As with every year, we have the pleasure of offering you a warm welcome from the Berlinale Talents team. Taking part in Talents Sarajevo is sure to become an unforgettable opportunity for you to share your knowledge, passion, dreams and desires with us and your fellow Talents.

And these few days are only the beginning. Along with our colleagues from the Sarajevo Film Festival, we also welcome you to the evergrowing film community of Berlinale Talents. As dedicated alumni, thousands of Talents from Europe and the world will accompany you – if you like – for many years to come. We look forward to seeing you grow, gain experience, make some mistakes and learn to walk on, side by side with others. As in any good group, you won't always meet with us and the others every day or in person. And yet you will become part of something that remains. In these uncertain times, it is perhaps especially this promise we want to send you on your way with: welcome home to your new film family!

Christine Tröstrum, Berlinale Talents Project Manager

Florian Weghorn, Berlinale Talents Programme Manager