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PODCAST | Francesca Raffi interviews Agnieszka Szarkowska, Associate Professor at the Institute of Applied Linguistics at the University of Warsaw (Poland); Lindsay Bywood, Senior Lecturer at the University of Westminster (London); and Kristijan Nikolić, Senior Lecturer at the University of Zagreb (Croatia).

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FRED is pleased to present the new episode of Accessible Cinema, a new periodical programme on media accessibility and inclusion, fostered by Sub-ti Access. This programme aims to inform its listeners and keep you updated on the status of media accessibility. We hope to raise awareness on accessibility in media and live entertainment, which is one of the 8 priority areas of the European Disability Strategy 2010 – 2020.

This new episode of Accessible Cinema is dedicated to the trends, innovations and technologies that are shaping the world of media accessibility also due to the changes that the Covid-19 pandemic has brought to the audiovisual industry. To know more about that, Francesca Raffi interviews the keynote speaker of the Languages & The Media Virtual Event 2020, Agnieszka Szarkowska, and the two moderators of the Industry Roundtable of the Virtual Event: Lindsay Bywood and Kristijan Nikolić.

Agnieszka Szarkowska is Associate Professor in the Institute of Applied Linguistics, University of Warsaw and head of AVT Lab, one of the first research groups on audiovisual translation. Click here  to discover more about her.

Lindsay Bywood is Senior Lecturer at the University of Westminster (London) where she teaches translation, audiovisual translation, and project management for translators at postgraduate level. Click here to discover more about her.

Kristijan Nikolić is Senior lecturer at the University of Zagreb (Croatia). He was the founding president of the Croatian Association of Audiovisual Translators, DHAP. Click here to discover more about him.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Birgit Oberkofler, IDM – SudTirol Film Commission.

Birgit Obekofler from IDM – SudTirol Film Commission tells Fred Radio about being one of the finalists in the Location award, urging everyone to vote for them through the UFCN web site ( and trying to win a free weekend in Tirol, as well). She also talks about the new challenges of online markets for film commissions, the pros and cons of this new inevitable approach..

To discover more about IDM – SudTirol Film Commission activities, click here.

This interview was recorded in partnership with the Italian Film Commissions Association and with the support of the Italian Trade Agency.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Ivana Mladenović, director of the film Ivana the Terrible.

A conversation with Ivana Mladenović, director and actress of the film Ivana the Terrible, selected for this year’s program of ArteKino Festival. The film is inspired by her own life and events revolving around health issues she experienced. In this interview, she shares more about the origins of the film as well as the challenges in bringing her life to the screen in this way. She also talks about whether she finds this hybrid style of filmmaking particularly stimulating and about getting her friends and family to also act in the movie with her.

Ivana the Terrible:  Ivana invites friends, family and former lovers to play themselves in a scripted version of the story of a woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown. On the Danube border, drama becomes a comedy.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Uta Beria, director of the film Negative Numbers.

A conversation with Uta Beria, director of the hard-hitting Georgian film Negative Numbers, part of this year’s program of the ArteKino Festival. The film takes place in a juvenile detention center and explores the impact of two former rugby players on life in the prison. In this film, Beria talks about how he came to be involved in the film and went from being the screenwriter to director of the project, hence making his feature debut. He also talks at length about the distinctly Georgian observations the film makes about societal plagues, not only restricted to the prison setting, as well as the overall style of the film and the importance of finding the right cast and right location for it.

Negative Numbers: The true story of a juvenile detention centre in Tbilisi, Georgia in the early 2000s. Two ex- professional rugby players took up the challenge to help these young offenders by bringing rugby in to the centre. The film recounts some of these stories. “When you have to decide which family you really belong to.”

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Hristo Simeonov, director of the film Nina.

A conversation with Hristo Simeonov, director of the acclaimed Bulgarian short film Nina, which recently won Best Short Film at the UK Film Festival in London. The film tells the story of a young Roma pickpocket and a chance encounter at the station where she is based that may change the course of her life. Simeonov talks about his connection to stories about young children, the realist style of his movie and shares news about his upcoming plans to make his feature-length directorial debut.

Nina: Nina, a 13-year-old pickpocket with a sharp and wise look, is checking the content of a man`s wallet she has just stolen. She is staring at the unknown family pictures with curiosity and sadness… A little later, Nina is captured in her next attempt to steal. Surprisingly, the victim Yana refuses to surrender Nina to the police and decides to pay a little attention to the girl, taking her lunch.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Nevina Satta, director of Sardegna Film Commission.

Nevina Satta director of the Sardinia Film Commission attended the American Film Market 2020, an online edition. She talks with Angelo Acerbi about the difficulties of using the market in its online version, the weirdness of not having physical meetings (and the downside of it in terms of business and productivity). She also makes some considerations on the upcoming European Film Market and the strategies to be created in order to optimise the participation.

To discover more about Sardegna Film Commission activities, click here.

This interview was recorded during the 2020 edition of American Film Market, in partnership with the Italian Film Commissions Association and with the support of the Italian Trade Agency.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Mayye Zayed, director of the film Lift Like a Girl.

A conversation with filmmaker Mayye Zayed on her new documentary, Lift Like a Girl, from the 2020 Cairo International Film Festival. The film talks about female weightlifters trained by Captain Ramadan, a larger-than-life trainer and his outdoor gym in Alexandria. It was also the only documentary presented in Cairo’s main competition program and awarded with a prize for best first or second feature, as well as the audience award. In this conversation, Zayed talks about what attracted her about the project, what filming a charismatic figure like Captain Ramadan was like, her interest in both documentary and fiction filmmaking and more.

Lift Like a Girl: For over 20 years, Captain Ramadan coached world-class weightlifters in Alexandria, Egypt. A larger-than-life character in his own right, Ramadan led his daughter, one of Egypt’s most famous athletes, Nahla Ramadan, to become a world champion, and trained Abeer Abdel Rahman, the first Arab woman to become a two-time Olympic medalist. Mayye Zayed’s observational documentary dives into the training of Ramadan’s new protégé: the determined Zebiba (which means “raisin”), who dreams of lifting on the level of Captain’s past stars.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Amir Ramses, director of the film Curfew.

A conversation with Amir Ramses, director of Curfew, presented at the 2020 Cairo International Film Festival. Ramses is also the artistic director of another major Egyptian international film festival in El Gouna. His new film, Curfew, explores a troubled mother-daughter relationship within the course of one night in 2013. In doing so, he also challenges some of the taboos of Egyptian society. In this interview, Ramses talks about his interest in challenging these taboos. He also talks about the making of the film, including the challenges of working within a restricted narrative period of time and the interesting way in which he achieved the chemistry between his two leading actresses that was required.

Curfew: On the morning of one day of 2013, a mother is released from jail after years of imprisonment. In just 24 hours, the curfew imposed on the whole country gives her a rare opportunity to break free from the shackles of her mysterious past. Director Amir Ramsis decides in his new film to give his favorite character, Yahya Shukri Murad, which is inspired by veteran director Youssef Chahine, a perfect ending. The character can be considered a silent witness to deterioration inflicted on the family. He embarks on a thorny adventure to reconcile with the past.

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