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Senem Tuzen – Director – Motherland (Ana Yurdu)

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Green Zeng – Director – The Return

FRED’s Nicolò Comotti interviews Green Zeng, director of the film THE RETURN, which was presented in the International Critics Week section of the 72nd Venice Film Festival. Green Zeng presents his first feature “The Return”, a subtle and yet powerful look on today’s Singapore, with an eye on its dark past.

THE RETURN: Wen is a political detainee who is released after many years of imprisonment. Arrested for being an alleged communist, he returns, an old man, to an uneasy reunion with his children. Wen also wanders through the city to see how his homeland has transformed into a shining metropolis. He is philosophical about his long detainment without trial and is ready to move on. But as the past collides with the present, unforeseen circumstances force his journey to take a tragic turn.

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Vetri Maaran – Director – Interrogation (Visaaranai)

FRED’s Nicolò Comotti interviews Vetri Maaran, director of INTERROGATION (Visaaranai), which was presented in the Orizzonti section of the 72nd Venice Film Festival. He talks to us about his film and personal and moral need to make it.

INTERROGATION (Visaaranai): A group of immigrants (Pandi, Murugan, Afsal and Kumar) are detained by the local state police, tortured and forced to admit to a crime they have no knowledge of. When all hope seems to be lost, a policeman from their hometown speaks on their behalf at the court hearing, setting them free. The policeman asks for a return favour and the boys oblige, oblivious to the ill fate that awaits them. As they unwittingly bear witness to a political treason, the system seeks to silence them, at any cost. But Pandi is determined to be heard.

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Mehmet Ozgur – Actor – Frenzy (Abluka)

FRED’s Matt Micucci interviews the actor Mehmet Ozgur, who stars in the film FRENZY by Emin Alper that premiered in the main competition of the 72nd Venice Film Festival.

This marks the second collaboration with the director, so we ask him what makes their creative collaboration so special. Of course, we also ask him about his character in FRENZY and how the journey to his performance of this character began.

FRENZY (Abluka): Istanbul is in the grip of political violence. Hamza, a high-ranking police officer offers Kadir a conditional release from prison. To be released he has to accept to work in the new intelligence unit of garbage collectors. Kadir accepts, and starts collecting trash from the shanty towns, checking to see whether it contains material related to bomb-making. Kadir finds his younger brother Ahmet in one of those neighborhoods. Ahmet works at the municipality as part of a team responsible for destroying stray dogs. Ahmet’s unwillingness to bond with Kadir as brothers, in spite of Kadir’s insistance, leads Kadir to plot conspiracy theories to explain Ahmet’s distance.

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Kerem Ayan – Director of Istanbul Film Festival

FRED’s Angelo Acerbi talks to Kerem Ayan, the new director of the ISTANBUL FILM FESTIVAL, who talks about his activities at the 72nd edition of the Venice Film Festival, which he deems a great festival and far easier to handle than its Berlin and Cannes counterparts.

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Bero Beyer – Artistic Director of Rotterdam Film Festival

FRED’s Angelo Acerbi interviews the new artistic director of the International Film Festival Rotterdam, Bero Beyer from the 72nd Venice Film Festival.

Bero tells us about his activities in Venice. But being the new artistic director of one of the first big film festival and events of the year, we ask him about his wishes, hopes and ideas for the next edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam, as well as a more general opinion on what he thinks a festival should be and do.

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Alessandro Gropplero – Head of When East Meets West

FRED’s Chiara Nicoletti speaks with Alessandro Gropplero, representative of When East Meets West, present at the 72nd Venice Film Festival.

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Emin Alper – Director – Frenzy (Abluka)

FRED’s Matt Micucci interviews Emin Alper, director of the film FRENZY from the main competition of the 72nd Venice Film Festival.

Emin Alper talks with us about the inspiration for his story and also about the many influences that came into play all together to form the final feature film – FRENZY. He also talks about how he wanted the film to feel universal rather than rooted to one geographical location – in this case of course Turkey. On top of that, he talks about the way in which he worked with the cast and the challenges he encountered along the journey to getting the whole film together.

FRENZY (Abluka): Istanbul is in the grip of political violence. Hamza, a high-ranking police officer offers Kadir a conditional release from prison. To be released he has to accept to work in the new intelligence unit of garbage collectors. Kadir accepts, and starts collecting trash from the shanty towns, checking to see whether it contains material related to bomb-making. Kadir finds his younger brother Ahmet in one of those neighborhoods. Ahmet works at the municipality as part of a team responsible for destroying stray dogs. Ahmet’s unwillingness to bond with Kadir as brothers, in spite of Kadir’s insistance, leads Kadir to plot conspiracy theories to explain Ahmet’s distance.

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Berkay Ates – Actor – Frenzy (Abluka)

FRED’s Matt Micucci interviews actor Berkay Ates, actor of the film FRENZY (Abluka) from the main competition of the 72nd VENICE FILM FESTIVAL. Berkay talks about his character as well as how deeply a dog affects the life of his character, how he got involved in the project and how he collaborated in the project to achieve his final performance.

FRENZY (Abluka): Istanbul is in the grip of political violence. Hamza, a high-ranking police officer offers Kadir a conditional release from prison. To be released he has to accept to work in the new intelligence unit of garbage collectors. Kadir accepts, and starts collecting trash from the shanty towns, checking to see whether it contains material related to bomb-making. Kadir finds his younger brother Ahmet in one of those neighborhoods. Ahmet works at the municipality as part of a team responsible for destroying stray dogs. Ahmet’s unwillingness to bond with Kadir as brothers, in spite of Kadir’s insistance, leads Kadir to plot conspiracy theories to explain Ahmet’s distance.

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Min Bahadur Bham – Director – Kalo Pothi (The black hen)

Min Bahadur Bham passes by our studio in Venice to talk about his first feature Kalo Pothi, the first feature entirely shot in Nepalese.

KALO POTHI (The black hen): Year 2001, a temporary ceasefire brings much-needed break to a small war-torn village in Northern Nepal, bringing much joy among the residents. PRAKASH and KIRAN, two young close friends, are also starting to feel the change in the air. Though they are divided by caste and social creed, they remain inseparable, and start raising a hen gifted by Prakash’s sister, with hopes to save money by selling her eggs. However, the hen goes missing. To find it, they embark on a journey, innocently unaware of the tyranny brought by the fragile ceasefire.

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