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PODCAST | Cristiana Palmieri interviews Ásthildur Kjartansdóttir, director and screenwriter of the film The Deposit.

In the interview Ásthildur talks about her strong motivation “to explore the fine line between kindness and cruelty when our self-interest is at stake. I want the audience to face themselves – to look in the mirror and ask themselves how they would react in Gísella’s situation. Just like the book did to me.”

The Deposit: Kjartansdóttir’s intelligent adaptation of Auður Jonsdottir’s 2006 novel looks at the relatively new phenomenon of immigration in Iceland. After quitting her newspaper job, Gisella decides to write about meaningful topics, such as the terrible living conditions of migrant women Marisol, Abeba and Luna. Her decision to invite them into her house frames a rewarding drama about idealism, respect and the priceless human quality of empathy.

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PODCAST | Cristiana Palmieri interviews Elena Tikhonova, director and screenwriter of the film Caviar.

Elena talks about how the script came along after realising that stories she was hearing from her friends were perfect ingredients for a comedy.

Caviar: Nadja, a Russian living in Vienna, is a translator for boorish billionaire oligarch, Igor. When Igor impulsively resolves to build an ostentatious villa on the Danube Canal, he sets out to bribe local officials into redeveloping the area. Meanwhile Nadja, her girlfriend and her hipster nanny plot to dob them in and steal the bribe money. In her debut feature, director Elena Tikhonova doesn’t hold back on the raunchy hijinks.

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PODCAST | Cristiana Palmieri interviews Esther Rots, director and screenwriter of the film Retrospekt.

Esther talks about sensory cinema, her non-linear and non-chronological cinematic style, where the visual aspect is deliberately incoherent to offer an interpretation of life events by bringing both the audience and the protagonist into the same emotional space.

Retrospekt: Stars Circé Lethem and Lien Wildemeersch are electrifying as a caregiver and her charge, an unstable survivor of abuse, who develop an unhealthy co-dependency. This tragic but enigmatic story, told over multiple fragmentary timelines, is as riveting as it is unsettling.

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PODCAST | Cristiana Palmieri interviews Carolina Hellsgård, director of the film Endzeit – Ever after.

Carolina talks about how the comic novel on which the film script is based inspired her to make a film where she could mix zombie apocalypse elements with fantasy and dreamy worlds to create an atmospheric film.

Endzeit-Ever after: It’s two years since a devastating plague almost obliterated humanity. Frightened 20-something Vivi and fearless zombie killer Eva embark on a desperate journey to what they believe is a safe haven. Created by a cast and crew consisting almost entirely of women, Endzeit – Ever After usurps zombie film conventions and creates a gripping, unpredictable and emotionally powerful fairy-tale in which nature itself is a central character.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Eliza Capai, director of the film Your Turn.

Eliza Capai talks with passion about the different phases of creation of the project, especially how the editing (which is one of the most astonishing formal aspects of the film) was created, in the end. But the strength of her film lays in the content and in her lead characters and voices who create a new way of storytelling for documentaries. At the end of the interview Eliza makes a call to us, the audience, for helping the diffusion of the film: a brave and original idea of self distribution.

Your Turn: In the moment when Brazil’s political, economic and morale crisis deepens, the students rise as a light beam and renovation in the country. The documentary feature film, Your Turn, follows the student fight in its most vigorous moment since the military dictatorship. Inspired by the language of the movement itself, which makes use of groups, so there is a collective voice instead of an individual one, the documentary will be conducted by the narratives of three students, representing central points of the fight. The construction of these lines, which fight for space and time, will expose the movement’s conflicts, demonstrating its complexity. At the same time, they will be responsible for uniting the editing of the occupations’ and marches observed scenes, which took place between 2013 and 2018 all over Brazil, elucidating the movement’s own character.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Bálint Zágoni, programmer of Hungarian Day.

A conversation with Bálint Zágoni from the 2019 Transilvania International Film Festival, where he programs the now annual Hungarian Day strand. He talks with us about this showcase of the Hungarian film industry, and tells us about some of the titles of this year’s program. Besides this, Zágoni also tells us what being a programmer entails and gives us a little background info about the origins of Hungarian Day at the festival and why it has become a regular feature of TIFF’s program over the years.

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PODCAST | Nicolò Comotti interviews Vincenzo Merenda, founder Mash&Co.

