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Jonathan Lambert, Actor, Reality

Fred meets the actor Jonathan Lambert, who becomes “Bob Marshall” the idealized and idealistic producer in REALITY, the latest film by film structure slayer Quentin Dupieux.

Festival section: Venice Orizzonti

Reporter: Niccolò Comotti

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Tal Granit and Sharon Maymon, writer and directors, The Farewell Party

Writer/directors Tal Granit & Sharon Maymon are back to chat to FRED “live” in the studio following the film’s premiere and we find out what the audience reaction was to the movie, given it’s controversial subject matter.

Festival section: VENICE DAYS

Reporter: Amanny Mohamed

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Peter Ho-Sun Chan, Director, Qin’ai de (Dearest).

Festival Section: Out of Competition.

FRED meets filmmaker Peter Chan to talk about his latest work DEAREST, presented out of competition in the 71st Venice Film Festival. The film deals with a real life bizarre and particularly intricate case of a missing child.

Reporter: Matt Micucci.

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From the Turkish Film Stand at the Venice Film Festival, Basak Emre talks about the centenary of Turkish cinema, its current festival successes, and its presence in Venice.

Reporter: Bénédicte Prot.

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Elad Samorzik, Artistic Director, Jerusalem Film Festival.

Elad Samorzik, the Artistic Director of the Jerusalem Film Festival dropped by FRED Film radio studios to chat to us about his Venice film festival experience and his hunt for films to programme in his festival next year.

Reporter: Amanny Mohamed.

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Amos Gitai, Director, Words with Gods.

Festival Section: Out of Competition.

Fred meets with long-take contemporary master Amos Gitai, here at Venice 71 with the collective film Words With Gods.

Reporter: Nicolò Comotti.

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Xin Yukun (writer/director) & Clement Magar (associate producer), Binguan (The Coffin in the Mountain).

Festival Section: Venice Critics Week.

First time writer/director Xin Yukun dropped into FRED’s studio to talk about his film BINGUAN (THE COFFIN IN THE MOUNTAIN) selected for this year’s Venice International Critics week. Clement Magar – associate producer joined in the discussion and helped translate the Director’s responses.

The story is about a young man who tries to get away from his family’s overwhelming power, but when he accidentally kills a local thug, his fate will be intricately linked to his father’s. A woman, who for years has been victim of domestic violence, finds comfort in the arms of her ex-lover. The news of the death of her husband arrives as she was planning his murder. An honest village chief plans to retire but an exceptional event related to his son will pull him into the abyss.

Reporter: Amanny Mohamed.

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Cherien Dabis, Actress, Villa Touma.

Festival Section: Venice Critics Week.

VILLA TOUMA is a wonderful film about three spinster sisters who are forced to look after their orphaned niece Badia. They have shut the world out following occupation, and expect the newcomer to marry so they can absolve themselves of any responsibilities, but tragedy strikes.

Fred’s reporter Amanny Mohamed catches up once again with the gorgeous, talented actress Cherien Dabis who plays “Antoinette”, one of the spinsters in the movie.

Reporter: Amanny Mohamed.

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Warwick Thornton, Director, Words with Gods.

Festival Section: Out of competition.

Fred has a chance to talk face face with Warwick Thornton and his “True Gods”: the first film of the collective endeavour Words with Gods, here at Venice 71, out of competition.

Reporter: Nicolò Comotti.

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Rania Attieh (Writer) & Daniel Garcia (Director), H.

Festival Section: Biennale College Cinema.

Description: The Biennale College cinema selects only twelve projects out from hundreds of entries – “H.” is one of those selected for development to the big screen.

H. is a modern interpretation of a classic Greek tragedy in which two women, each named Helen, live out their mirrored lives of one another in the town of Troy, NY.FRED caught up with the two writer/directors to find out how their project came together and discuss the challenges they faced.

Reporter: Amanny Mohamed.

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