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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews filmmaker Gus Van Sant, who talks about the exhibition dedicated to him hosted at the National Museum of Cinema in Turin.

The fall brings new events to town, and among them the exhibition dedicated to Gus Van Sant, housed by the National Museum of Cinema at Mole Antonelliana from October 6th, 2016 to January 9th, 2017.

We met with the director Gus Van Sant himself in Torino, to talk about the exhibition. We had a nice chat about his art, that went beyond filmaking; his approach and use of photography as an alternative expressing tool, but not only; and his thoughts on the necessity and meaning of films on lgbt issues, in our times.

(…and he’s a fan of the TV show Transparent.)

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews filmmaker Krzysztof Zanussi, who introduced the 1928 film Pan Tadeusz at the 35th Pordenone Silent Film Festival.

Filmmaker Krzystof Zanussi attended the Pordenone Silent Film Festival (Giornate del Cinema Muto) for the first time this year. Which is hard to believe considering his passion for film, as our conversation with him shows.

Zanussi reveals his excitement at being at the festival and visiting Pordenone, a city with which he has personal ties. He is here also for a special reason: to give an introduction to Pan Tadeusz, a 1928 film by Ryszard Ordynski, which to this day is one of the only surviving films from the Polish silent era. When we ask him about the reason behind the scarce quantity of Polish film from the early cinema, he points out that films were not only the only things that Poland lost during the second world war.

In this interview, we also try to understand what Polish cinema was like in those days, the influence that it had in the cinema that was to follow from Poland, and even specifically talk about Pan Tadeusz, which he indtroduces as a very Polish film. Zanussi’s fascinting theories on cinema, not only in its silent form, broaden the scope of this interview, as we ponder on such things as what changes the introduction of sound brought to the cinematic language.

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PODCAST | Bénédicte Prot interviews Oliver Père, managing director of ARTE France Cinéma.

Managing director of ARTE France Cinéma Olivier Père underlines the desire to share and promote European films at the root of the brand new and innovative ARTE Kino Festival, a unique initiative instigated by French/German broadcaster ARTE in cooperation with the platform Festival Scope which allows 50 000 viewers from 44 countries to watch ten quality European features over ten days, free of charge.

Père, also a renowned figure on the international festival circuit, tells us more about the experience offered by ARTE Kino, the festival’s selection criteria, the community the event intends to connect together, and the €50,000 Nespresso Prize which will be awarded by the viewers themselves at the end of each edition.

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews actor Mark Whalberg on his role in the film Deepwater Horizon.

FRED’s Chiara Nicoletti interviews Mark Wahlberg on the occasion of the italian release of Deepwater Horizon. The film focuses on paying homage to the victims of the oil platform explosion of 2010 in USA that led to the biggest ecologic disaster in the history of United States’.

Deepwater Horizon portrays these working class heroes, not only the victims but also the 115 people that not only tried to save their colleagues instead of jumping down on lifeboats but desperately tried to stop the oil from leaking out and spreading into the ocean.

DEEPWATER HORIZON. On April 20th, 2010, one of the world’s largest man-made disasters occurred on the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico. Directed by Peter Berg (Lone Survivor), this story honors the brave men and women whose heroism would save many on board, and change everyone’s lives forever.

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PODCAST | Elena Di Giovanni interviews Pedro Bardadillo and Nevina Satta on the topic of cinema accessibility.

Elena Di Giovanni, Professor of audiovisual translation and accessibility, interviewed Mr Pedro Barbadillo and Ms Nevina Satta. Pedro is Chairman of Cineciudad, and President of Cine Arte. He is a member of the Board of CICAE (Conféderation Internationale des Cinémas d’Art ed d’Essai), a producer and filmmaker himself. Nevina Satta is CEO of the Sardinia Film Commission in Italy, and also Vice Precident of the Italian Film Commission.

The interview explored the concept of cinema accessibility from creation to fruition. Relying on his own experience, Pedro Barbadillo explained how tantamount universal access to cinema is, for him. Even small productions should be made accessible for all, from the sensory impaired to migrants, students, the elderly.

