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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Cristian Mungiu, president of IFFAM 2019’s New Chinese Cinema competition.

A conversation with the great Romanian filmmaker Cristian Mungiu, president of the jury for the New Chinese Cinema competition at the 2019 International Film Festival and Awards Macao. Mungiu shares with us some of his ideas about cinema, his definition of film juries. He also discusses his opinion on the discourse around cinema today and whether he believes we live in an age of opinions rather than an age of ideas. Finally, given that he is, as mentioned, president of the jury for the New Chinese Cinema competition of Macao’s international film festival, he tells us what he thinks about current Chinese cinema and reveals that he is not a great believer in the idea of “national cinemas.”

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Rafael Martínez Moreno, director of the film The Missed Round.

An interview with Colombian director Rafael Martínez Moreno, director of The Missed Round, presented in the International Panorama section of the 2019 Cairo International Film Festival. The film takes place among the lower classes and in the modern day boxing world of Cartagena, which was once a boxing capital of the world. Martínez Moreno talks about his choice of using non-actors and meeting the real life boxer who plays the role of the protagonist – El Piedra.

The Missed Round: A man and a child try to sort each other’s emotional behaviour and attitude towards life. The man is a boxer whose past is behind him and the child has an unknown future but he decides to make his own through a childish adventure that each of them needs to go through till the end.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Marianne Khoury, director of the film Let’s Talk.

An interview with filmmaker Marianne Khoury, whose new film Let’s Talk was presented in the official competition of the 2019 Cairo International Film Festival. This is a very personal documentary where Khoury shares with the audience a lot of the history of her own family through a series of conversations that she filmed, including some with her uncle, the famous Egyptian filmmaker Youssef Chahine. In this chat, Khoury talks about working on this movie and shares with us her habit of filming things from her life. We also ask her about how her family reacted to her intentions of making a documentary where many personal aspects of their lives were shared with a wide audience. Khoury also talks about the importance of cinema in her life, and we end it with a few words on Zawya, the first Egyptian arthouse cinema, which she founded.

Let’s Talk: What begins as a conversation between the director and her daughter, evolves into a discussion about motherhood, responsibility, and what it means to be a family member, especially when it has given birth to the most famous Egyptian film directors, Youssef Chahine.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Yana Georgieva, Head of Sales of Bankside Films.

An interview with Yana Georgieva, head of sales at Bankside Films, attending Cairo Industry Days at the 2019 Cairo International Film Festival. Georgieva introduces Bankside Films and talks about her role within it. She also talks about how attuned she is to trends in cinema and how Bankside Films assists filmmakers in realizing their visions through help and advice. Georgieva also talks about the importance of diversity within different film organizations and the film industry at large, and her experience and activities from Cairo Industry Days.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Aliaa Zaky, head of Cairo Industry Days.

Building up on the success of last year, Cairo Industry Days returns to the Cairo International Film Festival in 2019, with a brand new and intense program of discussions, networking events, meetings, workshops, masterclasses and more. In this interview, we talk about it with its director, Aliaa Zaky. In this chat, she provides us with an overview of Cairo Industry Days, highlights some of the events taking place and even talks with us about one of its major aspects of connecting local film professionals from the industry with members of the film community from all over the word.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Clifford de Spencer, Head of Clemency Films.

An interview with Clifford de Spencer, who is a voice, language and dialect coaching specialist as well as head and founder of Clemency Films. The interview was recorded at the 2019 Cairo International Film Festival, where de Spencer hosted a masterclass within the program of Cairo Industry Days. This interview offers a rare insightful look in his area of expertise in language and literature, voice and speech production and more, as well as his own personal journey of discovering this talent as well as where embracing said talent took him over the years. Among other things discussed in this interview, the importance and dynamics of networking at film festivals.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Hugo Rosak, head of KVIFF Film Industry Office.

An interview with Hugo Rosak, head of the Film Industry Office of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and KVIFF Eastern Promises, recorded at the 2019 Cairo International Film Festival. Rosak talks with us about the growth of the industry section in Karlovy Vary and how its link with the Middle Eastern film industry has grown over the years – including featuring film productions from the Middle East within its famed East of the West competition. We also ask him about his impressions of the vibes in Cairo for Cairo Industry Days and some of the challenges as well as opportunities that have developed via increased digital technologies for film industry professionals and film industry platforms.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Song Yang, actor of the film Two/One.

A conversation with Chinese actor Song Yang, who plays one of the two lead characters of Two/One, the debut feature by Juan Cabral, featured in the International Competition of the 2019 International Film Festival and Awards Macao. Song Yang introduces the character that he plays in this movie and tells us a little about how he connected with him. He also shares with us his opinion on whether we live in a lonely world where it is harder to connect with people, as well as whether he dreams a lot – both questions inspired by two of the main themes of Two/One. The actor also talks a bit about overcoming the language barrier in working on this film and reveals that he even learned to play the drums in preparation for it.

Two/One: Kaden is a world-class ski jumper in Whistler, Canada, unexpectedly presented with the chance of reconnecting with his teenage sweetheart. Khai is a corporate executive in Shanghai, China, faced with the fact that the girl he fantasises about on the internet has just started working in his office. The two men go about their lives, without knowing that they are connected. When one sleeps, the other is awake. They dream each other. They are, in some strange way, the same person. They should never meet, but they are destined to do so.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Orlando Stewart, producer of the film Bellbird.

An interview with Orlando Stewart, producer of the film Bellbird, directed by Hamish Bennett. The film was featured in the International Competition of the 2019 International Film Festival and Awards Macao, where this interview was recorded. Stewart talks with us about the film, and how he supported and helped protect Bennett’s vision. He also talks about the rural landscape where the film taked place, and some of the choices and themes of Bellbird, including its quietness and the theme of masculinity as it is explored in the movie.

Bellbird: Ross is a man of few words, and when his wife Beth suddenly dies, so does his spirit. His son Bruce is reluctant to change his own life to help run the farm but can see his father struggling, both physically and emotionally. When young Marley keeps turning up to help Ross with the daily milking, he ignores Ross’s sullen moods. Beth was Marley’s teacher and friend, so he is quietly determined to stick around and help out. Local Connie is also in for the long haul and they come together with others in the community to share the load, but Ross is reluctant to accept their help. Almost a year after Beth’s death the situation unexpectedly comes to a head and Ross has to finally connect with his own grief and let go. He realises he has the support he needs to continue and that his son Bruce needs to find his own place in the world.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Kirill Mikhanovsky and Alice Austen, director and writer of the film Give Me Liberty.

A conversation about Give Me Liberty with its director, Kirill Mikhanovsky, and its writer, Alice Austen. The film was featured in the International Competition of the 2019 International Film Festival and Awards Macao, where the interview was recorded. Here, Mikhanovsky and Austen talk about the film and whether they believe it to be a deeply American movie, as well as how it has resonated around the world. They also talk about some of the work that went into the making of the film, highlight Lauren “Lolo” Spencer’s stellar performance and more.

Give Me Liberty: Vic, a hapless young Russian American, drives a handicapped transport in Milwaukee where he shares an apartment with his grandfather. Already late on a day when street protests break out, Vic reluctantly agrees to ferry his grandfather and a dozen elderly Russians to a funeral, but they’re distressed when he stops first in a predominantly African American neighborhood to pick up Tracy, a black woman with ALS. On the verge of being fired, Vic’s day goes from bad to worse.

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