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PODCAST | Matteo Ghidoni interviews the director Gabriele Muccino at Filming Italy Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles, the director of The Pursuit of Happiness talks about his 12 years living in California and his vision on how to be appealing for both an Italian and an international audience. “My eyes, the way I look at the world, get transferred to the audience because of the way I feel human relationships”. Muccino also talks about the war in Ukraine and how he thinks peace is the ultimate solution. Muccino also talks about his experience working as a director for the famous TV show Ultimo Minuto, back in the ’80s. “My dream movie? I would love to direct Leonardo DiCaprio or Brad Pitt”.

Created and organized by Agnus Dei di Tiziana Rocca and the Italian Institute of Culture Los Angeles. Filming Italy – Los Angeles promotes Italy as a film set and bridge between Italian and American culture. The Festival, whose artistic direction is entrusted to Tiziana Rocca, is presented under the auspices of the Consulate General of Italy in Los Angeles and will see the presence of Consul General Silvia Chiave.

To discover more about Gabriele Muccino, click here.

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PODCAST | Matteo Ghidoni interviews Salvatore Esposito, actor of the film Gomorra.

In Los Angeles Salvatore Esposito speaks about the importance of celebrating Italian cinematic art, after 3 difficult years of pandemic. “It’s an honor for me to be here and it’s wonderful to be able to be breathe, in company, talking about good movies, after al we have been trough”. Esposito also wanted to make a special appeal for peace: “War is crazy and stupid, but after a pandemic this war in Ukraine seems crazier than ever. I hope that European countries will be able to stop this crazy conflict”.

Filming Italy celebrates its 7th edition in Los Angeles. Italian and international celebrities reunited at the Harmony Theater to celebrate Italian art and to send a message of peace to the world, in a year that will, hopefully, start a resurrection for movies, art and creativity, leaving the pandemic behind. “To become Gennaro (Savastano) I worked really hard, to make him as real as possible. I didn’t take inspiration from a specific single person, but from a series of situations I am aware of”. 

To discover more about the film, click here.

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Domee Shi and Lindsey Collins, director and producer of the film Turning Red.

Oscar Winner Domee Shi and producer Lindsey Collins land in Rome to present Turning Red to the italian audience. The new Disney Pixar, on Disney + from March 11th, focuses on Meilin Lee a thirteen year old teenager in Toronto struggling between her mother’s expectations and her passions as a teen girl until the Red Panda in herself make its appearance. Domee Shi reveals that she wrote and directed the film to sort of talk to her thirteen years old self to tell her it’s ok to be messy and confused about who she is. Lindsey Collins describes her producing journey and her view on the film as a producer and as a mother of 3 teenagers.

Turning Red: Disney and Pixar’s “Turning Red” introduces Mei Lee (voice of Rosalie Chiang), a confident, dorky 13-year-old torn between staying her mother’s dutiful daughter and the chaos of adolescence. Her protective, if not slightly overbearing mother, Ming (voice of Sandra Oh), is never far from her daughter—an unfortunate reality for the teenager. And as if changes to her interests, relationships and body weren’t enough, whenever she gets too excited (which is practically ALWAYS), she “poofs” into a giant red panda! Directed by Academy Award® winner Domee Shi (Pixar short “Bao”) and produced by Lindsey Collins, Turning Red releases on March 11, 2022.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Stephen Kijack, director of the film Shoplifters of The World.

Stephen Kijack has been celebrated at the Seeyousound Film Festival 2022 with three films : Shoplifters of The World, on the Opening Night, and the documentaries Syd & Judy and Stones In Exile. We had a long and interesting talk with Stephen to talk about these three titles and about the music in cinema and the films about music.

Shoplifters of The World : In the Summer of 1987, four friends, reeling from the sudden break-up of the iconic British band The Smiths, embark on a night out of partying to mourn their musical loss. At the same time, an impassioned Smiths fan takes a local radio DJ hostage at gunpoint and forces him to play nothing but Smiths tracks. With the radio station playing as the soundtrack to their night, the friends go on a wild journey of self-discovery that will transform them forever.

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Lone Scherfig and Søren Balle, showrunner and director of the series The Shift.

The Shift, first Tv series by showrunner Lone Scherfig is at the same time emotional and realistic as it is set in the Maternity ward of a very important Danish hospital. Directed by Søren Balle, the series stars Sofie Gråbøl as Ella, the head midwife and throws out of the window every medical drama rules ever applied to welcome a documentary approach which is very effective in terms of emotions, passion and empathy. Lone Scherfig and Søren Balle describe their work on the series whose first 4 episodes screened at the 72 Berlinale in the Series section.

