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Mentorship
Berlinale Talents 2027
Mentorship opportunity. Deadline: 2026-09-02
- Type
- Mentorship
- Organizer
- Berlinale Talents
- Deadline
- 2 September 2026
- Where
- Germany
- Compensation
- No participation fee for the programme itself. Participants cover their own accommodation, travel, and daily expenses. A Service Fee applies: €10 (Early Bird) or €15 (Standard).
- Disciplines
- Video/Film, Screenwriting, Composer, Animation, Art Critic, Audiovisual, Media Arts, Filmmaking, Producing, Distribution, Marketing, Art Criticism
About this opportunity
Berlinale Talents is a six-day onsite program during the Berlinale film festival, offering talks, workshops, and mentoring for emerging filmmakers and industry professionals worldwide. It includes the Berlinale Talents Lab for alumni with projects in development and the Talent Project Market to connect producers with co-production partners.
Who can apply
- Open to film and television professionals with an existing track record.
- Filmmakers must have made at least one feature-length film, or two short films, or a high-quality drama series/TV movie.
- Students admitted in exceptional cases.
- Distributors, sales agents, or marketing professionals must have been involved in distributing/selling at least two feature-length films or be responsible for a cinema space/festival.
- Critics must be publishing regularly.
- Berlinale Talents Lab applicants must be alumni.