3-Minute Documentary Initiative Hosts International

Premiere of First Five Films from the Series

And Invites Submissions for $200,000 Filmmaker Challenge
Berlin / New York, N.Y. (February 13, 2012) —CINELAN announced that the latest filmmakers to join the FOCUS FORWARD - Short Films, Big Ideas initiative, which will make its international premiere at the 2012 Berlinale Talent Campus, are Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker (Gunner Palace), Michael Glawogger (Workingman’s Death), and Supriyo Sen (Wagah), an alumnus of the Campus. The first five films in the series will screen today at 2pm at a special public event and panel session at HAU1 in Berlin. Several FOCUS FORWARD filmmakers, including Jessica Yu, Phil Cox, Fredrik Gertten, and David W. Leitner, joined CINELAN’s Karol Martesko-Fenster and Damon Smith in a discussion moderated by former Hot Docs festival director Sean Farnel. The films are also available for viewing online at http://www.focusforwardfilms.com.

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