Having recently stormed the world of video game and app
development, OReilly’s œuvre awes in its defiance of traditional
aesthetics and formats. Taking time away from the premiere of
his newest ”game-that-is-also-a-film,“ Everything, in competition
at Berlinale Shorts, OReilly recounts his meteoric career and the
choices and chances that landed him in the world of games.
Pleasant Surprises: Stories Left to Be Found
17:00–18:30 | HAU2
Isabel Coixet. Moderated by Peter Cowie.
“It’s on sharing stories, my father, the cold and Kim Kardashian,”
says Spanish filmmaker Isabel Coixet about her latest short film
It‘s Not That Cold Siberia. In a session that combines the first pub­
lic screening with an extensive conversation, the director (My
Life Without Me, Nobody Wants the Night) invites us to embark
with her on a winding trip to Siberia and back. The film is an ode
to recently deceased art critic, novelist, painter and poet John
Berger, who considered himself more a carrier of stories than
their teller. Coixet con­fronts the contradictory magic of coinci­
dences, how ideas grow and what can happen to a director on
the roads to a new film.
Naked Cinema: A Set Is a Safe Haven
17:00–18:30 | HAU1
Sally Potter. Moderated by Peter Cowie.
As viewers of films we experience along with our protagonists,
sharing with them their birth, their first love, fighting and death.
In these profound moments, the filmic world transports the vie­
wer to a sometimes beautiful, sometimes shocking place of inti­
macy. In particular screenwriters, directors and actors must exer­
cise great courage and self-reflection to convey this sensitivity.
Director Sally Potter (The Party, Competition) is a master of trans­
lating the most inner self of a character into her stories and onto
the screen through the close, yet never exploitative relationship
she establishes with her performers. Detailing her frequent col­
laborations with actors, Potter reveals how to make the film set
a sheltered space.
The Dolby Atmos® Master Class
10:00–11:15 | Cinestar 7
Christian Conrad, Lars Ginzel, Martin Steyer.
In cooperation with Dolby®Laboratories
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and The Post Republic.
Experts on sound and post-production host
this master class to offer theoretical and technical insights into
Past Progressive: Living Archives of Revolution
17:00–18:30 | HAU2
João Moreira Salles, Andres Veiel.
Moderated by Dorothee Wenner.
Reviewing material from the archives is telling not only about the
moment of its production. Presenting films in the festival that
revisit revolutionary artist Joseph Beuys and the Paris revolts of
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May 1968, Andres Veiel (Beuys, Competition) and João Moreiera
Salles (In the Intense Now, Panorama) confront the changing na­
tures of historical images. Who filmed this material, why and how?
What sorts of images are born of fear, of rapture, of urgency, of
joy? Salles and Veiel discuss what the archive can reveal of itself,
even if the viewer does not consult its historical context.
More Than Words: Subtitling
and Live Voice-Over
11:30–13:00 | HAU3, top floor
Marie Dumora, Beatrice von Moreau,
Andrea Kirch­­hartz, Rebekah Smith,
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Ian Burley. Moderated by Natascha Noack.
In cooper­ation with Berlinale Panorama and Berlinale Generation.
When film dialogue is professionally translated through subtitling,
the viewer forgets the process of reading. As a form of literary
translation, subtitling is a highly skilled technical craft and at the
same time an art form. How is cultural specificity and semantic
nuance transported through subtitles, and what are the limita­
tions therein? What alternatives to classic subtitles exist? Does
live voice-over present other possibilities, as it is practiced e.g. in
the Berlinale‘s Generation section? These and further questions
are raised by experts taking Marie Dumora’s Belinda (Panorama)
as a practical case study and demonstrating a live voice-over.
Thursday
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Shock of the Real: History As Provocation
17:00–18:30 | HAU2
Raoul Peck. Moderated by Ben Gibson.
In cooperation with Berlinale Panorama, Berlinale Special and dffb.
