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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Lakshvir Saran, actor of the film Milestone.

A conversation with Lakshvir Saran, actor of Ivan Ayr’s latest film, Milestone, presented in the Orizzonti section of the 77th Venice International Film Festival. Saran talks about his character, the generational theme of the movie and how during its production, he acquired a new skill: driving a truck. He also shares his thoughts on the atmosphere of the current Venice festival and whether his own work has been impacted, as of late, by the coronavirus pandemic.

Milestone: As soon as veteran driver Ghalib’s truck touches the 500,000 kilometers mark—a record at his company—he is struck by a sudden pain in his back. He decides to go home, where he finds a letter at his doorstep. Ghalib visits his village to defend a compensation claim made by his late wife’s family. When the village council rules against him, he is given 30 days to determine an appropriate compensation. As Ghalib struggles to recover from his back injury, he is asked to train a young new driver, at which point Ghalib begins to fear that his job and life are slipping out of his hands. Like any milestone, Ghalib’s record too has come at a price.

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PODCAST | David Martos interviews Jasmila Zbanic, director of the film Quo Vadis, Aida?.

Jasmila Zbanic, the first director in competition in Venezia 77, tells FRED how she’s living this international film festival amidst a pandemic and how difficult was for her to get to Venice from Bosnia.

Quo Vadis, Aida? tells the story of a female interpreter working for the United Nations in the middle of the events that led to the Srebrenica killings, in 1995.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Pascal Diot, director Venice Production Bridge.

Pascal Diot, director of the Venice Production Bridge, talks with Angelo Acerbi about this weird but important 2020 edition. news and different ways to “use” the VPB have been decided , the numbers look good and the excitement of being at work again of the film industry is palpable.

To discover more about this edition of Venice Production Bridge, click here.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Christos Nikou, director of the film Apples.

Christos Nikou chooses to tell us the tale of a man who loses his memory and has to build a new life and a new persona. A surreal film with a comic twist. Comedy was the only way on Christos’ mind to tell though a film such a deeply existential plot, and he tells us more.

Apples: Amidst a worldwide pandemic that causes sudden amnesia, middle-aged Aris finds himself enrolled in a recovery program designed to help unclaimed patients build new identities. Prescribed daily tasks on cassette tapes so he can create new memories and document them on camera, Aris slides back into ordinary life, meeting Anna, a woman who is also in recovery.

To discover more about the film Apples, click here.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Maori Karmael Holmes, founder, artistic director and CEO of BlackStar Film Festival.

The BlackStar Film Festival is an annual event that takes place in Philadelphia and celebrates the visual and storytelling traditions of the African diaspora and of global communities of colour, showcasing films by Black, Brown and Indigenous people from around the world, with a focus on independent filmmaking. This year, the festival will take place mostly online from the 20th to the 20th of August and we talk about its with its founder, artistic director and CEO, Maori Karmael Holmes. In this conversation, we talk about the history of the festival as well as its present, including how BlackStar is responding to the coronavirus crisis and some of the events and screenings that will be featured in this year’s edition.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Toni Booth and Alice Parsons, Associate Curator and Interpretation Manager of the film Robert Paul: The Forgotten Showman.

Bradford’s Science and Media Museum is currently hosting a major exhibition on the Father of the British Film Insustry, Robert Paul, titled “Robert Paul: The Forgotten Showman.” In this conversation, we talk about it with the museum’s associate curator of film, Toni Booth, and its interpretation manager Alice Parsons. Aside from a brief history of Robert Paul’s life and influence, they talk about how the exhibition is structured and what will be exhibited. We also chat about the Museum itself, its history and its exhibition space, as well as the film culture of Bradford itself, which is the world’s first UNESCO City of Film.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Nils Daniel Peiler of Frankfurt’s German Film Museum about the new exibition The Sound of Disney.

Nils Daniel Peiler of Frankfurt’s German Film Museum joins us on the Big FRED Tuesday to talk about their new exhibition, The Sound of Disney, which runs from the 7th of August, 2020, to the 10th of January, 2021. The exhibition explores Disney’s experimentation with sound – from music to voice acting to sound effects – with a particular focus on the films produced while Walt Disney was still alive, from 1928 to 1967, through a treasure trove of material.

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