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PODCAST | Francesca Raffi and Annalisa Sandrelli interview some of the experts in media accessibility. This episode includes contributions from Jan Pedersen, Agnieszka Sarkowska, Jan-Louis Kruger and Anna Matamala.

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FRED is pleased to present the fifth 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.

Jan Pedersen is Associate Professor in Translation Studies, Director of The Institute for Interpreting and Translation Studies, and Deputy Head of the Department of Swedish Language and Multilingualism at Stockholm University. He is the organiser of the 8th Media for All International Conference entitled Complex Understandings tells us more about the complexities for audiovisual translation (AVT) and media accessibility (MA). To discover more about the Conference, click here.

Agnieszka Szarkowska, is Associate Professor in the Institute of Applied Linguistics, University of Warsaw. She is one of the keynote speakers at the 8th Media for All International Conference and organiser of the upcoming 5th International Conference on Audiovisual Translation INTERMEDIA. She tells us more about the evolution of media accessibility and its new challenges. To discover more about the INTERMEDIA Conference, click here.

Jan-Louis Kruger is Head of the Department of Linguistics at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia where he also teaches audiovisual translation. He is one of the keynote speakers at the 8th Media for All International Conference and we will discover with him what happens to the viewer experience in the age of universal access.

Finally, Anna Matamala, BA in Translation (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) and PhD in Applied Linguistics (Universitat Pompeu Fabria, Barcelona), is an associate professor at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Barcelona), where she teaches audiovisual translation. She tells us more about the European project EASIT (Easy Access for Social Inclusion Training). To discover more about the project, click here.

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

Pascal Diot has the usual annual chat with Angelo Acerbi about the just ended edition of the Venice Production Bridge. We talk about figures, attendees, market sections and the general sensation of productivity and relax that the market of the Venice Film Festival manages to produce every year.

For more information about the Venice Production Bridge, click here.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Francine Raveney, Project Manager Eurimages.

Francine Ravenay, project manager for Eurimage specialised in Gender Equality, and founder of the European Women’s Audiovisual Network, analyzes with Angelo Acerbi the state of the art of gender equality in European cinema, following European laws and guidelines. The picture is still not satisfying, and she tells what can be still done.

For more information about Eurimages, click here.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Brian Robinson and Marco Busato, from the Queer Lion Jury.

Brian Robinson and Marco Busato are two of the members of the Queer Lion Jury. In the usual chat with Angelo Acerbi after the deliberation of the Jury, they talk about the reason of giving the award to the winner, the quality of the selection and the issue of defining lgbtq films and festivals.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews P. David Ebersole and Todd Hughes, directors of the film House of Cardin.

P. David Ebersole and Todd Hughes are filmmakers, directors and producers, and also big Pierre Cardin fans. Their path crossed by chance with the one of the living legend of fashion and design in Paris…and they tell us how they made a film that is a celebration of the man and an inspirational tale for everybody, whatever field you work in and whatever life you live.

House of Cardin: Millions know the iconic logo and ubiquitous signature but few know the man behind the larger than life label. Ultimately we seek to answer the question: Who is Pierre Cardin? What is the story behind this legendary icon? House of Cardin is a rare peek into the mind of a genius, an authorized feature documentary chronicling the life and design of Pierre Cardin. Mr. Cardin has granted the directors the exclusive access to his archives and his empire and promises unprecedented interviews at the sunset of a glorious career.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Leonor Teles, director of the film Dogs Barking at Birds.

Leonor Teles tells us the history of the film: from a commissioned short film about Oporto to a coming of age drama on gentrification and family relationship. She decided the plot once she met the lead actor, and then his family making them all the actors in this film which narrates their own real story.

Dogs Barking at Birds: School is over and there’s a bustle in the air. In Porto, tourists fill up the streets and cafes. The old and decadent are now highlights of the city’s gentrification. Vicente moves around town on his bike, watching the urban landscape modify day by day. The town is no longer the same, the world is changing and so is he. Among his family and friends, Vicente lives with anticipation the first days of summer and the beginning of a new life.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Thomas Woodroffe, director of the film Fiebre Austral.

Thomas Woodroffe tells us about the choice of the location (a secluded house on the Andean Mountains) he needed as the additional character in the film, which influences and justifies what happens. The rigid surroundings where crucial for the story and also complicated for the shooting and the troupe, giving to the film additional material and sensitivity.

Fiebre Austral: Amanda, a complaisant and lonely woman in her mid-fourties, lives with Daniel, her sixteen-year-old son, in the mountains of southern Chile. Octavio, a friend of Daniel, is accidentally injured while hunting in the forest. Amanda takes over the healing sessions, developing an intimate bond between them. They discover that the contact with the wound produces an addictive pleasure.

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PODCAST | Diego Aparicio interviews Dag Johan Haugerud, director of the film BARN (Beware of Children).

Norwegian director Dag Johan Haugerud talked to us about his feature film BARN (Beware of Children), in competition at the 16th edition of the Giornate degli Autori strand in Venice.

BARN (Beware of Children) traces the dramatic aftermath of a tragic event in a middle class suburb of Oslo. During a break in school 13 year-old Lykke, the daughter of a prominent Labour Party member, seriously injures her classmate Jamie, the son of a high profile right-wing politician. When Jamie later dies in hospital, contradicting versions of what actually happened risks making a difficult and traumatic situation worse. Was it only innocent play behind? Liv, the school’s principal and the secret lover of Jamie’s father, must find the strength to confront a community in distress, and her own highly conflicted emotions.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews director Nina Davuluri.

Nina Davuluri has been nominated Miss America in 2014. She suffered since then a terrible attack by the right wing and red-neck people in US for her skin color. She decided to fight back right away and she created a movement worldwide for non-discrimination. She is preparing a documentary on the cosmetic industry and the skin whitening business.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Isabel Sandoval and Eamon Farren, director and actor of the film Lingua Franca.

Isabel Sandoval wrote, produced, directed edited and starred in her third film, where the life of a trans Filipino illegal woman in the USA is shaken by the arrival of Alex (Eamon Farren) whose love is a gift and a danger at the same time. Eamon Farren talks about the character of Alex who feels threatened by the nature of his love, not by choice but by social constraint.

Lingua Franca: Olivia, an undocumented Filipino immigrant paranoid about deportation, works as a caregiver to a Russian Jewish grandmother in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. When the American man she’s secretly paying for a green-card marriage backs out, she becomes involved with the old woman’s nephew, Alex, a slaughterhouse worker who is unaware that she’s transgender. When Alex’s machismo is threatened upon discovering her transgender status, he finds himself weaponizing her immigration anxieties to emotionally brutalize Olivia.

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