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PODCAST |Matt Micucci interviews Sandra Lipski, director of the Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival.

A conversation with Sandra Lipski, founder/director of the Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival, the landmark 10th anniversary of which will take place from the 27th of October to the 2nd of November. In this interview, Lipski talks about the history and mission statement of the festival and talks about some of the highlights of this year’s edition, including films from different parts of the world and an honorary award to the great Wim Wenders.

To discover more about the Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival, click here.

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PODCAST |Matt Micucci interviews David Bartlett, director of the film Mousie.

A conversation with David Bartlett, director of the short film Mousie, which has been screening at various film festivals throughout the year. Eligible to be considered for an Academy Award, the film tells the story of a 7-year-old Roma girl hiding from the Nazis in Berlin in 1936 in an old Weimar Club. In this interview Bartlett talks about some of the major themes of the film, what art means in the face of tyranny and casting the role of the young protagonist of the movie.

Mousie : Berlin 1936. Hitler will soon host the Olympics, and the streets are being “cleansed” of Jews and Romani “Gypsies”. A seven-year-old Roma girl – Hélène – hides in an old Weimar Club, concealed by dancer Katharina who plans to escape Nazism and take the girl to America. Hélène won’t rest. Sneaking about, the little mouse sees everything – including the arrival of SS Hauptführer Otto, an awkward army conscript. Clumsily making a pass at Katharina, the junior officer is inches away from discovering the little mouse. Decisions have to be made fast, and only the child’s extraordinary and virtuosic ingenuity will save her now.

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PODCAST |Matt Micucci interviews David Uzsák, actor of the film Kryštof.

A conversation with David Uzsák, actor of Zdeněk Jiráský’s feature film Kryštof, that recently premiered at the 2021 Febiofest in Prague, Czech Republic. The film is set in the harshest Stalinish years in Czechoslovakia and the people involved in the illegal transfer of people fleeing to Germany. In this interview, Uzsák talks about working on the film, which also happens to have been his first major role in a movie. He also shares what he likes about both working in the theatre and film and tells us about his journey to becoming an actor.

Kryštof : Czechoslovakia in the era of the harshest Stalinism. Young Kryštof lives as a fresh postulant in a community of monks. In addition to silent prayers, he is also involved in the illegal transfer of people fleeing to Germany. During one of the events, he witnesses a brutal police crackdown on the students and decides to help them. He has no idea that Operation K is underway to destroy the male religious orders. This timeless drama from a tense time follows one man’s struggle for life and dignity.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Paul Golini and Cristiano De Robertis, president and artistic director of the Italian Contemporary Film Festival.

Paul Golini and Cristiano De Robertis are respectively president and artistic director of the Italian Contemporary Film Festival, a mammoth Canadian event dedicated to Italian cinema and culture: they tell us about it in this interview with Angelo Acerbi.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Deirdre Lyons and Stephen Butchko, producers of the VR film  Welcome To Respite.

Deidre Lyons and Stephen Butchko are the producers ( and performers) of Welcome to Respite, a VR film and adaptation of an immersive stage play experience, where the viewer is brought back to the feelings he had as a kid. We talked about this and a bout the state of the art of VR.

Welcome to Respite: Welcome to Respite is a VR adaptation of CoAct Productions’ award-winning immersive theatre show, The Severance Theory: Welcome to Respite. The original production, which took place in August 2019, was released as the first chapter of The Severance Theory series. Inspired by the true stories of people living with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), Welcome to Respite is a fully interactive experience that allows you to step into the shoes of Alex, the main character and host of the Personality System.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Armondo Lucas Acosta, director of the short film The Living Tableau.

Armondo Lucas Acosta brings to life on the big screen the last Supper by Da Vinci as a living tableau, with astounding visuals and incomparable aesthetics. He tells us about it, as the introduction of his next feature, with the collaboration of great names of Italian cinema as well.

The Living Tableau: From one of the world’s masterpieces – Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper – “The Last Supper: The Living Tableau” comes to life, a nine-minute tableau vivant created and filmed in detail by the director / creator Armondo Linus Acosta with the winning Italian collaborators of the Oscar winner Vittorio Storaro (cinematography) and Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo (scenography and scenic decoration). This short film is a masterpiece of beauty, love and culture that becomes, in this precise historical moment, a message of hope for all.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Allison McGourty, screenwriter of the film Becoming Led Zeppelin.

