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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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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 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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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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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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The Zoo and the Society

Talent Campus alumnus Edwin returns to Berlin with his second feature POSTCARDS FROM THE ZOO, showing in the Berlinale Competition.
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Makbul Mubarak
on February 15, 2012 19:55

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A Visa for Filmmaking

An interview with Lebanese filmmaker Mahmoud Hojeij, part of the Berlinale Shorts with his IMPOSSIBLE EXCHANGE.
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Janaina Navarro
on February 15, 2012 21:50

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Dish of the Day

A father-son story set against a culinary background, STEP UP TO THE PLATE leaves no emotional ingredient unused.
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Aderinsola Ajao
on February 15, 2012 19:10

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Fast and Furious

An interview with director Tony Gatlif, whose timely INDIGNADOS just screened in the Berlinale Panorama.
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Tina Hassannia
on February 15, 2012 18:50

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Critical Decoupage of the Film Archive

Reporting on a Berlinale Forum Expanded lecture by Harun Farocki, who tells the story of the Italian film that once deconstructed Hollywood.
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Katja Cicigoj
on February 15, 2012 20:15

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Improvising Upon Historical Accuracy

An interview with pluri-decorated costume designer Sandy Powell, who returns to Berlin as a Campus expert after her participation in the Berlinale Jury last year.
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Makbul Mubarak
on February 14, 2012 22:30

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Cognitive interactivity beyond physical interaction

Navigation and storytelling come together in a Campus workshop that aims to unsettle our perception of space through clever use of narrative and new media.
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Katja Cicigoj
on February 14, 2012 22:39

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Extremely Quiet & Incredibly Moving

Nicole van Kildonk‘s TAKING CHANCES is a kid’s movie treading some very dark territory in an affecting way.
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Michal Oleszczyk
on February 14, 2012 21:49

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Economic Hardship Turns Into Family Drama

Ursula Meier makes a strong impression in the Berlinale Competition with her sophomore feature SISTER.
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Katja Cicigoj
on February 13, 2012 19:49

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Greener Pastures

Learning to appreciate the work of the shepherds, courtesy of the documentary WINTER NOMADS in the Berlinale Forum.
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Tina Hassannia
on February 13, 2012 18:26

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Three Minutes of Innovation

How do you convey innovation and revolutionary ideas in such a short window of time? Filmmakers from the Focus Forward panel share their stories.
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Guido Pellegrini
on February 13, 2012 19:46

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Dancer in a Dark Editing Suite

An interview with Lars von Trier's editor Molly Malene Stensgaard, visiting the Berlinale Talent Campus for the panel "Directing Scripts, Editing Stories".
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Anders Wotzke
on February 13, 2012 18:49

Interview

Expanding Narrative Spaces

Alex McDowell talks production design with Talent Press, explaining how he draws the audience into his fictional world.
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Aderinsola Ajao
on February 13, 2012 20:25

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Love and Monoliths

The young Greek director Spiros Stathoulopoulos is in Competition at the Berlinale with his second feature film, punctuated by forbidden attractions, opposing peaks and a peculiar style of animation.
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Guido Pellegrini
on February 12, 2012 18:05

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Fucking Alone

Malgoska Szumowska takes part in the Berlinale Panorama with ELLES, asking questions about the true nature of sexual encounters.
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Janaina Navarro
on February 12, 2012 17:30

Interview

The Art of Observation

An interview with documentary filmmaker Sophie Fiennes, who joined the Campus for the event "The Other Side of Reality".
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Katja Cicigoj
on February 12, 2012 19:57

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Chicks with Their Father’s Mustaches

With her documentary MAN FOR A DAY, Katarina Peters playfully puts to practice the theoretical complexity of gender-studies issues.
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Makbul Mubarak
on February 11, 2012 19:56

