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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Michel Reilhac, consultant and programmer of Venice Virtual Reality.

We could have talked for days with Michel Reilhac about virtual reality and in particular VR Venice 75. It is a fascinating world, growing and developing like crazy, at light’s speed; Michel tells us about this fast race towards a better technology for VR films and its possible new features that we will discover in the next years.

Click here to see the program of the Venice Virtual Reality.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Pascal Diot, director of the Venice Production Bridge. 

Pascal Diot, director of Venice Production Bridge, is tired but really happy about this year’s edition. Numbers have grown, general appreciation too, and the feedbacks received during the 6 days of market are more than positive. So, now it is time to work on the next one, and there are already some news.

Click here to see the program of the Venice Production Bridge.

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PODCAST| Matt Micucci interviews Rita Di Santo and Peter Kremski, president and member of the Venice 2018 FIPRESCI Jury.

An interview with Rita di Santo, vice president of the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) and president of the FIPRESCI Jury, and Peter Kremski, member of the FIPRESCI Jury at the 2018 Venice International Film Festival. The jury awarded two films here in Venice: Sunset by Laszlo Nemes from the main competition, and Still Recording by Saeed Al Batal and Ghiath Ayoub from the parallel sections of the festival, Orizzonti and Critics’ Week.

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PODCAST| Angelo Acerbi interviews Brian Robinson and Jani Kustrin, members of the Queer Lion Jury.

Brian Robinson and Jani Kustrin talk about their duties as jurors for te Queer Lion Award, the film selection and the criteria they decided to follow. The decision was not difficult but not fast either. Besides the winner, they talk about the quantity and quality of LGBTQ films in this year’s Venice Festival, and about The favourite by Yorgos Lanthimos that was a runner up for the award.

To know more about the Award, click here.

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PODCAST| Angelo Acerbi interviews Spike Lee, director of the film BlacKkKlansman.

Guest of the Mastercard masterclass on innovation at the Venice Film Festival, we talked with Spike Lee about innovation in his way of making movies, about politics and the impact of his new film BlacKkKlansman, and about the importance of a message in cinema.

BlacKkKlansman: Ron Stallworth, an African-American police officer from Colorado, successfully manages to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan with the help of a white surrogate, who eventually becomes head of the local branch.

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PODCAST| Nicolò Comotti interviews Monia Chokri, actress of the film Emma Peeters.

Monia Chokri tells us how she shaped and prepared the character of Emma, the protagonist in Nicole Palo’s latest film Emma Peeters. Emma Peeters is the closing film of the 2018 edition of Le Giornate degli Autori, Venice film festival’s independent section.

Emma Peeters will soon be 35 and has yet to accomplish something. After years of hardships in Paris trying to become an actress, an idea strikes her fancy: bringing her days to an end in a week’s time, on her birthday. In the process Emma meets Alex Bodart, a fanciful funeral home employee who will help her in her reckless endeavor. By dint of hard work to hide their respective feelings, it seems they may succeed in bringing about Emma’s final objective.

To know more about the film, click here.

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PODCAST| Nicolò Comotti interviews Nicole Palo, director of the film Emma Peeters.

Director Nicole Palo returns after almost ten year since her first feature Get Born with her new film Emma Peeters. Emma Peeters, starring Monia Chokri, is an intelligent comedy that touches existential dilemmas with wit and humour. Emma Peeters is the closing film for the Giornate degli Autori, the independent section of Venezia 75.

Emma Peeters will soon be 35 and has yet to accomplish something. After years of hardships in Paris trying to become an actress, an idea strikes her fancy: bringing her days to an end in a week’s time, on her birthday. In the process Emma meets Alex Bodart, a fanciful funeral home employee who will help her in her reckless endeavor. By dint of hard work to hide their respective feelings, it seems they may succeed in bringing about Emma’s final objective.

To know more about the film, click here.

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PODCAST| Matt Micucci interviews Garin Nugroho and Muhammad Khan, director and actor of the film Memories of My Body. 

Director Garin Nugroho premiered his latest film, Memories of My Body, in the Orizzonti section of the 75th Venice Film Festival. Joining him on this interview is the lead actor of the film, Muhammad Khan, as they discuss the origins of the production and Rianto, the man whose story inspired the film, as well as the theme of masculinity and femininity and more.

Memories of My Body: Juno is just a kid when his father leaves him in their village of Center Java. Abandoned and alone, he joins a Lengger dance centre where men transform assuming feminine appearance and movements. But the sensuality and sexuality that come from dance and bodies, mixed with the violent social and political situation of Indonesia, force Juno to move from village to village. Though on his journey Juno gets attention and love from his dance teachers, his weird aunty, his old uncle, a handsome boxer and a Warok, he still has to face alone the battlefield that his body is becoming.

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PODCAST| Matt Micucci interviews Anna Eriksson, director of the film M. 

Filmmaker Anna Eriksson presented her first feature film, M, in the Venice International Film Critics Week, the parallel section of the 75th Venice Film Festival. This is a film that explores the relationship between sexuality and death and that draws inspiration from the legend of Marilyn Monroe. Eriksson talks about the origins of her interest in Monroe, plus the construction of her film (which took her several years to make) and whether she believes it could be screened in other settings besides a cinema screen and more.

M explores the relationship between sexuality and death, which appear to be at opposite poles, but in fact, they merge in all of us, disguising the fear of death or the desire to die, the world of Eros.

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PODCAST| Matt Micucci interviews Yuan Qing, director of the film The Three Adventures of Brooke. 

Director Yuan Qing talks about her directorial feature debut, The Three Adventures of Brooke, which premiered in the Giornate degli Autori, the parallel section of the 75th Venice Film Festival. The director shares with us details of working on this film and with the cast, for this story of identity and the lead character’s experiences in three separate “adventures”. In this interview, she also mentions her admiration for the celebrated French cineaste Eric Rohmer, whom she quotes as one of the main inspirations for this The Three Adventures of Brooke.

The Three Adventures of Brooke:  Xingxi travels alone to Alor Setar, a town in Northern Malaysia. As a consequence of a blown tire, she experiences three separate adventures. She introduces herself to people using different identities that harbor mysterious secrets. In return, what the journey brings her is thoroughly unexpected. In the first adventure, she is Brooke, a traveler; in the second adventure, Brooke is an anthropologist; in the third, Brooke is a divorcée. She is a disheartened woman who comes across a French writer named Pierre. The two lonely travelers become instant friends. Their age gap enables them to share their respective insights into life and death. Meanwhile, it is not until the enigmatic side of Alor Setar begins to unfold that Brooke tells Pierre the true reason why she has come. They seek to understand the interaction between love and life. As the story comes to an end, Mother Nature shows her beauty, with the magical ‘Blue Tears’ phenomenon on prominent display.

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