Allison McGourty, screenwriter of Becoming Led Zeppelin, presented out of competition in Venice brings us through the creative and research process that lead to the film. Finding the original footage of the 60’s Led Zeppelin was not easy, she tells, and arranging a narrative on all the material they gather wasn’t either.

Becoming Led Zeppelin : It is a film that no one thought could ever be made. The band’s meteoric rise to stardom was swift and virtually undocumented. With unparalleled access to the group and their personal archives, their full support and never-before-seen footage, Becoming Led Zeppelin will immerse you in the sights and sounds of their early career. For all the millions of people who will never see the band live, this is as close as you will get to being there. Before the stairway and the dragon, before the gold and the girls, there were simply four men and their love of music. Becoming Led Zeppelin reveals their individual journeys as they move through the music scene of the 1960’s, playing small clubs throughout Britain and performing on some of the biggest hits of the era, until their meeting in the summer of 1968 for a rehearsal that changes their lives forever. Their four journeys merge into one as they set out to conquer America on a rollercoaster ride that culminates in 1970 when they become the number one band in the world.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Alexander Rodnyansky, producer of the film Mama, I’m Home.

Alexander Rodnyamsky has a long list of films in his producer history. He talks with Fred Radio about what lead him to his last film, Mama I’M Home by Vladimir Bitokov and about the role of a producer and how it changed in the last years. He still follows his mission to scout and find new voices to bring to the light.

Mama, I’m Home : Tonya is a bus-driver in a village on the outskirts of Nalchik, a modest city in the republic of Kabardino-Balkaria. Together with her daughter, Tonya is eagerly awaiting the return of her only son, who is fighting for a Russian private military contractor in Syria. When Tonya is told that he has been killed in action, she refuses to believe it. She is sure that there was a mistake and her son is alive. She begins a grueling public battle with the contractor and the authorities, demanding the return of her son. When it becomes obvious that all efforts to silence Tonya are fruitless, a strange young man arrives on her doorstep…

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Vladimir Bitokov, director of the film Mama, I’m Home.

Valdimir Bitokov with his film Mama I’m Home brings at the Venice festival a strong story of a woman who defies the power of the military to find te body of his son, presumably dead at war. This is based , as he tells us, on several real story e collected and then mix in this fictional character, splendidly played by Ksenia Rappaport.

Mama, I’m Home : Tonya is a bus-driver in a village on the outskirts of Nalchik, a modest city in the republic of Kabardino-Balkaria. Together with her daughter, Tonya is eagerly awaiting the return of her only son, who is fighting for a Russian private military contractor in Syria. When Tonya is told that he has been killed in action, she refuses to believe it. She is sure that there was a mistake and her son is alive. She begins a grueling public battle with the contractor and the authorities, demanding the return of her son. When it becomes obvious that all efforts to silence Tonya are fruitless, a strange young man arrives on her doorstep…

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Nicole Holofcener, screenwiter of the film The Last Duel.

Nicole Holofcener wrote The Last Duel by Ridley Scott together with matta Damon and Ben Affleck. Taken from a book, the story of a woman who first in history , in the 13th century, wanted to speak out about being raped. A feminist film narrated from three points of view and an historical accuracy and richness that only Ridley Scott can provide.

The Last Duel: A gripping tale of betrayal and vengeance set against the brutality of 14th century France. The historical epic is a cinematic and thought-provoking drama that explores the ubiquitous power of men, the frailty of justice and the strength and courage of one woman willing to stand alone in the service of truth. Based on actual events, the film unravels long-held assumptions about France’s last sanctioned duel between Jean de Carrouges and Jacques Le Gris, two friends turned bitter rivals. When Carrouges’ wife, Marguerite, is viciously assaulted by Le Gris, a charge he denies, she refuses to stay silent, stepping forward to accuse her attacker, an act of bravery and defiance that puts her life in jeopardy. The ensuing trial by combat, a grueling duel to the death, places the fate of all three in God’s hands.

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