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PODCAST | Chiara Pazzelli interviews Marta Ban, Croatian ambassador at the 2017 edition of 28 Times Cinema at Venezia 74.

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The participants of the 28 Times Cinema project introduce theirselves.

This project gives the opportunity to 28 young film-lovers, selected through the cinemas of the Europa Cinemas Network, to represent each of the 28 European Countries at the Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica.

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PODCAST | Chiara Pazzelli interviews Konstantinos Kardakaris, Greek ambassador at the 2017 edition of 28 Times Cinema at Venezia 74.

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The participants of the 28 Times Cinema project introduce theirselves.

This project gives the opportunity to 28 young film-lovers, selected through the cinemas of the Europa Cinemas Network, to represent each of the 28 European Countries at the Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica.

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PODCAST | Alessia Rosati interviews Claudia Sirbulescu, Romanian ambassador at the 2017 edition of 28 Times Cinema at Venezia 74.

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The participants of the 28 Times Cinema project introduce theirselves.

This project gives the opportunity to 28 young film-lovers, selected through the cinemas of the Europa Cinemas Network, to represent each of the 28 European Countries at the Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica.

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PODCAST ¦ Matt Micucci interviews Zaradasht Ahmed, director of Nowhere to Hide, from the 5th Europe Orient Documentary Film Festival.

Director Zaradasht Ahmed talks about his documentary feature film, Nowhere to Hide, screened at the 5th Europe Orient Documentary Film Festival of Tangier in Morocco. The film portrays five years of dramatic change in the country of Iraq after the retreat of the American and Coalition troops, from 2011 to 2016. It does this by featuring prominently footage shot in the midst of the action by Nori Sharif, a male nurse. In Nowhere to Hide, we witness the situation as it goes from one full of joy and excitement for the beginning of a potential reconstruction of the country after U.S. retreat, to one of sadness, disenchantment, violence, and brutality.

Ahmed talks about the process of making the film, as well as his meeting with Nori Sharif, and his idea of training him to document whatever was happening around him. He also tells us that he did not understand how things might develop, and indeed, Nowhere to Hide was itself born out of a project that had to be scrapped after the unexpected American retreat. Among the other things, Zaradesht also discusses the ethical question of documentation and the use of footage shot directly by ordinary people, as well as the fact that Nowhere to Hide tells a story about Iraq that is largely and constantly ignored by the media from other parts of the world.

NOWHERE TO HIDE follows male nurse Nori Sharif through five years of dramatic change, providing unique access into one of the world’s most dangerous and inaccessible areas – the “triangle of death” in central Iraq. Initially filming stories of survivors and the hope of a better future as American and Coalition troops retreat from Iraq.

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PODCAST ¦ Matt Micucci interviews Karine Morales, co-director of Blooms in the Concrete, from the 5th Europe Orient International Film Festival.

Directors Karine Morales and Caroline Pericard presented their film Blooms in the Concrete (French title: Les Fleurs du bitume) at the 5th Europe Orient Documentary Film Festival of Tangier in Morocco. Blooms in the Concrete follows three young women, born under the dictatorship of Ben Ali, who perform art in the street and, in their own individual way, fight for the freedom of women in their country. We meet Morales for an interview on her documentary and she talks in detail about Blooms in the Concrete, the photograph that inspired her to pursue the documentary project, and gives an example of the struggles her and Pericard had while shooting the film by recalling a hellish first day of shooting. (We also thank Brigitta Portier for providing translation for this interview).

BLOOMS IN THE CONCRETE. In the streets of Tunis and Sfax, Chaima, Oumaima, Shams. They do not know each other but are part of the same generation. They were born under the dictatorship of Ben Ali. They are the teenagers of the Jasmine revolution that hatched in Tunisia in 2011. They embody all the nuances, sometimes opposed, always complimentary, of a common struggle; the freedom of women in their country.

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PODCAST ¦ Matt Micucci interviews Mehdi Bekkar, director of Forgotten Massacre, from the 5th Europe Orient Documentary Film Festival of Tangier.

Director and editor Mehdi Bekkar screened his film, Forgotten Massacre, at the 5th Europe Orient Documentary Film Festival of Tangier in Morocco. The film talks, as the title suggests, about a widely forgotten tragic and brutal event: the Paris massacre of 1961 against hundreds of unarmed Algerian civilians. We ask Bekkar why the massacre has been repressed and its story has remained untold for so long. Forgotten Massacre tells this story also through archive material and priceless contributions from interviewees who were present at the time. The latter talk about the massacre from various viewpoints and also contribute to an insightful and much-needed re-evaluation of the events. Bekkar talks about the challenge of looking for people to interview, and also whether he feels closer to the footage in his documentaries when he edits them (for he edited as well as he directed Forgotten Massacre).

FORGOTTEN MASSACRE. A film about the Paris massacre of 1961 carried out by the French police against hundreds of unarmed Algerian civilians. Forgotten Massacre delves deeply into the details of this important event in Algerian memory through the testimonies of guests who have lived through this event.

