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News Release For immediate release Raindance Film Festival presents an exclusive Masterclass with Oscar nominated screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga Join screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga as he shares his skills through immersive sessions during Raindance Film Festival Raindance Film Festival, in association with the CoProduction Forum: Focus on Mexico, is proud to announce an exclusive Masterclass with one of the most original storytelling and screenwriting voices, Guillermo Arriaga. The Oscar® nominated screenwriter behind films such as Amores Perros, Babel and 21 Grams will discuss his craft during two exclusive sessions brought to you by Raindance Film Festival on October 3 rd and October 4 th 2015 at The May Fair Hotel, London. Join Guillermo Arriaga as he talks through complex and advanced methods and principles of story, structure, dramatic tension, character development and scene design, giving avid screenwriters the chance to learn first hand from an industry expert. Born and raised in Mexico City, Arriaga first came to prominence in Mexico as a novelist. His works, rife with a trademark sense of humour and irony, have been translated in 18 languages. As a screenwriter he has collaborated with director Alejandro González Iñárritu (Birdman) while his screenplay for The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, directed by and starring Tommy Lee Jones, also won Arriaga the prestigious Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival.

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News  Release  For  immediate  release    

 

Raindance  Film  Festival  presents  an  exclusive  Masterclass    with  Oscar  nominated  screenwriter  Guillermo  Arriaga  

Join  screenwriter  Guillermo  Arriaga  as  he  shares  his  skills  through  immersive  sessions  during  Raindance  Film  Festival  

 Raindance  Film  Festival,  in  association  with  the  Co-­‐Production  Forum:  Focus  on  Mexico,  is  

proud  to  announce  an  exclusive  Masterclass  with  one  of  the  most  original  storytelling  and  

screenwriting  voices,  Guillermo  Arriaga.    

The  Oscar®  nominated  screenwriter  behind  films  such  as  Amores  Perros,  Babel  and  

21  Grams  will  discuss  his  craft  during  two  exclusive  sessions  brought  to  you  by  

Raindance  Film  Festival  on  October  3rd  and  October  4th  2015  at  The  May  Fair  Hotel,  

London.    

Join  Guillermo  Arriaga  as  he  talks  through  complex  and  advanced  methods  and  principles  of  

story,  structure,  dramatic  tension,  character  development  and  scene  design,  giving  avid  

screenwriters  the  chance  to  learn  first  hand  from  an  industry  expert.  

Born  and  raised  in  Mexico  City,  Arriaga  first  came  to  prominence  in  Mexico  as  a  novelist.  His  

works,  rife  with  a  trademark  sense  of  humour  and  irony,  have  been  translated  in  18  

languages.  As  a  screenwriter  he  has  collaborated  with  director  Alejandro  González  

Iñárritu  (Birdman)  while  his  screenplay  for  The  Three  Burials  of  Melquiades  Estrada,  

directed  by  and  starring  Tommy  Lee  Jones,  also  won  Arriaga  the  prestigious  Best  

Screenplay  Award  at  the  Cannes  Film  Festival.    

 

                               

 

 

 

The  2015  Raindance  Film  Festival  takes  place  from  23rd  September  –  4th  October  2015  in  

Central  London.  Now  in  its  23rd  year,  the  festival  has  a  strong  legacy  of  showing  alternative  

films  and  uncovering  the  hottest  new  filmmakers  to  hit  the  cinematic  scene.    Raindance-­‐

premiered  hits  include  Memento,  Old  Boy,  The  Blair  Witch  Project,  Pusher,  Ghost  World  

and  Love  Exposure.  

Masterclass  passes  are  available  now  from  Raindance.org.  Raindance  members  receive  a  

15%  discount  on  all  our  courses  and  Masterclass  sessions.  

Note  to  Editors:  

For  more  information  contact:  

[email protected]  

[email protected]  

 About  Raindance  Film  Festival  Now  in  its  23rd  year,  Raindance  Film  Festival  is  Europe’s  leading  independent  Film  Festival  showcasing  feature  films,  shorts  and  docs  from  around  the  world  and  specialising  in  independent  films  and  directorial  debuts.  The  festival  has  a  strong  legacy  of  showing  alternative,  edgy  films.    Since  1993  Raindance  Film  Festival  has  uncovered  the  hottest  new  filmmakers  to  hit  the  cinematic  scene.    Raindance-­‐premiered  hits  include  Pulp  Fiction,  Memento,  the  Blair  Witch  Project,  Ghost  World  and  Love  Exposure.  Listed  by  Variety  as  one  of  the  world’s  top  50  ‘unmissable  film  festivals’,  Raindance  aims  to  nurture,  support  and  promote  independent  films  and  filmmakers  from  the  UK  and  around  the  world    The  full  festival  programme  and  access  to  tickets  for  the  2015  festival  will  be  available  on  the  Raindance  website  (raindancefestival.org)  at  the  start  of  September.    

Raindance  –  The  Voice  of  Independent  Film  Raindance  is  dedicated  to  fostering  and  promoting  independent  film  in  the  UK  and  around  the  world.    Based  in  the  heart  of  London,  Raindance  combines  Raindance  Film  Festival,  Training  Courses,  the  prestigious  British  Independent  Film  Awards  and  Raindance.tv