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At the 16th Bari International Film & Tv Festival, FRED Film Radio interviewed the director Ibër Deari to talk about “Everybody Calls Redjo”, a film presented at the Meridiana section. A universal story “Everybody Calls Redjo” is a story of immigration. The protagonist decides to stay in his country while everyone around him decides to leave. "I thought that this type of immigration only happened...

At the 16th Bari International Film & Tv Festival, FRED Film Radio interviewed the director Gala Gracia to talk about “The Remnants of You”, a film presented at the Meridiana section. A therapeutic story “The Remnants of You” has some autobiographical elements. Was it therapeutic for Gala Gracia to be able to direct and tell this story? “I think most of the people that do the first movie have a ve...

At the 16th Bari International Film & Tv Festival, FRED Film Radio interviewed the director Mark Anthony Green to talk about “Opus”, a film with John Malkovich, Ayo Edebiri, Juliette Lewis, Murray Bartlett presented at Rosso di sera section. The idea of tribalism “Opus” describes celebrity as a dangerous cult. How does Mark Anthony Green think the obsession of fame, even among ordinary people thro...

At the 16th Bari International Film & Tv Festival, FRED Film Radio interviewed the director Samira El Mouzghibati to talk about “(Y)our Mother”, a film presented at the Meridiana section. The meaning of family In “(Y)our Mother”, Samira El Mouzghibati asks her sisters what family means to them. But what does family mean to the director? Did the concept of family change after the documentary? “It's...

At the 16th Bari International Film & Tv Festival, FRED Film Radio interviewed the director Ameer Fakher Eldin to talk about "Yunan", a film presented at the Meridiana section. The meaning of home “Yunan” is a film that talks about identity and memory. Two elements deeply linked to the concept of "home". What does "home" represent for Ameer Fakher Eldin. “I come from a place which is a bit conflic...

As part of the 2025 edition of the Cinema Made in Italy festival in London, Fred FM spoke to the director of the closing night film, "The Great Ambition." Andrea Segre revealed the motivations behind returning to this period of Italian history, particularly when Enrico Berlinguer was the leader of the Italian Communist party in the 1970s, as well as the painstaking research that went into making t...

At the 2025 Cinema Made in Italy festival at London's BFI, Fred Film Radio had the chance to speak with singer-songwriter turned filmmaker Margherita Vicario about her stunning directorial debut, "Gloria!". Margherita Vicario explained her two-part compulsion to share the story as autobiographical elements borne out of her desire to capture the intricacies of the creative process "inside the soul...

London audiences were treated to something a little different as part of the Cinema Made in Italy festival 2025: "Diva Futura," a darkly comic, satirical look at the beginnings of the porn industry in Italy back in the 80s, courtesy of Riccardo Schicchi. Fred Film Radio sat down with the movie's writer and director, Giulia Steigerwalt, to hear about telling the story from the perspective of his se...

During the 2025 edition of the Cinema Made in Italy festival in London, Fred FM had an in-depth chat with the charming star of "The American Backyard", Filippo Scotti. The actor revealed how he was actually brought on last minute to take on the lead role in the gothic, noir thriller, loosely following one man's search for a missing woman he holds an unrequited love for, by veteran of Italian cinem...

Ahead of a screening of his movie during the Cinema Made in Italy festival in London, Fred Film Radio sat down to a chat with co-director Casey Kaufmann to discuss all things "Vittoria". Emerging as a kind of trilogy alongside previous films based in Torre Annunziata, Naples, "Butterfly" and "Californie" , "Vittoria" tells the real-life story of Jasmine, a hairdresser who the filmmakers met while...

Ahead of the 39th edition of BFI Flare, Fred FM got the lowdown on this year's lineup from one of the festival's programmers, Diana Cipriano. Cipriano shared some of the highlights for this year, particularly some of the trends and key themes arising across the selection and how they reflect the current landscape for LGBTQIA+ film, for instance, parenthood in all its iterations in opening night ti...

At the 43rd BFM FRED Film Radio interviewed Christian Petzold, a leading exponent of the “Berlin School”, featured in Europe, Now!, the section of the Bergamo Film Meeting dedicated to contemporary European cinema. The role on cinema in a divided Europe Christian Petzold is the son of emigrants from East Germany and in his first short films he told the story of the changes brought about by the fal...

