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PODCAST | David Martos interviews Ina Weisse, director of the film The audition.

Ina Weisse speaks of the family depicted in her film, her second after The architect, and says it’s a very modern one. The leading character, played by Nina Hoss, is a violin player that has not to take care of her child. She is only focused on her career, frustrated in some ways.

The audition: Anna is working as a violin teacher at a music high school in Berlin. Her French husband Bronsky is a violin maker. They have a ten-year-old son. At the annual entrance exam, Anna decides against the will of her colleagues for the admission of a boy in which she sees a great talent. She wants to prove to her colleagues that she was right about him and soon devotes more time and attention to her new student Alexander than to her own son Jonas and thus brings the two boys into competition with each other. At the same time, her marriage to Bronsky becomes more complicated.

To discover more about the film, click here.

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PODCAST | Cristiana Palmieri interviews Elysia Zeccola, director of the Italian Film Festival.

Elysia Zeccola presents the festival program, focusing on a few highlights. She talks about her passion for cinema and how the festival has grown across these past 20 years, showcasing the best of Italian cinema in Australia.

With 18 locations attracting over 80,000 admissions each year, the festival is the biggest celebration of Italian culture in the Southern Hemisphere, and the biggest Italian film festival in the world, outside Italy.

To discover more about the Italian Film Festival, click here.

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PODCAST | David Martos interviews Eva Green, actress of the film Proxima.

The actress speaks of her role, the work with the director Alice Winocour and how ie she getting along with fame since her big debut with Bernardo Bertolucci in Dreamers.

Proxima: Eva Green is an astronaut preparing to leave her young daughter for a year-long mission in Alice Winocour’s emotional fourth feature. Matt Dillon is also in the cast, in the role of one of her colleagues. While she’s training for her mission, she will have to decide between love and work.

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PODCAST | David Martos interviews Alice Winocour, director of the film Proxima.

The director addresses the situation of women in a world of male astronauts and the selection of Eva Green for the main role of the film.

Proxima: Eva Green is an astronaut preparing to leave her young daughter for a year-long mission in Alice Winocour’s emotional fourth feature. Matt Dillon is also in the cast, in the role of one of her colleagues. While she’s training for her mission, she will have to decide between love and work.

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PODCAST | Matteo Ghidoni interviews Stefania Spampinato, actress in the TV serie Grey’s Anatomy and in the film Ford Vs Ferrari.

The Actress talks about her job in Grey’s Anatomy and her role in the movie Ford V Ferrari, in theaters this autumn. “My life changed in better in the last 3 years, this was a massive step up for me. My suggestion is: study English and believe in yourself”.

Ford Vs Ferrari: American car designer Carroll Shelby and driver Ken Miles battle corporate interference, the laws of physics and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford and challenge Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966.

To discover more about the festival, click here.

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This interview was recorded during the ITTV – The Italian TV Festival, thanks to the Italian Film Commissions Association and with the support of the Italian Trade Agency. 

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PODCAST | Matteo Ghidoni interviews Jared Harris, actor of the TV serie Chernobyl.

We met Jared Harris on the red carpet of the ITTV festival in West Hollywood: “An actor must be ready to study his part and then trow everything out of the window – says Harrys – In this new tv series era, material is getting better and deeper, for a long time Hollywood considered Tv a lesser art, but things are changing now”.

Chernobyl: In April 1986, an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics becomes one of the world’s worst man-made catastrophes.

To discover more about the festival, click here.

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This interview was recorded during the ITTV – The Italian TV Festival, thanks to the Italian Film Commissions Association and with the support of the Italian Trade Agency. 

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PODCAST | Matteo Ghidoni interviews Francesco Bauco, Italian actor.

Francesco Bauco is an actor, known for Hope (2012), Ford vs Ferrari (2019) and Better Days (2019).