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Staring at the Road

Conflicts arise on and off a bus, resulting in a journey of bonding and discovery: a review of HIGHWAY from Berlinale Panorama.
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Janaina Navarro
on February 11, 2012 19:33

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The invisible hand of distribution

The Berlinale Talent Campus now extends its reach to the world of film distribution. As the Talents meet up, we report on their discussion and on the issues they face.
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Tina Hassannia
on February 11, 2012 19:11

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Breathing Music into Movies

Hard at work for the Berlinale Talent Campus Score Competition, the three participants share some thoughts on their musical sensibilities and their approach to the material.
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Michal Oleszczyk
on February 11, 2012 18:19

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Canadian cinema: Talent right under our noses

There is a tremendous lack of awareness among Canadians that a national cinema even exists here, or what it looks like.
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Tina Hassannia
on February 3, 2012 15:56

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Walls and Binoculars: Cinema of My Surroundings

There are many potential films made in Indonesia, but there is no one there to write about them and to later capture and place them into some frame in our history. This is where I wish I could do my task.
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Makbul Mubarak
on February 3, 2012 15:45

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The Critic: maybe a flâneur, but not a dilettante

I see the critic as a upside down prism, that absorbs different stimuli from the world and gathers them in a unique beam put in words.
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Janaina Navarro
on February 2, 2012 12:32

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Reaching Critical Mass

We’re lucky enough to be writing about a medium that billions enjoy watching, so what’s stopping us from developing it into a medium that billions enjoy discussing?
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Anders Wotzke
on February 2, 2012 12:13

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Time to read, time to think

Griselda Soriano of the Talent Press Buenos Aires 2011 reports on a panel that raises some questions about the present and future of film criticism.
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Griselda Soriano Barea
on April 18, 2011 12:57

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First the movies, then life

Griselda Soriano of the Talent Press Buenos Aires 2011 finds Federico Veiroj's THE USEFUL LIFE, much like its cineastic protagonist, split right down the middle between cinema and real life.
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Griselda Soriano Barea
on April 15, 2011 21:30

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Sing a Song from Home

Patricia Kaiser from the Talent Press Buenos Aires 2011 finds Alberto Fuguet's COUNTRY MUSIC to be a touching and brillantly acted city-road movie about a Chilean in Nashvill.
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Patricia Matilde Kaiser Crespo
on April 13, 2011 21:02

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What is cinema (today)?

Sebastián Santillán of the talent Press Buenos Aires 2011 sees new directions of film production and distribution discussed at the panel “New Forms: Beyond Cinema”.
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Flor de María Velásquez Mayorga
on April 13, 2011 13:54

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Beyond cinema

Sergio Zapata of the Talent Press Buenos Aires 2011 reports from a panel discussion about filmmaking in the era of new technologies and reproducibility.
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Luis Sergio Zapata
on April 9, 2011 11:32

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Forgiven by history

Pablo Larrain’s 2010 film POST MORTEM masterfully opens up a new approach of the Southern American nations to deal with their past, writes Jacqueline Venet of the 2011 Talent Press Guadalajara.
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Jaqueline Venet
on April 2, 2011 12:30

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Sketching creative freedom

Bill Plympton's IDIOTS AND ANGELS is a case study of both the benefits and the perils of individual artistic freedom, writes Ulisés Pérez Mancilla of the 2011 Talent Press Guadalajara
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Ulisés Pérez Mancilla
on March 30, 2011 17:51

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The Nausea of the Anunciation

Jaqueline Venet of the 2011 Talent Press Guadalajara reviews Bill Plympton's animated feature film IDIOTS AND ANGELS.
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Jaqueline Venet
on March 29, 2011 11:17

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You and Me Against the World

The Berlinale Retrospective offers a chance to rediscover an early gem by Swedish maestro Ingmar Bergman - a review of IT RAINS ON OUR LOVE.
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Francis Joseph Cruz
on February 16, 2011 20:45

