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BERLIN -- The Berlinale's Talent Campus has received a record number of applications -- 4,773 young filmmakers from a record 145 countries -- for the event running during the 60th Berlin Film Festival Feb. 11-21, the festival said on Tuesday.

Under the heading "Cinema needs talent: Looking for the right people," the six-day long Talent Campus running Feb. 13-18 at the Theater Hebeel am Ufer in Berlin has been deluged with applicants for its eighth annual event with 1,000 more than last year competing for the 350 spots. There are applicants this year for the first time from 13 countries, including Burundi, Guinea, Montenegro and Saint Lucia.

Five short films based on the theme "Straight to cinema" will get their world premiere at the opening of the Talent Campus on Feb. 13 and the Berlin Today Award jury, headed by helmer Stephen Daldry, will pick a winning pic.