Berlinale Talents
Berlin International Film Festival Berlin · open to applicants worldwide
Annual summit during the Berlinale where selected film and series professionals join talks, workshops and project labs and network with peers from around the world.
Free to start · no account needed
Get your personal statement, tailored résumé and notes for your referees for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes.
You look at it first. Nothing is submitted without your tap.
About
Also: talks, workshops and labs during the Berlinale; international network.
Who can apply: Professionals with a track record (e.g. one feature or two shorts screened at festivals); travel and accommodation are self-funded; students only in rare cases.
Cost: €15 application service fee (€10 early bird); no participation fee.
Annual: applications July–early September (2027 edition runs Feb 12–17, 2027).
How to apply: through the organiser's own application portal (you need an account there); a payment is part of applying.
What to prepare: cv, work sample, motivation statement.
From the official page (checked 2026-10-21): “Berlinale Talents is aimed at filmmakers with an existing track record of work.”
Who can apply
- Open to creators and freelancers
- Professionals with a track record (e.g. one feature or two shorts screened at festivals); travel and accommodation are self-funded; students only in rare cases.
What you will need
- Academic CVUpload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
- Work samplesOnly you can supply it: upload it once and it is attached wherever it is asked for.
- Personal statement / SOPOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
How to apply
Applications go through the official page (own portal), which needs an account in your name.
How Onward Scout helps
This one is submitted on the organiser's own site, behind your login. Onward Scout prepares every answer and file in the form's order with one-tap copy, so submitting takes minutes; you mark it submitted when you're done. There is a fee to pay to the organiser; payment always stays with you.
Every answer is drafted from your own documents and cites where each fact came from; anything we can’t source is flagged for you, never invented.
Let Onward Scout prepare this application
Get your personal statement, tailored résumé and notes for your referees for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes. Free to start, no account needed: you look at the draft first, and nothing goes to Berlin International Film Festival without your tap.
Nothing is submitted without your tap. Logins, CAPTCHAs, payments and interviews stay with you.