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PODCAST | David Martos interviews Jasmila Zbanic, director of the film Quo Vadis, Aida?.

Jasmila Zbanic, the first director in competition in Venezia 77, tells FRED how she’s living this international film festival amidst a pandemic and how difficult was for her to get to Venice from Bosnia.

Quo Vadis, Aida? tells the story of a female interpreter working for the United Nations in the middle of the events that led to the Srebrenica killings, in 1995.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Pascal Diot, director Venice Production Bridge.

Pascal Diot, director of the Venice Production Bridge, talks with Angelo Acerbi about this weird but important 2020 edition. news and different ways to “use” the VPB have been decided , the numbers look good and the excitement of being at work again of the film industry is palpable.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Christos Nikou, director of the film Apples.

Christos Nikou chooses to tell us the tale of a man who loses his memory and has to build a new life and a new persona. A surreal film with a comic twist. Comedy was the only way on Christos’ mind to tell though a film such a deeply existential plot, and he tells us more.

Apples: Amidst a worldwide pandemic that causes sudden amnesia, middle-aged Aris finds himself enrolled in a recovery program designed to help unclaimed patients build new identities. Prescribed daily tasks on cassette tapes so he can create new memories and document them on camera, Aris slides back into ordinary life, meeting Anna, a woman who is also in recovery.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Maori Karmael Holmes, founder, artistic director and CEO of BlackStar Film Festival.

The BlackStar Film Festival is an annual event that takes place in Philadelphia and celebrates the visual and storytelling traditions of the African diaspora and of global communities of colour, showcasing films by Black, Brown and Indigenous people from around the world, with a focus on independent filmmaking. This year, the festival will take place mostly online from the 20th to the 20th of August and we talk about its with its founder, artistic director and CEO, Maori Karmael Holmes. In this conversation, we talk about the history of the festival as well as its present, including how BlackStar is responding to the coronavirus crisis and some of the events and screenings that will be featured in this year’s edition.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Toni Booth and Alice Parsons, Associate Curator and Interpretation Manager of the film Robert Paul: The Forgotten Showman.

Bradford’s Science and Media Museum is currently hosting a major exhibition on the Father of the British Film Insustry, Robert Paul, titled “Robert Paul: The Forgotten Showman.” In this conversation, we talk about it with the museum’s associate curator of film, Toni Booth, and its interpretation manager Alice Parsons. Aside from a brief history of Robert Paul’s life and influence, they talk about how the exhibition is structured and what will be exhibited. We also chat about the Museum itself, its history and its exhibition space, as well as the film culture of Bradford itself, which is the world’s first UNESCO City of Film.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Nils Daniel Peiler of Frankfurt’s German Film Museum about the new exibition The Sound of Disney.

Nils Daniel Peiler of Frankfurt’s German Film Museum joins us on the Big FRED Tuesday to talk about their new exhibition, The Sound of Disney, which runs from the 7th of August, 2020, to the 10th of January, 2021. The exhibition explores Disney’s experimentation with sound – from music to voice acting to sound effects – with a particular focus on the films produced while Walt Disney was still alive, from 1928 to 1967, through a treasure trove of material.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviewsJulia Scotti and Susan Sandler, protagonist and director of the film Julia Scotti: Funny That Way.

Julia Scotti: Funny That Way is a new documentary about senior trans comedian Julia Scotti. In this conversation, we talk about the movie with Scotti herself, plus the director of the film Susan Sandler. Here, Scotti talks about the challenges of revisiting her life story, including the important moment in her life when she gained widespread notoriety after appearing on America’s Got Talent. We also ask Sandler about working on the film, including what it was about Scotti’s story that prompted her to make her film directorial debut.

Julia Scotti: Funny That Way: Comedian Julia Scotti‘s vibrant and moving comeback as “The Crazy Old Lady of Comedy.” Last seen 20 years ago as Rick Scotti (on bills with Chris Rock, Adam Sandler, and Jerry Seinfeld) she comes out on network TV, her children return after a long and painful estrangement, and we watch her triumphant homecoming to the brutal standup comedy world as she delivers a truth that breaks down walls.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Alan Kryszak, film composer of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

A conversation with Alan Kryszak, film composer and film director, with a particular focus on his work with silent film scoring. We especially talk about his piano concerto for the 1920 John Barrymore classic, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, which will be aired on Turner Classic Movies this August 13th at 6 a.m. In addition, we talk about Lux Internum, one of his latest music projects, with Svetlana Belsky.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews John Ewing, co-founder and director of Cleveland Cinematheque.

A conversation about Ohio’s Cleveland Cinematheque with its co-founder/director John Ewing. The cinematheque is celebrating its 34th anniversary this year and we revisit some of its history and mission statement. In this interview, Ewing also talks about the 34th anniversary special event: a screening with live music accompaniment of Buster Keaton’s first feature film, Three Ages from 1923.

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PODCAST | Francesca Raffi interviews Jorge Diaz-Cintas, Professor of Translation and founder director of the Centre for Translation Studies (CenTraS) at University College London.

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FRED is pleased to present the new episode of Accessible Cinema, a new periodical programme on media accessibility and inclusion, fostered by Sub-ti Access. This programme aims to inform its listeners and keep you updated on the status of media accessibility. We hope to raise awareness on accessibility in media and live entertainment, which is one of the 8 priority areas of the European Disability Strategy 2010 – 2020.

In this new episode of Accessible Cinema we will know more about the changes that the Covid-19 pandemic has brought to the field of media accessibility. How is the cinema market changing, especially in terms of media accessibility services? What is the role of online streaming platforms in making entertainment accessible to everyone? Are we going towards a “digital media accessibility”? To know more about that, Francesca Raffi interviews Jorge Diaz-Cintas, Professor of Translation and founder director of the Centre for Translation Studies (CenTraS) at University College London.

Jorge Diaz-Cintas is Professor of Translation and founder director of the Centre for Translation Studies (CenTraS) at University College London. He is the author of numerous articles, special issues and books on audiovisual translation and media accessibility. He was the president of the European Association for Studies in Screen Translation (2002-2010) and is now one of its directors. He is the Chief Editor of the Peter Lang series New Trends in Translation Studies and a member of the international research group TransMedia and the EU LIND (Language Industry) Expert Group. He is the recipient of the Jan Ivarsson Award (2014) and the Xènia Martínez Award (2015) for invaluable services to the field of audiovisual translation.

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