Acclaimed Haitian filmmaker Raoul Peck has created a body of
work in documentary and fiction distinguished by its critical en­
gagement and intellectual courage. Taking on such specters of
postcolonial injustice as underdevelopment, racism and com­
munal violence, Peck’s films illuminate the personal stories and
contradictory experiences of those individuals often treated by
history and cinema as faceless, invisible, silent. This year‘s Berlinale
features two new Peck films: the fictional The Young Karl Marx in
Berlinale Special and I Am Not Your Negro, a documen­tary bas­ed
on an unfinished manuscript by James Baldwin in Panorama. In
the 50th year of the dffb, Peck, a graduate of the Berlin film school,
reflects on his cinematic journey.
Your Engagement Has Consequences
17:00–18:30 | HAU1
Olafur Eliasson. Moderated by Florian Weghorn.
The experiential works of Icelandic visual artist and International
Jury member Olafur Eliasson play with light, scale, architecture
and the mechanics of perception. By making space tangible, and
configuring the viewer’s body within it, Eliasson’s installations and
interventions confuse the traditional roles of author and receiver.
Embracing a creative process not unlike the invention of film
worlds, the artist collectively works with over 90 collaborators in
his Berlin studio, which he refers to as a la­b­oratory. Eliasson lays
bare his approach to birthing and test­ing his projects, as well as
how he challenges himself and his audience to take personal
­responsibility for the consequences of art.
Berlinale Talents 2017
Returnees
Panorama Special Tiger Girl | Director: Jakob Lass
DOP: Timon Schäppi, Actress: Maria Drăguş
COMPETITION
Ana, mon amour
Maximilian Leo, Co-Producer
Félicité
Vanessa Ciszewski, Co-Producer
The Party
Kurban Kassam, Producer
Wild Mouse
Xiaosu Han, DOP
Andreas Thal­hammer, DOP
Ulrike Kofler, Editor
PANORAMA
DOKUMENTE
Bones of Contention
Carmen Vidal Balanzat, DOP
Casting JonBenet
Michael Latham, DOP
Erase and Forget
Taina Galis, Editor
Revolution of Sound.
Tangerine Dream
Henning Brümmer, DOP
Gnadenschuss
Sandro Aguilar, Producer
Salomé Lamas, Director
A Feeling Greater Than Love
Mary Jirmanus Saba, Director
Louly Seif, Editor
Spell Reel
Michel Balagué, Associate Producer
Jenny Lou Ziegel, DOP
Seven Minutes
Gal Greenspan, Producer
Assaf Machnes, Director
Reverie in the Meadow
Esteban Arrangoiz Julien,
Director
Barrage
Laura Schroeder, Director
Low Tide
Ami Livne, Associate Producer
Casting
Franziska Specht, Producer
Nicolas Wackerbarth, Director
FORUM EXPANDED
Into The Blue
Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović,
Director
Barbara Vekaric, Producer
Hiwa
Konstantinos Koukoulios, DOP
Jacqueline Lentzou, Director
Smaro Papaevangelou,
Editor
My Happy Family
Maximilian Leo, Producer
The Summer Movie
Emmanuel Marre, Director
Jean-Benoît Ugeux, Actor
The Sea Stares at Us from Afar
Rosan Boersma, Producer
Manuel Muñoz Rivas, Director
PANORAMA
PANORAMA SPECIAL
Fluidø
Paula Alamillo Rodríguez,
Sonja Klümper, Producer
Close-Knit
Naoko Ogigami, Director
The Crying Conch
Kaveh Nabatian,
Sound Designer
The Theatre of Disappearance
Benjamin Domenech,
Producer
When the Day Had no Name
Teona Mitevska, Director
Jane Kortoshev, Assist. Director
The Rabbit Hunt
Dora Nedeczky,
Associate Producer
Lady of the Lake
Sukanta Majumdar,
Sound Designer
God’s Own Country
Jack Tarling, Producer
Off Frame aka Revolution until Victory
Ramzi Hazboun, Assistant Director
One Plus One Makes a Pharaoh’s
Chocolate Cake
Marouan Omara, Director
A Heart of Love - Director’s Cut
Kuba Kosma, Producer
Tashlikh
Yael Bartana, Director
The Welfare of Tomás Ó Hallissy
Patrick Campbell, Producer
Benjamin Crowe, Assistant Director
Ulrike’s Brain
Sonja Klümper, Paula Alamillo
Rodríguez, Producer
The beginning of a beautiful friendship.
