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PODCAST| David Martos interviews Alexander Payne, Jury President at San Sebastian Film Festival.

The interview with Alexander Payne adresses his role as president of the Official Selection Jury, his thoughts about comedy and the conflict between Netlfix and Cannes Film Festival.

Alexander Payne presides over the Jury (Official selection) in San Sebastian 2018. He’s delivering the Golden Seashell with peers Rossy de Palma (actress) or Constantin Popescu (director).

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PODCAST| David Martos interviews Pawel Pawlikowski, director of the film Cold War.

Our chat with Pawel Pawlikowski addresses the success of Ida and Cold War in Poland (his homeland), the political background of his last film and the populist movements that surged all around the world in the last decade.

Cold War: Based on the director’s parents story, this love story follows two very different lovers throughout the Cold War-era, across Europe. Linked by passion and music, the two protagonist will fight for their feelings in this black and white melodrama.

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PODCAST| David Martos interviews actor Danny DeVito at 2018 San Sebastian Film Festival.

Legendary actor Danny DeVito talks to FRED about the beginning of his career, his love for acting 60 years after that start, the “Popular Oscar” announced by the Academy and his preference for watching fims in the cinemas.

Daniel Michael DeVito Jr. (born November 17, 1944) is an American actor and filmmaker. He gained prominence for his portrayal of the taxi dispatcher Louie De Palma in the television series Taxi (1978–1983), which won him a Golden Globe and an Emmy. A major film star, he is known for his roles in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Man on the Moon, Romancing the Stone, Batman Returns, Big Fish or L.A. Confidential. He’s in San Sebastian to receive a Donostia Award and to promote his new animated film Smallfoot.

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PODCAST| Marco Berti interviews actress Valeria Solarino at the Italian Film Festival in Sydney.

Valeria Solarino compares her experience performing in cinema and in theatre, and explains how these two worlds are different but at the same time they intertwine with each other. She talks about how she never picks “easy” roles, instead she always chooses to play characters that enable her to explore social and psychological themes. She also reflects on her experience working with different directors, ranging from new emerging talents (Sibilia), to established Hollywood stars (Muccino).

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PODCAST| Chiara Nicoletti interviews Wim Wenders, director of the film Pope Francis – A Man of His Word.

After presenting it at the 71st Festival de Cannes as a special screening, director Wim Wenders landed in Rome to present to the Italian audience his Pope Francis – A Man of His Word, his latest documentary which is described as a personal journey with Pope Francis, rather than a biographical documentary. The filmmaker unveils some details about his first meeting with Pope Francis and how this encounter changed his view on many things and taught him not to be constantly afraid of everything starting from other people’s opinions to death.

Pope Francis – A Man of His Word is intended to be a personal journey with Pope Francis, rather than a biographical documentary about him. The pope’s ideas and his message are central to this documentary, which sets out to present his work of reform and his answers to today’s global questions. From his deep concern for the poor and wealth inequality, to his involvement in environmental issues and social justice, Pope Francis engages the audience face-to-face and calls for peace.

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PODCAST| Angelo Acerbi interviews Victor Kossakovsky, director of the film Aquarela.

Victor Kossakovsky still cannot believe to have been able to make such a film: difficult shooting condition, exhausting technical problems and dangerous situations his young crew solved stubbornly every time, with the urgency of knowing the unicity of the film they were shooting. Specific shooting choices are explained by Kossakovsky here in this talk at the Venice Film Festival.

Aquarela takes audiences on a deeply cinematic journey through the transformative beauty and raw power of water. Filmed at 96 frames-persecond, the film is a visceral wake-up call that humans are no match for the sheer force and capricious will of Earth’s most precious element. From the precarious frozen waters of Russia’s Lake Baikal to Miami in the throes of Hurricane Irma to Venezuela’s mighty Angel Falls, water is Aquarela’s main character, with director Victor Kossakovsky capturing her many personalities in startling visual detail.

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PODCAST| David Martos interviews Jeanne Boudier, actress of the film Deslembro.

We talked to actress Jeanne Boudier about playing her first role under the direction of Flávia Castro and telling a story about a Brazil that she didn’t know.

Deslembro: Joana, a teenager, feeds her soul with literature and rock. In 1979, when amnesty is granted in Brazil, she lives with her family in Paris. Overnight and against her will, Joana moves back to the country she barely remembers. In the early 1980s, in Rio de Janeiro, the city she was born in and where her father has forcedly disappeared, she recovers pieces of memory from a fragmented childhood. Not everything is real, not everything is imagination. And as she remembers, Joana is able to write her own story in the present tense.

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PODCAST| Samantha Sartori interviews Dan Habib, director of the film Intelligent Lives.

At the New York premier of Intelligent Lives we meet Dan Habib, and we talk about all of the moving stories in this eye-opening movie. A movie we won’t forget, a movie that reminds us of the importance of including children with intellectual disabilities in higher education, meaningful employment, and intimate relationships. We than talked about the collaboration with Chris Cooper, narrator and executive producer of the movie, and his wife Marianne Leone. The movie will open in New York City September 21st at City Cinemas Village East Cinema, in Washington DC September 26th at National Press Club, and in October in all the US.

Intelligent Lives stars three pioneering young American adults with intellectual disabilities – Micah, Naieer, and Naomie – who challenge perceptions of intelligence as they navigate high school, college, and the workforce. Academy Award-winning actor and narrator Chris Cooper contextualizes the lives of these central characters through the emotional personal story of his son Jesse, as the film unpacks the shameful and ongoing track record of intelligence testing in the U.S.

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PODCAST| Angelo Acerbi interviews Maurizio Sciarra, director of Apulia Film Commission.

The Apulia Film Commission has been one of the most active Italian film commissions in the last years. Maurizio Sciarra, its director, tells us all the activities provided and the funds and additional helps the commission gives to film productions that choose Apulia as location for their films.

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

Nevina Satta gives us energy through this interview about the Sardegna Film Commission and its activities and funds, that made the number of important film production coming to Sardinia increase in the last years. Plus, Nevina was a strong promoter and first supporter of green and ecological shooting, and she tells us how this trend has gone globally and increased awareness and productions to follow these rules (and to shoot in Sardegna, too).

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