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PODCAST| Matt Micucci interviews Lenka Tyrpáková, programmer of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

Lenka Tyrpáková, programmer of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, talks to us about the Baltic poetic documentaries, an arguably little-known film movement of the Baltic regions that the Festival paid tribute to in a special section called “Reflections in Time: Baltic Poetic Documentaries” during its 53rd edition. Tyrpákóva tells us about what it was that makes these films so worthy of being rediscovered and even picks out a few titles from the ones selected to screen in Karlovy Vary that she is particularly fond of. She also mentions Bridges of Time, the documentary about this movement that was screened in the documentary competition of the festival, which inspired the retrospective and that she highlights as a great starting point for anyone interested in finding out more about these films.

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PODCAST| Matt Micucci interviews Hleb Papou, director of the film The Legionnaire.

An interview with director Hleb Papou, from Belarus and Italy, who was selected to be part of Future Frames at the 53rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. European Film Promotion (EFP) presents ten outstanding young directors from Europe with their latest work at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival every year. Papou’s film is called The Legionnaire.

The Legionnaire:  Daniel is an officer in a police special operations unit which has been given the task of clearing out a house full of immigrants. He, himself, is a descendant of African newcomers and the situation is made worse by the fact that his brother and mother live in the house as well. The time has come for him to decide whether to remain loyal to the establishment or to his own roots.

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PODCAST| Matt Micucci interviews David Gurgulia, director of the film Dialect.

An interview with director David Gurgulia, from Georgia, who was selected to be part of Future Frames at the 53rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. European Film Promotion (EFP) presents ten outstanding young directors from Europe with their latest work at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival every year. Gurgulia’s film is called Dialect.

Dialect:  The language of God can’t be learned if you can’t speak it already. Nor can it be recorded or reproduced. Despite this warning, Mithras, a sound engineer, heads out to a sacred reserve to spend a week trying to do just that. Armed with technical equipment, he disturbs a world of endless silence, a world permeated with mysticism and ritual. The seven days spent together with the community at the reserve, however, change not only Mithras but also those who speak the divine language.

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PODCAST| Matt Micucci interviews Jakub Radej, director of the film Sweet Home Czyzewo.

An interview with director Jakub Radej, from Poland, who was selected to be part of Future Frames at the 53rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. European Film Promotion (EFP) presents ten outstanding young directors from Europe with their latest work at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival every year. Radej’s film is called Sweet Home Czyzewo.

Sweet Home Czyzewo:  “You’re not local anymore,” Marcin is told when he returns to his hometown after spending three years in America. The truth behind this remark becomes very clear to the young man the day after he gets back. Within twenty-four hours he loses everything he’s been looking forward to and has hitherto believed in.

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PODCAST| Matt Micucci interviews David Pinheiro Vicente, director of the film Where the Summer Goes (chapters on youth).

An interview with director David Pinheiro Vicente, from Portugal, who was selected to be part of Future Frames at the 53rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. European Film Promotion (EFP) presents ten outstanding young directors from Europe with their latest work at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival every year. David Pinheiro Vicente’s film is called Where the Summer Goes (chapters on youth).

Where the Summer Goes (chapters on youth):  One baking hot day a group of youngsters take off for the river. To pass the time they amuse themselves with the story of a man whose pet snake tried to swallow him whole; it seems that, in sharing this tale, they unwittingly set the tone of this lazy, carefree day. The stifling heat and the sensuality of the pervasive natural surroundings awaken feelings that would otherwise have remained well and truly hidden.

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PODCAST| Matt Micucci interviews Judita Gamulin, director of the film Marica.

An interview with director Judita Gamulin, from Croatia, who was selected to be part of Future Frames at the 53rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. European Film Promotion (EFP) presents ten outstanding young directors from Europe with their latest work at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival every year. Gamulin’s film is called Marica.

Marica:  Marica’s husband has problems again and, for her, it’s the last straw that prevents her from returning home from work, but it’s also what allows her to finally be on her own. To have the time to reflect upon the life she doesn’t have and possibly can’t ever have. A fragile film about a moment that can change everything in the life of a middle-aged woman.

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PODCAST| Matt Micucci interviews Dawid Ullgren, director of the film 1981.

An interview with director Dawid Ullgren, from Sweden, who was selected to be part of Future Frames at the 53rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. European Film Promotion (EFP) presents ten outstanding young directors from Europe with their latest work at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival every year. Ullgren’s film is called 1981.

1981:  Gay saunas have their specific rules, which might be summed up as “what happens in the sauna, stays in the sauna”. And that’s what married couple Ivar and Pal are hoping as they set off with the aim of adding some zest to the partner stereotype. A film about love and about the kind of excesses one should only treat oneself to once in a while.

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PODCAST| Matt Micucci interviews Ana Katz, director of the film Sueño Florianópolis.

Director Ana Katz presented her latest film, Sueño Florianópolis, at the 53rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, in the official competition. In this interview, we talk about the theme of family, humour, and the cultural differences between Brazil and Argentina – two cultures that meet in her film.

Sueño Florianópolis:  Lucrecia, Pedro, and their teenage kids Julian and Florencia set out from Buenos Aires one sweltering day in a rattletrap Renault to vacation in the Brazilian summer resort of Florianópolis. Renowned Argentinian director Ana Katz draws upon gentle humor and light melancholy to relate a tale of first love, past lovers, fateful encounters, and fleeting joys.

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PODCAST| Matt Micucci interviews Ivan I. Tverdovskiy, director of the film Jumpman.

Director Ivan I. Tverdovskiy’s latest film, Jumpman, had its international premiere in the official selection competition of the 53rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. This marks Tverdovskiy’s return to the festival after the success of his previous work, Zoology, in 2016. In this interview about Jumpman, he discusses his difficulties of explaining what his films are about, the metaphor employed in his film – particularly relating to the theme of pain and the mother/son relationship, the documentary influence and origins of the story, and more.

 Jumpman: Young Oksana put Denis in a baby box when he was an infant. Sixteen years later she steals him away from a children’s home, intent on making amends for her neglect. Denis, however, has no idea of the heavy price to be paid for his mother’s favour: the fragile boy has one unusual quality which Oksana has no qualms about exploiting.

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PODCAST| Matt Micucci interviews Cyril Aris, director of the documentary The Swing.

Director Cyril Aris presented his new documentary, The Swing, at the 53rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where it had its world premiere. The documentary sees him filming his grandparents in Lebanon, although the film is equally defined by its universal theme. The mix of personal story and universality is fascinating, as is the private drama which subtly unfolds throughout the film and the themes of memory, loss, aging and more that it deals with.

The Swing: Viviane and Antoine have lived together for 65 years, and while she still has her strength, he has long been bedridden. And so no one is able or has any desire to tell the weakened old man the distressing news that his beloved daughter has suddenly died. Indeed, the grief might cause his death… A heavy, lyrical portrait brightened by the warming rays of loved ones’ smiles.

To discover more about the film, click here.

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