Timeline for the BERLIN TODAY AWARD / 2011 / "Leaving The Familiar Sector"

Application

• 7 October 2009: Application deadline for Talents and producers
  
  
• End of October 2009: 10 Production Companies are selected for the first round of the competition. The producers will be present at the Producers' Meeting in Berlin.
  
  
• 15 December 2009: 15 short film proposals are selected for the first round of the competition. Directors will be invited to attend the Producers' Meeting in Berlin.
  
  

Berlinale Talent Camous 2010

• 13 February 2010: The World Premiere of the five BERLIN TODAY AWARD 2010: “Straight to cinema” short film finalists – "Hum", "Reflection", "By Night", "Jonah And The Vicarious Nature Of Homesickness" and "The Astronaut On The Roof" – will be held during the Opening of the Berlinale Talent Campus 2010. time tba / HAU 1, Stresemannstrasse 29, 10963 Berlin / By invitation only
  
  
• 13 February 2010: Coaching Workshop for the 15 Talents invited.
  
  
• 14 February 2010: Award Ceremony of the BERLIN TODAY AWARD 2010 during the "Dine & Shine Talent Rendezvous" dinner with all Campus participants, selected producers and assorted industry experts at "ewerk", 19:30 / ewerk, Wilhelmstr. 43, 10117 Berlin / By invitation only.
  
  
• 17 February 2010: Producers' Meeting where talents pitch their projects to the attending production companies. At the end of the meeting, producers and talents will vote for their preferred partner to produce a short film for the BERLIN TODAY AWARD 2011.
  
  

Spring 2010

• March 2010: Publication of the finalists. 5 producer/director teams will be nominated as finalists for the BERLIN TODAY AWARD 2011.
  
  
• March/April 2010: Closing of contracts and start of production. Composition of production teams. Start production planning. The crew may be selected from Campus members (including alumni).
  

Spring/Summer/Autum 2010

• Pre-production
  
  
• Production
  
  
• Post-production in Berlin - Brandenburg

Berlinale Talent Campus 2011

• February 2011: World Premiere of the five short films during the Berlinale Talent Campus 2011, as part of the 61st Berlin International Film Festival
  
  
• The winner will be selected by a jury and will receive the Berlin Today Award 2011
  
  

The BERLIN TODAY AWARD is the Talent Short Film Competition of the Berlinale Talent Campus and is supported by the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg.