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A World Of Images

Priscila de Almeida Xavier of the 2013 Talent Press Buenos Aires reports from this Talent Campus Buenos Aires' last lecture, given by artist Giselle Beiguelman.
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on April 22, 2013 22:49

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Images Of Nostalgia

Sebastián Morales of the 2013 Talent Press Buenos Aires reviews movies LA PAZ by Santiago Loza, and LA PAZ EN BUENOS AIRES by Marcelo Charrás.
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on April 22, 2013 22:44

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New Ways of Understanding Art

Eddy Báez of the 2013 Talent Press Buenos Aires reports on the conference Crossing Borders: Film In The Art Gallery at the 2013 BAFICI.
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on April 19, 2013 23:13

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Kind Words From A Strict Thinker

Santiago Gonzalez Cragnolino of the 2013 Talent Press Buenos Aires saw a lecture of legendary film critic and programmer Kent Jones at the Talent Campus Buenos Aires.
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on April 19, 2013 23:07

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The tools of the cinema of the future

Sergio Mario López of the 2013 Talent Press Buenos Aires reports from the BAFICI panel discussing the freedom and restraints of digital filmmaking with German director Christoph Hochhäusler.
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on April 16, 2013 11:38

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Love As Artifice

Eddy Báez of the 2013 Talent Press Buenos Aires reviews the romantic comedy MAPA, directed by León Siminiani.
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on April 15, 2013 14:13

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Genre and Avant-Garde

Santiago Gonzalez Cragnolino of the 2013 Talent Press Buenos Aires reviews the chilean movie NO by Pablo Larraín, which opened this year's BAFICI Film Festival.
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on April 13, 2013 00:02

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Ernestina and the people from the banks

Raciel del Toro of the 2013 Guadalajara Talent Press reviews Martín Benchimol's and Pablo Aparo's documentary LA GENTE DEL RIO.
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Raciel del Toro Hernández
on March 8, 2013 00:13

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Family: a patient in a dark room

Marianela González of the 2013 Guadalajara Talent Press reviews two takes on the Latin American family drama: Carlos Cuarón's BESOS DE AZUCAR and Marcelo Gomes' ERASE UNA VEZ YO, VERONICA.
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Marianela González Lavandero
on March 7, 2013 21:09

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The life and lives of Veronica

Lioman Lima Padrón of the 2013 Guadalajara Talent Press reviews Marcelo Gómes' poetic character drama ERA UMA VEZ EU, VERONICA.
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Lioman Alexander Lima Padrón
on March 5, 2013 08:21

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A FRANK AND ECONOMIC EPISODE

Danis Tanovic captures an intimate episode among a Roma family in Bosnia.
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Tom Cottey
on February 13, 2013 20:53

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Restaging History

Joshua Oppenheimer discusses with the Talent Press the impact generated by his astonishing documentary, THE ACT OF KILLING.
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Juan Carlos Fangacio
on February 13, 2013 20:30

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The Landscape of Indigenous Cinema

“To what degree am I free to be a filmmaker and not an indigenous filmmaker?”, asks Andrew Okpeaha MacLean in the session “Indigenous Cinema: Beyond Tribe and Nation“.
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Ankur Pathak
on February 13, 2013 20:28

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HUNTING FOR GOOD ROLES

Holly Hunter graced the Campus with her reflections on her impressive acting career.
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Juan Carlos Fangacio
on February 12, 2013 23:56

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BITE THE PILL

Soderbergh’s latest is a tightly knit postmodern thriller.
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Ariel Esteban Cayer
on February 12, 2013 23:54

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“I LIKE DIGITAL AS LONG AS IT DOESN’T LOOK DIGITAL…”

Matthew Libatique, renowned for his cinematography in BLACK SWAN, in an interview about how digital technology has effected filmmaking.
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Adrian Jonathan Pasaribu
on February 12, 2013 23:53

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SOUND, SILENCE & SHRIMPS

The master sound designer and film editor Walter Murch reveals the secrets of good sound.
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Tom Cottey
on February 12, 2013 23:57

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Producing Films at the Berlinale

Talent Press meets a working producer and director, with a particularly personal project in the Berlinale Co-Production Market.
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Tom Cottey
on February 11, 2013 21:02

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THE UNRELIABLE NARRATOR

Talking-head documentary NO MAN’S LAND (Berlinale Forum) challenges traditional ways of turning outstanding life stories into history.
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Irina Trocan
on February 11, 2013 21:10

