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Pascal Rabaté – Director and Co-Screenwriter – Patchwork Family (Du goudron et des plumes)

FRED interviews filmmaker Pascal Rabaté on his latest work PATCHWORK FAMILY (Du goudron et des Plumes), presented in the official selection competition of the 49th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

With its unusual title in the original French (“Tar and Feathers”), this story of atonement refers to a public punishment condoned in the Middle Ages and beyond: the perpetrator was doused in tar and rolled in feathers. In the present case, the figurative culprit is Christian, a divorced man who until now has blundered between his real life as an inconsiderate loser and his desire to be an example to his adolescent daughter, and perhaps even to find a new relationship. Set in a small country town where boredom and middle-class rituals hold sway, Pascal Rabaté’s ironic morality tale inventively handles the individual scenes from a perspective reminiscent of his previous Holidays by the Sea, for which he won Best Director at Karlovy Vary in 2011. Even the players’ performances are subordinated to a certain theatrical stylization: Christian is played by Sami Bouajila, an actor of Tunisian origin and a favorite in France, with the similarly well-known Isabelle Carré taking the role of Christine. She becomes a bright spot in the sullen hero’s life, and the director was able to take advantage of the actress’s actual pregnancy during the shoot.

Translator: Véra Poleaníková

Festival section: Official Selection – Competition

Reporter: Matt Micucci

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Josh Siegel and Dave Kehr – Curators of the Department of Film at the MoMA

FRED meets with the curators of the department of film at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York from Il Cinema Ritrovato. We talk about MoMA’s long history in film archive, MoMA’s future projects and the importance of film archives.

Reporter; Matt Micucci

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Peter Kubelka – Filmmaker and Co-founder of the Österreichisches Filmmuseum

Legendary avant garde filmmaker Peter Kubelka was present at this year’s edition of IL CINEMA RITROVATO, and FRED caught up with him to re-live some key moments of his illustrious and influential filmmaking career. Kubelka also announced the end of his filmmaking work, with his special screening of MONUMENT FILM, which he describes as the end of a cycle.

Reporter: Matt Micucci

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Margaret Parsons, Head of Film Programs, National Gallery of Art, Washington.

FRED catches up with the head of film grograms in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, Margaret Parsons. She tells us about how she got to film programming, the importance and struggles of promoting alternative cinema and her experience at Il Cinema Ritrovato in Bologna.

Reporter: Matt Micucci.

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Nicola Mazzanti, Conservator, Cinémathèque Royale de Belgique (Cinematek).

FRED catches up with Nicola Mazzanti, conservator at the Cinémathèque Royale de Belgique (Cinematek), celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, from Il Cinema Ritrovato in Bologna where he presented a book he curated called 75000 FILMS.

75000 FILMS is aims to reveal and uncover film archives like never before through photos and written contributons by three famous film theorists and historians. Nicola Mazzanti also talks to us about the importance of film archives and the hardships they have to overcome.

Reporter: Matt Micucci.

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FRED meets pianist John Sweeney, who is providing the soundtrack of the wonderful IL CINEMA RITROVATO experience here in Bologna through his performances in silent films. John talks to us about his method of work, the comparisons between silent films and dance.

Reporter: Matt Micucci.

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David Bordwell – Film theorist historian and collaborator – 75000 Films (book)

FRED meets with film theorist and historian David Bordwell, who collaborated with the Cinemateque Royale de Belgique to make the book 75000 FILMS. This is a book that celebrates the 75 year anniversary of the Cinematek but also celebrates and uncovers the work of film archives in general.

Reporter: Matt Micucci

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Ben Stassen – Co-Director – The House of Magic

FRED meets Ben Stassen, who directed 3D animation feature THE HOUSE OF MAGIC along with Jérémie Degruson. The film was presented at the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014.

Festival section: For the Family

Reporter: Matt Micucci

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Dietrich Bruggemann – Director – Stations of the Cross

FRED meets with filmmaker Dietrich Brüggemann to talk about his latest work STATIONS OF THE CROSS, winner of the Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival and presented at the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014.

Festival section: Focus on Germany

Reporter: Matt Micucci

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Orlando Von Einsiedel, Joanna Natasegara and Melanie Gouby – Director, Producer and Investigative journalist – Virunga

FRED has the pleasure of meeting filmmaker Orlando von Einsiedel and producer Joanna Natasegara to talk about their film VIRUNGA, presented at the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014. Joining us also undercover investigative journalist Melanie Gouby, who is one of the central subjects in this documentary.

Reporter: Matt Micucci

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