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Beatrice Kruger, Casting Director, The Cut. Festival Section: Main Competition. FRED’s Matt Micucci meets one of the leading European casting director – Beatrice Kruger. Beatrice has been involved in a great number of international productions – including Woody Allen’s TO ROME WITH LOVE and Fatih Akin’s THE CUT, the latter film [...] The postBeatrice Kruger – The Cut #Venezia71appeared first onFre...

Carl Spence, Artistic Director, Seattle Intl. FF & Palm Springs Intl. FF. The Venice international film festival attracts other festival directors from around the world who are looking for films to programme at their respective festivals. FRED’s Amanny Mohamed caught up with Carl Spence, Artistic Director of both the Seattle and [...] The postCarl Spence – Seattle Intl. FF & Palm Springs Intl. FF...

Hoang Diep Nguyen (Director), Thuy Anh Nguyen (Actress), Dap Canh Giua Khong Trung (Flapping In The Middle of Nowhere). Festival section: Venice Critics Week. International Critics’ week selection FLAPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE sees “Huyen” a teenage girl falls pregnant and her lazy boyfriend who’s supposed to help fix ‘the problem’ [...] The postHoang Diep Nguyen & Thuy Anh Nguyen – Dap Canh G...

Elodie Bouchez, Actress, Reality Fred talks with Elodie Bouchez, here in Venice with her performance in Reality, by Quentin Dupieux Festival section: Venice Orizzonti Reporter: Niccolò Comotti The postElodie Bouchez – Reality – #Venezia71appeared first onFred Film Radio.

Jonathan Lambert, Actor, Reality Fred meets the actor Jonathan Lambert, who becomes “Bob Marshall” the idealized and idealistic producer in REALITY, the latest film by film structure slayer Quentin Dupieux. Festival section: Venice Orizzonti Reporter: Niccolò Comotti The postJonathan Lambert – Reality #Venezia71appeared first onFred Film Radio.

Tal Granit and Sharon Maymon, writer and directors, The Farewell Party Writer/directors Tal Granit & Sharon Maymon are back to chat to FRED “live” in the studio following the film’s premiere and we find out what the audience reaction was to the movie, given it’s controversial subject matter. Festival section: [...] The postTal Granit and Sharon Maymon – The Farewell Party – LIVE #Venezia71appeared...

Peter Ho-Sun Chan, Director, Qin’ai de (Dearest). Festival Section: Out of Competition. FRED meets filmmaker Peter Chan to talk about his latest work DEAREST, presented out of competition in the 71st Venice Film Festival. The film deals with a real life bizarre and particularly intricate case of a missing child. Reporter: [...] The postPeter Ho-Sun Chan – Qin’ai de (Dearest) #Venezia71appeared fir...

From the Turkish Film Stand at the Venice Film Festival, Basak Emre talks about the centenary of Turkish cinema, its current festival successes, and its presence in Venice. Reporter: Bénédicte Prot. The postBasak Emre – Turkish Film Stand #Venezia71appeared first onFred Film Radio.

Amos Gitai, Director, Words with Gods. Festival Section: Out of Competition. Fred meets with long-take contemporary master Amos Gitai, here at Venice 71 with the collective film Words With Gods. Reporter: Nicolò Comotti. The postAmos Gitai – Words with Gods #Venezia71appeared first onFred Film Radio.

Xin Yukun (writer/director) & Clement Magar (associate producer), Binguan (The Coffin in the Mountain). Festival Section: Venice Critics Week. First time writer/director Xin Yukun dropped into FRED’s studio to talk about his film BINGUAN (THE COFFIN IN THE MOUNTAIN) selected for this year’s Venice International Critics week. Clement Magar – associate producer [...] The postXin Yukun & Clement Maga...

Cherien Dabis, Actress, Villa Touma. Festival Section: Venice Critics Week. VILLA TOUMA is a wonderful film about three spinster sisters who are forced to look after their orphaned niece Badia. They have shut the world out following occupation, and expect the newcomer to marry so they can absolve themselves of [...] The postCherien Dabis – Villa Touma #sicveneziaappeared first onFred Film Radio.

Warwick Thornton, Director, Words with Gods. Festival Section: Out of competition. Fred has a chance to talk face face with Warwick Thornton and his “True Gods”: the first film of the collective endeavour Words with Gods, here at Venice 71, out of competition. Reporter: Nicolò Comotti. The postWarwick Thornton – Words with Gods #Venezia71appeared first onFred Film Radio.

Rania Attieh (Writer) & Daniel Garcia (Director), H. Festival Section: Biennale College Cinema. Description: The Biennale College cinema selects only twelve projects out from hundreds of entries – “H.” is one of those selected for development to the big screen. H. is a modern interpretation of a classic Greek tragedy [...] The postRania Attieh & Daniel Garcia – H #Venezia71appeared first onFred Fi...

Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Director, The President FRED has the pleasure of meeting the celebrated Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf, whose latest work THE PRESIDENT opened the Orizzonti section of the 71st Venice Film Festival. Set in a fictitious country and with an air of timelessness about it, this is the story of [...] The postMohsen Makhmalbaf, The President #venezia71appeared first onFred Film Ra...

Keith Miller, Director, Five Star. Festival Section: Venice Days. Fred has the pleasure to talk to Keith Miller, here at Venice Days with his last film Five Star. Reporter: Nicolò Comotti. The postKeith Miller – Five Star #VeniceDaysappeared first onFred Film Radio.

Luisa Conlon, Daryl Freimack, Producers, Five Star. Festival Section: Venice Days. Fred meets with Luisa Conlon and Daryl Freimack, the production team behind 5 Star, the last film by Keith Miller. Between film and social commitment, we find out what it means to be an engaged producer in independent cinema. [...] The postLuisa Conlon, Daryl Freimack – Five Star #VeniceDaysappeared first onFred Fil...

Suha Arraf, Writer/director, Villa Touma. Festival Section: Venice Critics Week. VILLA TOUMA is a wonderful film about three spinster sisters who are forced to look after their orphaned niece Badia. They have shut the world out following occupation, and expect the newcomer to marry so they can absolve themselves of [...] The postSuha Arraf – Villa Touma #sicveneziaappeared first onFred Film Radio.

Barry Ward (actor), Luke Seomore (Writer/Directors), Joseph Bull (Writer/Directors), Blood Cells. Festival Section: Biennale College Cinema. The Biennale College cinema only selects 12 projects to work with and develop for the big screen, BLOOD CELLS is one of the twelve. We spoke to writer/directors Luke Seomore and Joseph Bull and [...] The postBarry Ward, Luke Seomore, Joseph Bull – Blood Cells...

J-P Valkeapaa (Director and co-screenwriter), Teppo Manner (Actor), They Have Escape. Festival ection: Venice Days. FRED meets the director and co-screenwriter J-P Valkeapaa and actor Teppo Manner of THEY HAVE ESCAPED (He Ovet Paenneet), presented in the Venice Days section of the 71st Venice Film Festival. They Have Escaped is a Finnish [...] The postJ-P Valkeapaa / Teppo Manner – They Have Escap...

Tal Granit, Directors, Sharon Maymon – Mita Tova (The Farewell Party). Festival Section: Venice Days. THE FARWELL PARTY addresses the controversial issue of euthanasia in a touching, yet funny way. A group of friends at a JErusalem retirement home build a machine for self-euthanasia in order to help their terminally [...] The postTal Granit, Sharon Maymon – Mita Tova (The Farewell Party) #VeniceDa...

Zeev Revah, Levana Finkelstein, Actors, Mita Tova (The Farewell Party). Festival Section: Venice Days. A group of friends at a Jerusalem retirement home build a machine for self-euthanasia in order to help their terminally ill friend, Max. With rumours of the machine beginning to spread, more and more people begin [...] The postZeev Revah, Levana Finkelstein – Mita Tova (The Farewell Party) #Venic...

Joshua Oppenheimer, Director, The Look of Silence. Festival Section: Venezia 71. FRED has the pleasure of meeting documentarian Joshua Oppenheimer, who presented his latest work THE LOOK OF SILENCE at the 71st Venice Film Festival – his follow up to his rightly celebrated feature The Act of Killing. In The Look of [...] The postJoshua Oppenheimer – The Look of Silence #Venezia71appeared first onFr...

Miranda July, Director, MIU MIU Women’s Tales: Somebody. Festival Section: Venice Days. Fred speaks with the many-talented enfant terrible Miranda July. Here in Venice with her last short SOMEBODY, part of MIU MIU’s women’s tales, she gives us a glimpse of how her creative process works, helicopters permitting… Reporter: Nicolò [...] The postMiranda July – MIU MIU Women’s Tales: Somebody #VeniceDa...

Shawn Christensen, director, Before I Disappear Fred meets again with Shawn Christensen, after interviewing him in Tribeca Film Festival 2012 for his short film CURFEW which won the Oscar in 2013. BEFORE I DISAPPEAR is Shawn Christensen’s first feature film, which is the feature length version of Curfew. The film tells [...] The postShawn Christensen, Before I Disappear #Venezia71appeared first on...

Peyman Moaadi, Actor, Melbourne. Festival Section: Venice International Film Critics Week. FRED has the pleasure of meeting actor Peyman Moaadi, who turns in another great performance in MELBOURNE by Nima Javidi. Here, he plays the story of a man who is on the verge of his big move from Iran to Melbourne with his [...] The postPeyman Moaadi – Melbourne #sicveneziaappeared first onFred Film Radio.