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PODCAST: Matt Micucci interviews Mohamed Kenawi, director of When Rumi Meets Francis, from the 5th Europe Orient Documentary Film Festival of Tangier.

Director Mohamed Kenawi talks to us about his film, When Rumi Meets Francis, presented in competition at the 5th Europe Orient Documentary Film Festival of Tangier in Morocco. The film follows Pejman Tadayon, an Iranian musician based in Italy, who works on a music concert inspired by the words, lives, heritage, and histories of Islam’s Sufi poet Jalalu-Din Rumi and the poet of Christianity St. Francis of Assisi.

Kenawi tells us that art provides the grounds for such a meeting, which tells a simple truth: before we are Muslims, or Christians, or of any other religion, we are human beings. He also tells us that Tadayon’s journey was also his own journey, not least of all because he is from Egypt and is also based in Italy; he too has experienced the same discomforts that plague Muslims after, for instance, the tragedy of terrorist attacks. In this interview, he also talks about how art provides the means for a cultural journey and cultural exchange and, among other things, how he dealt with the challenge of filming the fictional parts depicting an encounter between Rumi and Francis.

WHEN RUMI MEETS FRANCIS. It’s the story of Pejman Tadayon an Iranian musician based in Italy who draws his immediate strength, knowledge and his research for solutions to his problems through evoking historical personalities from the 13th century: Islam’s Sufi poet Jalalu-Din Rumi and the poet of Christianity St. Francis of Assisi… remembering their poems to write and compose music trying to let them meet in the same musical work.

When Rumi meets Francis – teaser from Domino Film on Vimeo.

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PODCAST | Alessia Rosati interviews Jesús Silva, Spanish ambassador at the 2017 edition of 28 Times Cinema at Venezia 74.

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The participants of the 28 Times Cinema project introduce theirselves.

This project gives the opportunity to 28 young film-lovers, selected through the cinemas of the Europa Cinemas Network, to represent each of the 28 European Countries at the Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica.

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Richard Gere, protagonist of the film Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer.

Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer by Joseph Cedar gives Richard Gere the chance to play a role he has never played before. FRED’s Chiara Nicoletti meets him in Rome for the Italian premiere of the film. The actor plays an unusual role for his filmography and his interpretation of jewish modern “fixer” Norman Oppenheimer could attract The Academy’s attention and finally get him an Oscar Nomination. Richard Gere describes Norman as a man with a pure heart, a person capable of absorbing pain and rage and turning those feelings into a positive energy to help others.

Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer:  Norman Oppenheimer (Richard Gere) lives a lonely life in the margins of New York City power and money, a would-be operator dreaming up financial schemes that never come to fruition. As he has nothing real to offer, Norman strives to be everyone’s friend, but his incessant networking leads him nowhere. Always on the lookout for someone willing to pay attention to him, Norman sets his sights on Micha Eshel (Lior Ashkenazi), a charismatic Israeli politician alone in New York at a low point in his career. Sensing Eshel’s vulnerability, Norman reaches out with a gift of a very expensive pair of shoes, a gesture that deeply touches Eshel. When Eshel becomes Prime Minister three years later, he remembers. With his very real connection to the leader of a major nation, Norman is awash in the respect he has always craved. Flush with his newfound feeling of success, Norman attempts to use Eshel’s name to leverage his biggest deal ever: a series of quid pro quo transactions linking the Prime Minister to Norman’s nephew (Michael Sheen), a rabbi (Steve Buscemi), a mogul (Harris Yulin), his assistant (Dan Stevens), and a treasury official from the Ivory Coast. Norman’s kaleidoscopic plans soon go awry, creating the potential for an international catastrophe he must struggle to prevent. The new film by Academy Award® nominated director Joseph Cedar is a comic and compassionate drama of a little man whose downfall is rooted in a human frailty all too easy to forgive—a need to matter.

For the official page of the film, click here.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Hazel Honeysuckle and Gal Friday,  actresses of the film Getting Naked: A Burlesque Story.

During an entertaining photo shoot, we talked with two of the ladies portrayed in Getting Naked :A Burlesque Story, to understand more about this art of performance. From two goddesses of burlesque, we get inside information, inquiring on the choice of the name, the many different kinds of existing burlesque performances and the reason why they were attracted to it in the first place.

Getting Naked: A Burlesque Story peels back the curtain to reveal the sexy sub-culture of the neo- burlesque scene in New York City. This vérité documentary intimately follows four performers, each of whom has discovered a newfound identity and belonging in a world of bawdy comedy and striptease. However, they find that all that glitters is not necessarily gold, as this liberating community does not insulate from the harsh realities of sexism, illness and existential crisis. Getting Naked explores what it means to be an artist, an entertainer, and a woman in the toughest city on Earth..

For the official page of the film on the Festival website, click here.

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