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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Florian Weghorn, Programme Manager of the Berlinale Talents 2021.

With “Dreams” which is the theme of this year’s edition, the Berlinale Talents 2021 (19th edition – March 1 to 5, 2021) is ready to start its virtual edition with the promise of building the future on solid dreams and the hope for Hope. These are the words of program manager Florian Weghorn who describes the 19th edition as one that will try to get the positive aspects of the moment we’re living in. 200 invited participants from 65 countries, selected from a pool of 3,000 applicants will attend the Talents and will have the chance of networking, learning from each other and attend many events host by famous experts and alumni starting from Celine Sciamma, in competition at the 71st Berlinale with Petite Maman or the grandmaster of dream state cinema, Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Cemetery of Splendour) and filmmaker Ava DuVernay. These are only a few names among the many special guests connecting to Berlinale Talents to talk about their cinema and their connection to dreams. 55% of participants this year define themselves as female and since this is a continuous trend of the recent years at the Talents, this is a sign of a stabilizing situation of equity and diversity within the Talents program.

Berlinale Talents is a talent development programme that explores the how and why of movie making. Since 2003, it has grown to become a festival within the larger festival and a one-of-a-kind forum for film professionals and cinema lovers alike, featuring talks, workshops, networking events and screenings. While the Berlinale showcases films in all their facets, we delve into how they are made and how to see the world through a different lens.

To discover more about the Berlinale Talents, click here.

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PODCAST | Cristiana Palmieri interviews Eddie Tamir, artistic director of the Jewish International Film Festival.

Artistic director Eddie Tamir talks about the challenges brought about by the pandemic in running the festival and the decision to postpone it to ensure the festival delivered in cinemas rather than online.

Despite the pandemic, JIFF presents a rich program, including films from the Official Selection at Cannes and premiered at the Berlinale. We see films about the Holocaust that mix past and present in compelling stories, a sign that the horror that happened 80 years ago still haunts our collective imagination.

To discover more about the Festival, click here.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Karen Cinorre, director of the film Mayday.

A conversation with Karen Cinorre, director of Mayday, recently presented at the 2021 International Film Festival Rotterdam. The film revolves around a young woman who is suddenly catapulted to a parallel universe where a group of women are engaged in an endless war. In this interview, Cinorre talks about the feminist themes of Mayday, her fascination with The Wizard of Oz and how it led to the origins of this movie and more.

Mayday: In the fantasy-action film Mayday, waitress Ana, like some contemporary Alice in Wonderland, crawls into an oven and ends up in an unruly twilit limbo where a war between men and women is being fought. Ana is adopted by three hardened young female soldiers who inhabit a deserted submarine. Like latter-day Sirens, they entice male soldiers onto the rocks using a mayday signal – revenge for what men did to them and their sex.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Stephen DeBro, director of the film 18th & Grand: The Olympic Auditorium Story.

A conversation with Stephen DeBro, director of 18th & Grand: The Olympic Auditorium Story, which was chosen as the closing film of this year’s Slamdance Film Festival. This documentary tells the story of the iconic combat sports and entertainment Los Angeles venue, The Olympic Auditorium, now defunct. In this interview, DeBro talks about the importance of documenting story and preserving memories, the birth of his fascination with The Olympic Auditorium, future plans for the project to continue after the film and more.

18th & Grand: The Olympic Auditorium Story: The Olympic Auditorium opened in 1925, a massive, state-of-the-art arena built to match the ambitions of a city on the come. The Olympic was a wild, indestructible palace of violent entertainment for eight decades, and Aileen Eaton managed the mayhem for the better part of its existence. Taking over in the midst of World War II, Eaton thrived in the hyper masculine world of boxing and wrestling, building and influencing stars like Gorgeous George and Muhammad Ali, facing off against Mickey Cohen and the mob, and navigating the Olympic through changing times and tastes. When she retired in 1980, the Olympic became the largest punk rock venue in the U.S. and the launchpad for live music giant Goldenvoice. 18th & Grand dynamically recasts the L.A. story, featuring diverse, unforgettable voices, a forgotten heroine, and the battles that shaped a city.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Isabelle Gattiker, director of the Geneva International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights.

A conversation with Isabelle Gattiker, director of the Geneva International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights, which will take place this year on March 5-14. Gattiker, who is the co-founder of this annual event, talks a bit about its history and mission statement. She also talks about how this year’s edition will take place – considering the inevitable impact of the COVID crisis – and what is on offer, in terms of film programs, guests and various initiatives.

The FIFDH is the leading international event dedicated to film and human rights. For the past 18 years, the Festival has taken place in the heart of Geneva, the human rights capital, parallel to the annual main session of the UN Human Rights Council in March.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Jean-Christophe Folly, actor of the film I Comete – A Corsican Summer.

A conversation with Jean-Christophe Folly, one of the lead actors from Pascal Tagnati’s film I Comete – A Corsican Summer. The choral fiction film, depicting life on a Mediterranean resort on the Corsican island over the course of one summer, received a special jury prize at this year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam. In this interview, Folly talks about working with the director and connecting with his character. He also talks about his theatre background, connecting with the Corsican landscape and more.

I Comete – A Corsican Summer: The first feature film from Corsican theatre-maker, actor and author Pascal Tagnati is set in a Corsican village in summer. The locals flirt, swim, party, shoot the breeze and fight (“keep your hands off my sister”). The static camera observes the villagers, often in long takes – a little like the girl who says she is trying to create “a moment of life” through her photos. We regularly hear traditional songs sung in Corsican dialect, culminating in the heartrending ‘La mort de Filicone’.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Félix Dufour-Laperrière, director of the film Archipelago.

A conversation with Félix Dufour-Laperrière, director of the animated documentary Archipelago, presented at the 2021 International Film Festival Rotterdam. The animated documentary posits the question of what makes a strip of land a region (and community), with references to his native region of Quebec, Canada. Here, Dufour-Laperrière talks about the eclectic mix of animated styles that defines the movie, his interest in exploring the topic and the research it entailed and more.

Archipelago: “Follow me, I’ll take you to see them all”, a woman’s voice says. She is referring to the Saint Lawrence River and its thousands of islands – real and dreamt. “I’m a capricious guide”, she warns the man, her counterpart. With their dialogue in voice-over, Archipel expands into a semi-fictional odyssey through filmmaker Félix Dufour-Laperrière’s native province: Quebec, captured in a composition of surprising, creative animation using a wide range of techniques and a partly invented documentary.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Nino Martinez Sosa, director of the film Liborio.

An interview with Nino Martinez Sosa, director of Liborio, a film based on the Dominican leader Papa Liborio, which was presented at the 2021 International Film Festival Rotterdam. The film is split up into seven different chapters, seen from the perspective of seven different characters. In this interview, Martinez Sosa talks about the stylistic choices of the film, his interest in exploring the life of Papa Liborio and reviving his fading memory and more.

Liborio: Starting with a poor farmer, this story ends in revolt. Olivorio (‘Liborio’) Mateo disappears without trace during a hurricane in the year 1908 in the south of the Dominican Republic. His family and fellow villagers think he is dead, but he suddenly reappears, returned from heaven on a mission. From then on, his prophecies and healing powers expand his group of followers, and he retreats with them into the mountains to start a commune in freedom.

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