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Leah Meyerhoff, Director, I Believe in Unicorns.

Festival Section: American Dreams.

FRED catches up with filmmaker Leah Meyerhoff to talk about the film I BELIEVE IN UNICORNS, presented at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

A sensitive and poetic road movie.

Davina is an imaginative teenage girl who escapes from the realities of caring for her disabled mother into a fairy-tale-inspired fantasy life. She looks for another kind of escape in a new relationship with the charming denizen of a grungy rock-club underworld. Aware he has a volatile side from which even unicorns may fail to save her, Davina still chooses to take off with him on a journey of no certain destination. A fresh look at adolescent romance, touched with a delicacy and magic rare in films.

Reporter: Matt Micucci.

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Anthony Baxter, Director, A Dangerous Game.

Festival Section: Special Screenings.

FRED meets the documentarian Anthony Baxter to talk about his latest work A DANGEROUS GAME from the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014.

Luxury golf courses benefit a few and hurt the rest of us. This follow-up to the award-winning You’ve Been Trumped takes up where the previous film left off with the saga of American billionaire property developer Donald Trump’s incursion into Scotland. Filmmaker Anthony Baxter journeys to Croatia and the United States to probe the disastrous environmental effects of the development of luxury golf courses. Then he returns to Scotland to confront Trump. You won’t stay on the fence on the issue after this hard-hitting documentary.

Reporter: Matt Micucci.

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Lorenza Izzo – Actress – The Green Inferno

FRED catches up with the young, talented and fearless actress Lorenza Izzo, star of Eli Roth’s latest horror film THE GREEN INFERNO, presented at the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014.

Festival section: Wicked and Wild

Reporter: Matt Micucci

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Alexandre O Philippe, Director, Doc of the Dead.

Festival Section: Films on Film.

FRED catches up with Alexandre O. Philippe, director of the documentary DOC OF THE DEAD presented at the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014.

A sprightly zombie walk through the world of the undead Alexandre O Philippe, director of The People vs. George Lucas and The Life and Times of Paul the Psychic Octopus, explores the history of the zombie in popular culture with clips galore and an impressive line-up of interviewees (including Simon Pegg, Bruce Campbell and, of course, George A Romero), and asks for tips from the experts on how to survive a zombie outbreak. Because, you know, it could really happen…

Reporter: Matt Micucci.

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Antony Petrou (Director), Leeshon Alexander (Actor and Screenwriter), We Are Monster.

Festival Section: New Perspectives.

FRED catches up with director Antony Petrou and actor/screenwriter Leeshon Alexander to talk about their intense film WE ARE MONSTER, presented at the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014.

We are judge. We are jury. We are monster.

How could someone be racially driven to commit a murder? This raw, uncompromising British drama poses that question and more, as it delves into the tragic real-life case of Zahid Mubarek, an Asian teenager brutally murdered in his cell in a young offenders institution by fellow inmate Robert Stewart. Avoiding all moral judgement, the filmmakers focus on Stewart’s motivation alongside the well-researched facts of the case. The result is a powerful, unsettling, moving and enlightening drama that remains thought-provoking far beyond its running time.

Reporter: Matt Micucci.

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Lenny Abrahamson, Director, Frank.

Festival Section: Biografilm Europa.

Director Lenny Abrahamson shares exclusive details on the making of his masterpiece – the film Frank, starring Michael Fassbinder.

Reporter: Antonio Back.

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Carlos Marquez Marcet – Director – 10.000 KM

The winner of the New Directors Competition talks about long distance love and internet, how it can work or not, and how it did end up to be the story of this awards-winning film.

Festival section: New Directors Competition – Winner Best Film

Reporter: Angelo Acerbi

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Andreas Johnsen – Director – Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case

FRED meets with the winner of this years Biografilm International Competition, Andreas Johnsen who presented his film on Chinese contemporary artist Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case

Festival section: Concorso Internazionale

Reporter: Antonio Back

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Danielle Zini – Director – White Soldier

Join FRED and Danielle Zini in the quest for a white soldier. But wait. What is a White Soldier exactly? Listen to FRED’s interview with director Danielle Zini to find out!

Festival section: Contemporary Lives

Reporter: Antonio Back

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Daniel Ziv – Director – Jalanan

After having lived in Jakarta for more than a decade, Canadian director Daniel Ziv takes us to a journey through a land that doesn’t get talked about very often…

Festival section: Concorso Internazionale

Reporter: Antonio Back

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