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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Laura Samani, director of the film Small Body.

After winning a David di Donatello award in Italy and representing Italy in Cannes 2021, Laura Samani and her debut feature Small Body land at the Sydney Film Festival in the program stand Europe! Voices of Women in Film.

Small Body: After birthing a stillborn child, the grieving Agata is tortured by her Catholic faith – specifically the belief that her baby’s soul lies in eternal Limbo. Hope comes in the form of a mystical sanctuary in the middle of the mountains which can allow her baby to live for just one breath – just long enough to be blessed. Against the wishes of her husband and community, Agata embarks on an Orphean journey across north-east Italy, along rivers and into forests brimming with ancient power. Echoing the folkloric aura of Alice Rohrwacher’s Happy as Lazzaro, Samani’s odyssey is stunning and strange in equal measure.

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Winston Duke, guest of the Filming Italy Sardegna Festival.

While we are waiting for Black Panther:Wakanda Forever to finally be released in cinemas in the next months, we meet Winston Duke, who plays M’Baku in the Marvel movies, at the 5th edition of Filming Italy Sardegna Festival. Duke answers the same question Marvel executive producer Victoria Alonso answered to while in Rome for The Eternals: Could we say that Marvel Movies have the same metaphoric function today as mythology did back then? According to Duke they do. The actor also talks about the emotional difficulties the whole Black Panther cast found in while shooting Wakanda Forever without Chadewick Boseman who passed away. Duke then comments on the changes Hollywood is going through in terms of representation, inclusion and diversity and hopes for more and more.

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Justin Hartley, guest of the Filming Italy Sardegna Festival.

This is us brought Justin Hartley in the Olympus of TV show stars. At the 5th Filming Italy Sardegna Festival the actor looks back at his experience in the show to try and understand how he changed through the years. What kind of actor did he want to become when he first started? Hartley answer to this question and announces that the next step for him will be producing with his partner, thrillers and action films.

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PODCAST | Cristiana Palmieri interviews Eva Vitija, Alina Grigore, and Tea Lindeburg, respectively directors and screenwriters of the films Loving Highsmith, Blue moon and As in heaven.

Following the very engaging panel discussion “Women in film” at the Sydney Film Festival Hub, FRED interviewed the three panellists, Eva Vitija, Alina Grigore and Tea Lindeburg, directors and screenwriters of, respectively, Loving Highsmith, Blue Moon and As in heaven. The three filmmakers explore and discuss themes emerging in their works, including gender equity in filmmaking, the role of education in making women pursue their dreams, portraying male characters from a female perspective, and much more.

Eva, Alina and Tea talk about their films presented at the festival and the strong female characters they have depicted: Texan novelist Patricia Highsmith in Loving Highsmith, 22-year-old Irina trapped in her countryside Romanian life in Blue Moon, and teenager Lise in 19th century countryside Denmark who aspires to go to boarding school in As in heaven.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Saeed Roustaee, director of the film Leila’s Brothers.

Saeed Roustaee comes to Cannes with his immense film Leila’s Brothers, in Competition. We talked about modernity vs traditions in Iran, the role of a woman and the family dynamics that are very similar all over the planet. Saeed is a lover of Italian cinema and he talks about his film references, as well.

Leila’s Brothers: At 40 years old, Leila has spent her whole life taking care of her parents and her four brothers. The family argues constantly and is crushed by debts, in a country caught in the grip of international economic sanctions. As her brothers are trying to make ends meet, Leila formulates a plan: to start a family business that would save them for poverty. While they are in desperate need of financial support, Leila finds out that their father Esmail has secretly been hiding a family heirloom. He had been saving it as an offering to become the new Patriarch of the clan, the highest honour in the Persian tradition. This uncovering will bring chaos to the already fragile family dynamics. As the father’s health deteriorates, the actions of each family member will gradually lead the family one step closer to implosion.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Maksim Nackonechnyi, director of the film Butterfly Vision.

Maksim Nackonechnyi brings to Cannes his first feature film, after having directed some documentaries. We talk about this shift and how it has influenced his filmmaking for Butterfly Vision and about war and taking sides.

Butterfly Vision: After spending months as a prisoner in Donbas, Ukrainian aerial reconnaissance expert Lilia returns home to her family. But the trauma of captivity continues to torment her and surface in dreamlike ways. Something growing deep within Lilia will not allow her to forget, yet she refuses to identify as a victim and will fight to liberate herself.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Hylnur Palmason, director of the film Godland.

Hylnur Palmason brings his third film to Cannes with much anticipation. A stunningly beautiful film, a demanding and complex tale of self-discovery. many themes are the base of the narrative, as he tells us: religion, inner demons, social difference and language barriers.

Godland: In the late 19th century, a Danish priest travels to a remote part of Iceland to build a church and photograph its people. But the further he delves into the landscape, the further he strays from his mission and morality.

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Édgar Ramírez, guest of the Filming Italy Sardegna Festival.

To quote a famous 90’s movie, Sliding Doors, there was a moment in Édgar Ramírez’s life where he could have stayed a political journalist instead of pursuing his acting career – the actor reveals during his stay at the 5h edition of Filming Italy Sardegna Festival. He recently was part of the Un Certain regard jury at this year’ Festival de Cannes and this experience gave him a different insight on today’s cinema and film trends.

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Cuba Gooding Jr, guest of the Filming Italy Sardegna Festival.

At the 5th edition of Filming Italy Sardegna Festival, Cuba Gooding Jr, among the guests, shares anedoctes and memories from the shooting of Jerry Macguire which got him the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Gooding Jr then also talks about the change in the cinema field, in terms of inclusion and representation.

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Shaunak Sen, director of the documentary All that breathes.

By following the life of two brothers who devoted their life to protecting the bird known as the black kite, Shaunak Sen with the documentary All that Breathes, screening at the 75th Festival de Cannes in the Special screenings’ section, manages to explore New Delhi through the skies and more generally, to depict toxicity – in the air and among people.

All that breathes:In one of the world’s most populated cities, cows, rats, monkeys, frogs, and hogs jostle cheek-by-jowl with people. Here, two brothers fall in love with a bird – the black kite. From their makeshift bird hospital in their tiny basement, the “kite brothers” care for thousands of these mesmeric creatures that drop daily from New Delhi’s smog-choked skies. As environmental toxicity and civil unrest escalate, the relationship between this Muslim family and the neglected kite forms a poetic chronicle of the city’s collapsing ecology and rising social tensions.

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