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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews John Ewing, co-founder and director of Cleveland Cinematheque.

A conversation about Ohio’s Cleveland Cinematheque with its co-founder/director John Ewing. The cinematheque is celebrating its 34th anniversary this year and we revisit some of its history and mission statement. In this interview, Ewing also talks about the 34th anniversary special event: a screening with live music accompaniment of Buster Keaton’s first feature film, Three Ages from 1923.

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PODCAST | Francesca Raffi interviews Jorge Diaz-Cintas, Professor of Translation and founder director of the Centre for Translation Studies (CenTraS) at University College London.

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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.

In this new episode of Accessible Cinema we will know more about the changes that the Covid-19 pandemic has brought to the field of media accessibility. How is the cinema market changing, especially in terms of media accessibility services? What is the role of online streaming platforms in making entertainment accessible to everyone? Are we going towards a “digital media accessibility”? To know more about that, Francesca Raffi interviews Jorge Diaz-Cintas, Professor of Translation and founder director of the Centre for Translation Studies (CenTraS) at University College London.

Jorge Diaz-Cintas is Professor of Translation and founder director of the Centre for Translation Studies (CenTraS) at University College London. He is the author of numerous articles, special issues and books on audiovisual translation and media accessibility. He was the president of the European Association for Studies in Screen Translation (2002-2010) and is now one of its directors. He is the Chief Editor of the Peter Lang series New Trends in Translation Studies and a member of the international research group TransMedia and the EU LIND (Language Industry) Expert Group. He is the recipient of the Jan Ivarsson Award (2014) and the Xènia Martínez Award (2015) for invaluable services to the field of audiovisual translation.

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews actress Isabelle Huppert.

She’s one of the most important actress in European cinema and thanks to her work and her career she has contributed to start a sort of revolution in the cinema world on how women are portrayed on the big screen. Isabelle Huppert is not afraid of challenging roles and at the Filming Italy Sardegna Festival she is celebrated with the Filming Italy Woman Power Award. The French and international actress will be taking part in the new film by Italian director Michele Placido L’ombra di Caravaggio with Riccardo Scamarcio in the role of Costanza Sforza Colonna, the woman protecting the painter.

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews actress Carol Alt.

Thanks to Carlo and Enrico Vanzina, Carol Alt became a legend in the 80’s and 90’s Italian comedies with unforgettable titles like I miei primi 40 anni in 1987. She has recently come back filming in Italy thanks to her participation in the Italian independent comedy produced by Eagle Pictures, Un Figlio di Nome Erasmus – A son named Erasmus acting against some of the most important comedic Italian actors. Carol Alt reveals that Roberto Proia, Eagle Pictures’ executive producer defined her being iconic as the reason why he wanted her in the film. The American actress then proceeds to unveil her desire of acting in a period film impersonating a woman who managed to change the world.

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews actor Matt Dillon, Honorary President of Filming Italy Sardegna Festival.

At the 3rd edition of Filming Italy Sardegna Festival Matt Dillon is not only the most important guest but just accepted to be honorary President of the young Festival in Italy directed by Tiziana Rocca. As he’s also receiving a career award, when looking back at his career and filmography, the actor and director talks about possible regrets. As he mentioned before, he thinks comedy is truth and tells the truth about life. The actor has just finished post producing his second film as director, a documentary about cuban scat jazz musician Franscico Fellove called The Great Fellove. The film will be presented at the next San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain.

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews actor Toby Jones.

His career has been rich and full of different experiences, from theatre to TV, from arthouse cinema to blockbuster movies. He’s well known for his challenging roles in Truman Capote as well as the villain in Hunger Games or Captain America’s The winter soldier. Toby Jones is at the 3rd edition at the Filming Italy Sardegna festival to receive the Festival’s achievement award for this stunning work in cinema. He describes his experience working with Matteo Garrone in Tale of Tales and sends him a message. What does it mean to receive an award? A starting point to do even more.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Mihai Chirilov, artistic director of Transilvania International Film Festival.

A conversation with Mihai Chirilov, artistic director of the Transilvania International Film Festival of Cluj, Romania. In this podcast, we talk about the festival’s history and its significant contribution to the growth in stature of Romanian cinema over the past decades. Chirilov also talks about the ways in which it has responded to the pandemic and in what form it will be taking place from July 31 to August 9 this year. He also shares some of the highlights of this year’s program, including several premieres, and a spectacular retrospective on the works of Italian maestro Federico Fellini.

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

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Vjosa Berish, co-founder and director of Prishtina International Film Festival.

A conversation with Vjosa Berisha, co-founder and director of the Prishtina International Film Festival in Kosovo. In this interview, we talk about the history of the festival and its significant role in the growth of the film industry and film culture in the country, as well as how it serves as a cultural bridge between Kosovo and the rest of the world. In addition, we talk about how the festival has responded to the pandemic, including their decision to run PriForum online and plan a postponed physical edition of the festival for later this year.

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

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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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