Berlin 2005: the Talent Press

The Talent Press is organized for the second time at the Berlin International Film Festival, as part of the "Talent Campus" initiative. Seven young critics have been invited to attend the festival, to make acquaintance with recent world cinema, and to meet experienced colleagues. They write daily on the festival, guided by Derek Malcolm, Peter Cowie and Meenakshi Shedde. Their texts are published here and on the Talent Campus website.

Walter Salles, one of the Campus' tutors, talks to Myrna Brandao about the Campus, about his engagement for young filmmakers, about his next films.

Saturday, February 12th 2005. The seven talents introduce themselves.

Sunday, February 13th 2005. Reviews: Hotel Rwanda (competition), A Year without Love and Waiting for the Clouds (panorama), Solo Sunny (retrospective). Texts: "The positive side of cultural globalisation", "Mapping Landscapes, Forming Identities".

Monday, February 14th 2005. Reviews: Ten Skies (forum), short films from the Berlinale Kinderfilmfest. Texts: "Africa Rises Between Sex and Soccer", "The Power of Design", a comment on Christopher Doyle's master class, and more...

Tuesday, February 15th 2005. Reviews: Paradise Now (competition), Oxhide. Texts: "Exposing Documentaries: Inside ERUV", "Bringing Fantasies Alive", an overview of the New SEA Cinema, and more...

Wednesday, February 16th 2005. Reviews: The Hidden Blade (competition), Childstar. Interview with Abbas Kiarostami and Ken Loach on Tickets. "The Wizard of Sets" on production designer Stuart Craig, and more...

Thursday, February 17th 2005. Reviews: Words in Blue (competition), The Ballad of Jack and Rose. Texts: "Editing as Good Sex" (Workshop by Susan Korda), "Prising Secrets From the Black Box", and more...

Friday, February 18th 2005. Reviews: Raoul Peck's Sometimes in April (competition), Christian Petzold's Ghosts. An Interview with Tadanobu Asano, "Creative Intercourse Finally", and more...

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