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Discursive Entertainment

A lack of subtlety and ambition prevents Berlinale Forum's STATE OF VIOLENCE from being more than just an entertaining revenge tale.
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Diego Faraone
on February 16, 2011 20:37

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Screenplays, Stories, Meanings

The "Dial F for Fiction" event discusses the scripts the participants of the Berlinale Talent Campus Script Station have worked on.
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Conall Cash
on February 16, 2011 20:25

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Taste of Cinema

A road trip through Argentinian vineyards – Nicolás Carreras´ WAYS OF WINE – followed by an amazing dinner inspired by the film and cooked by chef Sonja Frühsammer: the perfect recipe to enjoy cinema.
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Pamela Pianezza
on February 16, 2011 20:07

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Estrangement in the Land of Magic

Can a Chinese educational and cautionary tale about AIDS reach the broader audience of the Berlinale Panorama?
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Eren Odabasi
on February 15, 2011 20:02

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Breaking Schemes

Documentary filmmakers Andres Veiel and Heddy Honigmann meet Talents for the “Too Good to Be True: Directing Reality” panel.
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Diego Faraone
on February 15, 2011 19:54

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One Man’s Terrorist Is Another Man’s Gay Porn Subject

THE TERRORISTS (Berlinale Forum) uses transgression as a way to unsettle its viewers and lure them in.
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Nicholas Deigman
on February 15, 2011 19:39

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Double bill of sex and art

Two films by Director Joe Swanberg are screening in the Berlinale Forum, and there's no shortage of controversy in both.
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Bethsheba Achitsa
on February 15, 2011 19:00

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The Actors and the Alchemist

A conversation with Beatrice Kruger, casting director for filmmakers such as Tom Tykwer and Anton Corbijn.
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Francis Joseph Cruz
on February 15, 2011 18:09

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Endless Power for the Artist

The great Harry Belafonte shares his thoughts on activism, art and the challenges for the next generation.
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Bethsheba Achitsa
on February 14, 2011 19:59

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Winter Is too Harsh for Flowers

German short film ICE FLOWERS is well executed, but suffers the shortcomings of its own ambition.
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Eren Odabasi
on February 14, 2011 19:31

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A Woman in this World of Men

Active in Berlin as the Jury President of the 61st Berlin International Film Festival, actress Isabella Rossellini visited the Campus to discuss her craft and love of juries.
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Francis Joseph Cruz
on February 14, 2011 19:12

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Complicity, Victimhood, Violence

The controversial story of a man who became involved at a young age in the horrors of Pinochet's Chilean dictatorship: a documentary in the Berlinale Forum.
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Conall Cash
on February 14, 2011 18:53

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A bleak future for war films?

Three award-winning directors come together to discuss the status of a genre inextricably tied to the dangers of reality.
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Bethsheba Achitsa
on February 13, 2011 20:25

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Colorful Shadows

Animation expert Michel Ocelot visits the Berlinale with his unique 3D puppetry film TALES OF THE NIGHT.
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Francis Joseph Cruz
on February 13, 2011 19:22

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People-obsessed

Actress Kerry Fox joined the Campus panel “The Rules of Engagement” along with Swedish author and screenwriter Henning Mankell and 2008 Golden Bear winner José Padilha.
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Josefina García Pullés
on February 13, 2011 19:03

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Collision Matters

The limits of the world that SUICIDE ROOM aims to investigate end up being the limits of the film itself - a review of the Berlinale Panorama entry by director Jan Komasa.
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Josefina García Pullés
on February 12, 2011 20:15

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Can the Market Solve Africa’s Problems?

