DW (Deutsche Welle)
DW (Deutsche Welle) is Germany’s international broadcaster and has supported Berlinale Talents since the very beginning. Every year, a team of editorial and technical trainees comes from DW headquarter to cover Berlinale Talents with a series of featurettes about participating filmmakers from diverse backgrounds and disciplines. The trainees research, conduct and edit these interviews themselves during their week-long sojourn at Berlinale Talents, and often end up staying in touch with the participating Talents.
The portraits offer a fascinating insight into the kaleidoscope of creative approaches and perspectives represented at Berlinale Talents. You can watch the 2025 videos below and even more on the DW Trainee Vimeo channel.
Back in 2021, they revisited some of the Talents they have created portraits of through the years, catching up and seeing where their paths have taken them and the successes that have followed. Watch here.
Find out more about DW here.
DW Talent Portraits 2025
Stories of courage and resistance in LGBTQ+ films
This year, three of the Talents were also the feature of a special edition of Arts Unveiled focusing on stories of courage and resistance in LGBTQ+ films. While actor Niza Jay defies stereotypes to empower Black queers in South Africa, producer Igor Myakotin depicts queer life in Russia. And Indonesian filmmaking is being revolutionized by director Khozy Rizal. These three men are inspiring a new generation of filmmakers and bringing queer diversity onto the screen.
Watch Here
