[spectre] BERLINALE TALENT CAMPUS press release

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Press Release # 3
More than 2,000 young filmmakers from 70 countries want to join
BERLINALE TALENT CAMPUS
Over 2,000 international filmmakers have applied for the first 
BERLINALE TALENT CAMPUS
(February 10 - 14, 2003), which will take place during the 53rd 
Berlin International Film Festival. Up to
500 of them will be invited to Berlin.
The great worldwide response to the BERLINALE TALENT CAMPUS is also 
reflected by its
international partners from the film business. In co-operation with 
=46ilmboard Berlin-Brandenburg
and U.K. Film Council, the Berlin International Film Festival 
presents a five-day programme at the
House of World Cultures, which will offer up -and-coming filmmakers 
an exciting exchange with
established film professionals.
The Talent Me eting Point will be the BERLINALE TALENT CAMPUS Lounge 
at the House of World
Cultures. Throughout the entire day, the programme offers small, 
exclusive talent events. And
organizations like European Film Promotion (EFP) have also chosen the 
BERLINALE TALENT
CAMPUS for their event. For example, EFP is offering a workshop about 
the significance of the actoragent
relationship. The documentary channel PLANET presents "Russenbus - 
=46remde Br=FCder" by
Axel Brandt and Irina Roerig, the first project of the PLANET & stern 
Dokumentarfilmpreis which
was introduced at last year's festival. Different excursions will 
lead talent to the European Film
Market and to other interesting places in Berlin.
In the afternoons, the BERLINALE TALENT CAMPUS will open its doors to 
a larger public:
=46ilmmakers will present their films and discuss with the audience and 
companies like KODAK and
SONY will present their latest technological developments.

The BERLINALE TALENT CAMPUS is supported by:
APPLE, ARRI, Australian Embassy, AVID, British Council, Canadian 
Embassy, Embassy of the United
States of America, Federal Foreign Office, Film Commission Torino 
Piemonte, French Embassy in
Berlin, German Academic Exchange Service, German Federal Film Board, 
Goethe Institute Inter
Nationes, Italian Embassy, KODAK, MEDIA Promotion, Ministry of 
Culture and Education of Iceland,
Planet TV, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Senate Department for Economics, 
Labour and Women's Issues
and SONY.
The BERLINALE TALENT CAMPUS is a project of the Berlin International 
=46ilm Festival, in cooperation
with Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg, U.K. Film Council and House of 
World Cultures.
Organised by Master School Drehbuch Berlin.
The Berlin International Film Festival is a division of the 
Kulturveranstaltungen des Bundes in Berlin
GmbH and is funded by the Federal Commissioner for Culture and Media.
More information at: www.berlinale-talentcampus.de
Press contact: pr@berlinale-talentcampus.de
Thursday, December 19, 2002.
Applications for the BERLINALE TALENT CAMPUS came from the following countri=
es:
Albania
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belgium
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil
Bulgaria
Canada
Chile
C=F4te d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Ecuador
Egypt
Estonia
=46inland
=46rance
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Korea
Latvia
Lebanon
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malaysia
Malta
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nigeria
Norway
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Republic of China (Taiwan)
Romania
Russia
Senegal
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Thailand
Turkey
UK
Ukraine
USA
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Yugoslavia


BERLINALE TALENT CAMPUS
c/o Master School Drehbuch GmbH
Linienstra=DFe 155
D - 10115 Berlin
Tel: +49 30 30 87 93 18
=46ax: +49 30 30 87 93 14
http://www.berlinale-talentcampus.de