Many former Talents just can’t seem to get enough.
The Berlinale welcomes back 131 Talents alumni
who return with major roles in 93 films screening
in the programme.
Honeygiver Among the Dogs
Warren Santiago, Sound Designer
The Misandrists
Paula Alamillo Rodríguez,
Sonja Klümper, Co-Producer
One Thousand Ropes
Tim Prebble, Composer
Tusi Tamasese, Director
Pendular
Andrés Longares, Felicitas Raffo,
Julia Solomonoff, Co-Producer
Marina Meliande, Editor
Julia Murat, Director
The Wound
Elias Ribeiro, Producer
John Trengove, Director
Insyriated
Chadi Roukoz, Sound Designer
Hostages
Vladimer Katcharava, Producer
Berlinale Talents 2017
Tiger Girl
Maria Drăguş, Actress
Jakob Lass, Director
Timon Schäppi, DOP
Berlinale Special
Berlin Syndrome
Polly Staniford, Producer
The Trial: The State of Russia
vs Oleg Sentsov
Max Tuula, Producer
PERSPEKTIVE
DEUTSCHES KINO
In Times of Fading Light
Linus Nickl, Sound Designer
Millennials
Cosima Maria Degler, Producer
Adriana Espinal Ortiz, Sound Des.
Devil’s Freedom
Paloma López Carrillo, Editor
Maudie
Stephen O'Connell,
Restoration/Editing
End of the Season
Leonardo Nigro, Actor
Berlinale Special
Series
Berlinale Shorts
4 Blocks
Maryam Zaree, Actor
Small Town
Diogo Costa Amarante, Director
FORUM
High Cities of Bone
Tiago Hespanha, Luísa Homem,
Leonor Noivo, Producer
So Long Enthusiasm
Ana Godoy, Editor
Maria Victoria Marotta, Producer
Menashe
Yoni Brook, Producer
Scott Cummings, Editor
Three Lights
Daisuke Sasaki, Actor
Railway Sleepers
Sompot Chidgasornpongse,
Director
Motherland
Clarissa De Los Reyes, DOP
City of the Sun
Dea Kulumbegashvili,
Producer, Writer
Rifle
Davi Pretto, Director, Writer
Bruno Carboni, Editor
Tiago Bello, Composer/
Sound Designer
Green River.
The Time of the Yakurunas
Diego Sarmiento, Alvaro
Sarmiento, Director
Carina Rosanna Tautu, Sound Des.
GENERATION 14PLUS
Almost Heaven
Cinzia Baldessari, Editor
The Foolish Bird
Ryuji Otsuka, Director
Butterfly Kisses
Philippe Audi-Dor,
Co-Executive Producer
Those Who Make Revolution
Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves
Hany Ouichou, Producer
The Erlprince
Adam Palenta, DOP
Aleksandra Staszko,
Costume Designer
Nalu on the Border
Aleteia Selonk, Producer
Don’t Swallow my Heart, Alligator Girl!
Yohann Cornu, Co-Producer
Marina Meliande, Co-Producer
Poi E: The Story of Our Song
Alexander Behse, Producer
Soldier
Manuel Abramovich, Director
Gema Juarez Allen, Producer
Anita Remón, Editor
White Riot: London
Nicola Daley, DOP
GENERATION KPLUS
Mountain Miracle –
An Unexpected Friendship
Martin Rattini, Producer
Rabbit School – Guardians of
the Golden Egg
Alex Komlew, Composer
Summer 1993
Valérie Delpierre, Producer
Isona Rigau, Art Director
Carla Simón, Director
Maria Zamora, Co-Producer
Oskar’s America
Andreas Emanuelsson, Co-Producer
Torfinn Iversen, Director
Richard the Stork
Kristine M.I. Knudsen, Producer
Grandfather
Alokananda Dasgupta, Composer
In Search of the Land Without Evil
Anna Azevedo, Director
Li.le
Vladimer Katcharava, Producer
The Catch
Marie-Pierre Grenier, Sound Des.
