An annual summit and networking platform for 200 outstanding creatives from the fields of film and drama series, the events take place in February at the three venues of HAU Hebbel am Ufer Theatre[1] in Berlin-Kreuzberg.
The Summit programme of Berlinale Talents offers a range of master classes and interactive panel discussions.
[6] There are a number of studio-based workshops, including: Talent Press, an initiative of Berlinale Talents in collaboration with FIPRESCI[10] and the Goethe-Institut, is a platform for young film critics and journalists from around the world to acquaint themselves with current trends in world cinema and to review films and events throughout the entire festival.
Under the tutelage of prominent film critics they share their impressions and insights through their articles for the Berlinale Talents website and those of its partners - FIPRESCI and Goethe-Institut.
[11] Dedicated to doing well by doing good, the Talents Footprints Mastercard Enablement Programme provides three selected fellows with mentoring, financial support and public awareness for their film-related initiatives, networks or platforms that contribute to their local communities in an inclusive and impactful way.
The programme is open to Berlinale Talents alumni, who can apply with a film-related social initiative in one of four key domains: gender equality and diversity; education and work; peace, justice and understanding; or environmental awareness and climate action.
[12] Berlinale Talents and Perspektive Deutsches Kino joined forces to award the inaugural Kompagnon fellowship in 2017.
The last edition of the Film Prize of the Robert Bosch Stiftung was in 2021 which, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was presented as an online training programme.
Past winners include:[citation needed] 2021: 2020: 2019: 2018: 2017: 2016: 2015: 2014: 2013: The Berlin Today Award was a short film competition open to current and former participants of the Berlinale Talent Campus.