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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews actor Lien Binh Phat.

A conversation with Vietnamese Lien Binh Phat, one of the talents selected for Variety’s Asian Stars Up Next, the annual talent showcase hosted by the 2019 International Film Festivals and Awards Macao. Lien Binh Phat is the first Vietnamese actor to be selected for the talent showcase since its birth. In this interview, he tells us his very recent beginnings in acting, some of his influences and more.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews actress Asmara Abigail.

A conversation with Indonesian actress Asmara Abigail, who is one of the talented actors selected for Variety’s Asian Stars Up Next talent showcase at the 2019 International Film Festival and Awards Macao. In this interview, she talks about the origins of her interest in acting and how she discovered that she had a talent for it. She also shares with us her opinion about why she often works within the horror genre but also whether she is afraid of being typecast and what it is that scares her in life, as well as much more. In addition, she talks about Homecoming, the film by Adriyanto Dewo that is presented at this festival in the International Competition.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Richie Mehta, Jury member for IFFAM 2019’s short film competition.

A conversation with film director Richie Mehta, member of the short film competition jury of the 2019 International Film Festival and Awards Macao. Mehta shares with us his thoughts on the importance on short filmmaking and its potential for unhinged expression. He also shares with us the story of how his 2007 feature debut Amal began its journey as a short, and how his background in journalism influences his filmmaking as a whole. During the course of this interview, Mehta also praises the good work done by IFFAM and its team, as well as his latest work, Dehli Crime, which premiered on Netflix earlier this year and that he defines as “a massive independent film.”

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews IFFAM artistic director Mike Goodridge.

A conversation with Mike Goodridge, artistic director of the International Film Festival Macao, recorded at the end of the festival’s fourth edition. Goodridge talks about the birth of his love for cinema, his interest in cinema from the East Asia and gives us his definition of Chinese cinema. He also talks about what it was that excited him about taking up the role of artistic director of IFFAM and how the festival has grown over the years.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Noah Cowan, New Chinese Cinema jury member.

An interview with Noah Cowan, former executive director of SFFILM (the non-profit organization behind San Francisco’s largest film festival) and jury member for the New Chinese Cinema Competition at the 2019 International Film Festival and Awards Macao. Being an expert, Cowan gives us an introduction to Chinese Cinema and some of its history, and tells us what the quality of the films in the New Chinese Cinema Competition has been like. He also talks about his time at SFFILM and how his background in philosophy has influenced his journey in the film industry throughout the years.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Fionnuala Halligan, IFFAM programming consultant.

A conversation with Fionnuala Halligan, reviews editor and chief film critic at Screen International, and programming consultant at the International Film Festival and Awards Macao. This interview was recorded during the festival’s fourth edition. Halligan talks about IFFAM, and what factors that influence its programming choices. She also shares with us some of the titles she selected for this year’s international programme. As well as that, Halligan talks about Stars of Tomorrow, the talent showcase she curates for Screen International, which spotlights the hottest upcoming actors and filmmakers from the UK and Ireland. She also talks about how she became interested in film and shares with us her thoughts on the current state of film criticism.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Cristian Mungiu, president of IFFAM 2019’s New Chinese Cinema competition.

A conversation with the great Romanian filmmaker Cristian Mungiu, president of the jury for the New Chinese Cinema competition at the 2019 International Film Festival and Awards Macao. Mungiu shares with us some of his ideas about cinema, his definition of film juries. He also discusses his opinion on the discourse around cinema today and whether he believes we live in an age of opinions rather than an age of ideas. Finally, given that he is, as mentioned, president of the jury for the New Chinese Cinema competition of Macao’s international film festival, he tells us what he thinks about current Chinese cinema and reveals that he is not a great believer in the idea of “national cinemas.”

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Rafael Martínez Moreno, director of the film The Missed Round.

An interview with Colombian director Rafael Martínez Moreno, director of The Missed Round, presented in the International Panorama section of the 2019 Cairo International Film Festival. The film takes place among the lower classes and in the modern day boxing world of Cartagena, which was once a boxing capital of the world. Martínez Moreno talks about his choice of using non-actors and meeting the real life boxer who plays the role of the protagonist – El Piedra.

The Missed Round: A man and a child try to sort each other’s emotional behaviour and attitude towards life. The man is a boxer whose past is behind him and the child has an unknown future but he decides to make his own through a childish adventure that each of them needs to go through till the end.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Marianne Khoury, director of the film Let’s Talk.

An interview with filmmaker Marianne Khoury, whose new film Let’s Talk was presented in the official competition of the 2019 Cairo International Film Festival. This is a very personal documentary where Khoury shares with the audience a lot of the history of her own family through a series of conversations that she filmed, including some with her uncle, the famous Egyptian filmmaker Youssef Chahine. In this chat, Khoury talks about working on this movie and shares with us her habit of filming things from her life. We also ask her about how her family reacted to her intentions of making a documentary where many personal aspects of their lives were shared with a wide audience. Khoury also talks about the importance of cinema in her life, and we end it with a few words on Zawya, the first Egyptian arthouse cinema, which she founded.

Let’s Talk: What begins as a conversation between the director and her daughter, evolves into a discussion about motherhood, responsibility, and what it means to be a family member, especially when it has given birth to the most famous Egyptian film directors, Youssef Chahine.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Yana Georgieva, Head of Sales of Bankside Films.

An interview with Yana Georgieva, head of sales at Bankside Films, attending Cairo Industry Days at the 2019 Cairo International Film Festival. Georgieva introduces Bankside Films and talks about her role within it. She also talks about how attuned she is to trends in cinema and how Bankside Films assists filmmakers in realizing their visions through help and advice. Georgieva also talks about the importance of diversity within different film organizations and the film industry at large, and her experience and activities from Cairo Industry Days.

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