In today’s on demand world, many new routes have opened up for animation producers to successfully increase the presence of their works on the many digital screens. With audiences accessing more video and interactive content through their own devices and at their chosen time, the relationship between content creators and their viewers has become more direct and can only continue to grow. As new findings reveal audiences massive shifts to OTT and SVoD services, broadcasters, producers and distributors are shaping strategies to carve out their share of this new digital landscape which underpins growing competition for more global content, new direct-to-consumer approaches and kids’ new entertainment patterns. This is why for this year’s edition of Cartoon Digital, we have convened a prestigious line-up of 32 forward-thinking speakers from 9 European countries and Canada to showcase how animation producers can benefit from creating and growing their brands on multiple platforms. As new content and players emerge, the more traditional and commercial approaches to dealmaking are also disrupted and media groups and rights owners will present case studies on how to engage with audiences and fans to hit profitable business models. Complemented by innovative moves from VR/AR creators of immersive contents, converging approaches from digital publishers and game developers, the diverse programme will offer a good vision of the main creative and economic dynamics at play.

This interview was recorded during the Cartoon Digital Festival 2019, in partnership with the Sardinia Film Commission, thanks to the Italian Film Commissions Association and with the support of the Italian Trade Agency. 

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PODCAST | Nicolò Comotti interviews Tiphaine de Raguenel, programme director.

Tiphaine De Raguenel graduated from the Paris Institute for Political Studies. She began her career in the Carat/Aegis Media group where she was Consultant and Assistant Director of Advisory Missions to the producers and audiovisual broadcasters. In 2006, she joined the Lagardère Active Youth Pole as Director of the studies for Tiji chains, CANAL J, Filles TV and Gulli, before becoming, in 2008, Director of Studies of all television Activities of Lagardère Active. With a 4 years experience in this position, she became a marketing and new uses Director within the same company. As such, she was responsible for studies, strategic and operational marketing, communication of brand names and new uses related to new consumption modes of chains and content (web, replay, tablet, mobile phone, connected TV). She joined France Télévisions in August 2012 as Director of Youth Activities. In October 2013, Tiphaine De Raguenel also became Director of broadcasting and programmes of France 4. Since January 2019, Tiphaine is Head of Content for Young Audiences and animation. This new position implies that she now also handles teens & young adults programmes for the digital platform francetv.Slash.

This interview was recorded during the Cartoon Digital Festival 2019, in partnership with the Sardinia Film Commission, thanks to the Italian Film Commissions Association and with the support of the Italian Trade Agency. 

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PODCAST | Nicolò Comotti interviews Sebastian Debertin, head of acquis. & Co-Prod. / head of fiction at ARD/ZDF KI.KA Der Kinderkanal.

Sebastian Debertin helped create and launch KiKA – The Children’s Channel of ARD & ZDF that became market leader in German speaking territories in 2015. As Head of Fiction, Acquisitions and Co-Productions, a position he has held for 20 years, Sebastian oversees all international acquisitions, productions and co-productions for KiKA and its platforms. Sebastian has won several national and international awards, including an Emmy. He looks for acquisitions and co-productions for truly all genres of programming from national and international sources, more precisely, in Europe from Germany, France, UK, Ireland, Italy and Scandinavia. Furthermore, Canada, Australia and the US, South Korea and Singapore complete the main countries where programmes come from. Furthermore, he is responsible for programme development, contract negotiations with national and international partners, relationship management with KiKA’s international production and distribution partners, supervision of productions, co-productions and dubbing projects, plus securing third-party funding. He is sharing his experience and expertise at various Universities and Media Academies, e. g. The Television Business School, The German Academy for Children’s Media and others.

This interview was recorded during the Cartoon Digital Festival 2019, in partnership with the Sardinia Film Commission, thanks to the Italian Film Commissions Association and with the support of the Italian Trade Agency. 

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PODCAST | Nicolò Comotti interviews Bruna Capozzoli, creative director.

Bruna Capozzoli heads up CAKE’s digital division, Popcorn Digital. As Creative Director, she provides creative solutions for kids’ entertainment brands establishing and expanding their presence in the digital space. Applying her solid experience in content creation and audience development as well as a diverse background in film-making and theatre, Bruna works with leading kids’ brands designing tailored strategies to produce original, challenging and engaging online content. Prior to joining Popcorn Digital, Bruna worked with leading digital producer Diagonal View and global phenomenon “Talking Tom and Friends” at Outfit7.

This interview was recorded during the Cartoon Digital Festival 2019, in partnership with the Sardinia Film Commission, thanks to the Italian Film Commissions Association and with the support of the Italian Trade Agency. 

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