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PODCAST | Nicolò Comotti interviews Sergei Loznitsa, director of the film The Trial.

FRED had the pleasure to sit down with one of the most profilic filmmakers in contemporary cinema: Sergei Loznitsa. Starting from the Trial, to then move back – and forward! – in time, we get to grasp the extremely interesting ways that the Belarus-borm director has shaped and honed since he decided to make films in the mid 90s.

The Trial: In 1930 in Moscow, USSR. the Soviet government puts a group of top rank economists and engineers on trial, accusing them of plotting a coup d’état. The charges are fabricated and the punishment, if convicted, is death.

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PODCAST | Nicolò Comotti interviews Sergey Bukovskyi, director and OIFF’s curator for European Documentary Competition.

Sergey Bukowskyi, director and OIFF’s curator for the festival’s documentary section, shares with us his insight about the current state of filmmaking and his personal take on what it really means to make a documentary.

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PODCAST | Nicolò Comotti interviews Nicholas Elliott, juror and Locarno International Film Festival programmer.

FRED had the pleasure to sit down and have a little but extremely fruitful conversation with film critic and Locarno’s programmer Nicholas Elliott, here in Odessa as a member of the Jury for the National Competition Program.

On July 15, Nicholas Elliott, a member of the Selection Committee of the Locarno International Film Festival, film critic, and jury member of the 10th OIFF National Competition Program, held a meeting with the festival’s visitors “I got into the film industry simply because I started watching films. My parents worshiped the cinema and everything related to it. When I was a teenager, I did not want to do what they did. Every Friday, parents would invite me to go to cinema with them, and I refused. I was 15 years old when I first agreed. And I liked it. I began to go to the cinema often, read a lot about cinema, and discuss it with friends. This started to shape my style of film perception”. “On the one hand, people increasingly devaluate the role of critics, because there are leaders of thoughts like Rotten Tomatoes or social networks. Who needs these film critics now? On the other hand, some events prove that the activity of film critics is needed, but it has to be transformed. For example, there is a huge movement, especially active in the United States, which advocates diversity among critics. Last week, The New York Times published an article about the need for more women critics and representatives of different races. There are also Hollywood stars that raise this problem, such as Bree Larson and Tessa Thompson. In general, it feels strange when me and my colleagues go to the Cannes or some other film festival, and we are surrounded by men, white men exclusively” […]

To discover more about Nicholas Elliott, click here.

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PODCAST | Nicolò Comotti interviews Karel Och, juror and Karlovy Vary artistic director.

Karel Och, artistic director of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, is here in Odessa as member of the jury for the International competition. We had therefore the chance to ask him a few questions that may shine a light on how we could all continue our journey within the realm of cinema: as viewers, filmmakers and guardians of cinematic talent.

Meeting with Karel Och, director of the International Film Festival in Karlovy Vary and a jury member of the OIFF International Competition Program, took place at the workshop. “We are one of the festivals that do not identify criteria for film selection. When you identify something clearly, you limit not only the films, but also yourself. In a year, your opinion and the films might go beyond this definition”.

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PODCAST | Nicolò Comotti interviews Jim Haynes, theatre producer and protagonist of the film Meeting Jim.

We have had the fantastic opportunity to sit down with a remarkable human being that goes by the name of Jim Haynes. The star that sparked a whole universe of lives and stories throughout the second half of the 20th century and beyond, 83-year-old young Jim is a life force that can give joy and hope to everyone, especially today when we need it most. This transpires in the beautifully earnest documentary by Ece Ger, a trip through Jim’s dearest places and the thousand of people that had the pleasure to share with him a slice of life or, most likely, a dinner in Montparnasse.

Meeting Jim: A journey back to the lifetime of Jim Haynes, an extraordinary 83-year-old man who grabbed the spirit of the 60s and continued to carry it throughout his life. This journey becomes also a physical one when he takes a train from the city of Paris, where he lives, to London and Edinburgh, the cities where he left his unique mark. At the age of 83, he keeps introducing people to each other because he thinks that the more people meet each other, the better the world is.

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PODCAST | Nicolò Comotti interviews Anthelme Vidaud, program director at the 10th Odessa International Film Festival.

Anthelme Vidaud is the program director of the Odessa Film Festival. Reaching its 10th year of existence and with an identity that is becoming more and more apparent, OIFF has been a wonderful platform for Vidaud to shares his views on cinema while serving as a vessel for Ukraine’s cinematic growth.

OIFF CONCEPT Support and development of Ukrainian cinematography inside the country and on international stage, popularization of high-level intellectual films. Main professional platform that gathers Ukrainian and foreign filmmakers. Exclusive film premieres, workshops of leading world filmmakers and unique festive atmosphere – all of this bring together 9 days of Odesa International Film Festival! The 10th Odesa International Film Festival will be held from 12 to 20 July, 2019!

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PODCAST | Nicolò Comotti interviews actor Aidan Turner at the 10th Odessa International Film Festival.

Aidan Turner is not an unfamiliar face in Odessa. After being part of the jury in Odessa International Film Festival, he is back in the historic seaport city this year to enjoy the festival’s films and meet old friends. A good chance, then, to hear what he thinks about today’s cinema and what lies ahead for any actor willing to take part in the ever-evolving industry.

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PODCAST | Sarah Bradbury interviews Carlos Reygadas, director of the film Our Time.

Mexican auteur Carlos Reygadas speaks to us about his new film Our Time, why he cast himself, his spouse and kids in the lead roles, and his experience of making the film. He delves into his artistic process, how he sees and uses imagery and plays with narrative form and reality versus fiction and explains why for him, film is akin to literature. He also shares his views on the industry as a whole.

Our Time: A husband’s uncontrollable jealousy begins to destroy a couple’s relationship. Matters only become worse when a secret affair comes to light.

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Caleb McLaughlin and Gaten Matarazzo, protagonists of the TV serie Stranger Things 3.

Caleb McLaughlin, Gaten Matarazzo, respectively Lucas and Dustin from Stranger Things are in Rome to present the third season of the Netflix series, available to watch on the streaming platform from July 4th on. The third season finds its protagonists at the beginning of adolescence, in those teenage years that sound even more epic when surrounded by the 80’s and those years symbols and references. Along with Joe Keery ( Steve), Maya Hawke (Robin) and Priah Ferguson (Erica), Gaten’s Dustin gets involved in a sort of spy story where the dynamics resemble Harry Potter’s Hermione, Harry and Ron. Caleb McLaughlin comments on his character’s ability to accept the fact that he’s growing up and becoming a teenager. What’s the best scene for their characters? For Dustin is obviously the one including The NeverEnding story, for Lucas the action sequences where he manages to fool and distract The Mind Flayer.

Stranger Things 3: One summer can change everything…

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Ursa Menart, Liza Marijina and Ognjen Svilicic, actors of the film Half-Sister.

An interview with Ursa Menart, Liza Marijina and Ognjen Svilicic, actors of Damjan Kozole’s latest film Half-Sister, which had its world premiere in the official competition of the 2019 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Here, they introduce their characters, talk about their experience of working with Kozole, the chemistry they shared with one another as cast members, and more.

Half-Sister: Half-sisters who were never that close are forced by circumstance to share a flat in Ljubljana… The leading Slovene director returns to Karlovy Vary with a remarkably precise study of alienation and the inability to communicate, in a film characterised by polished dialogue, plenty of black humour and entirely natural performances.

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