Volkswagen Supports Young Talent - VWVortex

Wolfsburg/Berlin, GERMANY - As a principle partner of the 58th Berlin International Film Festival, Volkswagen has once more pledged its support to the promotion of aspiring young talents. The company is sponsoring the international platform for young film talent at the Berlinale – the Berlinale Talent Campus #6.This year, as in the past (this is the sixth time), Volkswagen will once again be a partner to the Berlinale Talent Campus. The motto of this year’s campus, to be held at the Hebbel Theatre on Hallesches Ufer, is "Screening Emotions – Cinema’s finest asset" and will see 350 young filmmakers from around the globe taking part in workshops, lectures and panel discussions from 9 to 14 February 2008. Experts from over 20 countries have been enlisted for the campus, among them Sandrine Bonnaire, Stephen Daldry, Shah Rukh Khan, Gustavo Santaolalla, Maria Schrader, István Szabó, Andrzej Wajda, Mike Leigh, to name but a few.The Volkswagen Score Competition is a key element of the Berlinale Talent Campus. Young sound designers were invited to produce tracks for two particular film segments. The scores entered by the three finalists will be presented at the public campus lecture entitled "Eyes on the Music" to be held at 11am on 14 February 2008 and hosted by Peter Cowie. The winner will then be announced at the award ceremony to commence at 8pm that evening. The mentor of this year’s competition is two-times Oscar® winner Gustavo Santaolalla (Best Film Scores for "Brokeback Mountain" and "Babel").At 11am on February 13, Wolfgang Müller-Pietralla, head of future research at Volkswagen AG, will lead a panel discussion entitled "Cinema Inside the Crystal Ball – Future thoughts on filmmaking". Volkswagen is providing further support in the form of five Passat Blue Motions and four T5 Caravelles.Photo material on Volkswagen activities at the Berlin International Film Festival will be available from 6 February at www.volkswagen-media-services.com; user code: berlinale; password: volkswagen. The user code and password will remain valid until 29 February 2008.


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