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The Turbulence After the Storm

Romanian drama CHILD'S POSE is a front-runner for the Golden Bear.
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Ankur Pathak
on February 11, 2013 21:05

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STUDIES IN CONTRAST

Two documentaries similar in form but completely different in effect are part of the Berlinale Homage to Claude Lanzmann.
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Juan Carlos Fangacio
on February 10, 2013 19:10

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Fighting Time with Paul Verhoeven

The provocative Dutch director talks to the Talent Press about reconciling art and entertainment.
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Tom Cottey
on February 10, 2013 19:37

Interview

Reality Meets Fiction

Over a coffee with Campus alumna Neus Ballús who made it to Berlinale Forum with her debut feature THE PLAGUE.
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Višnja Pentic
on February 10, 2013 19:07

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ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE

What is being? Is it just another form of acting? As in a Shakespeare play, everybody could be anybody in VIOLA.
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Adrian Jonathan Pasaribu
on February 10, 2013 18:59

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NOWHERE MAN

Boris Khlebnikov tells the story of a rural man with a dilemma that turns into an existential tragedy.
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Juan Carlos Fangacio
on February 9, 2013 21:14

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A WONDERLAND AMONG THE WASTE

Anne Kodura’s meticulously composed documentary struggles to outgrow its childlike gaze.
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Tom Cottey
on February 9, 2013 21:10

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“…BUT THEN I GOT LIGHTER.”

Matthew Porterfield’s third feature is a melancholy, sympathetic, but ultimately shaky step into full-fledged fiction filmmaking.
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Ariel Esteban Cayer
on February 9, 2013 21:06

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TALENT PRESS 2013: Višnja Pentić

Film criticism in Croatia has an excellent tradition, providing an encouraging background for my activity. I try to put a spotlight on those films that expand our understanding of film language and offer an inspiring vision for perceiving the real.
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Višnja Pentic
on February 8, 2013 18:08

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TALENT PRESS 2013: Irina Trocan

There are many ways of understanding films beyond the aesthetic of the New Romanian Cinema, with its international acclaim and revolutionary aesthetic. My role as a critic is to recognize as many of these forms and be able to describe them eloquently.
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Irina Trocan
on February 8, 2013 18:04

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TALENT PRESS 2013: Ariel Esteban Cayer

I like the idea of a critic as a writing-inclined cinephile, using the exercise as an excuse to get smarter; to frame film consumption within a process of active investigation, research and potential (self-)discovery.
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Ariel Esteban Cayer
on February 8, 2013 17:23

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TALENT PRESS 2013: Tom Cottey

Developing a career as a film critic in Britain is no mean feat. The competition is fierce, but becoming a film critic starts with assuming a vocation, rather than a job title.
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Tom Cottey
on February 8, 2013 18:12

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Out of Africa

Claire Diao, participant of the 2012 Durban talent Press, interviews Nashen Moodley, who was the manager of the Durban International Film Festival for 11 years and is now the director of the Sydney Film Festival.
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Claire Diao
on August 16, 2012 11:51

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The family of world cinema

2012 Durban Talent Press participant Katarina Hedrén interviews Rwandan filmmaker Kivu Ruhorahoza, the director of GREY MATTERS, whose first short film CONFESSION (2006) won the City of Venice Award at the Milan African Film Festival.
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Katarina Hedrén
on August 16, 2012 12:14

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Beasts and Bastards

Sihle Mthembu, participant of the Durban Talent Press, reviews Paddy Considine's TYRANNOSAUR at the Durban International Film Festival.
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Sihle Mthembu
on August 15, 2012 21:46

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Mutoscope and computers

Natalia Barrenha reports from the lecture Found Footage and Editing: Structural Film and History in the Films of Carlos Adriano at the Talent Campus Buenos Aires.
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Natalia Barrenha
on April 19, 2012 21:19

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The minimalism of hate

Luciana Calcagno reviews Bruno Dumont's HORS SATAN, shown at the Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente.
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Luciana Calcagno
on April 17, 2012 11:27

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A Cuban comedy of zombies in La Habana

Talent Press Guadalajara participant Mayle González Mirabal reviews Alejandro Brugués' Cuban zombie parable JUAN OF THE DEAD at the Guadalajara Film Festival.
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Mayle González Mirabal
on March 22, 2012 23:35

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The 1930s, captured by film and piano

