Altagracia Lizardo Medina

articles by Altagracia Lizardo Medina

When the numbers call the shots

Berlinale Talent Press, March 15, 2010

When the numbers call the shots How does a screenwriter survive? What films do Hollywood studios look for? The power of original stories and the importance of creative freedom are discussed in the early days of the Talent Campus Guadalajara. How does a screenwriter survive? Wh ...

Professionalism and love at first sight

Berlinale Talent Press, March 15, 2010

Professionalism and love at first sight The founders of Canana Films discuss with the students of the Talent Campus the importance of good casting in film. “Love at first sight” was the name of the conference that actor and director Diego Luna and producer Pablo Cruz presented ...

A spiral of contained emotions

Berlinale Talent Press, April 06, 2010

A spiral of contained emotions Alberto Rodriguez brings his last work AFTER to the Guadalajara Film Festival AFTER (Spain) is the new film that Sevillian director Alberto Rodriguez has presented in competition in the Ibero-American Fiction Feature Films category at the Guadala ...

Road to the Oscars

Berlinale Talent Press, November 25, 2010

Road to the Oscars With LA YUMA, a film that depicts the daily lives of Nicaraguans, French-born filmmaker Florence Jaugey leaves her mark on the cinema of Latin America. 12 years ago, Florence Jaugey first dared to offer hope for the Nicaraguan film industry when her short fi ...

Talent Press, a hands-on training of the Berlinale Talent Campus in collaboration with FIPRESCI and the Goethe-Institut, is a platform for young film critics and journalists from around the world to acquaint themselves with current trends in world cinema. Selected by an international jury, they are invited to Berlin to review films of the festival and report on events of the Berlinale Talent Campus. Under the tutelage of prominent film critics they share their impressions and insights through their daily articles for the Berlinale Talent Campus website and those of its partners – FIPRESCI and the Goethe-Institut.