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PODCAST | Bénédicte Prot interviews Felix Van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch, co-directors of the film The Eight Mountains.

Felix Van Groeningen (The Broken Circle Breakdown) and actress-turned-director Charlotte Vandermeersch tell us about how they discovered Paolo Cognetti’s novel and how he supported their film project, about writing together and working for the first time as a duo behind the camera. They also discuss the Hindu representation the title comes from, the element of language and verbalisation, paternity, and evoke the cinematography as well as the challenges of a mountain shoot.

The Eight Mountains : The Eight Mountains is the story of a friendship. Of children becoming men who try to erase the footprints of their fathers, but who, through the twists and turns they take, always end up returning home. Pietro is a boy from the city, Bruno is the last child of a forgotten mountain village. Over the years Bruno remains faithful to his mountain, while Pietro is the one who comes and goes. Their encounters introduce them to love and loss, reminding them of their origins, letting their destinies unfold, as Pietro and Bruno discover what it means to be true friends for life.

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Emily Atef, director of the film More than Ever.

More than ever by Emily Atef, screening at the 75th Festival de Cannes in Un Certain Regard, is Gaspard Ulliel’s last film and it’s about a woman, Hélène’s journey to finally understand how she wants to live the last moments of her life, her final breath of fresh air in this world. The protagonist is Vicky Krieps and she was the one who brought Ulliel on board of the project, in the role of her on-screen husband.

More than Ever: Hélène and Mathieu have been happy together for many years. The bond between them is deep. Faced with an existential decision, Hélène travels alone to Norway to seek peace, an act that will test the strength of their love.

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Lola Quivoron, director of the film Rodeo.

With her debut feature Rodeo, director Lola Quivoron chooses a non-professional actress Julia Ledru to portray a girl forcing her way into a man’s world, the motocross. The film, screening at the 75th Festival de Cannes in the Un Certain Regard section is a metaphor for the change we’re hoping to see in society. Lola Quivoron reveals how she became friends with the community of riders she already portrayed in her short film Au Loin Baltimore and that the decision of making Rodeo came because of this friendship.

Rodeo: Hot tempered and fiercely independent, Julia finds escape in a passion for motorcycles and the high-octane world of urban ‘Rodeos’ – illicit gatherings where riders show off their bikes and their latest daring stunts. After a chance meeting at a Rodeo Julia finds herself drawn into a clandestine and volatile clique and, striving to prove herself to the ultra-masculine group, she is faced with a series of escalating demands that will make or break her place in the community.

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PODCAST | Cristiana Palmieri interviews Kevin Leutenegger, the spokeperson of the German Film Festival.

The 2022 German Film Festival’s full programme has been revealed and features a standout selection of twenty-six films. New German cinema direct from European festivals, a celebratory retro sidebar, Kino for Kids and new Austrian and Swiss cinema all take centre stage.

Festival spokeperson Kevin Leutenegger reveals the full festival program, discusses the opening night film, A Stasi Comedy, a fresh release set in Communist East Berlin and explores other highlights of the festival, including The Forger that arrives in Australia directly from its Berlinale premiere. Award winning director Franziska Stünkel will be attending the festival as a special guest to present her new film The Last Execution and participate in a number of Q&As.

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PODCAST | Cristiana Palmieri interviews Benjamin Zeccola, artistic director of the Spanish Film Festival.

Artistic Director Benjamin Zeccola provides an overview of this year’s program, highlighting Australian premiere films, award winners and prestigious nominees. The festival showcases the best of Spanish and South American cinema that includes romantic comedies, dramas, thrillers and documentaries. A special section is dedicated to one of the most charismatic couples in cinema, Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem, who met in 1992 while filming Bigas Luna’s Jamón Jamón, an iconic film that celebrates this year its 30th anniversary.

The Spanish Film Festival runs nationally in Australia at Palace Cinemas from 19th April to 18th May.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Lyle Kash, director of the film Death & Bowling.

Lyle Kash talks about his first film, Death & Bowling, a trans thriller comedy-drama, with many cinematic inspirations and a solid independent feel. Lyle tells Angelo Acerbi the struggle but the satisfaction too of putting up such an out-of-the-box project and having it travelling around the world, much more than he thought. he tells about the pride as a trans director to be the unabridged voice of his community, in a film where the trans real life is displayed and employed, from the gaffer to the the first actress.

