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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Arsalan Amiri and Ida Panahandeh, director and co-writer of the film Zalava.

A conversation with Arsalan Amiri and Ida Panahandeh, respectively director and co-writer of Zalava, the Iranian film presented in the International Critics’ Week section of the 78th Venice Film Festival. In this inteview, they talk about the central themes of superstition and tradition, as well as the troubles of the failure to communicate, and the start of their beginning of their creative partnership, which has lasted 20 years. Amiri also talks about the messages of his movies, making an observation on the fact that the film is as profound as it is entertaining.

Zalava: 1978, in a small village called Zalava, villagers claim that a demon is among them. A young sergeant who investigates the claim crosses paths with an exorcist attempting to evict the demon from the village. He arrests the exorcist on charges of fraud, but suddenly finds himself stuck in a cursed house with his lover. The villagers who believe they are both possessed by the demon, decide to kill them.

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PODCAST | Ilaria Gomarasca interviews Monica Stan and George Chiper-Lillemark, directors of the film Imaculat.

A conversation with Monica Stan & George Chiper-Lillemark, directors of the Romanian film Imaculat settled in a rehab center and based on Monica Stan’s personal experience. Imaculat won the Lion of the Future and the 18th Giornate degli Autori Directors Award.

Imaculat: When young Daria enters rehab to kick the drug habit her first love left her with, her perceived innocence saves her from the sexual advances of the mostly male junkies inside and gains her their protection. Suddenly thrown into the spotlight and enjoying the attention, Daria soon finds out that special treatment comes at a great price.

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PODCAST | Ilaria Gomarasca interviews Dina Amer, director of the film You resemble me.

“This film was created to understand the roots of one woman’s trauma – a journey through layers of disassociation, from the personal and familial to the religious and colonial: a kaleidoscope of splintered identities and fractured dreams”. Director Dina Amer about her film You resemble me presented in Venice at Giornate degli Autori.

You resemble me: Cultural and intergenerational trauma erupt in this story about two sisters on the outskirts of Paris. After the siblings are torn apart, the eldest, Hasna, struggles to find her identity, leading to a choice that shocks the world. Director Dina Amer takes on one of the darkest issues of our time and deconstructs it in an intimate story about family, love, sisterhood, and belonging.

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PODCAST | Live from the 78th Venice Film Festival, it’s the BIG FRED VENICE! A daily journal from the oldest and one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world with news, reviews and all kinds of fun stuff, hosted by Matt Micucci and Angelo Acerbi. In this episode, we talk about some of the major films that have been screening in Venice recently, including: Leave No Traces by Jan P. Matuszyński; America Latina, directed by Damiano and Fabio D’Innocenzo; El Otro Tom, directed by Rodrigo Plá and Laura Santullo, presented in the Orizzonti section; Out of Competition feature The Accusation, starring Charlotte Gainsbourg and more.

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PODCAST | Live from the 78th Venice Film Festival, it’s the BIG FRED VENICE! A daily journal from the oldest and one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world with news, reviews and all kinds of fun stuff, hosted by Matt Micucci and Angelo Acerbi. In this episode, we talk about some of the major films that have been screening in Venice recently, including Gabriele Manetti’s latest film, Freaks Out, featuring an all-star Italian cast; the latest episode in the beloved Halloween horror franchise, Halloween Kills; competition favorite Captain Volkonogov Escaped, directed by Natasha Merkulova and Aleksey Chupov, and more.

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PODCAST |Matt Micucci interviews David Gordon Green, director of the film Halloween Kills.

A conversation with David Gordon Green, director of Halloween Kills, presented out of competition at the 78th Venice Film Festival. This is the middle chapter of his Halloween trilogy, based on the characters co-created by John Carpenter. Here, he talks with us about working within the horror genre and whether he draws inspiration from the news and current events. He also shares his memories of watching the original Halloween movie for the first time and talks about working with Jamie Lee Curtis, who not only appears in this movie but is also receiving a Golden Lion for Career Achievement at the Venice Film Festival this year.

Halloween Kills: The Halloween night when Michael Myers returned isn’t over yet. Minutes after Laurie Strode, her daughter Karen and granddaughter Allyson left masked monster Michael Myers caged and burning in Laurie’s basement, Laurie is rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, believing she finally killed her lifelong tormentor. But when Michael manages to free himself from Laurie’s trap, his ritual bloodbath resumes. As Laurie fights her pain and prepares to defend herself against him, she inspires all of Haddonfield to rise up against their unstoppable monster.

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PODCAST |David Martos interviews Jon Alpert, director of the documentary Life of Crime (1984-2020).

Director and journalist Jon Alpert talks to FRED about the beginning of the project, the moment he realized that Life of Crime (1984-2020), selected out of competition in Venice 2021, would be a documentary. During the conversation he addresses the big question for every filmmaker that wants to make a real-life documentary: ‘How close to the subjects of my film should I be?’.

Life of Crime (1984-2020): HBO’s Life Of Crime: 1984-2020, directed by Emmy® winner Jon Alpert, is an intimate cinema verite documentary that immerses you in the heartbreaking and often violent world of drug addiction and crime. Set in one of the world’s roughest cities, Newark, New Jersey, the film spans nearly 40 years and is an unfiltered look at America’s longest and deadliest war -the war against drugs- as experienced first hand by three people who struggled with addiction, Rob, Freddie, and Deliris.

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PODCAST |David Martos interviews Diana El Jeiroudi, director of the film Republic of Silence.

Diana El Jeiroudi has been assembling little clips of footage for this film for years.. and now, selected by Venice 2021 out of competition, Republic of Silence tells the story of her life, of Syria and the suffering of a people. She talks to FRED about the political mission of her film and its nature of a non-linear tale

Republic of Silence: Twelve years in the making, Republic of Silence bears witness to a tragedy on an epic scale, accompanied by an ever-expanding mosaic of fragile, deeply embedded moments from the filmmaker’s life.

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PODCAST |Matt Micucci interviews Priyankar Patra, producer of the film Once Upon a Time in Calcutta.

A conversation with Priyankar Patra, producer of Once Upon a Time in Calcutta, presented in the Orizzonti section of the 78th Venice Film Festival. The film is directed by Aditya Vikram Sengupta, who unfortunately was unable to make the festival due to COVID measures. In this interview, Patra talks about the film, which feels a little like a magnum opus and reveals Calcutta as a microcosm with its many colours and textures.

Once Upon a Time in Calcutta: After the loss of her daughter, Ela not only loses her identity as a mother, but also the only reason to be with her husband. When she is refused a home loan by the bank, her boss, owner of a massive Ponzi scheme, makes her an offer she struggles to accept. Ela reconnects with her stepbrother to reclaim her half of an old family theatre, but he refuses, blaming Ela for his own dark fate. In between all this, Ela’s childhood sweetheart resurfaces and gives her the warmth and hope for a new beginning. Just as Ela starts living the life she had dreamed for herself, she realises that she isn’t the only scavenger in the city brimming with hunger.

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