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31 Days Around the World With BlueCat

Interviews with screenwriters from around the world.

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31 Days Around the World With BlueCat

Brussells, Belgium – Daniel Calatayud

Why did you start writing screenplays? I always been a cinéphile, but I was a bit disappointed with Hollywood films; some are great, but most are too average....

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Belgrade, Serbia – Paolo Rizzardini

BlueCat: Why did you start writing screenplays? Paolo Rizzardini: Because I don’t know what I love more: to invent stories or to watch them. Writing a...

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Guadalajara, Mexico – Jaime Fidalgo

Why did you start writing screenplays? I’m a filmmaker turned writer due to the necessity of having a script under arms as a “more accessible” way of...

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Lagos, Nigeria – Isedehi Aigbogun

Why did you start writing screenplays? I had a dream in January 2013, and all I could think was, “This is a movie!” I told my sister about this dream and was...

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Eleanna Santorinaiou – Athens, Greece

BlueCat: Why did you start writing screenplays? Eleanna Santorinaiou: I wrote my first screenplay when I was 21. But before my decision to become a film...

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Lutfu Emre Cicek – Istanbul, Turkey

BlueCat: Why did you start writing screenplays? Lutfu Emre Cicek: My first job on a film set was as a production assistant on a low-budget horror movie shot in...

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Kris Kosaka – Kamakura, Japan

BlueCat: Why did you start writing screenplays? KK: I had written one screenplay just to experiment but resisted the strict prescriptions of the genre....

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Buenos Aires, Argentina – Carolina Machado

BlueCat: Why did you start writing screenplays? CM: I love the idea that a story that I imagined can be materialized on a screen and be felt and seen by other...

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Anders Vacklin – Helsinki, Finland

BlueCat: Why did you start writing screenplays? AV: When I wanted to study writing, there really weren’t that many writer’s programs in Finland for poets or...

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