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PODCAST | Federico Spoletti, Chiara Nicoletti and Francesca Raffi interview some of the experts in media accessibility. This episode is focused on the Global Accessibility Awareness Day and includes contributions from Pilar Orero, Agnieszka Szarkowska, Lorenzo Puntoni, Joshua Branson, Marcel Bobeldijk, Pablo Romero Fresco, Gian Maria Greco, Anna Matamala, Rocío Bernabé, Louise Fryer, Joel Snyder, Annalisa Sandrelli, Miriam Hagmann, Wim Gerbecks, Estella Oncins, Elena Di Giovanni, Ivor Ambrose, Eva Espasa.

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FRED is pleased to present the fourth 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.

This episode is entirely dedicated to the Global Accessibility Awareness Day. The target audience of GAAD is the design, development, usability, and related communities who build, shape, fund and influence technology and its use. While people may be interested in the topic of making technology accessible and usable by persons with disabilities, the reality is that they often do not know how or where to start. Awareness comes first.

To discover more about the Global Accessibility Awareness Day, click here.

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PODCAST| Samantha Sartori interviews Juan Cabral, director of the film Two/One.

At the world premiere of Two/One we met Juan Cabral, one of the most sought–after advertising directors. He wrote and directed the “Gorilla” advert for Cadbury, which was voted as a “Favourite Ad of All Time” in the United Kingdom, and Ikea’s “Beds”, which was one of the most–awarded commercials of the last decade. Two/One is his first feature film. We talked about his interest in sleeping and the question of where we go when we sleep brought him to this journey through the deeply–connected lives and dreams of the protagonists. The movie takes place in two different continents and completely different landscapes: a big city in China and an isolated area in Canada, and we jump between both places without even feeling the distance thanks to perfect and harmonic photography. Juan told us how he met and then worked with Larry Smith (who started his career working with Kubrick and who now works as a DP with many of our favorite contemporary directors like Nicolas Winding Refn).

Two/One: Two men. Living on the exact opposite side of the world. When one sleeps, the other one is awake. But when they finally meet, a simple question arises: Who is the dream and who is the dreamer? Kaden (Boyd Holbrook) is a professional ski jumper in Whistler, Canada, unexpectedly presented with the chance of reconnecting with an ex-girlfriend who ghosted him years ago. Khai (Song Yang) is a corporate executive in Shanghai, China, faced with the fact that the girl he fantasies about on the internet has just started working in his office. The two men go about their lives, without knowing that they are connected, but noticing some echoes – like a distorted mirror. They slowly begin to realize that they might be dreaming each other. They are, in some strange way, the same person.

To discover more about the film, click here.

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PODCAST | Diego Aparicio interviews the nine UK jurors for the 2019 EFA Young Audience Award.

The nine UK jurors for the 2019 EFA Young Audience Award share their excitement with us at the BFI Southbank, and give us the highlights of the unique experience they had, discussing films together!

Here are the plots for the three EFA Young Audience Award nominees for 2019: Los Bando: A crazy road movie about a young band from Norway who set out on a journey across the country to attend the National Championship of Rock in a race against time, the police and their parents. Old Boys: ‘Survival of the fittest’ is the philosophy at all boys boarding school Caldermount. If you’re not a champion on the sports field, you’re a nobody. No one knows this better than bookworm Amberson, who’s been at the bottom of the school’s social ladder since he can remember. Fight Girl: When her parents end up in an acrimonious divorce, the headstrong, highly volatile Bo (12) moves to an Amsterdam suburb with her mother and brother. Once there, her neighbour, Joy, introduces her to the kickboxing club. She demonstrates natural talent and is very soon taking part in the Dutch championships, but her parents divorce is distracting Bo and threatens to ruin the contest. Bo has to learn restraint and accept that she can’t control everything.

To discover more about the Young Audience Award, click here.

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PODCAST | Diego Aparicio interviews David Brook, from the BFI Education team.

David Brook from the BFI Education team talks to FRED about the 2019 EFA Young Audience Award day at BFI Southbank, and gives us a broader view of the team’s fantastic year-round activities.

Here are the plots for the three EFA Young Audience Award nominees for 2019: Los Bando: A crazy road movie about a young band from Norway who set out on a journey across the country to attend the National Championship of Rock in a race against time, the police and their parents. Old Boys: ‘Survival of the fittest’ is the philosophy at all boys boarding school Caldermount. If you’re not a champion on the sports field, you’re a nobody. No one knows this better than bookworm Amberson, who’s been at the bottom of the school’s social ladder since he can remember. Fight Girl: When her parents end up in an acrimonious divorce, the headstrong, highly volatile Bo (12) moves to an Amsterdam suburb with her mother and brother. Once there, her neighbour, Joy, introduces her to the kickboxing club. She demonstrates natural talent and is very soon taking part in the Dutch championships, but her parents divorce is distracting Bo and threatens to ruin the contest. Bo has to learn restraint and accept that she can’t control everything.

To discover more about the Young Audience Award, click here.

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PODCAST | Diego Aparicio interviews Corinna Downing, from the BFI Education team.

Corinna Downing from the BFI Education team talks to FRED about the British Film Institute, and its participation in the 8th edition of the European Film Academy’s Young Audience Award. Corinna discusses with us the BFI’s initiatives in audience development, and gives us a run through the activities taking place at the 8th EFA Young Audience Award.

