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Manipulating Emotions

The true story of a Nazi deportation in 1942 Paris strives for historical accuracy but fails to find a balance. Directed by Roselyne Bosch.
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Loic Valceschini
on June 25, 2010 23:50

Reportage

In memory of El Hadj Samba Sarr

One of the Talent Press writers shares memories of his friend, filmmaker and Talent Campus Alumnus El Hadj Samba Sarr.
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Espera Donouvossi
on June 10, 2010 13:02

Film

A triangle of ambiguity

Shown at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008, Yin Lichuan's KNITTING finally got released in China in early 2010. Was it worth the wait?
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Alice Wang
on May 31, 2010 14:53

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SHOOTING STAR

A big budget, the country’s biggest stars, and a Big Brother-like film studio. It’s a day in the life of the Philippines’ biggest commercial director filming her next big blockbuster.
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James Gabrillo
on May 17, 2010 11:43

Interview

Imaginarium of vacant dreams

Talent Press interviews Terry Gilliam after the release of THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS.
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Aaron Graham
on May 11, 2010 17:55

Film

Found Footage - Part II

Following our first descent into the world of found footage, we now look at further examples of how filmmakers can manipulate existing images to convey new meanings.
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Ezequiel Schmoller
on May 2, 2010 12:51

Film

A spiral of contained emotions

Alberto Rodriguez brings his last work AFTER to the Guadalajara Film Festival

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Altagracia Lizardo Medina
on April 3, 2010 15:23

Film

the bittersweet flavour of Latin American poverty

The director of TROPA DE ELITE turns to the documentary form with GARAPA, an intense account of the lives of three family in a region stricken by famine.

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Alan McLane
on March 26, 2010 12:10

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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.

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Altagracia Lizardo Medina
on March 14, 2010 11:36

Reportage

Loving the small things

As one of the guests at the Campus in Guadalajara, screenwriter Barry Gifford met with the Talents and shared some insight on his work with David Lynch.

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Lautaro Salgado
on March 14, 2010 10:47

Film

Fences of the Mind

Shaking up the Berlinale Competition, Florin Şerban's IF I WANT TO WHISTLE, I WHISTLE is a minimalist tale of brotherhood morphed into parenthood, with gaps in between.
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James Gabrillo
on February 13, 2010 18:01

Film

Scorsese-Lite

A Hollywood Maestro tries his hand at a psychological thriller, but his fourth partnership with DiCaprio might be the worst of them all.
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Kartik Nair
on February 13, 2010 20:11

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Yoji Yamada and His Family

The Berlinale Talent Campus series "In the Limelight" gives the Japanese director the chance to retrace the different steps of his career.

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Tuba Parlak
on February 17, 2010 20:07

Film

Blue Comedy

Stellan Skarsgård gives a wonderful physical performance in Hans Petter Moland's A SOMEWHAT GENTLE MAN, shown in Competition at the Berlinale.

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Erzsebet Plajas
on February 17, 2010 20:51

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Glimpses of Insight

"Directing Actors": a speech by Johanna ter Steege on the work of the performer and its relationship with the director.

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Aily Nash
on February 17, 2010 20:46

Film

Death Is At the Center of Banality

The lasting impact of a 2004 sex tape involving New Delhi students serves as inspiration for Indian filmmaker Dibakar Banerjee, who reflects on voyeurism in the digital era with LOVE SEX AUR DHOKHA.

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Kartik Nair
on May 4, 2010 16:54

Film

Found Footage - Part I

The first part of a journey of discovery into the world of borrowed images - the act of collecting frames out of control can lead to interesting pieces of filmmaking. From Duchamp to WW2 propaganda by Frank Capra.

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Ezequiel Schmoller
on April 21, 2010 11:23

Film

The fall of the house of Wilson

Bolivian film SOUTH DISTRICT goes inside a family house to explore what's outside of it.

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Alan McLane
on March 29, 2010 17:34

Film

Good Herbs for the heart

Screened at the Guadalajara Film Festival, THE GOOD HERBS is the latest effort by director Maria Novaro, who takes Alzheimer's disease as a metaphor for the abandonment to which the healing power of herbs has been condemned by contemporary world.

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Lautaro Salgado
on March 23, 2010 20:15

Reportage

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.

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Altagracia Lizardo Medina
on March 14, 2010 11:40

Film

All About His Father

Turkish director Hasan Semih Kaplanoglu in Competition at the Berlinale with HONEY, the final installment of his trilogy about a child and its difficulties in growing up.

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Loic Valceschini
on February 17, 2010 20:17

Film

In the Mood for Noodles

In only his second departure in eight years from the wuxia genre, Zhang Yimou's A WOMAN, A GUN AND A NOODLE SHOP is a retelling of an early Coens' classic.

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Loic Valceschini
on February 14, 2010 20:35

Interview

Design Then and Now

Veteran production designer Sir Ken Adam looks back on his career and shares his views about the current state of his business.

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Tuba Parlak
on February 16, 2010 19:10

Film

In Full Circle

Restoration brings to life a piece of film history never seen outside of Germany ― NUREMBERG: ITS LESSON FOR TODAY. From 1948 to Berlinale Special.

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James Gabrillo
on February 17, 2010 18:43

Film

A Different Kind of Dogma

No matter how bad it gets, there's still hope in this latest effort from Dogma 95 co-founder Thomas Vinterberg that premiered at the Berlinale Competition.

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Aily Nash
on February 14, 2010 19:19

Film

Real-life Soap Opera

Heavily autobiographical account of a director's family quest, ALL MY FATHERS adds to the 2010 Berlinale trend of troubled parenthood.

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Aleksandar Radovanovic
on February 17, 2010 21:06

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