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PODCAST| Cristiana Palmieri interviews Evi Romen, director and screenwriter of the film Why not you.

Evi Romen explores the making of Why not you and how her motivation to tell this story came from her personal experience and her willingness to portray life in small conservative communities in South Tyrol, an area with almost unique historical roots. In Why not you profound social issues are intertwined with the boundaries of cultural norms, that impose a huge toll on the freedom of individuals who struggle to conform.

Why not you: Mario is full of hope when visiting Rome with best friend Lenz. When tragedy strikes, Mario is forced to return to his narrow-minded South Tyrolean community. Romen’s screenplay casts an illuminating eye on survivor guilt, homophobia and intolerance as Mario’s search for answers leads to a chance reunion with Muslim friend Nadim

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PODCAST| Cristiana Palmieri interviews Eline Gehring, director and screenwriter of the film Nico.

Director and screenwriter Eline Gehring talks about her debut feature Nico, explaining how the idea of the film came about during her time at the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin where she met fellow students Francy Fabritz and Sara Fazilat who co-wrote the script.

Nico: Nico is breezing through an idyllic Berlin summer, spending her days bantering with her geriatric patients and partying with best friend Rosa. But her easy-going attitude is shattered when she experiences a violent hate crime. Director Eline Gehring’s sensitive debut delicately navigates the intricacies of trauma as Nico’s former relationships decline. Nico begins seeking comfort in a rigorous karate class, and a budding romance with a pretty carnival worker. Sara Fazilat, who also co-writes, gives a dynamic performance in the titular role, fully embodying a woman fighting for strength in a hostile society.

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PODCAST| Cristiana Palmieri interviews Angeliki Antoniou, director and screenwriter of the film Green Sea.

Director and screenwriter Angeliki Antoniou talks about the inspiration to make Green Sea and how the therapeutic influence of cooking food connects people from very different walks of life.

Green Sea : Anna has lost her memory, but she hasn’t forgotten how to cook. She finds a job as a cook in a rundown seaside tavern. Anna’s simple but delicious recipes are prepared with love and care and even her most basic dish becomes an experience. Her food brings back memories to the regulars and creates a bond between them and Anna.

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PODCAST | Cristiana Palmieri interviews Kim Petalas, director of the British Film Festival.

Festival Director Kim Petalas talks about the 2021 program that despite the uncertain circumstances, offers a remarkable line-up that include the Australian Premiere of The Duke and of the highly anticipated Belfast directed by Kenneth Brannagh. The program also presents the impressive retrospective 7 from the 70s, seven masterpieces from a very productive era of British cinema.

Thirty one exceptional films from emerging talent and accomplished industry professionals are showcased on the big screen in seven cities and twenty one cinemas across Australia, with twenty Australian premieres.

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PODCAST | Francesca Raffi interviews Rocío Bernabé Caro, Deputy Head of the Professional College of Translation and Interpreting of the SDI in Munich (Germany) and tenured lecturer at the SDI University of Applied Languages.

From easy-to-read as an enabler of multimode access services to the new technological tools developed to provide inclusive and personalised experiences, passing through the many European projects focussing on media accessibility as well as the evolving role of users. Rocío Bernabé Caro tells us more about the challenges but also opportunities of the media accessibility landscape, including the “new” skills that professionals now need to possess to cater for innovative hybrid contexts in audiovisual media.

Rocío Bernabé Caro has worked as a specialised staff translator for almost twenty years and over ten years as a lecturer at the university. Her interest on accessibility and technology motivated her to pursue a MA degree in Accessible Technologies, where she dedicated her thesis to studying the User Centred Design approach of Easy-to-Read digital projects. She is now deputy Head of the Professional College of Translation and Interpreting of the SDI in Munich (Germany) and tenured lecturer at the SDI University of Applied Languages. As former Head of Quality Management and of the Lecturer Training Program at SDI, she implemented a Learner Centred Quality Management System (LQW) as well as a training program for lecturers. Her publications are here.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Aleksey Lapin, director of the film Krai.

A conversation with Aleksey Lapin, director of Krai, presented at the 2021 DOK Leipzig. The film finds him filming in a small village on the border between Russia and Ukraine, and pondering on the nature and purpose of cinema at large. In this film, he discusses with us his personal connection with this type of setting, his personal concerns with the balance between art and commerce, whether he believes the term documentary is too restrictive for his movie and more.

Krai : Russian-born director Aleksey Lapin travels back to his relatives’ home village near the Ukrainian border, where he himself used to spend every summer. The film crew introduce themselves at a specially organized musical event, claiming that they have come to cast a historical film that is to be set in the village. What follows is a charming, semi-fictional documentary by and with the village community.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Alfonso Cuarón at the Rome Film Fest.

A brief encounter with Alfonso Cuarón, from the red carpet of the 2021 Rome Film Fest. The great award-winning filmmaker was part of this year’s Close Encounters program at the festival. In our chat, he also remembers his movie Y Tu Mamá También, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, and was arguably the feature that really put him on the map as a cinematic force to be reckoned with.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Bryce Dessner, composer of the soundtrack of the musical adaptation of Cyrano.

A conversation with Bryce Dessner, composer with Aaron Dessner of the soundtrack of the musical adaptation of Cyrano. The new film version directed by Joe Wright was presented at the 2021 Rome Film Fest. This interview was recorded on the red carpet of the festival, ahead of its public screening.

Cyrano: Cyrano de Bergerac dazzles everyone with his ferocious wordplay and brilliant swordplay. However, he’s convinced his appearance renders him unworthy of the affections of the luminous Roxanne, a devoted friend who’s in love with someone else.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Carine Tardieu, director of the film The Young Lovers.

A chat with filmmaker Carine Tardieu, director of The Young Lovers, starring Fanny Ardant and Melvil Poupaud. The film was presented at the 2021 Rome Film Fest. This interview was recorded at the festival’s red carpet.

The Young Lovers: Seventy-year-old Shauna, a sophisticated, free-spirited and independent woman and a retired architect, has shelved her love life altogether, but one day she accidently runs into Pierre, a forty-five-year-old happily married doctor and father, who had made a deep impression on her during a brief encounter fifteen years earlier. He still sees her as an attractive woman, but they are both wary of starting a relationship. While Pierre’s family life soon falls apart, Shauna fights against emotions and feelings that she thought were only in the past.

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Kit Harington, Angelina Jolie, Chloé Zhao, Victoria Alonso and Nate Moore, cast, director and  producers of the film Eternals.

On the red carpet of the 16th edition of Rome film festival, the cast of Eternals, director Chloe Zhao, executive producer Victoria Alonso, producer Nate Moore, Angelina Jolie, Kit Harrington, Gemma Chan and Richard Madden reflect on the lessons we can learn from the Eternals, from finding our own purpose in life to respecting this world we live in.

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