Monday, February 15th, 11:00 / HAU 1: Cinema Unlimited: Intercontinental Connections
Madhusree Dutta (Cinema City, Berlinale Forum Expanded), Rafi Pitts (The Hunter, Berlinale Competition), Natalia Smirnoff (Puzzle, Berlinale Wettbewerb), Jean-Marie Teno (Sacred Places). Moderated by Vincenzo Bugno. In cooperation with Berlinale Forum expanded and World Cinema Fund.
Looking for the right people gets trickier when one isn’t on home ground. A range of international film professionals discuss and share their experiences on how they prefer to connect and collaborate in their region or abroad. They will talk about how they built up networking platforms and co-productions, especially when there is no major support from the regional film industry. Jean-Marie Teno (Sacred Places, The Colonial Misunderstanding), Cameroonian filmmaker, has been producing and directing films for over twenty years. Joining him on the panel is Iranian filmmaker Rafi Pitts, whose latest film The Hunter features in this year’s Berlinale Competition. The panel includes Madhusree Dutta, Indian filmmaker, curator and activist, whose interdisciplinary installation project “Cinema City“, exploring questions about the relationship between urban space and cinema, will be presented at the 2010 Berlinale Forum expanded. Last but not least, Argentinian filmmaker Natalia Smirnoff, who took the step up from assistant to the director’s position with Puzzle, presented in this year’s Berlinale Competition.
