The Award of the International Critics (FIPRESCI Award) for a film in this year's Forum was presented to Shahida – Brides of Allah by Natalie Assouline.
On February 13 (11.30 a.m.) the World Cinema Fund (WCF) is hosting the panel "We Can Do More! – How to Optimize our Potential/New Strategies for Cooperation und Funding". Among the participants is Khavn De La Cruz (The Muzzled Horse of an Engineer in Search of Mechanical Saddles).
On February 13, Miroslav Janek, Jarmila Poláková and Martin Krafl will talk about the long term documentation Občan Havel (Citizen Havel), which is presented as a Special Screening in the Forum.
In the framework of the Berlinale Shorts section on Wednesday, Feb. 13. (2 p.m.), the short film program Forum expanded Mix can be seen, a mix of the two Forum expanded programs "Grandma Threading Her Needle" and "Locations & Speculations".
Natalie Assouline (Shahida – Brides of Allah, Feb. 12) and Donald Mugisha (Divizionz, Feb. 13) are Forum directors contributing to this year's "Academie Breaks", hosted by the German Film Academy.
World sales for the feature documentary about former Chech president Vaclav Havel has been picked up by Leipzig based company Deckert Distribution. Občan Havel is celebrating its international premiere in the Berlinale Forum.
Following Victoire Terminus, Kinshasa and Tatil Kitabı Forum entry Divizionz by Yes! That's Us has been picked by Wide Management before festival start. The world sales company is already handling El camino.
The sixth edition of Talent Campus is presenting a panel with Dušan Makavejev (Feb. 11, 2 p.m.), whose W. R. – Misterije Organizma is shown as a Special Screening in the Forum, and Peter Cowie. There are several more Forum participants involved in this year's Talent Campus.
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