Talent Press Guadalajara participant José Juan Zapata Pacheco reports from the Michael Nyman Gala evening. where Nyman's Film WITNESS I (2008) was screened alongside Jean Vigo's À PROPOS DE NICE (1930).
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José Juan Zapata Pacheco
on March 20, 2012 21:57

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One of the silent millions

Talent Press Guadalajara participant Luis Vaca reviews Eryk Rocha's debut film PASSERBY.
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Luis Vaca
on March 12, 2012 09:16

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What a waste of time and neurons

Talent Press Guadalajara participant Jose Juan Zapata Pacheco reviews Raul Fuentes' debut film EVERYBODY'S GOT SOMEBODY... NOT ME.
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José Juan Zapata Pacheco
on March 11, 2012 20:32

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A New Humanistic Perspective On Chilean Cinema

Lucía Salas of the 2013 Talent Press Buenos Aires reports from the BAFICI panel discussing the history, present and future of Chile's film industry.
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on April 16, 2013 11:25

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The Beginning Of The End

Lucía Salas of the 2013 Talent Press Buenos Aires reviews the LEVIATHAN by Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel from the Avant-garde and Genre Section.
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on April 14, 2013 13:19

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The nightfall is also a goodbye

Liomán Lima of the 2013 Guadalajara Talent Press reviews Raúl Ruiz' unfinished film project LA NOCHE DE ENFRENTE.
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Lioman Alexander Lima Padrón
on March 8, 2013 23:13

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Seven boxes for a Guarani dream

Marianela González of the 2013 Guadalajara Talent Press reviews Juan Carlos Maneglia's and Tana Schembori's 7 CAJAS.
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Marianela González Lavandero
on March 7, 2013 21:19

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The Uncertainty of the Synopsis

Raciel del Toro Hernández of the 2013 Guadalajara Talent Press reviews Patricia Correa's and Valentina Mac-Pherson's documentary LAS MUJERES DEL PASAJERO.
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Raciel del Toro Hernández
on March 5, 2013 08:22

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BIG IN A SMALL WAY

By celebrating the everyday over the epic, STEPPING ON FLYING GRASS becomes an epic in its own right.
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Adrian Jonathan Pasaribu
on February 13, 2013 20:56

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Spirits Leave Their Images Behind

Spirits from LEVIATHAN are frozen in time on the walls of a crematorium.
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Višnja Pentic
on February 13, 2013 20:32

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Varying Approaches

Jane Campion comments on her career with her usual modesty.
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Irina Trocan
on February 13, 2013 20:29

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IDENTITY CRISES

Three filmmakers from Southern Europe report on their experiences making art in a time of crisis.
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Ariel Esteban Cayer
on February 13, 2013 20:27

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Acting on Instinct

Israeli director Tom Shoval talks about the relationship between film and viewer and the filmmaker’s means of controlling it.
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Irina Trocan
on February 12, 2013 23:55

Interview

REALITY NEVER STOPS

Argentinian filmmaker Lucrecia Martel on the power of language and reality.
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Ankur Pathak
on February 12, 2013 23:54

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More than Meets the Eye

Legendary avant-garde playwright and theatre director Richard Foreman returns to filmmaking with the astounding ONCE EVERY DAY.
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Višnja Pentic
on February 12, 2013 23:58

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STRANGER IN PARADISE

Ulrich Seidl sits down with Ariel Esteban Cayer to discuss PARADISE: HOPE.
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Ariel Esteban Cayer
on February 11, 2013 21:12

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Putting Ideology Aside

African filmmakers discuss their urban realities in the Campus' “Set in the City“ session.
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Višnja Pentic
on February 11, 2013 21:00

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CREDIT AND CREDIBILITY

Max Ophüls’ THE TROUBLE WITH MONEY might have failed at the box office, but certainly not on the artistic front. It’s a gem waiting to be rediscovered.
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Adrian Jonathan Pasaribu
on February 11, 2013 21:09

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A HUMAN BESTIAIRE

Denis Côté’s elegant film reveals unsuspected levels of cruelty in human nature.
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Juan Carlos Fangacio
on February 11, 2013 21:03

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Les Misérables: The Madness behind the Method

What made LES MISÉRABLES the trail-blazing musical it has become?
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Ankur Pathak
on February 10, 2013 19:11

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THE PUBLIC RESTRICTIONS ON PRIVATE LIFE

