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World Cinema Dramatic presented by United Airlines — Hold Onto Me (Director, screenwriter and producer Myrsini Aristidou; producer Monica Nicolaidou) — 11-year-old Iris learns her estranged father, Aris, is back in town for his own father’s funeral.
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Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 30 Jan. 2026
Parti has been developing the six-part series for years, working with Imran Mahmood, a criminal barrister, novelist, and screenwriter.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2026
Oscar-winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin made his feature directorial debut with this, and his fingerprints are all over it, particularly his signature snappy dialogue.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Jan. 2026
The jury of the new Perspectives section dedicated to first works is made up of Moroccan screenwriter and director Sofia Alaoui; German director and screenwriter Frédéric Hambalek; and Dorota Lech, director of Poland’s New Horizons International Film Festival.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 28 Jan. 2026
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Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 30 Jan. 2026
Parti has been developing the six-part series for years, working with Imran Mahmood, a criminal barrister, novelist, and screenwriter.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2026
Oscar-winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin made his feature directorial debut with this, and his fingerprints are all over it, particularly his signature snappy dialogue.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Jan. 2026
The jury of the new Perspectives section dedicated to first works is made up of Moroccan screenwriter and director Sofia Alaoui; German director and screenwriter Frédéric Hambalek; and Dorota Lech, director of Poland’s New Horizons International Film Festival.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 28 Jan. 2026
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“Screenwriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/screenwriter. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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screenwriter
noun
screen·writ·er
-ˌrīt-ər 
: a writer of screenplays
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