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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Hannah Gross, Michael Cera, Sophia Lillis, director of the film The Adults.

 Hannah Gross, Michael Cera and Sophia Lillis talk about the journey they’ve been on, between childhood memories and real life, thanks to The Adults by Dustin Guy Defa. The film, screening in the Encounters section at the 73rd Berlinale, sees the actors playing a brother and his two sisters on the difficult path to become “adults” in every responsible sense of the word.

The Adults: A brief trip back home turns into a longer stay as Eric (Michael Cera) finds himself caught between catching up with his two sisters and conquering his old poker group. The longer Eric extends his visit so he can leave his mark as the best poker player in town, the harder it becomes to avoid unearthing the tumultuous relationship with his sister Rachel (Hannah Gross). As their little sister Maggie (Sophia Lillis) attempts to recreate the intimate world the three of them once shared, Eric and Rachel are faced with the divide between their childhood selves and the adults they are now.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Simon Baker, actor of the film Limbo.

Simon Baker, one of the lead characters in the film Limbo by Ivan Sen, in the Competition section at Berlinale 73, talks about the different narrative layers of the film, the bending of the cold case genre to a more dramatic and intimate story, his approach to the character and his future work as a film director, again.

Limbo: Detective Travis Hurley arrives in a small town in the Australian outback. The Hotel Limbo, which resembles a rocky grotto, proves to be perfect for his very own particular type of relaxation. But he has come here to investigate a case from 20 years ago for which the only evidence is a number of tape recordings: the unsolved murder of an Aboriginal girl named Charlotte Hayes. The residents are less than forthcoming regarding the provision of information; this is especially true of the victim’s fractured family. You do not talk to a cop, especially if he is white. But Hurley, in a stoic performance by Simon Baker, knows how to wend his way in his cool car through the labyrinthine landscape of the Opal Mountains and form a bond with the cave and caravan dwellers.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping, directors of the film Femme.

Sam H. Freeman and NgChoon Ping deliver an outstanding movie with Femme, in Panorana at Berlinale 73. In this talk we analyse the issues of homophobia , heterophobia and toxic masculinity , going deep into explaining the mission the film has and the formal construction of it, that makes it one of the most surprising feature s of the whole festival.

Femme: With his performances as Aphrodite Banks, Jules has a place among London’s celebrated drag artists. One night after a show, he steps out to get some cigarettes and is brutally attacked by a guy out with a gang of blokes. Although Jules is able to recover physically, he withdraws from the outside world, traumatised. Months later, he recognises his attacker by chance in a gay sauna. Without make-up and wrapped only in a towel, Jules is able to approach the other man incognito and find out who he is. He begins an affair with the closeted homosexual Preston in order to take his revenge.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Tian Xiaopeng, director of the film Deep Sea.

Tian Xiaopeng creates with Deep Sea, in the generation Kplus section at Berlinale 73, a magic blend in stunning visuals and hyper-colourful images. He tells us the path that lead to this creation and the ideas behind the stpry of a young girl that deals with death and memories.

Deep Sea: Shenxiu has felt a deep sadness since her mother left the family. Awaking after a storm at sea, she finds herself in a kaleidoscopic, dreamlike world of swirling colour and cascading water, vividly realised in 3D animation. Guided by a many-eyed creature, the Hyjinx, she embarks on a quest to locate the Eye of the Deep Sea where she hopes to meet her mother again. She is accompanied by the wildly experimental chef and ship’s captain Nanhe whose restaurant under the ocean has fallen on hard times. To pay off his debts, he seeks a way to revive his signature soup dish, despite a scarcity of ingredients. It will take all of Shenxiu’s courage to brave the feared Red Phantom and weather the darkest storms, never losing sight of life’s bright moments.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Wu Lang, director of the film Absence.

Wu Lang narrates a story of redemption and coming back, in his film Absence, in the Encounters section of Berlinale 73. He motivates his choices and his overlook on the human relationships and the interaction with man and nature and modernity, in this talk with Angelo Acerbi.

