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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 | Matteo Ghidoni interviews Chris Hemsoworth, Christian Bale, Natalie Portman, Taika Waititi, actors and director of the film Thor: Love and Thunder.

The cast of Thor: Love and Thunder talks about the movie during the world premiere in Hollywood. Christian Bale doesn’t want to be associated with heroes, Chris Hemsworth is proud of how his character grew and evolved during the years, Natalie Portman is glad to represent women empowerment on screen, with her role in the movie. Taika Waititi tells us why he always likes to put some of his humor, in every movie he directs.

Thor: Love and Thunder: Thor enlists the help of Valkyrie, Korg and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster to fight Gorr the God Butcher, who intends to make the gods extinct.

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Danny Glover, guest of the Filming Italy Sardegna Festival.

He has always been an activist besides his work as an actor in iconic films such as The Color Purple and the Lethal Weapon saga. At the 5th edition of Filming Italy Sardegna Festival, Danny Glover talks about the importance of activisism and the responsibility that comes with being a public persona that can influence people’s consciences.

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Tijana Zinajić, director of the film Bitch, A Derogatory Term for a Woman.

Slovenian director Tijana Zinajić’s debut feature film Bitch, A Derogatory Term for a Woman has been defined as a millennial dramedy. The film is screening at the 2022 Sydney Film Festival in the section Europe! Voices of Women in film and it follows a floundering millennial struggling with menstruation, rent and inspiration. The director reveals the starting point of the film and talks about how the film depicts and analyzes the rules, stereotypes and prejudices women have to struggle with.

Bitch, A Derogatory Term for a Woman: Colourful flat-mates, indie rock, and druggy adventures abound in Tijana Zinajić’s vibrant debut. Sardonic millennial Eva is stuck in life. Hopelessly in love with her stoner roommate, she’s also conducting an ill-advised affair with a married painter. But worst of all, she’s lost her creative spark. Then, just as Eva and her friends face certain eviction, she discovers her period is late. Bolstered by a charming ensemble cast, Bitch brims with caustic humour and moments of scorching truth about young people caught in the throes of late-stage capitalism.

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Bianca Stigter, director of the documentaryThree Minutes a Lengthening.

The first time Bianca Stigter was a guest on FRED, her documentary feature Three Minutes a Lengthening was presented at the Giornate degli Autori in Venice in 2021. After almost a year traveling from film festival to film festival with her film, Stigter is “virtually” in Sydney with the film which is programmed in the Program Strand “Europe! Voices of Women in film” in collaboration with the European Film Promotion. The director tells us about the journey she made with her film and the reactions to Three Minutes a Lengthening that she gathered along the process.

Three Minutes a Lengthening : The small Polish town of Nasielsk was once home to around 3000 Jewish people. Fewer than 100 of them survived the Holocaust. A year prior to their fateful deportation, Jewish-American David Kurtz visited his childhood town, shooting three minutes of amateur holiday footage during his stay. Decades later, Dutch director Bianca Stigter – with the help of narrator Helena Bonham Carter – dives deep into this precious fragment. Through inventive assemblage and intimate reflections, the footage unfurls into a haunting tapestry of mystery and loss demonstrating how the film medium can bear witness. Co-produced by Steve McQueen (12 Years A Slave).

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Alli Haapasalo, director of the film Girl Picture.

At the Sydney Film Festival, in the program strand “Europe! Voices of Women in Film”, Alli Haapasalo presents Girl Pictures, which already premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. The director starts describing her film by commenting and expanding what Brianna Zigler from The Film stage wrote about it: “Girl Picture is sweet tender and frequently amusing, a love letter to that time in life we ache to leave in the rearview mirror but ehich shapes who we are and who we love more than anything else”.  Alli Haapasalo doesn’t judge her characters and gives equal importance to every little struggle they’re all facing. The director then talks about female characters in women cinema and the changes in the aftermath of the MeToo movement.

Girl Picture : Told over three Fridays, Girl Picture follows whip-smart best friends Mimmi and Rönkkö – two teens mystified by the pitfalls of love and desire. Sparks fly when hot-headed Mimmi meets Emma, an elite figure skater determined to reach the European championships. Meanwhile, Rönkkö embarks on a bold quest to orgasm for the first time. Leaning into joy and discomfort, filmmaker Alli Haapasalo paints a tender portrait of young women on the watershed between adolescence and adulthood. Terrific performances and banter cement Girl Picture as a remarkably authentic ode to female friendship and first love.

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Laura Samani, director of the film Small Body.

After winning a David di Donatello award in Italy and representing Italy in Cannes 2021, Laura Samani and her debut feature Small Body land at the Sydney Film Festival in the program stand Europe! Voices of Women in Film.

Small Body: After birthing a stillborn child, the grieving Agata is tortured by her Catholic faith – specifically the belief that her baby’s soul lies in eternal Limbo. Hope comes in the form of a mystical sanctuary in the middle of the mountains which can allow her baby to live for just one breath – just long enough to be blessed. Against the wishes of her husband and community, Agata embarks on an Orphean journey across north-east Italy, along rivers and into forests brimming with ancient power. Echoing the folkloric aura of Alice Rohrwacher’s Happy as Lazzaro, Samani’s odyssey is stunning and strange in equal measure.

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Winston Duke, guest of the Filming Italy Sardegna Festival.

While we are waiting for Black Panther:Wakanda Forever to finally be released in cinemas in the next months, we meet Winston Duke, who plays M’Baku in the Marvel movies, at the 5th edition of Filming Italy Sardegna Festival. Duke answers the same question Marvel executive producer Victoria Alonso answered to while in Rome for The Eternals: Could we say that Marvel Movies have the same metaphoric function today as mythology did back then? According to Duke they do. The actor also talks about the emotional difficulties the whole Black Panther cast found in while shooting Wakanda Forever without Chadewick Boseman who passed away. Duke then comments on the changes Hollywood is going through in terms of representation, inclusion and diversity and hopes for more and more.

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Justin Hartley, guest of the Filming Italy Sardegna Festival.

This is us brought Justin Hartley in the Olympus of TV show stars. At the 5th Filming Italy Sardegna Festival the actor looks back at his experience in the show to try and understand how he changed through the years. What kind of actor did he want to become when he first started? Hartley answer to this question and announces that the next step for him will be producing with his partner, thrillers and action films.

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PODCAST | Cristiana Palmieri interviews Eva Vitija, Alina Grigore, and Tea Lindeburg, respectively directors and screenwriters of the films Loving Highsmith, Blue moon and As in heaven.

Following the very engaging panel discussion “Women in film” at the Sydney Film Festival Hub, FRED interviewed the three panellists, Eva Vitija, Alina Grigore and Tea Lindeburg, directors and screenwriters of, respectively, Loving Highsmith, Blue Moon and As in heaven. The three filmmakers explore and discuss themes emerging in their works, including gender equity in filmmaking, the role of education in making women pursue their dreams, portraying male characters from a female perspective, and much more.

Eva, Alina and Tea talk about their films presented at the festival and the strong female characters they have depicted: Texan novelist Patricia Highsmith in Loving Highsmith, 22-year-old Irina trapped in her countryside Romanian life in Blue Moon, and teenager Lise in 19th century countryside Denmark who aspires to go to boarding school in As in heaven.

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