Here are the plots for the three EFA Young Audience Award nominees for 2019: Los Bando: A crazy road movie about a young band from Norway who set out on a journey across the country to attend the National Championship of Rock in a race against time, the police and their parents. Old Boys: ‘Survival of the fittest’ is the philosophy at all boys boarding school Caldermount. If you’re not a champion on the sports field, you’re a nobody. No one knows this better than bookworm Amberson, who’s been at the bottom of the school’s social ladder since he can remember. Fight Girl: When her parents end up in an acrimonious divorce, the headstrong, highly volatile Bo (12) moves to an Amsterdam suburb with her mother and brother. Once there, her neighbour, Joy, introduces her to the kickboxing club. She demonstrates natural talent and is very soon taking part in the Dutch championships, but her parents divorce is distracting Bo and threatens to ruin the contest. Bo has to learn restraint and accept that she can’t control everything.

To discover more about the Young Audience Award, click here.

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PODCAST | Niklas Pollmann interviews Flora and Luna, speakers of YAA Jury

During the Young Audience Award 2019 Niklas Pollmann was in Vienna to talk with two young jury members. Flora and Luna, two twelve-years old girls who shared the jury speakers’ job for Austria this year.

The interview takes place during the day before they watched the third film (Fight Girl). They are talking about the two films they already watched, their experiences with media consumption and how they got into the YAA.

To discover more about the Young Audience Award, click here.

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PODCAST| Angelo Acerbi interviews YAA Jury speaker Noemi Vinci.

Noemi Vinci is a young film lover who has been selected to be a Jury speaker for the Young Audience Awards day in Turin, Italy. She tells us about her role and duties, and the movies she loves.

To discover more about the YAA, click here.

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PODCAST| Niklas Pollmann interviews Flora and Luna, speakers of YAA Jury.

During the Young Audience Award 2019 Niklas Pollmann was in Vienna to talk with two young jury members. Flora and Luna, two twelve-years old girls who shared the jury speakers’ job for Austria this year.

The interview takes place during the day before they watched the third film (Fight Girl). They are talking about the two films they already watched, their experiences with media consumption and how they got into the YAA.

To discover more about the YAA, click here.

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PODCAST| Samantha Sartori interviews Michela Occhipinti, director of the film Flesh Out.

In the “International Narrative Competition” section, one of the most prestigious of the Tribeca Film Festival, Michela Occhipinti’s Flash Out was selected. We met Michela Occhipinti at the North America premiere of Flash Out, a movie about gavage, the ritual of over-eating in order for a woman to attain a fuller figure, more desirable to her future husband. The photography of Flash Out is really impressive but sound is the real gem of this movie, as it takes the viewer inside of the room with Verida. We talk about this aspect of the movie and the collaboration with Silvia Moraes. The difference between the starvation of the top-models or even normal women in western countries, and the women trying to get extremely fat in Mauritania, is not so great, but one is more accepted than the other. “They will forgive you all the drugs in the world. But they will never forgive you for getting fat” – Courtney Love.

Flesh Out: Verida is a modern girl. She works in a beauty salon, is addicted to social Media and hangs out with her friends. Still, she is engaged to be married to a man chosen by her family, and like many girls her age, she is forced to gain a substantial amount of weight in a tradition called gavage, because in Mauritania having a voluptuous body is considered a sign of great beauty, charm, wealth and social status. The wedding is fast approaching and meal after meal Verida will end up challenging everything she always thought was normal, her loved ones, her life and not least her own body.

To discover more about the film, click here.

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PODCAST| Cosima Mattner interviews Martha Shane, Jennifer 8. Lee and Rayouf Alhumedhi, director, producer and emoji creator of the documentary Picture Character.

The spotlight documentary Picture Character is a thought provoking, fun and artistic tour through the universe of emoji – which is Japanese for “picture character.” We met one of the two directors, Martha Shane, the producer Jennifer 8. Lee and the hijab emoji creator Rayouf Alumedhi. The film had its world premiere at Tribeca Film Festival in NYC 2019 last weekend. What is a language? And what is the difference between emoji and words? Who gets to decide what new symbols get to be part of the language? Clever and creatively, Picture Character tracks the historical development of emoji from their beginnings in Japan in the 90s and sensitively studies their political and ethical implications. Featuring institutions and individuals from cultures as diverse as Argentina, Japan, the US and Europe, the film negotiates the emotional, identity-related and technical dimensions of emoji. Martha, Jennifer and Rayouf shared their personal emoji stories with us and how they discovered emoji as a complex and flexible tool for expression in digital communication. Their film explores how global players like the Unicode consortium monitor the set of emoji that is available globally and how that impacts peoples’ identities. Balancing between advocates of a standardization of emoji and campaigners for culturally specific emoji, the film shows how integral these characters have become to digital communication all over the world. Picture Character is an insightful and well-researched investigation of the world of emojis that puts on view how happy they make!

Picture Character: The rapid rise of emoji (Japanese for “picture character”) is a global phenomenon without precedent. Their widespread use and ability to convey complex messages have not only cemented emoji’s place as an emerging digital language, but prompted difficult questions about the creation of a language and digital communication’s fraught ties to identity and inclusion. In Picture Character, directors Martha Shane and Ian Cheney lead viewers on a deep dive into the ever evolving world of picture characters, from their humble beginnings in Japan to mobile keyboards the world over, and shed fresh light on the private consortium that approves new emoji offerings and the individuals fighting to make the language more representative of its billions of users.

To discover more about the film, click here.

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