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PODCAST| Nicolò Comotti interviews Rahi Anil Barve, Adesh Prasad and Sohum Sha, directors and producer of the film Tumbbad.

Rahi Anil Barve, Adesh Prasad and Sohum Sha talk to us about their years and years together on the set of Tumbbad, an epic mythological action film that defies any genre without sacrificing its entertaining soul. Tumbbad is here in Venice in the International Critics Week section.

Tumbbad: India, 19th century: on the outskirts of a decrepit village called Tumbbad lives Vinayak, the stubborn, conniving bastard son of the village lord, obsessed with a mythical ancestral treasure. He suspects the secret lies with his great-grandmother, a cursed witch sleeping for centuries. Confronting her finally puts him face to face with the guardian of the treasure, an evil fallen god. What starts with a few gold coins, quickly spirals into a reckless, perpetual yearning, spanning decades. Vinayak’s greed keeps escalating until he unearths the biggest secret of all, something more valuable than the treasure itself.

To know more about the film, click here.

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PODCAST| Chiara Nicoletti interviews Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga, director/actor and actress of the film A Star is Born.

After George Cukor and Frank Pierson, it is actor turned director Bradley Cooper’s turn to direct A Star is Born in a third remake starring famous singer Lady Gaga, here actress for the film. The film is presented out of competition at the 75th Venice Film Festival. Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga describe how they met in a moment in their life where they both wanted to jump in a new adventure so they found and help each other become a director and an actress. Gaga confirms that there are many similarities between her personal life story and her character Ally’s one, if we consider the transition Lady Gaga did from being Stefani Germanotta to becoming a world famous singer and diva till finally finding the way to combine her two souls. What it means to be a Star? To Bradley Cooper and his first film the answer.

A Star is Born: In this new take on the iconic love story, Bradley Cooper makes his directorial debut and portrays seasoned musician Jackson Maine, who discovers and falls in love with struggling artist Ally, played by Lady Gaga. Ally has given up on her dream to become a successful singer until she meets Jack, who immediately sees her raw talent. This intimate story takes us on a journey through the beauty and challenges of a relationship struggling to survive.

To discover more about the film in the Festival website, click here.

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PODCAST| Matt Micucci interviews Bob Murawski and Jan Filip Rymsza, editor and producer of the film The Other Side of the Wind.

Interview with editor Bob Murawski and producer Filip Jan Rymsza about the special premiere screening of Orson Welles lost epic, The Other Side of the Wind, at the 2018 Venice Film Festival. Rymsza tells us the story of the film and where the wealth of footage was found, while Murawski tells us about his reaction to this original material and the various challenges involved in the process of putting the cinematic mosaic together – especially considering that its filmmaker, Welles, died back in 1985. Murawski also received the newly established Campari Passion for Film Award in Venice.

The Other Side of the Wind: In 1970, legendary director Orson Welles began filming what would ultimately be his final cinematic opus with a cast of luminaries that included John Huston, Peter Bogdanovich, Susan Strasberg and Welles’s partner during his later years, Oja Kodar. Beset by financial issues, the production ultimately stretched to 1976 and soon gained industry-wide notoriety, never to be completed or released. More than a thousand reels of film languished in a Paris vault until March 2017, when producers Frank Marshall (who served as a production manager on Wind during in its initial shooting) and Filip Jan Rymsza spearheaded efforts to have Welles’s vision completed more than 30 years after his death. Featuring a new score by Oscar-winning composer Michel Legrand and assembled by a technical team including Oscar- winning editor Bob Murawski, The Other Side of the Wind tells the story of famed filmmaker J.J. “Jake” Hannaford, who returns to Hollywood after years in self-exile in Europe with plans to complete work on his own innovative comeback movie. A satire of the classic studio system as well as the new establishment who were shaking things up at the time, Welles’s final film is both a fascinating time capsule of a now-distant era in moviemaking as well as the long-awaited “new” work from an indisputable master of his craft.

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PODCAST| David Martos interviews Jeff Goldblum and Rick Alverson, actor and director of the film The Mountain.

We discussed with Rick Alverson and Jeff Goldblum about the connections between the universe depicted in the film and nowadays America. Besides, Goldblum explained how he worked on the double nature of his character.

The Mountain: 1950s America. Since his mother‘s confinement to an institution, Andy has lived in the shadow of his stoic father. A family acquaintance, Dr. Wallace Fiennes, employs the introverted young man as a photographer to document an asylum tour advocating for his increasingly controversial lobotomy procedure. As the tour progresses and Andy witnesses the doctor’s career and life unravel, he begins to identify with the institutions’ patients. Arriving at a California mountain town, a growing center of the New Age movement, they encounter an unconventional French healer who requests a lobotomy for his own daughter, Susan.

For the page of the film on the Festival website, click here.

