Berlinale Talent Campus Starts on 12 February 2005
WOLFSBURG/BERLIN, Germany, February 9 (PRNewswire)
As a main partner of the 55th Berlin International Film Festival, Volkswagen is again focusing on emerging talent with its support of the Berlinale Talent Campus. "Following a successful start to cooperation, Volkswagen is now partnering the Berlinale Talent Campus for the second time. Our work to support up-and-coming talent, where we have been active in the music scene with the Volkswagen Sound Foundation since 1997, is now being intensified further through our participation in the film sector," said Dirk Grosse-Leege, Head of Volkswagen Group Communications.
The Berlinale Talent Campus has invited 530 talented filmmakers from 90nations to the Berlin "House of World Cultures" from 12 - 17 February 2005.
The spotlight is on an exchange of experience and networking withinternational film personalities. Professional filmmakers such as directorsRidley Scott ("Gladiator"), Roland Emmerich ("The Day After Tomorrow"),Catherine Breillat ("Romance") or Stephen Frears ("High Fidelity") will sharetheir knowledge during interviews and discussions, as will actor KaiWiesinger ("Comedian Harmonists") and production designer Dante Ferretti("Gangs Of New York").
The Volkswagen Score Competition is once again being held at the 2005Berlinale Talent Campus. 34 candidates have already set to music a scene fromthe hit film "Good Bye Lenin", a scene from Thomas Struck's film "Hearts" anda Volkswagen Concept-C commercial. The three finalists Ognjan Milosevic (YU),Marc Teitler (GB) and Bernd Wuertz (GER) will now be working with the FilmOrchestra Babelsberg, setting the clips to music at a professional soundstudio. The winner will be announced at the Berlinale Talent Campus farewellevent on 17 February. "The competition represented an enormous opportunityfor me as well as the other participants," said Canadian Tom Third, who wonthe Volkswagen Score Competition in 2004 and will soon be taking up hisprize, namely a place at the "School of Sound" Symposium in London: "Wereceived support from some of the best composers and musicians in the world,"he added.
This year, the motto of the Berlinale Talent Campus is "Designing YourFuture!". In addition to the Volkswagen Score Competition Volkswagen supportstwo other events at the Berlinale Talent Campus. From 2.00 p.m. on 13February 2005, Sir Christopher Frayling (Director of the Royal College ofArt, London) will chair a discussion panel on design trends composed ofprominent personalities such as Peter Schreyer (Head of Advanced Design,Volkswagen AG), Ridley Scott and Dante Feretti. At 10.00 a.m. on the sameday, the Volkswagen Coaching GmbH will be cooperating with producers JonathanOlsberg ("Head In The Clouds") and Sanford Lieberson ("Jabberwocky") at anevent entitled "Successful Teams And How To Overcome Conflicts", sharinguseful knowledge with young talent in the film industry.
Volkswagen is providing the Berlinale Talent Campus with four Touareg forthe VIP shuttle service and seven Multivans for film teams, some of whom willbe taking part in the "Talent Movie Of The Week" digital short filmcompetition. Under its Berlinale commitment, Volkswagen is also supporting"Shooting Stars 2005", an event at which European Film Promotion will bepresenting 21 emerging European actors to the public. The 20 year-old actorMax Riemelt from Berlin ("Napola") has been nominated for Germany.
Volkswagen Group Communications
Public Relations
Contact: Christiane Krebs-Hartmann
Phone : +49-53-61-9-2-54-91
Fax:+49-53-61-9-2-20-90
E-mail: christiane.krebs-hartmann@volkswagen.de
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Source: VW Volkswagen AG
Contact: Volkswagen Group Communications, Public Relations, Contact: Christiane Krebs-Hartmann, Phone : +49-53-61-9-2-54-91, Fax:+49-53-61-9-2-20-90, E-mail: christiane.krebs-hartmann@volkswagen.de, www.volkswagen-media-services.com
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