The Shift : Birth is one of our few unifying experiences and its arena the maternity ward where, during a busy workday, the staff experience conflicts and heartfelt joys, while striving to be at their best. On the surface, they are full of goodwill, close-knit, often witty colleagues who understand one another better than their family. Sometimes they bow to the pressure of work and huge psychological demands. Like Head of Department Ella, who is surrounded by new life each day, while secretly wishing for her own children; but she has a hard time forming close relationships. Or pediatrician Jerry, whose marriage is falling apart, a fact his religious community is not supposed to know. They and those passing through are from all walks of life, representing all facets of society. Yet they all share this place, a venue of suspense, shame, guilt and insecurity, but also a world of triumphs, humor, trust, love and unfathomable bliss.

To discover more about the 72° edition of Berlin International Film Festival, click here.

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Jason Kohn, director of the documentary Nothing lasts forever.

They’re the ultimate symbol of committed love. Diamonds are forever, so they’ve been telling us and teaching us. At the 72nd Berlinale, in the Special section, Jason Kohn with Nothing lasts forever brings to light the Synthetic diamonds issue and their infiltrating into real and pure diamonds. With the help of Serbian gemologist Dusan Simic and the expert and writer Aja Raden, Kohn uncovers the issue of contaminated diamonds and use this discovery as a chance to analyze the real value of this gem into society and relationships.

Nothing lasts forever : The infiltration of the jewellery market by synthetic diamonds did not exactly make international headlines. Even more surprising then, that Jason Kohn should choose the topic – one so decisive for an industry based on discretion – as the starting point for a riveting investigation of the universal themes of value, the real and the symbolic. Having earned his stripes working with Errol Morris, as one senses from the interviews, and having dealt with other complex worlds (Brazilian organised crime in Manda Bala, professional tennis in Love Means Zero), Kohn uses his third outing as a director to once again push the documentary into thriller territory, with witnesses turning into antagonists as he leads us through trade fairs, mines, laboratories and conventions in the USA, Africa, China and India. This is a labyrinth where illusions and reality merge, where authenticity and imagination overlap, and questions arise about the value we place on the goods around us. In this sense, diamonds turn out to be exemplary: their exclusivity being the illusory effect of decades of marketing, and their meaning being based on values that synthetic gems, a product of fraud and market evolution, are now putting to the test.

To discover more about the 72° edition of Berlin International Film Festival, click here.

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PODCAST | Niklas Pollmann interviews Ursula Meier, director and writer of the film The Line.

Niklas talks with Ursula Meier about her current work The Line that was premiering in the Main Competition section of the 72nd Berlinale. Among other things, she talks about the importance of symbolism in her work, the use of situative comedy elements, and collaborations with actresses Stéphanie Blanchout and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi.

The Line : The tense relationship between the impulsive 35-year-old musician Margaret and her 55-year-old mother Christina erupts at the very beginning. Margaret beats up her mother so badly that she is forbidden by the police to come within 100m of her mother and her family. Her little 12-year-old sister Marion henceforth draws a line with paint around the perimeter of her mother’s house, defining a symbolic front line.

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PODCAST | Niklas Pollmann interviews Dale Dickey, actress of the film A Love Song.

Dale Dickey in a personal interview about her role as a widow in Max Walker Silverman’s A Love Story, her actor’s life between Indie cinema and “money jobs”, her first kissing scene and the reprentation of underprivileged classes in cinema.

A Love Song : Widow Faye (Dale Dickey) lives alone in her trailer on the American prairie, waiting for her childhood sweetheart Lito (Wes Studi) to come along on a date. When Lito arrives, they talk nostalgically about their past, grow closer and try to find out to what extent they can also have a future together.

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PODCAST | Niklas Pollmann interviews Max Walker-Silverman, director and writer of the film A Love Song.

Niklas talks with Max Walker-Silverman about the challenge of his first feature film, his roots and the crew of A Love Song.

A Love Song : Widow Faye (Dale Dickey) lives alone in her trailer on the American prairie, waiting for her childhood sweetheart Lito (Wes Studi) to come along on a date. When Lito arrives, they talk nostalgically about their past, grow closer and try to find out to what extent they can also have a future together.

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PODCAST | Niklas Pollmann interviews Charlotte Gainsbourg, actress of the film Passengers Of The Night.

Niklas talks with Charlotte Gainsbourg about Mikhaël Hers directing style, her natural acting and the utopia of the special dramaturgy of Passengers Of The Night.

Passengers Of The Night : The 80s of Mitterand’s France: Elisabeth has just been abandoned by her husband and is trying to support her two children when she gets a job at a nighttime radio station and with it perhaps her professional destiny: listening to other people and their problems. Talulah, an 18-year-old fixer who is also asked to talk about her life on the radio show, quickly becomes part of Elisabeth’s family.

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