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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Philip Doherty, director of the film Redemption of a Rogue.

A conversation with Philip Doherty, whose feature directorial debut, Redemption of a Rogue, took home the Best Irish Film and Best Irish First Featyre awards at this year’s Galway Film Fleadh. In this podcast, Doherty talks about his background in theatre and what prompted him to make a film. He also talks about the origins of the story of Redemption of a Rogue, its biblical references and prominent use of a sense of humour.

Redemption of a Rogue:  Jimmy is a nihilist who carries around a black leather doctor’s bag containing the rope he plans to hang himself with. Filled with guilt and shame, he returns to his hometown in the cold austere beauty of West Cavan. As soon as Jimmy visits, his ailing father breathes his last. Thunder rumbles and rain starts to pour. But there is a condition in the will… his father cannot be buried on a wet day. Days roll into weeks in an endless rainy purgatory, with some colourful local characters, as Jimmy seeks redemption.

This interview was featured on our weekly show, Big FRED Tuesday.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Ludovica Fales, filmmaker and researcher, about Open Visions.

A conversation with filmmaker/researcher Ludovica Fales on her three-lesson long online course on experimental cinema and interactive projects. The course is titled Open Visions and it is presented by the Cineteca di Milano on their streaming platform in collaboration with Red Shoes Associazione Culturale. The course covers the history of this type of visual storytelling from the early days of moving images to modern times. In addition to the course, Fales also talks about her work with the London-rooted filmmaking collective named Kitchen Sink Collective.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Boyd van Hoeij, artistic adviser of the Luxembourg City Film Festival.

A conversation with Boyd van Hoeij, who wears many hats within the film industry, including that of artistic adviser of the Luxembourg City Film Festival, whic recently launched a series of monthly physical screenings titled LuxFilmLab. In this interview, we talk about the festival, some of its history and its most recent edition, which celebrated the annual event’s 10th anniversary, though it had to be cut short in response to the coronaviru outbreak back in March. We also van Hoeij to share his thoughts about how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting the film industry in this historical moment and whether the impact will be felt for quite some time.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Anthony Andrews, co-founder and creative director of We Are Parable.

A conversation with Anthony Andrews, co-founder and artistic director of We Are Parable, the London-based award-winning film exhibition company. We Are Parable is currently collaborating with the BFI on a week-long series of films and online events celebrating Black British cinema. The takeover program is taking place across various BFI channels and is titled Who We Are. In this conversation, Andrews talks about that as well as the history of We Are Parable and its aim, including some of its highligh events, such as the Spike is 60 Film Festival, which celebrated the legacy of the great American filmmaker Spike Lee.

To discover more about We Are Parable, click here.

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PODCAST | Francesca Raffi interviews Agnieszka Szarkowska and Anna Jankowska, Associate Professor and Lecturer.

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FRED is pleased to present the new 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 new episode of Accessible Cinema is dedicated to the changes that the Covid-19 pandemic has brought to the field of media accessibility: from the importance of accessibility of information and culture to the need for equal access to digital content and entertainment. What is the role of accessibility in Covid times? How’s it changing and how will it change? To know more about that, Francesca Raffi interviews Agnieszka Szarkowska and Anna Jankowska.

Agnieszka Szarkowska is Associate Professor in the Institute of Applied Linguistics, University of Warsaw and head of AVT Lab, one of the first research groups on audiovisual translation. Click here to discover more about her.

Anna Jankowska is Lecturer in the Chair for Translation Studies and Intercultural Communication at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow (Poland) and she is also the founder and president of the Seventh Sense Foundation which provides audio description and subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. Click here to discover more about her.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Hülya Sungu, programme director of the International Migration Film Festival of Turkey.

Last week, we interviewed Waad al-Kateab, director of For Sama, the powerful documentary on the Syrian uprising which won the top prize at the inaugural edition of Turkey’s International Migration Film Festival. This week, we are joined with the festival’s programme director, Hülya Sungu, to talk some more about the festival itself. In this conversation, we talk about the significance of such a thematic film festival in Turkey. We also talk about the challenging of managing to transition the inaugural edition of the festival into an online edition. Then, of course, we talk about the films themselves that were screened as part of the programme.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Waad al-Kateab, director of the film For Sama.

A conversation with Waad al-Kateab, director of For Sama, a powerful documentary on the Syrian uprising. The story is defined by a personal and distinctly female perspective. For Sama premiere last year and since then, it has gained worldwide acclaim, including being awarded the main prize at the recent inaugural edition of the International Migration Film Festival. The reaction prompted al-Kateab to birth a new initiative titled Action for Sama, to raise awareness of the continued targeting of healthcare facilities in Syria. In this interview, we talk about that as well as other things, including the dangers of documenting the uprising and her experiences of being a mother during those violent years. (This interview was recorded for Big FRED Tuesday.)

This interview was featured on our weekly show, Big FRED Tuesday.

For Sama: An intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war. The story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama, all while conflict rises around her.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Hugo Rosak, Head of film industry office, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

A conversation with Hugo Rosak, head of the film industry office of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. This year’s KVIFF has been postponed to 2021, in response to the current global pandemic. However, Rosak joins us to talk about the KVIFF Eastern Promises industry section, which is aimed at film professionals and has been confirmed for July 6-8. In this interview, he talks about how they have worked to adjust to the decision of moving the section online as well as the novel introduction of FirstCut+ within it.

This interview was featured on our weekly show, Big FRED Tuesday.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews William Fitzgerald, artistic director of the Galway Film Fleadh.

A conversation with William Fitzgerald, artistic director of the Galway Film Fleadh, the top Irish film festival, which is set to take place online this year in response to the pandemic. The festival will take place on July 7-12. Fitzgerald talks about whether the decision for the festival to go online for the first time in its history was a difficult one to take, and how exactly it will work. He also talks about this year’s program and some of the films that will be presented at this year’s Fleadh, as well as how its annual pitching competition will work and more.

This interview was featured on our weekly show, Big FRED Tuesday.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Mira Staleva, Head of Sofia Meetings.

A conversation with Mira Staleva, head of Sofia Meetings, the co-production market of the Sofia International Film Festival in Bulgaria. This year, Sofia Meetings has had to go online in response to the global pandemic. Its program has also had to be split into part: the first part was dedicated to Works in Progress and took place in May; the second part took place at the time of the interview, focusing on second feature pitchings and professional events. As well as providing us with a definition for Sofia Meetings and talking a little bit about its history, Staleva also tells us about making the necessary transition for this year to the digital world and shares with us some of the extensive webinars, talks and events that are part of its 2020 program.

This interview was featured on our weekly show, Big FRED Tuesday.

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