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PODCAST| Matt Micucci interviews Neven Samardzic, director of the film Clean.

An interview with director Neven Samardzic, from Georgia, who was selected to be part of Future Frames at the 53rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. European Film Promotion (EFP) presents ten outstanding young directors from Europe with their latest work at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival every year. Samardzic’s film is called Clean.

Clean:  Fudo is a drug addict, but after his best friend overdoses, he is determined to stay clean. He’s confident that, this time, it’ll definitely work out. With no money and no dignity, he begins the first day of his new life. An optimistically realistic film which reminds us that junkies deserve hope too.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews consultant Isabelle Fauvel at Torino Film Lab.

Isabelle Fauvel, tutor at Torino Film Lab, consultant for many film festivals and head of Initiative Film, a France-based consulting company for developing film projects, talks about her job in Torino: how it started, the actual challenges and the potential developments.

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PODCAST| Matt Micucci interviews Michal Duris, director of the film Warm Comedy About Depression, Madness and Unfulfilled Dreams.

An interview with director Michal Duris, from Slovakia, who was selected to be part of Future Frames at the 53rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. European Film Promotion (EFP) presents ten outstanding young directors from Europe with their latest work at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival every year. Duris’ film is called Warm Comedy About Depression, Madness and Unfulfilled Dreams.

Warm Comedy About Depression, Madness and Unfulfilled Dreams:  States of depression or mild insanity shouldn’t immediately be viewed as something negative. Talented director Michal Duris portrays a family whose members have known each other for so long that it’s difficult to differentiate between love and cabin fever. Everyone will experience a crisis at some point in their lives, but it’s important to talk about it. Even if it means potential dialogue will be replaced with sticky notes.

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PODCAST| Matt Micucci interviews Lenka Tyrpáková, programmer of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

Lenka Tyrpáková, programmer of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, talks to us about the Baltic poetic documentaries, an arguably little-known film movement of the Baltic regions that the Festival paid tribute to in a special section called “Reflections in Time: Baltic Poetic Documentaries” during its 53rd edition. Tyrpákóva tells us about what it was that makes these films so worthy of being rediscovered and even picks out a few titles from the ones selected to screen in Karlovy Vary that she is particularly fond of. She also mentions Bridges of Time, the documentary about this movement that was screened in the documentary competition of the festival, which inspired the retrospective and that she highlights as a great starting point for anyone interested in finding out more about these films.

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PODCAST| Matt Micucci interviews Hleb Papou, director of the film The Legionnaire.

An interview with director Hleb Papou, from Belarus and Italy, who was selected to be part of Future Frames at the 53rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. European Film Promotion (EFP) presents ten outstanding young directors from Europe with their latest work at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival every year. Papou’s film is called The Legionnaire.

The Legionnaire:  Daniel is an officer in a police special operations unit which has been given the task of clearing out a house full of immigrants. He, himself, is a descendant of African newcomers and the situation is made worse by the fact that his brother and mother live in the house as well. The time has come for him to decide whether to remain loyal to the establishment or to his own roots.

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PODCAST| Matt Micucci interviews David Gurgulia, director of the film Dialect.

An interview with director David Gurgulia, from Georgia, who was selected to be part of Future Frames at the 53rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. European Film Promotion (EFP) presents ten outstanding young directors from Europe with their latest work at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival every year. Gurgulia’s film is called Dialect.

Dialect:  The language of God can’t be learned if you can’t speak it already. Nor can it be recorded or reproduced. Despite this warning, Mithras, a sound engineer, heads out to a sacred reserve to spend a week trying to do just that. Armed with technical equipment, he disturbs a world of endless silence, a world permeated with mysticism and ritual. The seven days spent together with the community at the reserve, however, change not only Mithras but also those who speak the divine language.

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PODCAST| Matt Micucci interviews Jakub Radej, director of the film Sweet Home Czyzewo.

An interview with director Jakub Radej, from Poland, who was selected to be part of Future Frames at the 53rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. European Film Promotion (EFP) presents ten outstanding young directors from Europe with their latest work at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival every year. Radej’s film is called Sweet Home Czyzewo.

Sweet Home Czyzewo:  “You’re not local anymore,” Marcin is told when he returns to his hometown after spending three years in America. The truth behind this remark becomes very clear to the young man the day after he gets back. Within twenty-four hours he loses everything he’s been looking forward to and has hitherto believed in.

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PODCAST| Matt Micucci interviews David Pinheiro Vicente, director of the film Where the Summer Goes (chapters on youth).

An interview with director David Pinheiro Vicente, from Portugal, who was selected to be part of Future Frames at the 53rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. European Film Promotion (EFP) presents ten outstanding young directors from Europe with their latest work at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival every year. David Pinheiro Vicente’s film is called Where the Summer Goes (chapters on youth).

Where the Summer Goes (chapters on youth):  One baking hot day a group of youngsters take off for the river. To pass the time they amuse themselves with the story of a man whose pet snake tried to swallow him whole; it seems that, in sharing this tale, they unwittingly set the tone of this lazy, carefree day. The stifling heat and the sensuality of the pervasive natural surroundings awaken feelings that would otherwise have remained well and truly hidden.

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