“House Music: A Cultural Evolution” by Barbara Allen opened the door to the world of house music and its roots to the audience of the Seeyousound festival, in Torino. The director is from Chicago, where a specific and upcoming brand of house music was born in the 80’s and still is ruling the dance floors. Like happened for disco music in the 70’s, the roots of house came from the minorities’ neces...

Jonas Odell is one of the guests of Animation cinema: AnReal, the section at the 43° Bergamo Film Meeting dedicated to animated documentaries. As in the last decade, the interest in animated non-fictional storytelling has become increasingly evident carving out an important space for itself even within sectoral festivals such as DOK Leipzig (for documentary cinema) or Annecy (for animated cinema),...

Czech screenwriter and director Alice Nellis is Bergamo Film Meeting’s protagonist of Europe, Now!, the section dedicated to contemporary European auteur cinema. Along with german Director Christian Petzold, Nellis will present, at the Festival, her complete filmography including her famous "Ene bene – Eeny Meeny", 2000, "Tajnosti – Little Girl Blue", 2007 and "Buko", 2022.  Her feature debut, "En...

World Cinema Fund is a special programme linked to the European Film Market and to the Berlinale with the  goal to promote high-quality filmmaking in regions with a weak infrastructure for film, while fostering cultural diversity in German cinemas as well as supporting collaboration between German and European producers and partners in WCF regions and countries. In the days of activity of the Fund...

Stefania Ippoliti, as Director of the Toscana Film Commission, met with us in Cannes to talk about its presence at the frstival to promote and present a film that was produced in Tuscany with the support of her office; the film is "Heads or Tails" ("Testa o Croce"). In our chat, we talked about the involvement in the film, and also about the education programme that we talked about in Berlin. Film...

Gemma Lynch is the Head of Production of Sardinia Film Commission. Her presence at the European Film Market, besides the regular activities of finding productions to come and shoot on the island and promoting the territory,  is strictly link to the promotion of talents from the region, through a delegation of professionals that have been brought to Berlin to mingle and let themselves be known. The...

The Emilia Romagna Film Commission was present at the European Film Market 2025 also as partner on a film that was in the Berlinale programme. the film is "Paternal Leave" by Alissa Jung that was shoot almost entirely in the region. Talking with Emma Barboni, film commissioner, we discover how the film was born and why it had to be shot in Emilia Romagna. And we also have a glimpse on the new fund...

The Italian Film Commission Association has recently renovated its board. the new elected members are the president Jacopo Chessa, (Veneto Film Commission) and the two vice presidents Alessandra Miletto (Valle d'Aosta Film Commission) and Fabio Abagnato (Emilia Romagna Film Commission). We met with the president and one of the vice president to talk about what this elections mean for them and for...

We met with the IDM Film Commission Südtirol at the European Film Market 2025, in Berlin. Talking with Birgit Oberkofler, Head Film Fund & Commissioner we found out about the news in their activities and we talked about the experience of participating to the production of "Vermiglio", the acclaimed Italian film that was shot in their region. Two new funds Birgit Oberkofler told us about two new fu...

Alessandra Miletto, Director of the Valle d'Aosta Film Commission, was in Berlin attending the European Film Market. We met at the Italian Pavillon, home-base for the all the Italian professionals at the EFM, to talk about the news happening in the region and to the youngest and smallest film commission in Italy. Three new Production Companies and a cap raise in funding Alessandra Miletto explains...

“The good Sister“, the feature film directed by Sarah Miro Fischer, included in the panorama section of the Berlinale 75 is an unusual take on the issue of sexual violence, seen form the point of view of the sister of the perpetrator. Starting form a personal experience of violence, Sarah Miro Fischer narrates the fade-out of the other and sister relationship under the weight of an accusation of r...

At the 75th Berlinale, director Huo Meng captivated audiences with "Living the Land", a poignant and visually stunning portrait of rural China on the brink of transformation. The film, which won the Silver Bear for Best Director, delicately explores the impact of modernization on traditional life, following a young boy left behind as his parents seek work in the city. A Cinematic Time Capsule Rath...

Liryc Dela Cruz is at the 75th Berlinale with his directorial debut feature "When the night stands still - Come la notte".  The film, set in Italy is a co-production between Italy and the Philippines and it follows three Filipino siblings, all domestic workers in Italy, reunite in their older sister Lilia's inherited villa. The idea came to Dela Cruz as he proceeded to mix up all the tales he hear...