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PODCAST| Angelo Acerbi interviews Stefania Ippoliti, President of the Italian Film Commissions Assocation.

The President of the Italian Film Commissions Stefania Ippoliti talks to FRED about the sense and importance of participating to an international market such as Focus London, and about the general work an association like this does and must do to help its members and the development of an international appeal of Italy to production companies.

This interview was recorded during the 2018 Focus London, in partnership with the Italian Film Commissions Association and with the support of the Italian Trade Agency.

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PODCAST| Angelo Acerbi interviews Shireen Seno, director of the film Nervous Translation.

Shireen Seno took a lot from his personal story to build up the characters in the film; the social distance from the Philippinos who left their country to live abroad (mainly in Japan) and those who stayed was something she experienced. The young actress who played the main character has been a blessing and a challenge too…

Nervous Translation: Late 1988, post-dictatorship Philippines. Eight-year-old Yael, shy to a fault, lives in her own private world. Left to her own devices while her mother assembles shoes at the local shoe factory, Yael cooks miniature meals with her mini stove for herself. In the evenings, when her mother gets home after work, Yael watches soap operas on television with her; these are the rare moments when they have a physical bond. Yael only knows her father through his voice, through voice letters in the form of cassette tapes which he sends back from Saudi Arabia.

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PODCAST| Angelo Acerbi interviews Georgina Chryskioti, actress of the film Pity.

We talked with one of the characters of Pity, an impressive Greek film about a man whose life is happier when he is miserable. So he works to keep it this way, with extreme consequences. Georgina Chryskioti is the neighbour of the lead character, the only positive and clear link he has with real life. Despite the theme and the darkness of the film, the set was fun and it helped keeping the subtle and constant irony of it all.

Pity: A man of about forty-five, the Lawyer, lives with his teenage son in a well-off home. He is healthy, with a pleasing face, good manners and is generally well maintained. His hair is perfectly cut and groomed. His wife, however, has been in a coma and has been in a private hospital for some time following an accident. The sadness caused by this event has become the Lawyer’s main and most vital element of life, giving him a sense of pleasure that becomes an addiction. His grief has also suddenly made everybody have compassion towards him. His life has never been better. Then, one day, something happens and changes his recently established everyday life of pity.

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PODCAST| Angelo Acerbi interviews Jacopo Chessa, director of the Torino Short Film Market.

A tired but very happy Jacopo Chessa tells us the goals reached and the numbers attained in 2018 Torino Short Film market, in an edition filled with participants and awards and projects. Looking forward to next year’s already…

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PODCAST| Angelo Acerbi interviews Raffaella Delvecchio, international production manager of the Apulia Film Commission.

Raffaella Delvecchio tells us the activities and features of the Apulia Film Commission, and the importance of a market such as Focus. The Apulia Film Commission attends Focus under the umbrella of Italian Film Commissions Association, where the collaboration between film commissions is the key element for the success of all.

This interview was recorded during the 2018 Focus London, in partnership with the Italian Film Commissions Association and with the support of the Italian Trade Agency. To discover more about the Apulia Film Commission, click here.

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PODCAST| Angelo Acerbi interviews producer and director Raz Degan.

Raz Degan has built a serious career as documentary filmaker and producer; his last film the Last Shaman has been a hit on Netflix and touched a lot of people, profoundly. At 2018 Focus London, we talk with him of the importance of locations in documentaries and about the hard, often money-less but rewarding job of producing and directing documentaries.

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PODCAST| Angelo Acerbi interviews Truls Kontny, president of the European Film Commissions Association.

Truls Kontny talks with FRED Film Radio about the work developed by the European Film Commissions Association in these years, and the way to live through the singularity of each European country in terms of film production, facing US or Asian clients. Here is where synergy is the key word.

This interview was recorded during the 2018 Focus London.

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PODCAST| Angelo Acerbi interviews Raffaella Conti, member of the Toscana Film Commission.

Raffaella Conti of Toscana Film Commission explains the aims of the presence at Focus London 2018 and the mechanisms of the activities developed in her office to optimize visibility and productivity towards the film companies that want to shoot in Tuscany. Being part of the Italian Film Commissions association has been a boost for all members and re-positioned Italy as a whole ideal great location.

This interview was recorded during the 2018 Focus London, in partnership with the Italian Film Commissions Association and with the support of the Italian Trade Agency. To discover more about the Toscana Film Commission, click here.

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PODCAST| Angelo Acerbi interviews Paolo Manera, director of the Torino Piemonte Film Commission.

Paolo Manera, director of the Torino Piemonte Film Commission, tells us the structure of its funds, for features and documentaries and shorts, the collaborations with the Torino Film Lab, and the new ideas in funding developments of projects which are geographically based within the region.

This interview was recorded during the 2018 Focus London, in partnership with the Italian Film Commissions Association and with the support of the Italian Trade Agency. To discover more about the Torino Piemonte Film Commission, click here.

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

The energetic Nevina Satta, director of the Sardegna Film Commission, tells about the work to be done in a film commission on an island, that could be a big challenge but in the end turns out to be an advantage. Everything depends on the attitude and the quality of the services you provide. And she has a good record to prove it.

This interview was recorded during the 2018 Focus London, in partnership with the Italian Film Commissions Association and with the support of the Italian Trade Agency. To discover more about the Sardegna Film Commission, click here.

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