Sarah Mannering, Producer
Volcanoisland
Bálint Szabó, Composer
CULINARY CINEMA
Boone
Julia Nottingham, Exec. Producer
Soul
Pedro Peira, Exec. Producer
NATIVE
Angry Inuk
Bob Moore, Exec. Producer
Weirdos
Marc Almon, Producer
Rebel
Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Director
Sirens
Emmanuel Trousse, Director
Kaisa’s Enchanted Forest
Joonas Berghäll, Producer
Swedish Cousin
Inés María Barrionuevo, Director
Agustina San Martín, Director
Sami Blood
Sophia Olsson, DOP
Milk
Daria Vlasova, Director
On the Ice
Andres Martinez, Composer
James Rogan, Director Assistant
Alumni
screeningS
Rifle by Davi Pretto.
Monday
13
February
Summer 1993 by Carla Simón.
Rifle
14:00–16:00 | HAU1
In cooperation with Berlinale Forum.
Wednesday
15
Davi Pretto Director, Writer | BT 2015
February
Tiago Bello Sound Design, Composer | BT 2015
Carla Simón Director, Writer | BT 2015
Valérie Delpierre Producer | BT 2016
Bruno Carboni Editor | BT 2016
Estiu 1993 | Summer 1993
14:00–16:00 | HAU1
In cooperation with Berlinale Generation.
Maria Zamora Co-Producer | BT 2006
Isona Rigau Art Direction | BT 2014
A taciturn former soldier is employed to guard a small landholder’s
estate. When an agricultural company seeks to buy up the land,
he reacts in drastic fashion. A modern Western that plays out
across the empty plains of southern Brazil. Developed in the
Talent Project Market in 2015, Rifle was realized through the
tag-team efforts of Talents alumni. This year‘s Talents Marcos
­Lopes and Glauco Firpo also contributed as sound designer/com­
poser and cinematographer, respectively.
After her mother succumbs to the AIDS virus, six-year-old Frida is
forced to start an entirely new life under the guardianship of her
uncle. An impressive portrait of a strong little personality plays
out against the backdrop of a family tragedy. Summer 1993 was
developed in the Script Station in 2015 and Talent Project Market
in 2016 and combines the efforts of Talents alumni working as
director, writer, producer, co-producer and art director.
City of Sun by Rati Oneli.
HIWA by Jacqueline Lentzou.
Berlinale's got talent!
Five public screenings
highlight a selection
of fresh and daring
festival films featuring
the contri­butions of
Talents alumni.
Tuesday
14
February
The Wound by John Trengove.
SAturday
11
February
The Wound
20:00 – 22:00 | HAU1
In cooperation with Berlinale Panorama.
John trengove Director | BT 2014
Elias Ribeiro Producer | BT 2015
Mzis Qalaqi | City of Sun
14:00–16:00 | HAU1
In cooperation with Berlinale Forum.
Dea Kulumbegashvili Writer, Producer | BT 2015
City of Sun, directed by Rati Oneli, portrays Chiatura, once a
proud ore-mining centre but today a city whose remaining in­
habitants eke out their livelihoods among the ruins of Soviet
ambition. Work in the mines, darkness, music and theatre: the
post-utopian portrait of life in the city of the sun. The film, co­­­­
written and ­produced by Talents alumna Dea Ku­lumb­egashvili,
brings home the ­ephemeral nature of utopias, documenting a
living environment whose bleak industrial ruins appear colossal
and not unlike a film set.
Thursday
16
February
Screening Shorts:
It’s All About Transformation
14:00–16:00 | HAU1
In cooperation with Berlinale Shorts
and Berlinale Generation.
HIWA 11’, Jacqueline Lentzou | BT 2015, Konstantinos Koukoulios | BT 2015,
Smaro Papaevangelou | BT 2014
Ensueño en la Pradera | Reverie in the Meadow
17’, Esteban Arrangoiz Julien | BT 2012
La prima Sueca | Swedish Cousin
20’, Inés María Barrionuevo & Agustina San Martín | BT 2016
MILK 16’, Daria Vlasova | BT 2013 | SIRENS 11’, Emmanuel Trousse | BT 2010
Big things come in small packages! This programme features a
handchosen selection of short films that are screening in the fe­
stival. Berlinale Shorts is known for premiering bold approaches
to the short form and Generation features a strong lineup for
audiences of all ages. Don‘t miss these films which are competing
for Golden and Crystal Bears and the extended Q&A with the
filmmakers following the screening.