Sexual minorities in Cameroon pour their hearts out to open-minded foreign audiences.
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Irina Trocan
on February 10, 2013 19:46

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GOOD VIBRATIONS

The ever-charismatic Joseph Gordon-Levitt crafts an engaging and amusing directorial debut.
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Ariel Esteban Cayer
on February 10, 2013 19:05

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NOIR’S NOT DEAD

Orson Welles’ TOUCH OF EVIL treats moral uncertainty as a bleeding wound.
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Irina Trocan
on February 9, 2013 21:16

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EAST SIDE STORIES

Since 2005, the Robert Bosch Stiftung has been associated with Eastern Europe, this year its mission expands eastward to the Arab world.
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Adrian Jonathan Pasaribu
on February 9, 2013 21:11

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Dreams Collapsed by Traditions

South African drama ELELWANI raises the pertinent argument of tradition versus modernism, but loses steam on the way.
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Ankur Pathak
on February 9, 2013 21:08

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Killing Him Softly

Inspired low-budget filmmaking in this Berlinale Panorama entry: A knight in shining armor-story with a twist.
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Višnja Pentic
on February 9, 2013 21:04

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TALENT PRESS 2013: Ankur Pathak

In India, film criticism in its strictest definition doesn’t adequately exist. But I’m very comfortable with the professional identity of a film critic, which is that of an opinion-shaper. I recognize the impactful nature of my writing, and the decisive role it plays in shaping the perspective of readers.
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Ankur Pathak
on February 8, 2013 17:51

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TALENT PRESS 2013: Adrian Jonathan Pasaribu

Public enlightenment is the name of the game now, and I certainly don’t want to be left out. Indonesian cinema desperately needs a second chance from its own public. I must contribute, one article at a time.
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Adrian Jonathan Pasaribu
on February 8, 2013 17:38

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TALENT PRESS 2013: Juan Carlos Fangacio

The times are changing in Peru. Old and useless ideas have started to fade away and a new generation of filmmakers, producers, actors and critics are leading cinema in the country with things we had never seen before.
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Juan Carlos Fangacio
on February 8, 2013 17:30

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Make films, not yoghurt

Talent Press Durban 2012 perticipant Katarina Hedrén talks to Alain Gomis's about his latest film TEY, in which death is polite enough to announce its arrival.
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Katarina Hedrén
on August 16, 2012 12:32

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Lost in Translation

Talent Press Durban 2012 participant Claire Diao shines a light on the polyinguistic nature of African cinema and the state of its film and festival landscape.
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Claire Diao
on August 16, 2012 12:24

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The bitter seed of corporate greed

Durban talent Press 2012 participant Sihle Mthembu reviews Micha X Peled's latest documentary BITTER SEEDS, which explores the epidemic of farmer suicides in India.
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Sihle Mthembu
on August 16, 2012 12:06

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It's too easy

Talent Press Durban participant Claire Diao reports from the opening ceremony of the 2012 Durban International Film Festival and reviews its opening film ELELWANI.
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Claire Diao
on August 14, 2012 23:37

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Celluloid Time Machine

Fidel Intriago reports from the first lecture of the 2012 Buenos Aires Talent Campus: Beatriz Sarlo’s take on History and Film.
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Fidel Intriago
on April 18, 2012 19:26

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The Kids Are Alright

An interview with Celina Murga, whose documentary feature ESCUELA NORMAL is presented at a special screening at the Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente.
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Natalia Barrenha
on April 15, 2012 21:00

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Homosexuality: Power and Abandonment

Talent Press Guadalajara participantMabel Machado reviews Raul Fuentes' debut film EVERYBODY'S GOT SOMEBODY... NOT ME.
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Mabel Machado López
on March 21, 2012 23:14

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Hope on the road of despair

Talent Press Guadalajara participant Luis Vaca reviews Kai Parlange's INNER SPACE (ESPACIO INTERIOR).
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Luis Vaca
on March 20, 2012 22:11

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The Latin-American metaphor of the living dead.

Talent Press Guadalajara participant Luis Vaca reviews Alejandro Brugués’ Cuban zombie parable JUAN OF THE DEAD.
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Luis Vaca
on March 12, 2012 09:32

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A film about an anonymous man's footsteps

Talent Press Guadalajara participant Mabel Machado reviews Eryk Rocha's laureate first film PASSERBY (TRANSEUNTE).
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Mabel Machado López
on March 3, 2012 20:33

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.