Berlin Today Award to Bryn Chainey from Australia news
In the ongoing 60th Berlinale, the seventh Berlin Today Award went to Bryn Chainey from Australia for the film Jonah and the Vicarious Nature of Homesickness. The romantic science fiction tells the story of Jonah, who left his family and blasted-off in a homemade spaceship. The Jury was impressed by the "the truly creative inventiveness of this film”.
The award was presented to the short film competition winner by Medienboard's managing director Kirsten Niehuus together with the three jury members Heike Makatsch, Stephen Daldry and Peter Rommel. A public screening of the Berlin Today Award short films will take place during the Berlinale Kinotag. The Berlin Today Award is the Talent Short Film Competition of the Berlinale Talent Campus and is supported by the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg.