Absence: As Han Jiangyu focuses his attention on the dead fish and the lobsters slowly dying on the grill, he asks his childhood friend Kei if the animals have a soul. Kei’s business is booming. The island of Hainan, to which Jiangyu has returned after ten years in prison, has changed dramatically. It has become a flagship site of intensive housing construction – and therefore also a paradise for rip-offs and fraud. Jiangyu also meets his old love again. She now has a daughter. Could the girl be his?

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Felia Allum, curator of the Donne di Mafia Film Festival.

Felia Allum, curator of the Donne di Mafia Film festival unveils the program of the third edition of this mini festival organised by CinemaItaliaUK and sponsored by Jacobacci & Associati and the Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies, University of Bath. The third edition of this Mini film festival ‘Donne di Mafia, having a voice returns at the Garden Cinema, in London and will be showing two features, Una femmina, The Code of Silence (2022) and Prima Donna, The girl from tomorrow (2022) plus a short film, Stay Behind (2022) over the course to the weekend.

Mini film festival ‘Donne di Mafia, having a voice’ returns for its third year at the Garden Cinema, in London Organised by CinemaItaliaUK and sponsored by Jacobacci & Associati and  the Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies, University of Bath, Donne di Mafia  film festival will take place at the Garden Cinema on 4 – 5 March 2023. Two features and a short film will be shown over the course to the weekend. The two features address the question of women in the Calabrian and Sicilian mafia contexts, while the short film proposes a different reading of events of post-war Italy, mafia, secret services and politics.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Bas Devos, director of the film Here.

Bas Devo brings, with his film Here, a breath of humanity and kindness to the screen of the Berlinale 73, for us the audience to enjoy and take in. His filmmaking is very fluid and effective, and he tells us the work he did with his actor Stefan Gota to build such a gentle and human character without making him corny or unreal.

Here: Stefan, a Romanian construction worker living in Brussels, is on the verge of moving back home. He cooks up a big pot of soup with leftovers in his fridge, to hand out as a goodbye gift to friends and family. As he is ready to go, he meets a Belgian-Chinese young woman who works in a little restaurant while preparing a doctorate on mosses. Her attention for the near-invisible stops him in his tracks.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Susana Nobre, director of the film Cidade rabat.

Susana Nobre is for the second time at Forum, this year with Cidade Rabat, a film about dealing with grief and starting again to love ourselves. We talked about her personal inspiration and the unusual approach to an issue that is often treated with weight and strong seriousness.

Cidade rabat: Helena is 40. She works as a film production assistant, has a daughter, an ex-husband, a lover and, at the beginning of the film, a mother. In one of the first scenes, she visits the old woman for lunch. A little later, Helena (Raquel Castro) is sitting with her sister at the undertaker’s, deciding between an open or closed casket for the funeral service.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Tia Kuovo, director of the film Family Time.

Tia Kuovo brings us into a very personal Christmas Day , using it as an excuse to analyse family dynamics. With Family Time, in the Encounters section at Berlinale 73, she presents an approach to family rites and sometimes unbearable situations that can transcend their nature and become universal.

Family Time: Family Time begins with a door that keeps on opening to let its characters into a house surrounded by nature that will be the setting of much of the film, and welcomes the audience into a small world that is portrayed with fierce tenderness and surprising rigour. Three generations come together for the holidays and re-enact a seasonal ritual of traditions, conversations and household chores.

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Bas Devos and Stefan Gota, director and actor of the film Here.

With Here, his new film screening in the Encounters section at the 73rd Berlinale, Bas Devos reminds us how we are all connected, not only with other human beings but also with the little “non-human” things surrounding us, even with moss hiding everywhere. Once we see it, we can’t unseen it anymore and it changes you as a love story does. That’s what happen to the protagonist, Stefan, in his epiphanies of connections.

Here: Stefan, a Romanian construction worker living in Brussels, is on the verge of moving back home. He cooks up a big pot of soup with leftovers in his fridge, to hand out as a goodbye gift to friends and family. As he is ready to go, he meets a Belgian-Chinese young woman who works in a little restaurant while preparing a doctorate on mosses. Her attention for the near-invisible stops him in his tracks.

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