In a remote mountainous region of South Africa, a group of young
men undergo a cir­c­umcision ritual of initiation. Their guardian
Xolani, a lonely factory worker from Johannes­burg, struggles with
the contra­diction be­tween his people’s tradition and his own
sex­uality. Having first explored male circum­cision in their short
film iBhokhwe, South African director John Trengove (Script Sta­
tion 2014) and producer Elias Ribeiro (BT 2015) revisit the topic
and other rituals of ma­scu­linity. Current Talent Cait Pansegrouw
pro­duced as well.
Berlinale Talents 2017
Myrna Maakaron | Director, Actress
Talent 2003 | Lebanon
Ilja Coric | Composer Talent 2007 | Germany
The homecoming dance: a Talents reunion.
Family
When was the first time you came
to Berlinale Talents?
Myrna: I arrived in Berlin from a war-torn Beirut in 2003, when
Berlinale Talents was still called Talent Campus. On the first day
they introduced the short film competition “Berlin Today Award”
and asked us about our vision of Berlin. I missed Beirut a lot and
recognized traces of war everywhere in Berlin. I saw Bei­rut in
Ber­lin and the film idea was suddenly there. I then wrote Berlin­
Beirut that won the competition, ten more awards and went
to over 100 film festi­vals. Since then all my projects have been
about and between Berlin and Beirut. Talents was like a dream.
You meet and hear advice from Wim Wenders, Stephen Frears,
An­thony Minghella and Meryl Streep. I still attend talks. This is
what I take home every year: Hope and never giving up.
Ilja: I was also about to give up before I came here for the first
time. Not on music in general, but on film music. I was working
for free, and always got told: “The next job you‘ll get paid.” Then
I found out about Talents, got accepted as a composer and act­
ually won the Score Competition. This showed me I was on the
right track. I just had to push a bit harder. I did and it worked out.
Talents gave me the power to go on.
Karima: For me Berlinale Talents was also a huge confidence
boost. In Afghanistan women aren’t allowed to make films, so I
made my short Rafi in secret. Not even my family knew about it.
I sent it in and got accepted! The days at Berlinale Talents were
so exciting: meeting and exchanging ideas with other parti­ci­
pants from so many different countries and filmmaking back­
grounds. It can be overwhelming at first, especially coming
from a country where you have very little freedom. But in the
end I am very grateful. The Berlinale changed my life and now
I can make all of my dreams a reality.
Celebrating our 15th
anniversary, five Talent
alumni recount
their ex­periences and
the lessons learnt.
the Berlinale family?
Fabian: [Laughs] My first experience was sneaking into Myrna’s
award ceremony. A couple of years later I applied with my former
partner Henning Kamm for the Berlin Today Award with our film
Wagah, which was a huge turning point for us. Due to that film
we actually set up an office in Berlin. The film not only won
the award but helped the company build a really solid founda­
tion of festival contacts, going to 140 festivals and winning more
than 90 awards. In 2013 I became a Talent myself. And last year
I be­came an expert and felt more than ever like a member of the
Berlinale family.
Berlinale Talents 2017
Talent 2013 | Germany
Micah: The screenings of Petting Zoo at the Zoo Palast were a
really big event. It could have been overwhelming, except that
at the Berlinale, the staff works like a big family. Even at other
festivals, I always meet Berlinale people who take care of me.
Do you have a message for this year‘s Talents?
Myrna: Just work, work hard, and you‘ll get there. Knock on
doors, watch lots of movies. Really put your heart into your work
and love what you do. Start, and don‘t stop. Just do it.
Ilja: Yeah, don‘t give up.
Micah, you are currently in the U.S., but keep
finding your way back to the festival…
Micah: It‘s okay if you can‘t talk to all the people at once,
because you can‘t. No matter what you do, things are going to
happen. You may not know what they are, and you might not
find out un­til five or six years later. But don’t worry too much
about need­ing everything to happen all at once, because it is
happening, all the time.
