Talent Project Market
Talent Project Market, organized in cooperation with the Berlinale Co-Production Market, offers emerging producers and directors the opportunity to present their film project to potential co-producers and financiers. You can apply with a feature-length film project for theatrical release and suitable for an international co-production.
Florian Koerner von Gustorf, Gülin Üstün and Martin Heisler at the Talent Project Market. © Lydia Hesse, Berlinale 2013
Talent Project Market is a hands-on training programme for producers and directors participating in the Berlinale Talents programme. Talent Project Market is also open to previous participants (producer and director alumni) of Berlinale Talents.
Talent Project Market, in cooperation with the Berlinale Co-Production Market, offers young producers and directors the opportunity to present their film projects to experienced co-producers and financiers. In addition, two monetary awards can be won.
The Berlinale Co-Production Market is a 2,5-day event during the Berlin International Film Festival which brings together around 500 producers and financiers from all over the world for exclusive and concentrated networking. Here, producers working on international co-productions can introduce their projects and find co-production partners and/or financiers.
Talent Project Market is one of the Berlinale Talents project labs. At the same time, it is a special section within the Berlinale Co-Production Market, reserved for 10 emerging producers and directors from Berlinale Talents . You can apply with a feature film project for theatrical release and suitable for an international co-production. The script of your film project must be finished and preferably (although not necessarily) already have a producer and/or initial financing attached.
An international jury selects around 10 projects for Talent Project Market every year. If your project is invited, you'll participate in the 3-day Talent Project Market programme and have the chance to meet various potential partners for your project at the Berlinale Co-Production Market in pre-scheduled one-on-one meetings.
The first day of Talent project Market focus on the preparation of your meetings and learning more about the international film business and its film markets. A pitching trainer, various mentors and other industry experts join to help you by giving insider tips on how to present and to market your project, and by sharing their views on the ins and outs of international co-production, financing and co-production markets.
The second and third day at Talent Project Market are dedicated to one-on-one meetings with potential partners for your project. They read about your project in the Berlinale Co-Production Market project catalogue and can request 30-minute meetings with you. These requested meetings will be pre-scheduled by us.
In addition to all this, Talent Project Market offers a variety of informal networking opportunities. You will have the chance to exchange ideas and share your experiences with the other selected Talents at Talent Project Market as well.
As a Talent Project Market participant you will automatically be considered for the „Talent Project Highlights“, the only public pitching event at the Talent Project Market/Berlinale Co-Production Market. At this event, you'll compete for two monetary awards: the 10.000 Euro VFF Talent Highlight Pitch Award (sponsored by the VFF - Verwertungsgesellschaft der Film- und Fernsehproduzenten) and the 6.000 Euro ARTE International Prize (sponsored by ARTE). Two of the 10 Talent Project Market participants will be selected by our jury for the „Talent Project Highlights“ pitch event. Only the selected three participants will have to pitch and have a chance to receive (one of) the two monetary prizes for further project development.
If you wish to apply for Talent Project Market, you must first apply to Berlinale Talents as a producer or director. After submitting this application you will have the possibility to apply for Talent Project Market.
Former participants of the Berlinale Talents are invited to apply as well.
If you need further information, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us at tpm@berlinale.de or +49 30 25920 515.
