Searching for Screenwriters in the South of France
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CANNES, France – Here at Cannes, almost everybody has a home. Stars and directors are found on the red carpet, and producers and distributors inhabit the Film Market in the basement of the Palais, headquarters of both the Festival and the Market. Directors can also be found at Directors Fortnight, a sidebar to the main festival, and even critics have an event, called Critics Week, another sidebar.
But where are the screenwriters? Unfortunately, they don’t get even a weekend, let alone a fortnight. That’s perhaps not surprising in the country that originated the auteur theory, the idea that the director is the sole author of a film. But if screenwriters don’t garner the glamour, they nonetheless can be found at Cannes with a bit of…