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Watch talks 2009
Every year a selection of Berlinale Talent Campus talks is recorded and published online in full length.
Browse through all Talent Campus editions and enjoy inspiring moments with great filmmakers.
Suddenly, It All Happened - Turning Points in Scriptwriting
08.02.2009
Anne Carey, Sir David Hare, Daniela Thomas, moderated by Peter Cowie
Writing a novel screenplay is an adventurous journey, a process that begins with your imagination and ends with a story structure and script. What takes place in between embodies the art and craft of scriptwriting.
This is the phase when you … show video
Dealing With Reality
08.02.2009
Hala Galal, Michèle Ohayon, Anders Ostergaard, moderated by Matthijs Wouter Knol
Sifting the world through your camera and hopefully bringing out representations of reality, including emotional, physical and factual reality, requires exceptional filmmaking skills. An innate curiosity combined with the resolve to seek the reality … show video
In the Limelight: Bertrand Tavernier
08.02.2009
Peter Cowie, moderated by Bertrand Tavernier
One of France‘s first rank directors, screenwriters, and producers, Bertrand Tavernier’s association with the world of cinema has been long and varied. He evolved from an ardent film enthusiast and critic, press agent to ultimately become a promi… show video
Christian Goldbeck: The Language of Spaces and Things
09.02.2009
Ben Gibson, Christian Goldbeck
The job of set designers is to match their visual decisions perfectly with the themes and tone of each film they work on, and exemplary in this field is Brigitte Broch. Art director, set decorator and production designer, she entered the Mexican film… show video
Fatal Attractions - On Change and Accidents in Cinema
09.02.2009
Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, Arta Dobroshi, Sunil Doshi, Raphaël Nadjari, moderated by Dorothee Wenner
In cooperation with Berlinale Forum and Berlinale Shorts.
Chance, destiny, fate, karma or kismet: call it what you like, but each represents that single minute thing that we least control but desperately wish for when reality turns sour. Fi… show video
In the Limelight: Tilda Swinton
09.02.2009
Tilda Swinton, moderated by Peter Cowie
Her film debut in Caravaggio in 1986 was the first of seven critically acclaimed collaborations with director Derek Jarman over a period of ten years. The fiercely talented Scottish actress, Tilda Swinton began her career as a leading lady of Europea… show video
Dreaming Reality
10.02.2009
Emily Atef, Andreas Dresen, Wim Wenders, moderated by Jörg Taszman
When it comes to portraying life upfront, with all its dreams, disappointments, daily struggles and sudden surprises until the very last moment, German cinema features diverse filmmakers who have their own strong personal styles specific to their fil… show video
Janusz Kaminski: Anatomy of the Shot
10.02.2009
Janusz Kaminski, moderated by Peter Cowie
Camera master class. In cooperation with Robert Bosch Stiftung.
One of the most highly regarded cinematographers today, he is adept at using experimental techniques to create highly specialised concepts in his photography. The haunting and … show video
Provoking Cinema: Films that Marked Me Forever
10.02.2009
Vincenco Bugno, Patricio Guzmán, Jasmila Zbanić
In cooperation with Robert Bosch Stiftung.
Every once in a while, we come across a significant historical and socio-political film that influences our historical consciousness and shapes our perceptions of past events. Many people learn wha… show video
Imagining Istanbul
11.02.2009
Reha Erdem, Lloyd Phillips, Yeşim Ustaoglu, moderated by Martina Priessner
In cooperation with Alfred Herrhausen Society, Berlinale Competition and Berlinale Forum.
As the natural connecting point between the Orient and the Occident and situated at the easternmost point of the West and westernmost point of the Eas… show video
Switching Roles: Multi-Talents in Film
11.02.2009
Christoph Honoré, Rie Rasmussen, Til Schweiger, moderated by Ben Gibson
In cooperation with Berlinale Panorama.
The accomplished experts on this panel, their versatility matched only by their ambition, who shifted from one stream of filmmaking to another, narrate first hand experiences and the trying times that… show video
Telling Stories with a Score
11.02.2009
Max Richter, moderated by Peter Cowie
In cooperation with Volkswagen.
Sometimes the simplest tune can unlock so much more than anything else in a picture. Music is vital to the film plot, adding a third facet to the images and words. As film and music composer Max Richter puts … show video
In the Limelight: Tom Tykwer
12.02.2009
Tom Tykwer, moderated by Ben Gibson
A celebrated international filmmaking professional with vast experience will talk about his entry into the world of filmmaking and the central moments in his rich and varied career in films. You will be sure to benefit from the experience of this wel… show video
Experiments in Facs and Fiction: The Work of Sharon Lockhart
12.02.2009
Sharon Lockhart, Stefanie Schulte Strathaus, moderated by Anselm Franke
In cooperation with Berlinale Forum expanded.
Over the last 15 years Sharon Lockhart has made films and photographs that frame the quiet moments of everyday life while exploring the subtle relationship between the two mediums. Much of her p… show video