Berlin Film Festival Launches New Section for Emerging German Filmmakers
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variety.comElsa Keslassy International Correspondent The Berlin Film Festival will be launching a new section, called Newcomer German Films, during its next edition taking place from Feb.
15-25. The section will highlight emerging German filmmakers, and will be part of the main program alongside the Competition, Encounters, Panorama, Generation and Forum sections.
Jenni Zylka, the former director of Perspektive Deutsches Kino, has been tapped to scout for first or second films and liaise with film schools.
A new award, called the Heiner Carow Prize for the promotion of German cinematic art, will be awarded to a first or second German film playing across all the sections of the Berlinale.
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