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Berlinale Talent Campus seeking young film journalists – movieScope

July 30, 2023

Please read the following application regulations carefully.

ELIGIBLE ARE:

Young film critics or journalists
Fluent in English (in writing and speaking);
Eager to report on films screened at the Berlin International Film Festival and on events held during the Berlinale Talent Campus 2014;
Having published articles in newspapers, film magazines, on websites or at universities.

WHAT IS EXPECTED FROM YOU:

To be willing to cover a broad range of journalistic work: you will write interviews, reviews, reports, articles and features on the Berlinale Talent Campus and the Berlin International Film Festival
To attend daily editorial meetings with a personal mentor (see below)

The work you write may be published on www.berlinale-talentcampus.de and www.fipresci.org. Participants will grant unlimited use and exploitation rights in and to all articles and reviews done in the framework of the Berlinale Talent Campus and the Berlin International Film Festival.

WHAT YOU WILL GET:

The once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet and to be with 300 young talented filmmakers from all over the world and to experience the day-to-day buzz of a prestigious A-Festival.
You will be guided through the Berlin International Film Festival by Oliver Baumgarten (former Chief Editor “Schnitt”) and other renowned film critics. Aily Nash is your contact person from the Berlinale Talent Campus team.
Every day, you have the opportunity to write a critique about a film from the festival program or short reviews of an event at the Campus program, and will discuss and review it with your fellow participants and film critics.
Free accommodation in youth hostels in Berlin from February 6–13, 2014.
A share of the travel expenses depending on your country of origin.

YOUR ONLINE APPLICATION SHOULD INCLUDE:

Curriculum vitae and personal data (address, email etc.)
Up to three (3) original copies of articles that you have published in the last two (2) years (if these articles are not in English you should supply us with a decent translation as a proof of your English writing skills for each article).

HOW TO PROCEED COMPLETING AN ONLINE APPLICATION

You can only apply on the Berlinale Talent Campus website www.berlinale-talentcampus.de
(All the relevant information and the application form can be found by clicking on the “Call for Entries” picture on the homepage of the Berlinale Talent Campus site.)
Get an application number on the website;
Log in and fill out the complete online application form;
Please ensure that you have filled out the online application completely. If you are unable to upload your articles you can send them by regular mail;
Your work must be at the Berlinale Talent Campus offices by September 18, 2013 at 23h59 (CET)
Please make sure your name and application number are clearly displayed on the articles you send.