Micah: I was invited in 2011 to develop Petting Zoo in the
Script Station. I was going through a rough spell where I was
encouraged to rewrite the story for another location to get
funding. It was such a relief when the mentors and other Talents
supported me to stand by my original idea. Even though I had
no producer at the time, I left the experience determined to
get this movie made. And few years later I was back at the Ber­
linale for the premiere in Panorama. Berlin is definitely a great
place to make movies. The Medienboard understood what a
Berlin film is and can be, especially in an international context,
and co-financed my movie. This year I’m back at Berlinale Talents
to produce my husband‘s next film. I look forward to taking
part in the summit, meeting lots of people and hopefully finding
Talents for our shoot as well.
Myrna: Me too. I‘ve been coming back to the Berlinale yearly
Fabian, how did you find your way into
Fabian Gasmia | Producer
since 2003. Being here is pure inspiration. You meet fascinating
people, go home and start to write and shoot again. It‘s like a
drug you take to stay on track and keep faith in your work.
Karima Ishchi | Director
Talent 2016 | Afghanistan
Ilja: Totally. I sort of never left. The Berlinale is perfect for
watch­ing lots of films, going to parties, meeting a lot of people.
Fabian, you are also a festival regular.
Fabian: You could say that! I did two Berlin Today Award films,
had two shorts in Generation, two in Panorama and another two
in Competition. The Berlinale is for me the most important film
event of the year.
Micah Magee | Director
Script Station 2011, Talent 2017 | USA
timetable
sat 11
20:00 – 22:00
14:00 – 15:30
hau1
Alumni Film Screening | Q&A
The Wound
John Trengove, South Africa, Germany,
The Netherlands, France 2016
In cooperation with Berlinale Panorama.
110931
hau1
Courage: Against all Odds
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Paul Verhoeven.
Moderated by Peter Cowie.
Supported by the Federal Government
­Commissioner for Culture and the Media,
Creative Europe MEDIA , Robert Bosch Stiftung
and Medienboard ­Berlin-Bran­denburg.
120931
14:00 – 15:30
hau1
No Longer There:
The Art of Disappearance
Christo.
hau2
Kill Your Darlings
Nicolas Becker, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe.
Moderated by Milena Fessmann.
Anthony Killick, Youssef Shazli, Verena
von Stackelberg. Moderated by Agnès
Salson. In cooperation with Berlinale Goes
Kiez. (Ticket free of charge. Pre-registration:
[email protected])
Sally Potter. Moderated by Peter Cowie.
142221
Past Progressive:
Living Archives of Revolution
130941
14:30 – 17:00
hau3 Tf
Marco Bittner Rosser, Hagen Bogdanski,
Jocelyn Diaz, Richard Gold, Angela Mages,
Jan R. Martin, Michael Scheel, Clemens
Schmid, Charlie Woebcken.
Moderated by Andrew Amondson.
Supported by ARRI and Medienboard
Berlin-Brandenburg.
130802
17:00 – 18:30
hau2
World Building Live:
Surveillance and Spectacle
Alex McDowell, Itamar Kubovy,
Kamal Sinclair, Trisha Williams.
Moderated by Juan DiazB.
In cooperation with the USC / World ­
Building Institute, Los Angeles.
130942
120933
I'm British But ... The Many
States of Film
THU 16
17:00 – 18:30
hau3 TF
The Road Not Taken:
Funding Courage
Claas Danielsen, Lizzie Francke,
Roberto Olla, Katriel Schory.
Moderated by H
­ enning Kamm.
Supported by Creative Europe MEDIA.
120942
hau2
Isabel Coixet. Moderated by Peter Cowie.
WED 15
11:30 – 13:00
More Than Words:
Subtitling and Live Voice-Over
Ian Burley, Marie Dumora,
Andrea Kirchhartz, Beatrice von Moreau,
Rebekah Smith.
Moderated by Natascha Noack.
In cooperation with Berlinale Panorama
and Berlinale Generation.
160801
hau1
Screening Shorts | Q&A
It's All About Transfor­mation
Jacqueline Lentzou, Inés María
Barrio­nuevo, Agustina San Martín,
Esteban Arrangoiz Julien, Daria Vlasova,
Emmanuel Trousse.
