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We like this Competition!

Last month, we cheered on our partners over at Shooting People as they pulled out all the stops to encourage their filmmakers to enter Mofilm's Barcelona Ad Competition. It paid off, with eight Shooting People members winning prizes, two coming top and one winning the Grand Prize. And as one competition ends, another opens - and this time, winners will be flown to New York for Tribeca Film Festival and pick up a host of cash prizes. To enter, filmmakers must make an ad of less than 90 seconds for one of six brands. Sounds like a deal to us!
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AVATAR

It may not have quite hit the BAFTA/Oscar jackpot, but it’s no understatement to say that audiences are responding to James Cameron’s Avatar - but are they entranced by the storytelling or simply wowed by the high-tech spectacle? Trevor Johnston, our man in the 3-D glasses, reveals how the script blends quest narrative, dramatic choices, love story and not a little topicality in a killer combination which has hit home at the global box-office.
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We always knew Bigelow's Hurt Locker would do it!

We couldn't have been more thrilled to see Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal’s The Hurt Locker clean up at the Oscars on Sunday night as they did at the BAFTAs last month. As a result of some string-pulling from distributor’s Optimum, The Script Factory was delighted to stage a preview of the film late last summer together with on-stage conversation with Bigelow and Boal. As the film's awards collection threatens to burst at the seams, you can read extracts of our illuminating conversation here.
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Live Event
Tue, 23 March 2010
The Scouting Book For Boys Preview plus Q&A with director, writer & producer
One of the unexpected pleasures to be found in last years’ London Film Festival programme, The Scouting Book for Boys is the debut feature from Tom Harper (director of numerous award-winning shorts including Cubs and Cherries), with a screenplay written by playwright and Skins writer, Jack Thorne.
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FILM TRAINING
Sat, 27 March 2010 - Sun, 28 March
Writing The Heroine's Story
A practical and timely two day workshop is designed to help screenwriters and development professionals grapple with the creation of unique, compelling and emotionally complex female protagonists.
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