- YOUTH (Gal Greenspan), Israel (TPM 2011) – Berlinale Panorama 2013
- PRINCESAS ROJAS (Laura Astorga), Costa Rica (TPM 2010) - Berlinale Generation 14plus 2013
- THE BODA BODA THIEVES (Wanjiku), South Africa (TPM 2012) – in production
- THE LUNCHBOX (Ritesh Batra), India (TPM 2012) – in production
- CHALLATT OF TUNIS (Habib Attia), Tunisia (TPM 2011) – in production
- NEW FAMILY (Elad Gavish), Israel (TPM 2009) – in production
- The Unforgettables (Matan Guggenheim), Israel – in production
- ARCADIA (Olivia Silver), USA (TPM 2010) – Berlinale Generation, Kplus 2012
- CENTRAL STATION (Avi Livne), Israel (TPM 2010) – Berlinale Panorama 2012
- MIKE (AKA Carjacking) (Lars Blumers), France (TPM 2009) – Max Ophüls Festival 2012
- KEEP SMILING (Rusudan Chkonia), Georgia (TPM 2006) – Karlovy Vary 2012, Venice Days 2012
- PLAYING WARRIORS (Rumbi Katedza), Zimbabwe (TPM 2004) - Durban 2012
- Tony Ten (Marleen Slot), The Netherlands (TPM 2008) – Golden Film Netherlands 2012
- Las Malas Intenciones/The Bad Intentions (Rosario Garcia-Montero), Peru (TPM 2007) - Berlinale Generation 2011
- Fe (Alejo Crisostomo), Guatemala (TPM 2009) – finished 2011
- Susa (Rusudan Pirveli), Georgia (TPM 2008) - Berlinale 2010, Generation Kplus
- Contracorriente/Undertow (Javier Fuentes-León), Peru (TPM 2005) - Sundance 2010, World Dramatic Competition Audience Award
- La Yuma (Florence Jaugey), Nicaragua (TPM 2005) – Cartagena 2010
- Nemesis (Nicole Mosleh), Germany (TPM 2004) – finished 2010
- Soundless Wind Chime (Kit Hung), Hong Kong (TPM 2004) – Berlinale Forum 2009
- Amreeka (Cherien Dabis), o USA (TPM 2007) – Sundance 2009, US Dramatic Competition; Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, FIPRESCI Award 2009
- The 40th Door (Elchin Musa Oglu), Azerbaijan (TPM 2005) - Karlovy Vary 2009
- My Daughter (Yen San Michelle Lo), Malaysia (TPM 2007) - Pusan 2009
- Bena (Niv Klainer), Israel (TPM 2006) – finished 2009
- Salt of This Sea (Annemarie Jacir), o Palestine (TPM 2005) – Cannes Un Certain Regard 2008
- La Sangre Brota (Pablo Fendrik), o Argentina (TPM 2006) – Cannes Critics’ Week 2008
- Goodnight Irene (aka Olho Negro/Black Eye) (Paolo Marinou-Blanco), Portugal (TPM 2004) – Bergamo 2008
- Párpados Azules (Luis Albores), Mexico (TPM 2006) – Cannes Critics’ Week 2007
- Exhibit A (Darren Bender), UK (TPM 2005) – Raindance 2007
- Does It Hurt? - The First Balkan Dogma (Boris Missirkov, Georgi Bogdanov), Bulgaria (TPM 2006) – finished 2007
- Jeder schweigt von etwas anderem/Last to Know (Marc Bauder), Germany (TPM 2004) – Berlinale Panorama 2006
- Big River (Atsushi Funahashi), o USA/Japan (TPM 2004) – Berlinale Forum 2006
- Shame (Mohammed Naqvi), Pakistan/USA (TPM 2004) – Toronto 2006
- Tiny Dancer (Eva Husson), Frankreich (TPM 2006)
Participants of the Talent Project Market
Many projects presented in previous Talent Project Market editions have found their partners here and are realised by now. Here you can find a list of finished Talent Project Market (TPM) projects:
| Participants TPM 2013 | Project | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Aaron Brookner | Smash the Control Machine: Howard Brookner and the Western Lands | UK/USA |
| C.B. Yilin | Moneyboys | Austria |
| Jelena Goldbach | Passing Clouds | United Kingdom |
| Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov | The Lesson | UK |
| Simon Jaquemet | War | Switzerland |
| Ville Kerimaa | Panoramic | Finland |
| Ian Loreños | Burden | Philippines |
| Geordie Sabbagh | Two Guys who Sold the World | Canada |
| Daniel Sandu | One Step behind the Seraphim | Romania |
| Jonas Weydemann | Los Ángeles | Germany |
| Participants TPM 2012 | Project | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Suha Araj | Khsara | Palestinian Territory |
| Sébastien Aubert | Heat Wave | France |