Director Ulrich Köhler tackles some long-standing issues in SLEEPING SICKNESS, shown in the Berlinale Competition.
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Bethsheba Achitsa
on February 12, 2011 19:56

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A (Puritan) Miracle

It's come a long way - from the viral campaign on Youtube to Berlin. The global documentary LIFE IN A DAY (Berlinale Panorama) comprises glimpses of existence of its many subjects: us.
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Diego Faraone
on February 12, 2011 19:37

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Boy Meets Girl

Who says networking must be boring or intimidating? Gifted girls meet talented boys in search of their professional soulmates - an odd yet enjoyable kick-off of the Berlinale Talent Campus 2011.
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Pamela Pianezza
on February 12, 2011 18:58

Interviews & Features

Evolution of a Filipino Film Lover

I’m sure it did not happen deliberately, like a well-hatched plan from an expertly crafted heist film. And unlike dear Alexis Tioseco’s important pronouncements about film criticism, that it be fueled not by anything else but love, my almost accidental foray into film writing was borne out of frustration and a tinge of subtle rebellion.
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Francis Joseph Cruz
on February 1, 2011 14:03

Interviews & Features

Waiting for the new Nouvelle Vague

Let’s get lost in film festivals. They are the best places to keep you awake and hold off the routine. To give you nausea, headaches, heart attacks, cold sweats and goose-flesh.
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Pamela Pianezza
on February 1, 2011 19:35

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Doing Film Criticism

Film criticism was never really something I decided to do, but it's something that I've always done. Criticism is an act, not a profession. You do it because the artwork requires it; and if the artwork doesn't require it, if there's nothing necessary for criticism to contribute to it, then you don't do it.
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Conall Cash
on February 1, 2011 13:43

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Cursed hobby

I was never interested in filmmaking. I find the shootings absolutely boring, and my real interest is the analysis, research and study of cinematographical phenomena.
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Diego Faraone
on February 1, 2011 18:59

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The Human Aspect

Mexican filmmaker David Pablos talks about his time at the Berlinale Talent Campus and his new film ONE FRONTIER, ALL FRONTIERS

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Aily Nash
on November 24, 2010 23:43

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Little Red Riding into the Unfamiliar

Talent Press alumna Erzsébet Plájás about the shooting of Eva Pervolovici's LITTLE RED, one of the five finalists of the Berlin Today Award, the short film competition of the Berlinale Talent Campus
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Erzsebet Plajas
on September 12, 2010 19:56

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SPOT THE DIFFERENCE

We've seen one face of the industry - now it's time to look at the other reality of Philippine cinema, with a report from the Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival.
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James Gabrillo
on August 3, 2010 18:39

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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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

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The Book of Leigh

Berlinale Jury president Mike Leigh speaks to the Talents about his working process.
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Anders Wotzke
on February 15, 2012 18:32

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Helping a Dream

An interview with actress and producer Sarah Wanjiku Muhoho, winner of the VFF Highlight Pitch Award and a participant in the Talent Project Market.
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Guido Pellegrini
on February 15, 2012 18:20

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Family Ties

Radu Jude’s EVERYONE IN OUR FAMILY is a violent comedy of familial dissent that packs a visceral wallop both painful and tickling.
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Michal Oleszczyk
on February 15, 2012 18:04

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Young Superheroes

With his short film BATMAN AT THE CHECKPOINT, Rafael Balulu is the winner of the 2012 Berlin Today Award.
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Guido Pellegrini
on February 15, 2012 20:18

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Death on the Harbour

A trip back in time with Leo Mittler’s silent film JENSEITS DER STRASSE, part of the Berlinale Retrospektive "The Red Dream Factory".
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Aderinsola Ajao
on February 15, 2012 22:02

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You Have to Know the Heart of Man

Werner Herzog presents his four-part TV project on death-row inmates as part of the Berlinale Special.
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Janaina Navarro
on February 14, 2012 22:11

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The Iron Closet

In Berlinale Panorama, the documentary AMONG MEN collects memories from the gay community of East Germany, from a time in which walls public and private were still standing.
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Anders Wotzke
on February 14, 2012 21:58

