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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Mikko Myllylahti, director of the film The Woodcutter Story.

Mikko Myllylahti talks about his film The Woodcutter Story, about the sheer optimism of his lead character that goes beyond and against any bad luck he faces. Mikko tells us about the man who inspired the story and the visual inspirations that made the film the little masterpiece it is.

The Woodcutter Story: Pepe is a woodcutter in an idyllic small town in northern Finland. Over the span of a couple of days, a series of events gradually destroys the quiet and happy life he once had. But Pepe seems to be totally fine with it all. As the ensuing days throw all sorts of chaos and strife and surreal adventure at him, Pepe remains determined to look on the bright side of life. Always smiling, always optimistic. As if he knew a secret to existence that no one else did…

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PODCAST | WICIP is the first project for the international promotion of Italian cinema written, produced and directed by women. It includes the presentation of five films that are also available in versions accessible to the deaf and to the blind.

WICIP has been conceived by Angela Prudenzi and Federico Spoletti. And it is produced by L’Age d’Or. The project also promotes Italian women’s cinema in the academic world, with events aimed at students from various universities and film schools. Several screenings of film classics, also in accessible versions, are also part of the project.

WICIP currently collaborates with12 countries. The films will be shown in over 20 different locations and will be available in French, English, Portuguese, Slovak and Spanish. The 5 selected title for WICIP 2022: Being my mom by Jasmine Trinca, Corpo a corpo by Maria Iovine, Faith by Valentina Pedicini, La ragazza ha volato by Wilma Labate, Le sorelle Macaluso by Emma Dante.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Beatrice Borgia, president  of the Film Commission Torino Piemonte.

Beatrice Borgia has been president of the Film Commission Torino Piemonte for a year now; in this talk with Angelo Acerbi she analizes the results achieved, the efforts put into developing new strategies and new path of promotion and new synergies.

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PODCAST | WICIP is the first project for the international promotion of Italian cinema written, produced and directed by women. It includes the presentation of five films that are also available in versions accessible to the deaf and to the blind.

WICIP has been conceived by Angela Prudenzi and Federico Spoletti. And it is produced by L’Age d’Or. The project also promotes Italian women’s cinema in the academic world, with events aimed at students from various universities and film schools. Several screenings of film classics, also in accessible versions, are also part of the project.

WICIP currently collaborates with12 countries. The films will be shown in over 20 different locations and will be available in French, English, Portuguese, Slovak and Spanish. The 5 selected title for WICIP 2022: Being my mom by Jasmine Trinca, Corpo a corpo by Maria Iovine, Faith by Valentina Pedicini, La ragazza ha volato by Wilma Labate, Le sorelle Macaluso by Emma Dante.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk, director of the film Pamfir.

Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk is the director of Pamfir, a gripping and visually engaging film about Ukranian traditions, borders and the unconditional love of a father. In this talk he tells Angelo Acerbi about the inspiration for the film , his artistic and narrative choices and his position as an artist in these times of war for his country.

Pamfir: Western Ukraine, on the eve of a traditional carnival. Pamfir returns to his family after months of absence. Their love is so unconditional that when his only child starts a fire in the prayer house, Pamfir has no other choice but to reconnect with his troubled past to repair his son’s fault. He will be taken on a risky path with irreversible consequences.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Nikola Spasic, director of the film Kristina.

Nikola Spasic worked on Kristina for a long time, together with the real Kristina who ended up being herself the lead actress of the film. He explains it all in this talk with Angelo Acerbi.

Kristina: Kristina lives comfortably alone in a handsome old house. She collects antiques and recently installed two richly-carved doors commissioned from a local craftsman. One of her two phones is reserved for clients, to whom she can propose classic sex or other services. The only house rule is that shoes must be left at the door. Leaving therapy one evening, Kristina meets Marko in the doorway walking a dog that is not his own. A few days later, when Kristina stops to pick up her friend Jelena, Marko was arriving to help a friend who lives in the apartment Kristina used to rent in Jelena’s building. On a road trip with Jelena and Zvonko, Kristina asks if they could stop to visit a monastery. Leaving the gift shop with an icon, Kristina meets Marko walking barefoot across her path in the field. Kristina tries to make sense of the repeated meetings with Marko. Could he be a figment of her imagination or are they kindred spirits?

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Albert Serra, director of the film Pacifiction.

Albert Serra is a creative genius, a de-constructor of the classical filmmaking and a passionate director, in every way. He tells us about the way he made the film, his peculiar misuse of the screenplay, his very personal method in actors’ direction, in a film that is an overwhelming ride.

Pacifiction: On the French Polynesian island of Tahiti, the High Commissioner of the Republic and French government official DE ROLLER is a cal- culating man with flawless manners. His somewhat broad percep- tion of his role brings him to navigate the high end ’establishment’ as well as shady venues where he mingles with the locals. Especially since a persistent rumor has been going around: the sighting of a submarine whose ghostly presence could herald the return of French nuclear testing.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Malcolm Mc Dowell, awarded at the Torino Film Festival.

Malcolm Mc Dowell, at the torino Film Festival to receive the Stella della Mole Award for his career, is a nice man, with a lot to tell and many funny memories about his career. In this talk with Angelo Acerbi he goes back to the times of A Clockwork Orange and If, to recall how was it to shoot in the seventies and how political and intense those days were.

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Takeshi Kogahara, director of the film Nagisa.

Takeshi Kogahara’s Nagita, a nostalgic and melancholic debut film about loss and guilt is in competition at the 40th Torino Film Festival after premiering in San Sebastian Film Festival. The director speaks about the reflection the film wants to promote and comment on the stylistic choices he made.

Nagisa: A young man who suffers from guilt related to his adored sister’s death encounters her ghost in a haunted tunnel. He makes repeated visits to the tunnel and re-experiences the past.

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Luis Mandoki, director of the film Presencias.

At the 40th Torino Film Festival, in the Out of competition section Crazies, Luis Mandoki, director of Hollywood rom-coms such as Born Yesterday, Message in a Bottle and Angel Eyes talks about his first horror film, set in Mexico, Presencias, starring Academy Oscar nominee Oscar Yalitza Aparicio.

Presencias: Follows a man whose pregnant wife gets murdered and despite the police investigation, the truth is unknown. He tries to find what happened, which confronts him with situations of suspense and terror.

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