...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, produced by Anna Wendt.
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”.
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Current Edition / 2010 / "Straight to Cinema"
Passion for cinema is still alive and kicking. The motto of the BERLIN TODAY AWARD 2010 encouraged five 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.Five “Straight To Cinema” short films competed with each other for the Berlin Today Award 2010 during the Berlinale Talent Campus #8. JONAH AND THE VICARIOUS NATURE OF HOMESICKNESS by Bryn Chainey was the winner of this edition.
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Next Edition / 2011 / "Leaving The Familiar Sector"
After 15 up-and-coming directors and 10 production companies met during a "Producers’ Meeting" during the Berlinale Talent Campus in February 2010, five projects have been now selected by a Jury to be produced for the next round of the Berlin Today Award, under the theme "Leaving The Familiar Sector". Five directing talents together with five Berlin-Brandenburg production companies will create a filmic vision of a world outside of the familiar.
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The five finalists for this year’s competition “Straight to Cinema” celebrated 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 participated in the following events during the Berlinale 2010:
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BTA 2009 My WallCongratulations! Die Berliner Mauer, Berlin Today Award 2009 film directed by Paul Cotter, won the Jury Short Film Prize at the HKIFF Hong Kong International Film Festival in April 2010!
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.