In cooperation with Berlinale Shorts and
Berlinale Generation.
hau3 TF
Fifty-Fifty: Producing
Gender Equality
Joslyn Barnes, Anna Serner, Isabell Šuba,
Vinca Wiedemann. Moderated by Toby
Ash­raf. Supported by Creative Europe MEDIA.
10:00 – 11:15
Cine7
17:00 – 18:30
hau2
The Dolby Atmos®
Master Class
Shock of the Real:
History As Provocation
Christian Conrad, Lars Ginzel, Martin Steyer.
In cooperation with Dolby®Laboratories
and The Post Republic.
Raoul Peck. Moderated by Ben Gibson.
In cooperation with Berlinale Panorama,
Berlinale Special and dffb.
090271
160941
hau1
Alumni Film Screening | Q&A
Mzis Qalaqi | City of Sun
Rati Oneli, Georgia, USA, Qatar,
The Netherlands 2017
In cooperation with Berlinale Forum.
11:30 – 13:00
hau3 TF
17:00 – 18:30
hau1
Between the Lines:
Film, Critique
Your Engagement Has
Consequences
Senem Aytaç, Ceylan Özgün Özçelik.
Moderated by Rasha Salti. In cooperation
with FIPRESCI and Goethe-Institut.
Olafur Eliasson.
Moderated by Florian Weghorn.
160932
150801
14:00 – 16:00
hau3 TF
Doc Different:
Co-Producing Culture
Kimberly Drew, Nanna Heidenreich,
Elise McCave, Dorothee Wenner.
Moderated by Alison Norrington.
130801
hau1
hau2
14:00 – 15:00
Real Virtualities:
Gob Squad Goes VR
Sean Patten, Sarah Thom, Bastian Trost.
Moderated by Friedrich Kirschner.
In cooperation with HAU Hebbel am Ufer.
140941
14:30 – 16:00
hau3 TF
Happily Ever After: How to
Survive a Co-Production
hau2
In Another World:
You Can Be Everything
David OReilly.
Moderated by Maike Mia Höhne.
In cooperation with European Film
Academy and Berlinale Shorts.
150941
14:00 – 16:00
hau1
Alumni Film Screening | Q&A
Estiu 1993 | Summer 1993
Davi Pretto, Brazil, Germany 2016
In cooperation with Berlinale Forum.
Sophie Erbs, Maximilian Leo,
Raymond Phathanavirangoon.
Moderated by Roshanak Behesht Nedjad.
Supported by Creative Europe MEDIA.
130931
140802
150931
Alumni Film Screening | Q&A
Rifle
Co-Partners
hau3 TF
160931
140931
mon 13
11:30 – 13:00
14:00 – 16:00
17:00 – 18:30
090931
14:00 – 16:00
Ana Lily Amirpour.
Moderated by C
­ hristoph Gröner.
14:00 – 16:00
Agnieszka Holland.
Moderated by Anne Lakeberg.
Supported by Medienboard BerlinBrandenburg and in cooperation with
European Film Academy.
140932
hau2
João Moreira Salles, Andres Veiel.
Moderated by Dorothee Wenner.
150942
Gurinder Chadha. Moderated by Ben Gibson.
hau2
Walking Home Ideas:
Inspirational Flows
17:00 –18:30
The Freedom Gene:
How to Remain an Optimist
Pleasant Surprises:
Stories Left to be Found
140801
11:30 – 13:00
hau1
hau1
hau1
Moderated by Frank W. Albers,
Florian Weghorn.
Hosted by Robert Bosch Stiftung.
17:00 – 18:30
17:00 – 18:30
150932
140803
TUE 14
Film Prize
of the Robert Bosch Stiftung:
Award Ceremony
hau1
Naked Cinema:
A Set Is a Safe Haven
140942
120941
17:00 – 18:30
Local Heros:
Community Cinema Reloaded
Susan Korda.
17:00 – 18:15
wolf
Body Experience:
Sounds From Inside
17:00 – 18:30
120932
14:00 – 16:00
16:30 – 18:00
On Location: Berlin Station
sun 12
11:30 – 13:00
hau2
Carla Simón, Spain 2017
In cooperation with Berlinale Generation.
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