Berlinale Talents

Feb 12 – 17, 2022

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Interview: Maja Korbecka (BT 2020)
We've shared our Call for Critics, inviting emerging critics from all over the world to apply for Talent Press 2022. Need some inspiration? Check out our interview with 2020 Talent Press alum Maja Korbecka as she discusses non-traditional criticism, from video essays to GIFs.
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Talents Take Cannes
From Official Selection to Semaine de la Critique, Director's Fortnight and beyond, there are over 75 alumni involved in films across the festival! Check out the entire Talents alumni team sheet.
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Interview: Ian Purnell
In honour of World Environment day, we caught up with 2020 alum and winner of the Kompagnon fellowship Ian Purnell to talk about his work, filmmaking and climate change, and the influence they have on eachother.
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Festival Returnees 2021
A wonderful 63 former Talents have played key creative roles in 45 films selected for this year's Berlinale, most of which will be screened across the Berlinale Summer Special. Check them out here.
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Interview Mollye Asher
In celebration of "Nomadland" sweeping up at the Oscars, revisit our interview with the film's producer and 2017 Talents alum from earlier this year on the subject of Dreams.
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2021: A Dream Made into Reality
Thank you for dreaming with us during this year's very special edition. Without you all, our daydreams may have stayed that way, rather than become the exciting, innovative version of Berlinale Talents we all got to witness. Relive the magic here.
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#WeUsedTo

#WeUsedTo is part of our exploration into perspective, inspired by Studio Olafur Eliasson. Read more about our invitation to our Talents to discover their environments in a new way.