Berlinale's House of Talents
7 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago -Every February, Berlinale Talents becomes home to the world’s most promising filmmakers. It’s a one-of-a-kind forum for film professionals and cinema lovers alike, nested within the Berlin International Film Festival, where a global vision for the cinema of the future is built and shared. Berlinale’s House of Talents Podcast plunges you into this world. Join us from this special vantage point as we look into the making of the magic we call cinema, featuring stimulating conversations with internationally acclaimed filmmakers and artists from the Berlinale Talents archive.
Berlinale’s House of Talents is one of the Berlinale podcasts and brought to you in cooperation with Goethe-Institut.
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Episodes
Working with Wes
August 25, 2021 06:00 - 47 minutes - 38.3 MBSeeing the world through Wes Anderson’s films triggers a child-like feeling of wonderment. In this episode, we take you closer to the people and crafts behind Wes’ visionary cinema. With Jay Clarke, Simon Weisse and Tristan Oliver, we delve into his live-action and animated features to explore questions of storyboarding, prop making and animation cinematography.
Nothing like Dreaming: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
July 28, 2021 06:00 - 51 minutes - 41.5 MBFrom the impossibility of nothingness to the seeming nothingness of death. In this episode, we sit down with renowned Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul. True to Apichatpong’s unconventional narrative work, this talk draws us into meditative spaces, inviting us to slowly question filmmaking habits and the rat-race of expectations we are all involved in.
New Faces Breaking Old Habits
June 30, 2021 06:00 - 44 minutes - 36.5 MBTime to break with old habits. In this episode, we hear from film professionals who are committed to challenging norms and promoting alternative ways of thinking about filmmaking. They boldly engage in discussions on representation in the industry and although change doesn’t happen overnight, what these African and indigenous filmmakers, curators, queer collectives and people behind community cinemas sketch out are the many paths that lead to it.
Coming of Age with Céline Sciamma
May 26, 2021 06:00 - 58 minutes - 46.8 MBIn this episode, we sit down with one of French cinema’s most prominent voices: Céline Sciamma. Drawing on Anglo-Saxon and French filmmaking traditions, the writer and director (Water Lilies, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Petite Maman) portrays characters caught up in new desires, bridging childhood and adulthood. At Berlinale Talents 2021, we got the chance to ask Céline about her artistic coming-of-age before we turned to her “delicate machines”: that is to say, her films.
The Nature of Collaborations
April 28, 2021 06:00 - 48 minutes - 38.8 MBIn this episode, we take a closer look at some of the different stations involved in the making of a movie. Cinematographers, screenwriters, and production designers pitch in as we travel through the Berlinale Talents archive to understand what it takes to carry a director’s vision to the big screen. The pros we talked to – visionaries like Josephine Decker, Agnès Godard or Uli Hanisch – are clear on one aspect of filmmaking: the virtue of collaboration.
Cinema on the Verge - A Conversation with Kleber Mendonça Filho
March 04, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 52 MBOur journey through the Berlinale Talents archive begins with the award-winning Brazilian screenwriter, director, critic and festival organiser Kleber Mendonça Filho (AQUARIUS; BACURAU). In this talk, Kleber Mendonça Filho reflects on artistic responses to the racial and social tensions and inequalities within Brazilian society. Due to the precarious political situation in Brazil, filmmakers are on the verge of a crisis - and yet find themselves in one of the best moments of Brazilian cinema....
Berlinale's House of Talents | Trailer
February 26, 2021 16:15 - 2 minutes - 1.96 MBEvery February, Berlinale Talents becomes home to the world’s most promising filmmakers. Nested within the Berlin International Film Festival, it’s a one-of-a-kind forum for film professionals and cinema lovers alike, where a global vision for the cinema of the future is built and shared. Now, we’re reaching out to plunge you into this world on a monthly basis, introducing the brand new podcast Berlinale’s House of Talents. Starting march 5, 2021.