An event titled “Berlinale Talents: Application Panel Bangladesh” was held on Thursday, 1st August 2019 evening at Goethe-Institut Bangladesh auditorium in Dhanmondi.
Goethe-Institut Bangladesh, in cooperation with the Berlinale Talents programme, Berlin, Germany organized the event to provide information to the aspiring local filmmakers, so that they may prepare their applications accordingly following the ongoing Call for Entries to join the Berlinale Talents 2020 to be held from 22 – 27 February 2020 in Berlin, Germany.
Welcoming the filmmakers and audience, Dr. Kirsten Hackenbroch, Goethe-Institut Bangladesh, has said, “with today’s Berlinale Talents Application Panel in Bangladesh we want to give all film community members planning to apply for Berlinale Talents 2020 a chance to hear first-hand experiences from two alumni of 2019 and to get your questions answered by them as well as the Berlinale Talents programme manager. For all others, we hope this panel inspires you for your future film careers.”
Joined from Berlin through a video conference call, Berlinale Talents' Programme Manager Florian Weghorn gave an in-depth insight into the application process and selection criteria and answered numerous questions of attending filmmakers, producers, journalists and so on.
During the talk, the two Bangladeshi Alumni filmmakers Humaira Bilkis, Berlinale Talents Doc Station 2019, and Cinematographer Barkat Hossain Polash, Berlinale Talents 2019, have shared first-hand experiences in their respective field of expertise and later answered queries coming from different individuals including filmmakers and journalists during the refreshment session at the end of the event.
