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FRED Film Radio has been the proud media partner of an exclusive event: a Berlin CineCocktail with the American actress Daryl Hannah. Presented by Italian journalist Claudia Catalli, CineCocktails are just the best kind of close encounters with the cinema world: in company of exciting international guests, the audience have the chance to freely ask questions while drinking the finest cocktails. In this occasion, Daryl Hannah discusses her latest, just wrapped-up film: “S.O.D. – Sights of Death”. Producers Andrea Iervolino and Monica Bacardi offers insights on the film’s production process as well.

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Sandrine Kiberlain, Actress, Aimer, Boire et Chanter (Life of Riley).

Festival Section: Competition.

French actress Sandrine Kiberlain talks to FRED about her role in Aimer, boire et chanter/Life of Riley, the new film of French cinema doyen Alain Resnais and his third adaptation of a play by British playwright Alan Ayckbourn.

In the midst of rehearsals for a new play, amateur dramatics proponents Colin and Kathryn receive the shattering news that their friend George is terminally ill and only has a few months to live. Life begins to come apart at the seams – not just for Kathryn, who was once George’s partner, but also for her friends Tamara and Monica. The full force of the emotional turmoil they experienced in their youth and their long-buried dreams are rekindled. Much to the chagrin of their respectable, middle-class husbands, the women begin to argue about which of them should be allowed to accompany George on a final journey …

Reporter:Dana Knight.

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Donal Foreman, Director, Out of Here.

Festival Section: Official Selection: Irish.

Irish filmmaker Donal Foreman talks about his great coming of age comedy drama OUT OF HERE, which was shown at the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival 2014.

Rising Irish star Fionn Walton (What Richard Did) plays Ciaran, a passionate yet restless college dropout who has returned home to recession-struck Dublin after a year of travelling. Broke and living with his parents, struggling to re-connect with the ex-girlfriend that he left behind and the friends and social scene that have moved on without him, Ciaran questions whether he should stay or go – and comes to realise the difference between being stuck and being present.

Out of Here is a contemporary coming-of-age story showing Ireland and its youth culture in a light not previously seen or explored. Timely and expertly realised, Donal Foreman’s debut feature is a pitch-perfect and resonant depiction of contemporary Ireland and its young people.

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Avi Nesher, Director and co-Screenwriter, The Wonders (Plaot).

Festival Section: Official Selection: International.

Israeli filmmaker Avi Nesher talks about his latest with THE WONDERS (Plaot), which was shown at the Jameson International Film Festival 2014.

Lewis Carroll meets Carol Reed in this dizzyingly funny and fantastical farce from Israeli director Avi Nesher, about a good-natured slacker who becomes embroiled in a labyrinthine conspiracy.

Anything can happen in Jerusalem. Just ask Ariel Navon (Ori Hizkiah), a bartender, art-school dropout and compulsive cartoonist whose pleasantly mundane existence is turned upside down late one night after he spots a strange flash of blue light emanating from an apparently vacant building. His investigation yields an encounter with famed modern-day prophet Rabbi Knafo (Yehuda Levi). Is Knafo being held against his will? And who would do such a thing?

Veteran director Avi Nesher’s latest is a hoot. There are red herrings, unlikely alliances, and cartoons that come to life when no one is looking. The Wonders shows a kinship with the films of the Coen brothers and Woody Allen and the novels of Michael Chabon. Both Hizkiah and Miller are stand-up comics with impeccable timing, and they fully commit to creating complex, compelling characters with much at stake.

Reporter: Matt Micucci.

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Pollyanna McIntosh, Actress, Love Eternal.

Festival Section: Official Selection: Irish.

Actress Pollyanna McIntosh talks about LOVE ETERNAL by Brendan Muldowney, which she stars in and was shown at the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival 2014.

Based on the Japanese novel In Love with the Dead, from acclaimed author Kei Oishi (Apartment 1303, The Last Supper), Love Eternal centres on an isolated and death-fixated young man who tries to make sense of the world, and his existence, in the only way he knows how… by getting closer to death.

Brendan Muldowney’s second feature, following the award-winning Savages, is a dark and elegiac yet inspiring portrayal of a damaged young man trying to find his way in a world he no longer understands. Featuring note-perfect performances from Robert de Hoog and Pollyana McIntosh, Love Eternal is a rich cinematic experience, and, in his exploration of notions of life, death and the universe as a whole, Muldowney has created a bold cinematic landscape all his own.

Reporter: Matt Micucci.

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Wes Anderson – Filmmaker – The Grand Budapest Hotel.

Filmmaker Wes Anderson premiered his latest work “The Grand Budapest Hotel” at the 2014 Berlin International Film Festival – and already people are calling it his ultimate cinematic expression to date. Distinguished by its usual perfectionist and symmetrical visuals, which make it delightful and beautiful, “The Grand Budapest Hotel” also benefits from a huge stellar cast – a star studded list that includes Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Saoirse Ronan, Tilda Swinton, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Harvey Keitel, Jude Law, Bill Murray and Lèa Seydoux (we could go on…)

“The Grand Budapest Hotel” gravitates around the adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous hotel from the fictional Republic of Zubrowka between the first and second World Wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend.

Reporter: Mariane Morisawa.

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Christophe Gans, Director, Beauty and the Beast.

Festival Section: Out of Competition.

Christophe Gans talks about his own version of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST presented at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival – Out of Competition. The film, starring Lea Seydoux and Vincent Cassell, is , in Gans’ opinion, a complementary film to the famous Cocteau’s one. As a great admirer of Cocteau’s, Gans always thought about getting deeper into some aspects that Cocteau had left out and treated more superficially. Though it is a family film, as Gans himself admits, the sexual undertones will be pretty obvious and relevant for the adults in the audience. Visual effects are impeccable and Vincent Cassell is the most handsome beast ever.

Reporter: Chiara Nicoletti.

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Clemens Schick, Actor, Praia do Futuro.

Festival Section: Competition.

Actor Clemens Schick talks about Praia do Futuro, directed by Karim Aïnouz.

Reporter: Mariane Morisawa.

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Margreth Olin – Co-director – Cathedrals of Culture (Kathedralen der Kultur)

Festival section: Berlinale Special

Filmmaker Margreth Olin talks about shooting the Oslo Opera House for her segment in the ambitious and fascinating 3D documentary feature CATHEDRALS OF CULTURE (Kathedralen der Kultur), from the 64th Berlin International Film Festival.

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Miriam Karlkvist – Actress

Festival section: European Shooting Stars 2014

FRED talks to Italian actress Miriam Karlkvist, one of this year’s European Shooting Stars, from the 64th Berlin International Film Festival.

Jury’s comment: Miriam makes a striking debut in SOUTH IS NOTHING. We were impressed by vividly original work: a significant leading role that remains committed to the complexity of the character. By the film’s climax, Miriam’s talent is revealed in further depth, giving us an enticing glimpse of her future potential.

Miriam Karlkvist was born in Reggio Calabria in 1992. She is half Italian and half Swedish. Directly after completing her high school education she made her film debut as the featured actor in SOUTH IS NOTHING directed by Fabio Mollo. The film was invited to both the Toronto and Rome International Film Festivals and will now be screened at the 2014 Berlin International Film Festival in the Generation 14plus. Miriam currently lives in Rome where she is studying acting, writing and photography.

Reporter: Matt Micucci

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