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Road to Nowhere

Road-building can be tough, but the uncertain destination makes it even worse, as detailed in the Berlinale Forum documentary HABITER/CONSTRUIRE.
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Tina Hassannia
on February 14, 2012 22:54

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Odysseus with Woman-shaped-Tiresias in his arms

An abundance of classical-literature references doesn't redeem KEYHOLE's gimmicky experimentalism.
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Janaina Navarro
on February 13, 2012 18:43

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Cinema Equals Respect Toward Life

Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-Hsien is "In the Limelight" at the Berlinale Talent Campus.
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Makbul Mubarak
on February 13, 2012 19:53

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Storysharers

The Berlinale Talent Campus discusses cross-media strategies updating some old McLuhan's bits of wisdom.
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Michal Oleszczyk
on February 13, 2012 20:05

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Unworldly Spain Amidst Its Worldly Crisis

The rural landscape of southern Spain, the shadow of the international crisis, a secret love story and a group of knights travelling in a car: Cristina Diz’s SLEEPLESS KNIGHTS from the Berlinale Forum.
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Makbul Mubarak
on February 13, 2012 18:19

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Don’t Mention the Lunar War

Nazis in space? IRON SKY from Berlinale Panorama imagines an alternative 2018 in which the Reich has beaten everyone to the Moon. But are these jokes from the future already outdated?
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Anders Wotzke
on February 12, 2012 17:23

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Held CAPTIVE by Hyper-Real Hijack Flick

Brillante Mendoza's latest effort in the Berlinale Competition is a powerful depiction of a prolonged kidnapping.
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Michal Oleszczyk
on February 12, 2012 17:51

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Filmmaking without Borders

The Berlinale Talent Campus opens its doors for the tenth time with special guests Juliette Binoche and Gaston Kaboré.
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Aderinsola Ajao
on February 12, 2012 18:11

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Taste of Cheeky

From Berlinale Forum, Mani Haghighi's MODEST RECEPTION tackles serious issues with playful absurdity.
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Tina Hassannia
on February 12, 2012 19:05

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Videos Critical and Clinical

A look at the "Critique and Clinic" exhibition in the Berlinale Forum Expanded.
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Katja Cicigoj
on February 11, 2012 19:46

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Fiction by Design

Berlinale Forum entry NORMAL SCHOOL documents reality with such neat precision that it feels scripted. The result is stimulating.
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Guido Pellegrini
on February 11, 2012 19:20

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Poor d'Or

THE WOMAN IN THE SEPTIC TANK satirises both the Filipino film industry and the film festival culture - but is there more than just a laugh to this Berlinale Forum entry?
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Anders Wotzke
on February 11, 2012 18:35

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When Cool is Not So Hot

Latvian youth is the subject of Juris Poskus' KOLKA COOL, on display at the European Film Market.
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Aderinsola Ajao
on February 11, 2012 20:09

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A Place at the Table

For me, the biggest special effect in Ivan Reitman’s GHOSTBUSTERS II wasn’t the walking Statue of Liberty at all, but a plain delivery-pizza box seen in one of the scenes. How I dreamed of a pizza like that.
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Michal Oleszczyk
on February 3, 2012 15:52

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Film Criticism Beyond Judgment

Film criticism is thus not a matter of absolute judgment, but of passion, love and hate; not a war for Truth, but a combat for knowledge-making and awareness-raising.
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Katja Cicigoj
on February 3, 2012 15:40

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The Double Life of Cinephilia

I can hardly mend the schism between my double identities as global, English-language Internet critic and twenty-something film lover who walks down dark hallways to watch movies with fellow porteños.
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Guido Pellegrini
on February 2, 2012 12:21

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Critics Anonymous

In the forever-expanding world of international cinema, there is hardly a bad time or place to be a film critic.
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Aderinsola Ajao
on February 2, 2012 11:05

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The art of improvisation

Patricio Guzman explains in his masterclass why documentaries are like jazz, reports Patricia Kaiser of the Talent Press Buenos Aires 2011.
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Patricia Matilde Kaiser Crespo
on April 16, 2011 17:42

