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Jasmila Zbanic – Director – Love Island

One of Bosnian’s most prominent, and prolific, directors talks about the hardships and passion of filmmaking, especially in the Balkans.

Festival section: Open Air, Talents Sarajevo

Reporter: Natasha Senjanovic

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Jelena Stupljanin and Demet Gul – Producers and Actors – A Quintet

Actresses Jelena Stupljanin and Demet Gul discuss their first turn as producers, of A Quintet, the first omnibus film made by alumni of the Berlinale Talent Campus.

Festival section: Main programme, out of competition

Reporter: Natasha Senjanovic

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Florian Weghorn, Programme Manager at the Berlinale Talents

FRED has the pleasure of meeting the new programme manager of the Berlinale Talents at the 20th Sarajevo Film Festival. He tells us all about what takes place before, during and after the Berlinale Talents and just how international these talent programmes really are as well as what a priceless networking platform it really is for the younger generations looking to get a career started in any field of the film industry – directing, cinematography, screenwriting, acting and critiquing.

Reporter: Matt Micucci

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Andrea Staka, Director, Cure: The Life of Another

Festival section: Competition, Talents Sarajevo

Award-winning Swiss director Andrea Staka talks about her masterclass at Talents Sarajevo, and the search for identity that underlies all of her films.

Reporter: Natasha Senjanovic

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Ivana Pekusic, Project Manager

Festival section: 8Th edition of Sarajevo Talents

On the second day of the 8th edition of Sarajevo talents, Fred’s Chiara Nicoletti meets with Ivana Pekusic, project manager of the initiative. in partnership with its big brother, Berlinale Talents ( which started in 2003) the Sarajevo talents will see the participation of young emerging talents, actors, directors, screenwriters, producers, film critics and this year, for the first time, cinematographers that will be trained, mentored and lectured by great film experts, critics, producers and Oscar winning filmmakers and actors such as Melissa Leo, Gael Garcia Bernal, Jasmila Zabnic, Marco Mueller, Mike Leigh and many others.

Reporter: Chiara Nicoletti

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Jovan Marjanović,  Head of Industry

FRED Film Radio has the pleasure of talking with the head of industry at the 20th Sarajevo Film Festival Jovan Marjanović, who tells us all about this year’s industry programme at the festival including details on the Sarajevo Talents, CineLink screenings and regional forum. On top of that, he reveals major news about the Sarajevo City of Film Fund, a film fund scheme for the realisation of films in the region.

Reporter: Matt Micucci

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Leon Lucev, Actor, Acting Workshop: Communication and Articulation

Festival section: Sarajevo Talents

One of Croatia’s most prolific actors speaks about his acting workshop at Talents Sarajevo, and the two films he produced that are screening at the Sarajevo Film Festival, including Jasmila Zbanic’s Love Island.

Reporter: Natasha Senjanovic

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Matt Micucci and Chiara Nicoletti tell about the last 24h to the Sarajevo Film Festival

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Dave Regos, Co-director and producer, Divide in Concord.

Environmental activism and civil disobedience: an insightful portrait of small-town America.

Film Page on Film Festival Website.

Reporter: Cristiana Palmieri.

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Pascal Diot, Director of Venice Film Market.

The 71st edition of the Venice Film Festival is fast approaching. FRED Film Radio once again has the pleasure of being media partner at the event and as part of our coverage we will be keeping a close eye on this year’s edition of the Venice Film Market.

So, in the final weeks preceding the festival, we catch up with the director of the Venice Film Market PASCAL DIOT, to tells us about the importance of a market at one of the top 3 festivals in the world. He also talks to us about what to expect this year at the third edition of the festivals, with features such as an Italian Cinema Industry Focus and the first European Gap Financing Co-Production Market to be taking place. We also talk about what the market offers to producers, distributors, agents and film industry people attending as well as just how international the VFM really is.

Reporter: Matt Micucci.

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