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PODCAST | Francesca Raffi interviews Agnieszka Szarkowska and Anna Jankowska, Associate Professor and Lecturer.

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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 changes that the Covid-19 pandemic has brought to the field of media accessibility: from the importance of accessibility of information and culture to the need for equal access to digital content and entertainment. What is the role of accessibility in Covid times? How’s it changing and how will it change? To know more about that, Francesca Raffi interviews Agnieszka Szarkowska and Anna Jankowska.

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.

Anna Jankowska is Lecturer in the Chair for Translation Studies and Intercultural Communication at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow (Poland) and she is also the founder and president of the Seventh Sense Foundation which provides audio description and subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. Click here to discover more about her.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Hülya Sungu, programme director of the International Migration Film Festival of Turkey.

Last week, we interviewed Waad al-Kateab, director of For Sama, the powerful documentary on the Syrian uprising which won the top prize at the inaugural edition of Turkey’s International Migration Film Festival. This week, we are joined with the festival’s programme director, Hülya Sungu, to talk some more about the festival itself. In this conversation, we talk about the significance of such a thematic film festival in Turkey. We also talk about the challenging of managing to transition the inaugural edition of the festival into an online edition. Then, of course, we talk about the films themselves that were screened as part of the programme.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Waad al-Kateab, director of the film For Sama.

A conversation with Waad al-Kateab, director of For Sama, a powerful documentary on the Syrian uprising. The story is defined by a personal and distinctly female perspective. For Sama premiere last year and since then, it has gained worldwide acclaim, including being awarded the main prize at the recent inaugural edition of the International Migration Film Festival. The reaction prompted al-Kateab to birth a new initiative titled Action for Sama, to raise awareness of the continued targeting of healthcare facilities in Syria. In this interview, we talk about that as well as other things, including the dangers of documenting the uprising and her experiences of being a mother during those violent years. (This interview was recorded for Big FRED Tuesday.)

This interview was featured on our weekly show, Big FRED Tuesday.

For Sama: An intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war. The story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama, all while conflict rises around her.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Hugo Rosak, Head of film industry office, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

A conversation with Hugo Rosak, head of the film industry office of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. This year’s KVIFF has been postponed to 2021, in response to the current global pandemic. However, Rosak joins us to talk about the KVIFF Eastern Promises industry section, which is aimed at film professionals and has been confirmed for July 6-8. In this interview, he talks about how they have worked to adjust to the decision of moving the section online as well as the novel introduction of FirstCut+ within it.

This interview was featured on our weekly show, Big FRED Tuesday.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews William Fitzgerald, artistic director of the Galway Film Fleadh.

A conversation with William Fitzgerald, artistic director of the Galway Film Fleadh, the top Irish film festival, which is set to take place online this year in response to the pandemic. The festival will take place on July 7-12. Fitzgerald talks about whether the decision for the festival to go online for the first time in its history was a difficult one to take, and how exactly it will work. He also talks about this year’s program and some of the films that will be presented at this year’s Fleadh, as well as how its annual pitching competition will work and more.

This interview was featured on our weekly show, Big FRED Tuesday.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Mira Staleva, Head of Sofia Meetings.

A conversation with Mira Staleva, head of Sofia Meetings, the co-production market of the Sofia International Film Festival in Bulgaria. This year, Sofia Meetings has had to go online in response to the global pandemic. Its program has also had to be split into part: the first part was dedicated to Works in Progress and took place in May; the second part took place at the time of the interview, focusing on second feature pitchings and professional events. As well as providing us with a definition for Sofia Meetings and talking a little bit about its history, Staleva also tells us about making the necessary transition for this year to the digital world and shares with us some of the extensive webinars, talks and events that are part of its 2020 program.

This interview was featured on our weekly show, Big FRED Tuesday.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Annick Barbezat-Perrin, head of communication of Chaplin’s World.

A conversation with Annick Barbezat-Perrin, head of communication of Chaplin’s World in Vevey, Switzerland. Chaplin’s World is a site celebrating the enduring legacy of one the greatest icons in film history and one of the greatest artists of the 20th century: Charlie Chaplin. In this podcast interview, Barbezat-Perrin tells us about what Chaplin’s World looks like and shares a bit of its history, as well as the significance of its location. She also talks about how the museum dealt with the pandemic and the processes involved in its reopening. In addition, she talks about its new temporary exhibition, The Sound of Charlie Chaplin, which offers an insightful look into Chaplin’s connection with music as well as the music that he composed for his films.

This interview was featured on our weekly show, Big FRED Tuesday.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Nabwana IGG and Alan Hofmanis, filmmaker and producer of the film Crazy World.

A conversation with Nabwana IGG and Alan Hofmanis about the Ugandan action/horror film studio Wakaliwood. Nabwana IGG is the founder and creative force behind Wakaliwood, while Alan Hofmanis is a producer who, years ago decided to fly over them and help them blow stuff up — cinematically speaking! In this interview, they introduce the studio to our listeners, as well as its history and hopes for the future. They also talk about Wakaliwood’s latest production, Crazy World, which premiered in Toronto last year, was recently featured in the program of the We Are One global film festival and is set to make its formal debut on digital platforms.

This interview was featured on our weekly show, Big FRED Tuesday.

Crazy World: In the latest from Uganda’s gonzo action auteur IGG Nabwana, a gang of child-snatching mobsters make a fatal mistake when they kidnap the Waka Stars, a team of pint-sized kung-fu masters who soon turn their cunning wits and deadly skills upon their captors.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Fabio Mollo, director of the film Curon.

A conversation with Fabio Mollo, the director of four episodes of Curon, a brand new Italian paranormal coming of age thriller drama series set in Northern Italy. The series was launched in almost 200 countries around the world via Netflix. In this series we discuss such things as drawing inspiration from the setting, his admiration for the horror genre, his personal interest in the paranormal and more.

This interview was featured on our weekly show, Big FRED Tuesday.

Curon: After 17 years, a woman returns home with her teenage twins. When she mysteriously vanishes, her children must reckon with a shadowy family legacy.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Alexis Hamaide, online marketing advisor, FirstCut+.

A conversation with Alexis Hamaide, who is an online marketing advisor with FirstCut+ and digital marketing specialist for the Paris-based L’Avventura Studio. Here, Hamaide shares his thoughts on current trends of digital marketing for feature films, including what the best social media platforms are to increase marketability of movies. We also talk about FirstCut+, a new program created for boosting the competitiveness and marketability of feature films that previously participated in First Cut Lab.

This interview was featured on our weekly show, Big FRED Tuesday.

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