| Bianca Balbuena | Alapaap / Above The Clouds | Philippines |
| Ritesh Batra | 'Dabba' (The Lunchbox) | India |
| Michelle Eastwood | Bummer | United Kingdom |
| Sarah Goodman | Bridging | Canada |
| Caroline Kamya | Hot Comb | Uganda |
| Melissa Lee | The Maglev Story | Hong Kong |
| Maximilian Leo | Wasted Dreams / Eisen im Feuer | Germany |
| Arturo Menéndez | Elba | El Salvador |
| Wanjiku | The Boda Boda Thieves | South Africa |
| Participants TPM 2011 | Project | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Habib Attia | Challett of Tunis | Tunisia |
| Nicole Brending | Preservation | United States |
| Kristina Ceyton | The Babadook | Australia |
| Gal Greenspan | Youth | Israel |
| Angela How | Brian | United States |
| Dimitri Klepatski | The Find | Russia |
| Fabia Mollo | Il Sud E' Niente - The South Is Nothing | Italy |
| Rafael Pedreira | Greicekelly | Brazil |
| Aletéia Selonk | Woman of the Father | Brazil |
| Rachel Tillotson | Bad Stock | United Kingdom |
| Magnus von Horn | The Here After | Poland |
| Mariusz Włodarski | The Here After | Poland |
| Participants TPM 2010 | Project | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Asitha Ameresekere | Kin | United Kingdom |
| Laura Astorga | Princesas Rojas | Costa Rica |
| Basile Doganis | Lifelined | France |
| Tal Granit | My Sweet Euthanasia | Israel |
| Arne Kohlweyer | Out of Time Man | Germany |
| Amiel Livne | Central Station | Israel |
| Noah Pink | I Am North | Canada |
| Odilon Rocha | The Samaritan | United Kingdom |
| Brooke Sebold | Gone, June | United States |
| Olivia Silver | Arcadia | United States |
| Thomas Wangsmo | Without Mercy | Norway |
| Participants TPM 2009 | Project | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Lars Blumers | Carjacking | France |
| Alejo Crisóstomo | Fe | Guatemala |
| Elad Gavish | New Family | Israel |
| Gabriela Isas | Cuando Llegues (When You Arrive) | United States / United Kingdom |
| Amy Lo | The Hanji Box | United States |
| Meike Martens | Palestinian Gangster | Germany |
| Azza El-Hassan | Jordan | |
| Afia Nathaniel | Neither the Veil nor the Four Walls | Pakistan |
| Felipe Sholl | The Other End | Brazil |
| Margie Templo | Akyat-Baba, Paikot-Ikot | Philippines |
| Theresa von Eltz | Exit 47 | United Kingdom/Germany |
| Participants TPM 2008 | Project | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Ewa Borowski | Amselfeld | Germany |
| Jean des Forets | Caribbean Chronicles | France |
| Hope Dickson Leach | English Rose | United Kingdom |
| Jennifer Westin | United States | |
| Othman Karim | Squire Musa | Sweden |
| Kirsi Marie Liimatainen | The Scream of the Butterfly | Finland |
| Carey McKenzie | Black South-Easter | South Africa |
| Rusudan Pirveli | Susa | Georgia |
| Alka Raghuram | The Conqueror | India |
| Maria Laura Ruggiero | Arches | Argentina |
| Marleen Slot | Tony Ten | Netherlands |
| Participants TPM 2007 | Project | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Cherien Dabis | Amreeka | United States |
| Domenico Distilo | When Elephants Fight | Italy |
| Peter Folie | Mainland | Germany |
| Rosario Garcia-Montero | Las Malas Intenciones (The Bad Intentions) | Peru |
| Matan Guggenheim | The Unforgettables | Israel |
| Roland Kanamüller | The Pirates of Rat River | Germany |
| Yen San Michelle Lo | Strangers | Malaysia |
| Mayu Nakamura | Intimate Stranger | Japan |
| Emmy Oost | How to Rewind Your Dog | Belgium |
| David Rosfeld | September | Canada |
| Srdjan Sarenac | The Rescued | Bosnia / Herzegovina |
| Participants TPM 2006 | Project | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Bobby Abate | Magic Minerals | Netherlands / United States |
| Luis Albores | Parpados Azules | Mexico |
| Rusudan Chkonia | Keep Smiling | Georgia |
| Alfredo Covelli | James' Run' - The Shabu Crackdown | Italy |
