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Rotterdam 2008 — Trainee Project
Trainee Project for Young Film Critics 2008. The International Film Festival Rotterdam offered six young (under 30 years), motivated and talented film critics from outside The Netherlands a chance to get acquainted with the festival and the cinema of the world. The main objectives of the Trainee Project were the active support for film journalism, the promotion of coverage of independent film and assisting talented young film critics with developing their career. The young critics contributed to the festival outlets (website and "Daily Tiger").
The Trainees
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Robert Emmet Sweeney graduated from New York University in 2005 with a Masters degree in Cinema Studies — and a rapidly expanding student loan debt. He went on to write film criticism for the "Village Voice", "The Believer", "IFC News", "The Reeler", and his blog Termite Art (termiteart.blogspot.com). Currently he's employed at the film and DVD distributor "Kino International", and writes whenever anyone is foolhardy enough to give him the opportunity. |
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Ma Ran got her MA degree in Film Studies at the University of Amsterdam. Now she is a second year PhD student at the Department of Comparative Literature, University of Hong Kong. A cinephile herself, Ma Ran's academic passion is for Chinese Independent Cinema (also documentaries) and International Film Festivals. Meanwhile, Ran is a freelance film critic writing for some major newspapers and film magazines in China on premiered films or film events in Hong Kong. |
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Nandini Nair. "A love for books led me to study English Literature. But a need to grapple with the 'real' nudged me towards journalism. India is a country of many Indias. It throbs with stories. And finally, I want to be a storyteller." |
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Luiz Carlos Oliveira Jr. "I work as a film critic at "Contracampo" since 2002. In the last two years, I've collaborated with other Brazilian film magazines, like "Paisà", and organized some workshops on film criticism and contemporary cinema. After graduating at the film school in the "Universidade Federal Fluminense", I'm starting a Master in Sciences of Communication (Universidade de São Paulo). I've also shot two short films (one in 35mm and the other in 16mm). |
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Emine Yildirim. After her undergrad studies in Business Administration, Emine Yildirim completed her MA in Film and TV Studies. Since 2001 she has been working in the Turkish Film Sector. In 2005 she set up "Giyotin Film Productions Istanbul" with four of her friends (who were as out of their minds as she was) and started producing documentaries. The same year she began writing for "Timeout Istanbul" English Edition and eventually for "Today's Zaman" newspaper. She continues to work as a film critic and a documentary producer. |
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Jana Kadlecova. Journalist, editor and critic in the Slovak daily "SME". Until the age of 18 dancer (contemporary dances), then studying Communication Studies in Prague, specializing on photography, having a break in Hamburg, Germany — participating in a one-year trainee project for journalists/photographers in the publishing house "Bauer Verlag". Back to Prague, she went on with Media Studies and started Film Studies along with Dutch Studies, and worked as culture correspondent for "SME". Then back to Bratislava, Slovakia, she was editor and journalist at the Slovak weekly "Domino Forum", did voluntary work (teaching dance) in Philippines, had a traineeship in Brussels (European Committee for Culture and Education). Since June 2006 second comeback to hometown Bratislava, as journalist, editor and critic in the Slovak daily "SME". |
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