In this episode, we take a closer look at some of the different stations involved in the making of a movie. Cinematographers, screenwriters, and production designers pitch in as we travel through the Berlinale Talents archive to understand what it takes to carry a director’s vision to the big screen. The pros we talked to – visionaries like Josephine Decker, Agnès Godard or Uli Hanisch – are clear on one aspect of filmmaking: the virtue of collaboration.

Watch and listen to all featured talks in full length:

• Blind Trust: Dialogues in Image and Space (2020) with Josephine Decker and Sturla Brandth Grøvlen, moderated by Verena von Stackelberg

• Non-Scripted: Can We Write Cinema? (2021) with Joana Hadjithomas, Josée Deshaies and Franz Rodenkirchen, moderated by Vincenzo Bugno

• Technically a Woman: Cinematographers Speak Out (2018) with Nancy Schreiber and Agnès Godard, moderated by Vinca Wiedemann

• Dream On: Uli Hanisch (2021) with Uli Hanisch, moderated by Andrew Amondson

To find out more about Berlinale Talents’ programme and its international Talents initiatives, if you want to apply for upcoming editions or dive headlong into the whole archive of talks and panels, go to www.berlinale-talents.de

The Goethe-Institut is one of the most active ambassadors of German film worldwide. As a partner institution, the Goethe-Institut cooperates with Berlinale Talents on “Berlinale’s House of Talents”. You will find more information on www.goethe.de/film.