| Pablo Fendrik | La Sangre Brota | Argentina |
| Eva Husson | Tiny Dancer | France |
| Niv Klainer | Bena | Israel |
| Boris Missirkov | Does it Hurt? - The First Balkan Dogma | Bulgaria |
| Georgi Bogdanov | Bulgaria | |
| Peter Modestij | The Symbiosis Project | Sweden |
| Minh Nguyen-Vo | Point of Reference | United States / Vietnam |
| Cassandra Nicolaou | Kristy Kazinski: Lesbian Nerd | Canada |
| Anil Rao | The Villain | United Kingdom |
| Maythem Ridha | A Plane for My Soul | United Kingdom |
| Reinier Selen | A Recipe for Hendrik Hadders | Netherlands |
| Melinda Jansen | Netherlands | |
| Dipankar Sen Gupta | Janani (The Mother) | Bangladesh |
| Maya Vitkova | Queen Victoria | Bulgaria |
| Maria Zamora | Short Distances | Spain |
| Participants TPM 2005 | Project | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Federico Alvarez Mattos | Corned Beef | Uruguay |
| Darren Bender | Exhibit A/ Home Movie | United Kingdom |
| Khavn De La Cruz | Mondomanila: How I Fixed My Hair After a Rather Long Journey | Philippines |
| Eric Finkel | Raw | Canada / United States |
| Javier Fuentes-Leon | Undertow | United States / Peru |
| Camille Griffin | In My World Of You | United Kingdom |
| Igor Hertzev | Islands | Russia |
| Sergei Potemkin | Russia | |
| Annemarie Jacir | Salt of This Sea | Palestine / United States |
| Kamran Rastegar | Palestine / United States | |
| Bethany Jacobson | The Electric Virgin | United States |
| Florence Jaugey | La Yuma | Nicaragua |
| Barbara Kulcsar | LenguaMadre/MotherTongue | Switzerland |
| Peter Mackie Burns | The Land of Milk+Honey | United Kingdom |
| Galel Maidana | La Parte Ausente | Argentina |
| Levon Minasian | The Second Journey | France |
| Elchin Musa Oglu | The 40th Door | Azerbaijan |
| Philipp Schmid | A Lesson in Murder | Germany/United Kingdom |
| Mellissa Tong | Ghostkeeper | United States/ Hongkong |
| Aaron Yanes | Going Nowhere | United States |
| Luca Zamai | Kosmopolis | Germany / Italy |
| Participants TPM 2004 | Project | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Oskar Thor Axelsson | Three Times a Gentleman | United States / Iceland |
| Marc Bauder | Last to Know - Many Greetings from Your Past | Germany |
| Julia Bayer | Cinema Mobile | Germany |
| Andrea Engl | Germany | |
| Pazeet Ben Hayl | Identity | Israel |
| Matthew Brown | Tres y Medio | South Africa |
| Andrew Cahn | The Real Georgina Starr | United Kingdom |
| Catherine Cahn | United Kingdom | |
| Anastas Charalampidis | Slon | Greece |
| Yasmin Coles | The Sum of Our Misunderstandings | Philippines |
| Christine Falco | Gregor S. | Canada |
| Andras Fesös | Rise and Walk | Hungary |
| Brahim Fritah | Slimane the Magnificient | France |
| Atsushi Funahashi | Big River | United States / Japan |
| Melanie Giel | Heavy Ass | Germany |
| Lance Hammer | The Imperfect Cell | United States |
| Tini Horwath | Hello Hippo | Germany |
| Rumbi Katedza | Playing Warriors | Zimbabwe |
| Bartek Konopka | Oxybar | Poland |
| Tommi Lepola | The Demons of Martin | Finland |
| Tero Molin | Finland | |
| Ilkka Niemi | Finland | |
| Paolo Marinou-Blanco | Olho Negro – Goodnight Irene | Portugal |
| Nicole Mosleh | Nemesis | Germany / Italy |
| Mohammed Naqvi | Shame | United States / Pakistan |
| Yvette Paz-Soldan | Trapped in Blue | Bolivia |
| Beryl Richards | The Outsiders | United Kingdom |
| Jennifer Romine | United States | |
| Alejandra Sanchez | What Some Eyes Can See | Mexico |
| Ernesto Contreras | Mexico | |
| Alejandro Andrade | Mexico | |
| Oleksandr Shcherbyna | Dshan | Ukraine |
| Adam Thal | Kofifi | South Africa |
| Mirtha Vega | Mariposa | USA |
| Peter Vogt | Children of Love | Poland |
| Kit Hung | To the Clouds | United States/Hongkong |
| Luca Zamai | Kosmopolis | Germany / Italy |