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Matthew Weiner – Creator – Mad Men

This is an extract from the 2015 Berlinale Talents master class “Drama Series: Land of Endless Opportunities” from the 65th Berlin International Film Festival.

In this extract, creator, writer and executive producer of the celebrated and acclaimed series Mad Men talks about whether or not the auteur theory still holds up to this day, especially in the world of television series.

Since 2007, Matthew Weiner has been the creator, executive producer and writer of the critically acclaimed television series MAD MEN. To date, he has received nine Emmys, two BAFTAS, three Golden Globes, numerous WGA awards and many other distinctions recognising his work on the series. As a director, he has been nominated twice by the DGA for his work behind the camera. ARE YOU HERE, starring Owen Wilson and Amy Poehler, marks his feature film debut as a writer, director and producer. Metthew’s other credits as a writer include the television series BECKER, THE NAKED TRUTH, and THE SOPRANOS, for which he was also an executive producer. He is a member of this year’s Berlinale International Jury.

Click here to listen to the full 2015 Berlinale Talents master class “Drama Series: Land of Endless Opportunities” on FRED Extra.

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Atsushi Funahashi – Filmmaker

This is an extract from the 2015 Berlinale Talents panel discussion “Hybrid News: Documenting True Events” from the 65th Berlin International Film Festival.

In this extract, documentary filmmaker Atsushi Funahashi talks about the difference between documentaries and the news. He also talks about how authenticity and objectivity can be obtained in documentary filmmaking.

Atsushi Funahashi is a Japanese director. His early films BIG RIVER and DEEP IN THE VALLEY, just like his gripping films about the aftermath of the Fukushima tragedy, the documentary NUCLEAR NATION and the feature film COLD BLOOM, were all shown in the Berlinale Forum section. His follow-up NUCLEAR NATION II was once again selected for this year’s Berlinale Forum.

Click here to listen to the full 2015 Berlinale Talents panel discussion “Hybrid News: Documenting True Events” on FRED Extra.

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Peter Zeitlinger – Director of Photography

This is an extract from the panel “Measuring Space: The Cinematography of Peter Zeitlinger”, from the Berlinale Talents masterclasses of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival.

In this extract, Peter Zeitlinger himself discusses the always relevant topic of shooting on digital as opposed to shooting on film.

Peter Zeitlinger is a Czech-Austrian director of photography, who has won several international awards and excels both at documentary as well as fictional filmmaking. He has worked with legendary Austrian directors like Ulrich Seidl and Götz Spielmann, and from 1995 on was the regular DoP for Werner Herzog, with whom he filmed both documentaries CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS and ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD and feature films like RESCUE DAWN and BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS. His latest film, Herzog’s QUEEN OF THE DESERT, is in Competition at this year’s Berlinale.

Click here to listen to the full Berlinale Talents masterclass “Measuring Space: The Cinematography of Peter Zeitlinger” on FRED Extra.

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Shaibu Husseini – Film journalist and critic

This is an extract from the 2015 Berlinale Talent panel discussion “Hybrid News: Documenting True Events” from the 65th Berlin International Film Festival.

In this extract, established journalist and film critic Shaibu Husseini talks about the current state of documentaries and documentary filmmaking in the Nigerian film industry, otherwise known as Nollywood, which also just so happens to be one of the biggest and most successful film industries in the world.

Shaibu Husseini is a Nigerian journalist and film critic, writing for The Guardian in Nigeria’s former capital Lagos. His book on the national film culture, called “Moviedom…the Nollywood Narratives: Clips on the Pioneers” was published in 2010. Last year he was honored as the “Best Film Journalist and Nollywood Critic” at the annual Nollywood Film Festival in Germany.

Click here to listen to the full 2015 Berlinale Talents panel discussion “Hybrid News: Documenting True Events” on FRED Extra.

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Claudia Llosa – filmmaker – Aloft

This is an extract from the Berlinale Talents master class “2015: A Space Discovery” from the 65th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival. In this extract, Claudia Llosa talks about her celebrated film Aloft, and discusses how landscape, space and setting shaped and conveyed the themes, issues and stories she portrayed in it.

Peruvian filmmaker Claudia Llosa began her career in advertising before starting her own production company. Her first feature MADEINUSA was released in 2006. Three years later, the WCF-funded film THE MILK OF SORROW was a selection in the Berlinale Competition and went on to win the Golden Bear and the FIPRESCI Award.

The film was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 2012, her short film LOXORO was a selection in the Berlinale Shorts programme and won the Teddy Award. Her English-language film debut ALOFT screened in Competition in 2014 and as a Sundance Spotlight 2015. Claudia Llosa is a member of this year’s Berlinale International Jury.

Click here to listen to the full Berlinale Talents master class “2015: A Space Discovery” on the FRED Extra channel.

ALOFT (Trailer). Directed by Claudia Llosa from MONCHO – COLOURIST on Vimeo.

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Darren Aronofsky – Filmmaker – The Fountain

This is an extract from the Berlinale Talent Master Class entitled “2015: A Space Discovery” from the 65th Berlin International Film Festival. In this extract, Darren Aronofsky, filmmaker and also jury president of this year’s edition of the Berlinale, talks about one of his most distinctive and celebrated films – The Fountain. He talks about the project’s conception, the challenges it posed, the unusual way in which it was structured and the way in which it was developed.

Darren Aronofsky is a New York-born writer, director and producer. With his feature debut PI he won the Sundance Film Festival, and he went on to direct films such as REQUIEM FOR A DREAM, THE FOUNTAIN, THE WRESTLER, which won the Golden Lion in Venice, BLACK SWAN, for which he was Oscar-nominated as best director, and NOAH. Darren is the president of this year’s Berlinale Jury.

Click here to listen to the full Berlinale Talents Master Class “2015: A Space Discovery” on FRED Extra

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Susan Korda – Filmmaker and editor

This is an extract from the Berlinale Talents Master Class entitled “Kill Your Darlings” about the topic of film editing, by acclaimed filmmaker and editor Susan Korda, from the 65th Berlin International Film Festival. In this extract, Susan Korda talks about whether she thinks that an editor’s relationship with a fiction filmmaker is different from an editor’s relationship with a documentary filmmaker.

She also gives many examples to illustrate her point, and tips on how a healthy and creative relationship can be established between filmmaker and editor.

Click here to listen to the full Berlinale Talents master class “Kill Your Darlings” on FRED Extra

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Walter Salles – Filmmaker – Foreign Land (Terra Estrangeira)

This is an extract from the Berlinale Talents Master Class “Road, Movie: Films in Motion” from the 65th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival. In this extract, filmmaker Walter Salles talks about a little bit about the history and influences of the road movie and gives an example from his own experience on working on his first feature film Foreign Land (Terra Estrangeira)

Brazilian writer, director and producer. His 1998 film CENTRAL STATION won the Golden Bear in Berlin, while his following films BEHIND THE SUN and the Che Guevara diary adaptation THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES won several awards at Cannes and Venice. His latest fiction films LINHA DE PASSE and the Jack Kerouac adaptation ON THE ROAD both premiered at Cannes, after which he returned to his roots as a documentary filmmaker.

Click here to listen to the fill “Road, Movie: Films in Motion” Berlinale Talents masterclass on FRED Extra.

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Layla Meijman – Producer

FRED’s Nicolò Comotti talks with Layla Meijman, award winning short film producer and Berlinale Talents 2015 alumni.

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Mayye Zayed – Filmmaker

FRED’s Nicolò Comotti meets with Mayye Zayed, multi-talented Egyptian filmmaker and now Berlinale Talents alumnus.

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