ABSTRACT
It is 2 p.m. on Wednesday 12 February 2003 and an audience of young film talents and cinephiles are expectantly awaiting the arrival of Thomas Vinterberg in the theatre of the Haus der Kulturen der Welt (House of World Cultures) in Berlin. The occasion is the first edition of the Berlinale Talent Campus; for five days the campus offers 500 selected up-and-coming film talents the opportunity to exchange experiences with each other and professionals, meet various organizations and institutions, and show and watch films. 1 Thomas Vinterberg, director of Festen/The Celebration (DK/SE: 1998), will discuss the process involved in developing his new international feature It’s All About Love (USA/ JP/SE/UK/DK/DE/NL: 2003) in one of the Script Factory Masterclasses. He is joined by co-writer Mogen Rukov, with whom he also collaborated on Festen. When they enter the auditorium at 2:20 p.m., the audience applauds enthusiastically. Vinterberg performs a Chaplin bow.