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All the world's a stage

Matías Piñeiro's ROSALINDA engages in role-playing to find the fleeting moments, writes Sebastián Santillán of the Talent Press Buenos Aires 2011.
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Flor de María Velásquez Mayorga
on April 15, 2011 21:39

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Music will change the way you see the world

Griselda Soriano of the Talent Press Buenos Aires writes about Karin Idelson's experimental documentary LOVE SONG.
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Griselda Soriano Barea
on April 13, 2011 20:28

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Nobody is saying that cinemas will disappear

Daniela Espejo of the Talent Press Buenos Aires attended a panel on the the latest trend in viewing films - online movies.
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Daniela Verónica Espejo
on April 9, 2011 11:50

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The Abolition of the Present

The Chilean documentary NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT by Patricio Guzman fuses a mesmerizing cinematographic discourse with the personal desire of an author to explore his nation's past, writes Ulises Perez Mancilla of the 2011 Talent Press Guadalajara.
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on April 2, 2011 12:05

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Prehistoric Interiors of the Chauvet Cave

Werner Herzog's CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS not only tells us about the prehistoric past but also about our complex and paradoxical point of view when dealing with our history, says Rubén Padrón Astorga of the Talent Press Guadalajara.
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Rubén Padrón Astorga
on April 1, 2011 21:37

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How a an incomprehensible obsession becomes a debut film

Guillermo Gonzalez Montes' debut feature MUD FLOWER feels rather ill-conceived, writes Daniel Campos of the 2011 Talent Press Guadalajara.
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Daniel Campos
on March 30, 2011 17:47

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Redemptions of Cinematographic Literature

Rubén Padrón Astorga of the Talent Press Guadalajara reports from a three-hour workshop of screenwriting legend Guillermo Arriaga at the 2011 Talent Campus Guadalajara.
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Rubén Padrón Astorga
on March 29, 2011 10:50

Interview

Of Time, Space and Belonging

2009 Golden Bear-winning director Claudia Llosa talks about relating to her audience, cultural differences and controversial subjects.
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Eren Odabasi
on February 16, 2011 20:41

Film

Oh Mother, Mother! What Have You Done?

First-time director Ralph Fiennes makes some bold choices in this Shakespeare adaptation, and they don't always work - but Vanessa Redgrave saves the day.
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Josefina García Pullés
on February 16, 2011 20:32

Film

She Monkeys Riding High in Cinema World

Berlinale Generation 14plus' SHE MONKEYS deals with sex, power and gender issues.
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Bethsheba Achitsa
on February 16, 2011 20:17

Interview

Queer International

John Greyson, filmmaker, academic and gay rights activist talks about the current state of queer cinema and its future prospectives.
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Nicholas Deigman
on February 16, 2011 20:02

Film

The Day Before the End

A look at JC Chandor’s Berlinale Competition film MARGIN CALL, a positive byproduct of the financial crisis.
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Pamela Pianezza
on February 15, 2011 20:01

Reportage

A Material World

A richly assembled team of filmmakers gets together to discuss the art of building narrative worlds.
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Josefina García Pullés
on February 15, 2011 19:46

Reportage

The Uses of 3D Cinema

A panel discussion with Wim Wenders and his team about PINA and the future of 3D filmmaking.
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Conall Cash
on February 15, 2011 19:12

Interview

Animal Acting

Acting coach Jean-Louis Rodrigue believes actors should get back in touch with their primal nature, and explains how he helps them achieve this goal.
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Pamela Pianezza
on February 15, 2011 18:20

Interview

Working in the Shadows

An interview with editor Andrew Bird, a mentor at the Campus Editing Studio who also edited the Berlinale Competition film THE FUTURE.
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Diego Faraone
on February 14, 2011 20:37