Nevina Satta expressed her satisfaction at participating in the EU funded Fred at School project, whose aim was to spread the knowledge and awareness of European cinema among young audiences. She also praised all techniques used to make cinema accessible, which, to her, should become increasingly common throughout Europe.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Peter Zemek, director of the Visegrad Film Festival in Cork, Ireland.

The second edition of the Visegrad Film Festival took place in Cork this year. This is a festival highlighting the cinema of theVisegrad region, which is the region that includes the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Poland and Hungary.

We talk about in with its director, Peter Zemek, who founded the festival two years ago. The interview was conducted near the end of the festival, a good time to round up an overview of this year’s edition and give an idea of what filmd were selected for its program. But in more general term, as an introduction of the festival on our “online airwaves,” it is quite simply an introduction to examine the challenges encountered in setting up such an event and the way in which the city of Cork in Ireland responds to the festival in general.

Peter also programs a small cinema in Cork, and organizes a number of screenings called the Deja View Screenings, so we also briefly talk about them, and the need to promote alternative cinem a in a place where it is difficult to watch films that fall outside of the mainstream circuit.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Rich Cline, Daniel Casagrande and Marco Busato, members of the Queer Lion jury 2016 at Venezia 73.

We talked with the Jury of the Queer Lion Award 2016, with Rich Cline , Marco Busato and Daniel Casagrande, about the films and the process of choosing a winner among the rich list of LGBT themed films included in the programme of the 73rd Venice Film Festival. The fourth member of the jury, Cecilia Ermini, was missing, but her colleagues filled the void.

[UPDATE: The 2016 Queer Lion was awarded to HEARTSTONE by Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson. Click here to listen to our interview with the director.]

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Jon Nguyen, Olivia Neergaard-Holm, co-directors of the documentary David Lynch: The Art Life from Venezia 73.

David Lynch is certainly one of the most influential filmmakers of the modern era, and his work is regularly celebrated by other directors, artists and critics alike. The latest filmic study of Lynch is a documentary which looks at the man and the artist, with a personal tone, and focuses particularly on the time before he made his first feature film, Eraserhead, in 1977.

Jon Nguyen and Olivia Neergaard-Holm directed the film, alongside Rick Barnes, and we catch up with them at the 73rd Venice Film Festival, where David Lynch: The Art Life was presented in the Venice Classics section. Interesting to note the different approaches the two, in particular, brought to the screen. Nguyen had worked on two previous documentaries on Lynch before this one, and is on friendly and close terms with the filmmaker. On the other hand, Neergard-Hold had no such personal connection to Lynch, and relied upon the footage to establish that connection and select the material that then made up the final work; a final work, which as she says, she hopes will be for both fans of David Lynch and for those who are not.

DAVID LYNCH: THE ART LIFE. David Lynch takes us on an intimate journey through the formative years of his life. From his idyllic upbringing in small town America to the dark streets of Philadelphia, we follow Lynch as he traces the events that have helped to shape one of cinema’s most enigmatic directors.

David Lynch: The Art Life infuses Lynch’s own art, music and early films, shining a light into the dark corners of his unique world, giving audiences a better understanding of the man and the artist. As Lynch states “I think every time you do something, like a painting or whatever, you go with ideas and sometimes the past can conjure those ideas and color them, even if they’re new ideas, the past colors them.” We’re invited in and given a private view from Lynch’s compound and painting studio in the hills high above Hollywood, as Lynch retells personal stories from his past that unfold like scenes from his films. Strange characters come into focus, only to fade again into the past, leaving an indelible mark on Lynch, the artist.

We become witnesses to the fears, misunderstandings and struggles that Lynch overcomes and, along the way, meet the various people that have helped to mold him. It becomes evident early on in Lynch’s life that he views the world differently, absorbing its shadows and weaving a dream like tapestry for audiences worldwide to become tangled in. By pulling back the curtains on the icon we hope to uncover the individual, David Lynch.

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PODCAST | Listen to a clip from Tomi Petek, Slovenian ambassador at the 2016 edition of 28 Times Cinema at Venezia 73.

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PODCAST | Listen to a clip from Tamar Cachet, Belgian ambassador at the 2016 edition of 28 Times Cinema at Venezia 73.

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