Berlinale Talents

Feb 12 – 17, 2022

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.

Talents Take Cannes 2021

From Official Selection to Semaine de la Critique, Director's Fortnight and beyond, there are over 75 alumni involved in films across the Cannes sphere! Check out the entire Talents alumni lineup...

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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.

Our 2021 Events - Live Recordings

Catch up on all our live public events from this very special edition

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.

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.

Meet the 2021 Talents

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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.