<p>Dedicated to the theme “Mistakes”, the approximately 100 workshops, talks and film screenings at <em>Berlinale Talents</em> (February 9-14) will not only spotlight the productive handling of mistakes and minor catastrophes, but also focus on the deliberate decision to “do things wrong” as an aesthetic experiment, a creative force of renewal, and a wilful rebellion of art against the norm.</p>

<p>The official program at the HAU Hebbel am Ufer invites renowned festival guests, jury members as well as international film experts – among them <strong>Charlotte Rampling, Roberto Saviano, David Lowery, Tendo Nagenda </strong>(VP of Original Film at Netflix), the indie adult filmmaker<strong> Erika Lust, </strong>the Golden Bear winner <strong>Adina Pintilie</strong>, the Oscar contender <strong>Guy Nattiv</strong> and many more – to engage with the Berlin audience.</p>

<p><em>Berlinale Talents</em> will once again present current trends and discourse also from inside the different fields of work, including the sound designer <strong>Peter Albrechtsen</strong> and Foley Artist <strong>Heikki Kossi</strong>, who bring <a href="https://www.berlinale-talents.de/bt/program/v/3172">sound for documentary films</a> to life using real props, or the puppet- and prop builder <strong><a href="https://www.berlinale-talents.de/bt/program/v/3173">Simon Weiße, who presents his miniature work</a></strong> for Wes Anderson films (both Wednesday). Interdisciplinarity remains a core theme of <em>Berlinale Talents</em>, when the cinematographer, editor and production designer of the new series <strong><em><a href="https://www.berlinale-talents.de/bt/program/v/3155">M – A City Searches for a Murderer</a></em></strong> provide insights into their collaboration and experts from the UN to the „Mayor of Skid Row“ try to come up with “alternate histories” to counter the mainstream narrative in a “<a href="https://www.berlinale-talents.de/bt/program/v/3152">Live World Building Session</a>” (both on Monday). <a href="https://www.berlinale-talents.de/bt/program/v/3164">Research methods</a> (Monday) and <a href="https://www.berlinale-talents.de/bt/program/v/3162">interview conducting techniques</a> (Tuesday) for fiction and documentary films are as much part of the program as <a href="https://www.berlinale-talents.de/bt/program/v/3154">interactive web series from the Lebanon</a> (Monday).</p>

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<p>In addition to its 25 public talks <em>Berlinale Talents</em> offers alumni screenings of <strong><em>Systemsprenger </em></strong>(System Crasher)(<em>Competition</em>), <strong><em>Chão</em> </strong>(Landless)(<em>Forum</em>), <strong><em>Knives and Skin</em></strong> (<em>Generation</em>), <strong><em>Buoyancy</em> </strong>and <strong><em>Screening Shorts</em></strong> (<em>Generation</em> and <em>Berlinale Shorts</em> films) followed by Q&amp;A’s with the respective alumni.</p>
