Mastercard

Doing well by doing good is the maxim of Berlinale Talents and Mastercard in creating sustainable change. The Talents Footprints - Mastercard Enablement Programme helps filmmakers achieve social impact through financial support, mentorship and public awareness. Mastercard’s Jessica Claar explains: "For us, filmmakers are motors for change, not just by what they bring to the screen, but also for their ideas on how to create a fairer world in which to live and work. With our programme, we hope to encourage and support you in leaving behind your footprint."

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In 2024 Mastercard once again supported the Dine & Shine Dinner, the Berlinale’s legendary networking event involving more than 400 guests, including industry experts and filmmakers from the festival, hosted by Loretta Stern and Andreas Korn. We look forward to working together again in the upcoming edition in 2025.

Talents Footprints - Mastercard Enablement Programme 

In 2024, the Talents Footprints - Mastercard Enablement Programme returned for a fourth year, with two new fellows selected by a prestigious jury of German actor and activist Thelma Buabeng (Berlin Alexanderplatz), Marene Arnold (Vice President Marketing & Communications Mastercard DACH Region) and Iranian director and Talents alumna Sadaf Foroughi (Ava, Summer with Hope).

From now on, the Mastercard Enablement Programme will also support two particularly successful alumni of the programme each year and offer them further networking opportunities during the Berlinale. In line with the collaborative principles, this will ensure more knowledge transfer between these socially engaged pioneers and their projects. 

Find out all the details of the Talents Footprints - Mastercard Enablement Programme here.