Film

Farewell Chen Kaige

SACRIFICE is a beautiful and labyrinthine classical drama - for unconditional aficionados of sword plays and twisty plots only.
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Pamela Pianezza
on February 14, 2011 19:37

Reportage

A Lively Introduction to an Unpopular Process

'Dura lex, sed lex': two experts brief Talents on the insidious legal aspects of filmmaking.
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Nicholas Deigman
on February 14, 2011 19:21

Film

Follow the Light

A look at the short films in the Berlinale Generation Kplus section.
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Josefina García Pullés
on February 14, 2011 19:00

Interview

Rooted and Uprooted

A conversation with director Kyoko Miyake about her Berlin Today Award winning HACKNEY LULLABIES.
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Conall Cash
on February 13, 2011 19:26

Film

The Architect of No Man’s Land

From Berlinale Forum, HI-SO by Aditya Assarat frames the themes of alienation and identity with architectural rigour.
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Eren Odabasi
on February 13, 2011 19:47

Film

Amputated Resistance

One of the best filmmakers in the world should have been in Berlin as part of the International Jury. Instead, he has been silenced and shackled in his own country. A profile of Jafar Panahi.
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Diego Faraone
on February 13, 2011 19:13

Film

Dance! Dance! Otherwise we are lost

German maestro Wim Wenders experiments with 3D in his latest work PINA, a tribute to legendary choreographer Pina Bausch.
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Nicholas Deigman
on February 13, 2011 18:55

Reportage

A Bright Winter in Berlin for Emerging Filmmakers

The Berlinale Talent Campus 2011 is off to a great start - we zoom in on one of the participants to learn his story.
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Eren Odabasi
on February 12, 2011 20:06

Film

Divorcee Sex at the Click of a Button

From drama to comedy and back: Berlinale Forum’s E-LOVE mixes old tragedies and new remedies in a woman's journey to self-discovery.
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Nicholas Deigman
on February 12, 2011 19:49

Film

Family Lessons and a Familiar Message

Yasemin Samdereli's Berlinale Competition entry ALMANYA is a feel-good immigration tale.
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Conall Cash
on February 12, 2011 19:20

Film

A View From a Room

From the Berlinale Forum 2011, DAY IS DONE by director Thomas Imbach invites viewers to re-think their perspective of the mundane - there is certainly more than meets the eye here.
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Francis Joseph Cruz
on February 12, 2011 18:14

Reportage

Greetings from London

Ever since I was old enough to collect money – and propel myself by means other than bipedalism – I have been a passionate filmgoer. Those early years were filled with the sort of vacuous Hollywood tripe that I now rail against; but with age my passion grew and became more refined.
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Nicholas Deigman
on February 12, 2011 21:51

Reportage

Other Colours, Other Voices

Turkish cinema hides so many dilemmas and questions within that it is only natural film criticism turns into an act of reasoning here.
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Eren Odabasi
on February 1, 2011 19:25

Interviews & Features

The show is yet to begin for East African film critics

Film criticism is a conspicuously absent topic within the Kenyan film circles. With the exception of 2008 when the Goethe-Institut in Nairobi, Kenya, brought together participants to train them on film criticism, no other efforts have been in place.
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Bethsheba Achitsa
on February 1, 2011 12:55

Interviews & Features

Life in a can

Cinema seizes life and dresses it up, making it happen in a delimited space and time. I’m obsessed with the halo of mystery that surrounds it.
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Josefina García Pullés
on February 1, 2011 19:48

Interview

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.

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Altagracia Lizardo Medina
on November 24, 2010 23:24

Film

The Second Generation

Talent Press alumna Suchandrika Chakrabarti about the shooting of Kyoko Miyake's HACKNEY LULLABIES, one of the five finalists of the Berlin Today Award, the short film competition of the Berlinale Talent Campus
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on September 12, 2010 19:50

Film

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

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

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

Reportage

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

Reportage

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

Reportage

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

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