Death & Bowling: In a fictional meta-critique on trans representation, a transgender actor struggles with what it means to be seen after the beloved captain of his lesbian bowling league dies and a mysterious stranger shows up at the funeral.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Matt Carter, Alexander King, Ivan Comisso, director and actors of the film In From The Side.

Matt Carter, director of In From The Side, and his actors Alexander King and Ivan Comisso have a fun chat at the Lovers Film Festival in Torino, where the film opened the festival. From the laws ( not rules) of rugby, for. the universal rules of love and of cheating, to the camaraderie and the sense of family that rugby brings forward and promotes, all is touched in this conversation. the guys are fun and sweet, as the film is.

In From The Side: The lives of a London gay rugby team, both on and off the pitch, are explored in this assured feature which reveals the many different games that people play. Two men in a gay men’s rugby club must conceal an adulterous affair they unwittingly fall into before it leads to the collapse of the delicate social and political fabric of the club.

Director Matt Carter, producer Andrew Faure, screenwriters Matt Carter, Adam Silver, with Alexander Lincoln, Alexander King, Will Hearle.

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Peter McDowell, director of the film Jimmy in Saigon.

Filmmaker Peter Mcdowell have been wanting to find the truth over his brother’s death in Saigon for 12 years and now the result of his cinematic journey is Jimmy in Saigon, screening at the 37th Lovers Film Festival in the Real Lovers’ section. By interviewing the members of his family and some old friends of his brother, Mcdowell built his film little by little letting the emotions take over the mystery elements. As Tara Judah wrote in her review on ScreenDaily “Peter and his film are fuelled by the drive to make historical amends; to give visibility to queer love kept secret” and the Lovers Film Festival is the right place to celebrate this life and love.

Jimmy in Saigon: Jimmy was a boy who left for the Vietnam War and died under unclear circumstances in Saigon in 1972. His younger brother Peter McDowell, director of the documentary, was only five when Jimmy died and from that moment the whole family stopped talking about him. The documentary is the result of a 10-year effort to break the silence and the shame that was spinning around the figure of Jimmy. Through old photographs, letters and interviews with Jimmy’s closest friends, the director manages to bring an almost forgotten queer existance back to life.

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Horacio Alcalà, director of the film Finlandia.

“The earthquake is the central character of the film”says Horacio Alcalà, director of Finlandia, screening in the All the Lovers section at the 37th Lovers Film Festival in Turin. After discovering the existence of the Muxes of Oaxaca, people living their life in a third genre, not recognizing themselves as men or women. Alcalà explains how he developed the idea of the earthquake linking two places together through its effects and at the same time the saying that Earthquakes are the way in which the Earth can free itself of its ghosts.

Finlandia: A devastating heartquake hits Oaxaca. After that, nothing will be the same for the lives of the Muxes, the so-called third gender.

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Jude Law, Eddie Redmayne, Mads Mikkelsen, actors of the film Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.

We will feel a bit nostalgic while watching the third chapter of the Fantastic Beasts series of films set in the Wizarding World created by JK Rowling. By unveiling the past and secrets of Albus Dumbledore, we will get the chance of going virtually back to Hogwarts again and better understand how he became the wise wizard we have grown to love in the Harry Potter movies. Played by Jude Law, Dumbledore will have to face the consequences of his love and relationship with the now villain Grindelwald ( Mikkelsen) while Newt Scamander will become a leader of the team trying to defeat him. Listen to the extract from the press conference where Jude Law, Mads Mikkelsen and Eddie Redmayne talk about their approach to the story.

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore: Warner Bros. Pictures’ Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore is the newest adventure in the Wizarding World created by J.K. Rowling. Professor Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) knows the powerful Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald (Mads Mikkelsen) is moving to seize control of the wizarding world. Unable to stop him alone, he entrusts Magizoologist Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) to lead an intrepid team of wizards, witches and one brave Muggle baker on a dangerous mission, where they encounter old and new beasts and clash with Grindelwald’s growing legion of followers. But with the stakes so high, how long can Dumbledore remain on the sidelines? The film features an ensemble cast, including Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything), two-time Oscar nominee Jude Law (Cold Mountain,The Talented Mr. Ripley), Ezra Miller, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, William Nadylam, Callum Turner, Jessica Williams, Victoria Yeates, Poppy Corby-Tuech, Fiona Glascott, Katherine Waterston, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Richard Coyle, Oliver Masucci, Valerie Pachner, Aleksandr Kuznetsov, and Mads Mikkelsen. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore was directed by David Yates, from a screenplay by J.K. Rowling & Steve Kloves, based upon a screenplay by J.K. Rowling.

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