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PODCAST| Matt Micucci interviews Yaron Shani, director of the film Stripped.

An interview with filmmaker Yaron Shani, director of Stripped, which premiered in the Orizzonti section of the 75th Venice Film Festival. This is the first part of Shani’s previously announced Love Trilogy, which explores the theme through a blurring of reality and fiction. The director talks about its interesting process and collaboration with the non-professional actors, and shares with us his thought on the theme of love, connection and his lack of belief in clearly defined differences between the good and the bad in people – also in relation to his own identity as a filmmaker within a film festival context.

Stripped: 34-year-old Alice’s recent success in the literary world is upset by disturbing feelings of anxiety. Invasive images of sexual abuse haunt her and panic attacks intensify, leaving her stripped of all confidence and desire for human contact. In the building across the street, 17-year-old Ziv lives with his parents. He’s a talented young man who dreams of being a professional musician. When leaving for the army the demands of adulthood fall hard on him, he will be left sad and vulnerable, stripped of his dreams and innocence. A random call from neighbour Alice will allow him to meet the object of his teenage fantasies. The critical meeting of these two modern urbanites will produce both destruction and growth, violence and grace.

To know more about the film, click here.

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

Pascal Diot, director of the Venice Production Bridge, tells us about the new features of each section that composes the Venice Market, from the Venice Gap Financing to the Book Adaptation Rights Market, to Final Cut in Venice. A never stopping growth for a boutique film market that delivers every time.

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

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PODCAST| Nicolò Comotti interviews Paul Iacovou, producer of the film The Ghost of Peter Sellers.

Paul Iacovou joins us at our studio booth in Venice to discuss his latest production: The Ghost of Peter Sellers. The Ghost of Peter Sellers unearths the traumatic experience that esteemed director Peter Medak had whilst attempting to shoot the 1973 comedy Ghost on the Noonday Sun. The trauma had a face, a voice and a one-of-a-kind charisma: Peter Sellers.

The Ghost of Peter Sellers: In 1973 Peter Sellers embarked on a pirate comedy for Columbia Pictures. He lost confidence with the film immediately and tried to sabotage it, firing the producers then turning on his friend the director, Peter Medak. At its core lies the story of an unraveling production but also the tale of a young director firmly on a path to greatness. Medak had made 3 back-to-back successes; most notably The Ruling Class in ‘72 with Peter O’ Toole (nominated for the Palme d’Or). This film changed his career forever. After 45 years the wounds have barely healed for Medak and this is his opportunity to tell the story and finally relieve himself of the burden associated with its failure. The Ghost of Peter Sellers is a comic-tragic feature doc about what it takes to be a film director and survive your biggest disaster.

To know more about the film, click here.

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PODCAST | Cristiana Palmieri interviews Amin Palangi,  artistic director of the Persian Film Festival.

Festival director Amin Palangi talks about the program and how its diversity aims to shift views and misconceptions by creating spaces for new and alternative voices of Persian-Australians and by being a forum for dialogue between and amongst diverse communities.

Founded in 2011, it is a one of a kind festival that showcases films by Persian-speaking filmmakers. Through screenings, master classes and cultural events it celebrates Persian rich cinematic culture in and with Australian communities.

For the official page of the Festival, click here.

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PODCAST| Nicolò Comotti interviews Eric Darnell, director of the film Crow: The Legend.

For the second consecutive year, Venice VR brings unites the Virtual Reality world at Lazzaretto Vecchio island. Among the many immersive experiences anyone can have, we had the chance to see, hear and live within the insightful story of Crow: The Legend. Crow: The Legend is based on a native American ancient tale that director Eric Darnell heard not long ago and yet instantly decided it was the perfect project to bring to (virtual) reality. With his team at Baobab, Darnell created Crow: a fun, gracefully crafted ride that can spearhead VR into new horizons.

Crow: The Legend is inspired by the origin of the crow, played by John Legend, who is a brilliantly plumbed bird who is nominated by his fellow animals to bring warmth back to a world stuck in an endless winter. His journey is rewarded and he carries the gift of fire back to his fellow animals in his beak however, in doing so he sacrifices what is most dear to him.

To know more about the film, click here.

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PODCAST | Francesca Raffi interviews Elena Di Giovanni, for FRED’s new periodical programme on media accessibility.

FRED is pleased to present a new periodical programme on media accessibility and inclusion, fostered by Sub-ti Access. This programme aims to inform its listeners and keep them updated on the status of media accessibility. We hope to raise awareness on accessibility in media and live entertainment, which is one of the 8 priority areas of the European Disability Strategy 2010 – 2020.

Elena Di Giovanni, an Associate Professor of English Translation at the University of Macerata, speaks about media accessibility in academic and non-academic contexts and presents the Macerata Opera Festival and its accessibility services.

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