...and the Berlin Today Award 2010 goes to Bryn Chainey from UK/ Australia for his short film JONAH AND THE VICARIOUS NATURE OF HOMESICKNESS.
During the “Dine & Shine Talents Rendezvous with Berlinale Guests” event, the Berlin Today Award 2010 has been awarded to Bryn Chainey for his short film JONAH AND THE VICARIOUS NATURE OF HOMESICKNESS.Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media Bernd Neumann, Berlinale festival director Dieter Kosslick, the managing director of the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Kirsten Niehuus and Berlin Today Award 2010 jury members Stephen Daldry, actress Heike Makatsch and producer Peter Rommel congratulated Bryn for the “truly creative inventiveness of this film” and “are curious about what this talented filmmaker will come up with next”.
Congratulations to Bryn!
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The BERLIN TODAY AWARD 2010 looked for the five best short film concepts based on the theme "Straight To Cinema".
Passion for cinema is still alive and kicking. Filmmakers around the world dream of presenting their movies on the big screen. Even in our increasingly digital times, and cinema culture undergoing fundamental changes, the cinema remains a unique place within the public domain - and one of shared experience. Without the cinema, the world of film would not be the same.
The motto of the BERLIN TODAY AWARD 2010 encourages filmmakers to be inspired by the power of cinema and to create a short film that is made for the big screen - with a cinema audience in mind. There are no restrictions on story, location, format or genre.
Keep it simple, make it grand!
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15 projects have been selected for the first round of the Berlin Today Award 2011 competition. The directors – coming from Egypt, Irsael, Belgium, Bulgaria, Spain, Colombia, Romania, UK, Ireland, South Africa, Italy and Bolivia- are invited to the Berlinale Talent Campus to pitch their projects to a selected audience of production companies from Berlin-Brandenburg.
Good luck to all!Since its invention, cinema has helped us to imagine what our lives could be like and how the world could look. Film offers an extraordinary glimpse into a world you've never seen, never dreamt of, or never dared to enter. Crossing between sectors in a wall-dominated Berlin used to be an experience where everything could change in the space of a few hundred metres. How do you imagine a world beyond what you've known, and what do you see when you leave the place you know best?
The motto of the BERLIN TODAY AWARD 2011 encourages filmmakers to envision a world beyond the familiar. There are no restrictions on story, location or genre.
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The five finalists for this year’s competition “Straight to Cinema” will celebrate their World Premiere during the Opening Ceremony of the Berlinale Talent Campus #8 on February 11, 2010. THE ASTRONAUT ON THE ROOF by Spanish director Sergi Portabella and Production Company Penrose Film; HUM by Rebecca Daly coming from Ireland and produced by Lichtblick Media; JONAH AND THE VICARIOUS NATURE OF HOMESICKNESS directed by UK/ Australian Bryn Chainey and produced by Anna Wendt Filmproduktion; BY NIGHT from Colombian director Juan DiazB produced by Molly Aida Film and A-Film production REFLECTION directed by Georgian Giorgi Mrevlishvili will all star in the following events during the Berlinale 2010:
WORLD PREMIERE
on Feb 13 at 5 p.m. / During the Opening of the Berlinale Talent Campus
by invitation only / HAU 1, Stresemannstrasse 29, 10967 Berlin
AWARD CEREMONY
on Feb 14 at 7:30 p.m. / During the Dine & Shine Talents Rendezvous
by invitation only / ewerk, Wilhelmstrasse 43, 10117 Berlin
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BTA 2009 My WallCongratulations! The Winner of the Berlin Today Award 2009 WAGAH by Supriyo Sen won the Grand Prize of the Bilbao International Documentary and Short Film Festival (November 23-28, 2009) and the "Silver Lamp Tree" at the 40th International Film Festival India, Goa (November 23 - December 3, 2009).
WAGAH has also received the German Short Film Award 2009 in Gold for documentaries (Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis), the most important award for short films in Germany.
Director Gina Abatemarco and producer Anna Wendt have been selected to participate in Tribeca All Access (TAA) 2009 Program during this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, held from April 22 to May 3, 2009 - with her project “The Kivalina Project” – a long feature documentary that deals with the same topic as MY SUPER SEA WALL. Good luck with the Kivalina Project!