“It is not easy to become an actor in Hollywood, but this is the city of dreams and anything can happen”

“There are a lot of opportunities right now in Hollywood. Tv series are creating a lot of new roles and job opportunities for actors and video makers. To my Italian colleagues dreaming to come here to LA, I would say: believe in your self and try to live the dream, something is going to happen”.

To discover more about the festival, click here.

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This interview was recorded during the ITTV – The Italian TV Festival, thanks to the Italian Film Commissions Association and with the support of the Italian Trade Agency. 

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PODCAST | Matteo Ghidoni interviews Valentina Martelli, CEO of Good Girls Planet, which organise ITTV – The Italian TV Festival.

“The idea of this festival started a long time ago, we are proud to promote Italian talents in Hollywood”.

A visionary and creative executive producer and television journalist currently working as correspondent for the Italian National Television while owning a production and media consulting company. Excellent international experience in television and radio. Planner, organizer and press-officer with great skills and experience in public relations and marketing. Superb capability in building contacts and networking. Great knowledge of international news, technologies, sport, music, new media, film industries, art, children news and programming and fashion.

“Our ambition is to create a new format that allow us to bring here more and more Italian audiovisual products. Gomorrah and The Young Pope were just the beginning. Next year we are going to have screenings of amazing new Italian TV Series co produced by Hollywood film makers. In TV budgets are getting bigger and also A listers actors wants to act in the new series. There is a huge need for original contents, Italian local stories that can become international successes. We are here to help and promote this process”.

To discover more about the festival, click here.

This interview was recorded during the ITTV – The Italian TV Festival, thanks to the Italian Film Commissions Association and with the support of the Italian Trade Agency. 

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PODCAST | Matteo Ghidoni interviews Riccardo Baldini, Sardinia Film Commission Representative.

Riccardo Baldini was born in Milan. In 2005, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue his lifelong dream of working in the film industry. He began this pursuit by studying film production at UCLA. Upon completion of the Certificate Program in Film, Television and Digital Entertainment Media, Riccardo co-produced the award winning and Oscar shortlisted documentary, CARISSA, from Academy Award winner Davis Guggenheim. This cemented Baldini’s reputation as a powerhouse producer in Los Angeles.he is now a representative for the Sardinia Film Commission.

“Italy and Sardegna have so much to give to the international audience”. “In the last year we had several great productions shooting in Sardinia, like Catch 22, with George Clooney and many others. It’s now time to do something that says: Italian Tv series are there to be distributed internationally. This is a good moment for film makers in our country, this is also the time for screenwriters to write something that is not about America and spread it around the world. Our local stories, like My Brilliant Friend and Commissario Montalbano, are always loved when distributed internationally. Apart from big cities, Sardinia has every kind of location a film maker could need”.

To discover more about the festival, click here.

This interview was recorded during the ITTV – The Italian TV Festival, thanks to the Italian Film Commissions Association and with the support of the Italian Trade Agency. 

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PODCAST | Matteo Ghidoni interviews Nils Hartman, producer and director of original productions Sky Italia.

Nils Hartmann was born in Hanover in 1967. He grew up in Milan, lived in Rome, London and Cairo, he speaks fluently German, Italian and English. He has been working in television productions for 25 years and has obtained a master’s degree from the London International Film School. He started as a Promo Producer for Orbit Network Rome. He launched the Studio Universal movie channel as Creative Manager. In 2003 he launched SKY ITALIA as Creative Director. He then changed roles to become Director of Original Productions and produced TV series such as: Romanzo Criminale, Gomorra and 1992. He is also Executive Producer of X Factor, Masterchef Italia and Italia’s Got Talent.

Nils Hartman: “Local is the new global”.

“If you have a good idea it will travel, believe in yourself, it will pay. The market is changing and every match has it’s own rules. Being able to understand which story will be the right one, requires a mix of instinct and the ability to recognize a good scripts”.

To discover more about the festival, click here.

This interview was recorded during the ITTV – The Italian TV Festival, thanks to the Italian Film Commissions Association and with the support of the Italian Trade Agency. 

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