Gabriele Urbonaite of Cambridge selected for Berlinale Talents Short Film workshop at the Berlin International Film Festival

2015 Feb 3

Gabriele Urbonaite of Cambridge, a junior BFA Film Production major at Emerson College, was selected for the Berlinale Talents Short Film Station workshop during the Berlin International Film Festival in Germany from February 6-12.

Urbonaite is one of 20 filmmakers representing the United States in Berlinale Talents, and her BFA thesis script Back is one of nine projects worldwide that was selected for Short Film Station. The workshop offers filmmakers the opportunity to further develop their short film scripts and meet with potential partners to produce their films.

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