PODCAST | Welcome to FRED Film Radio’s new weekly show, Big FRED Tuesday – your weekly round-up of all things related to cinema, featuring news from the world of film and interviews with various international guests. In thi sfinal episode of the Big FRED Tuesday: – A conversation with “unconventional” filmmaker Edgar Pêra; – A celebration of the life and legacy of Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami; – Archive interviews with Michael Pearce and Maggie Gyllenhall; – An appreciation of Elvis Presle...
Feb 01, 2022•45 min
PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Pamela Hutchinson , programmer of In the Eyes of a Silent Star: The Films of Asta Nielsen. A conversation with Pamela Hutchinson, programmer of a retrospective on Danish silent film star Asta Nielsen, which will take place at BFI Southbank on February 3-March 15, 2022. The retrospective will take place theatricall and is titled In the Eyes of a Silent Star: The Films of Asta Nielsen . In this conversation, Hutchinson shares more info about Nielsen and the films ...
Jan 27, 2022
PODCAST | Welcome to FRED Film Radio’s new weekly show, Big FRED Tuesday – your weekly round-up of all things related to cinema, featuring news from the world of film and interviews with various international guests. In this episode: – Film historian Pamela Hutchinson talks about an upcoming BFI Southbank retrospective on Danish silent film star Asta Nielsen (February 3-March 15, 2022); – A celebration of the life and legacy of American filmmaker Frank Capra; – An interview with Anders Emblem, d...
Jan 25, 2022•42 min
PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Bastian Meiresonne , one of the programmers of the Black Movie International Indipendent Film Festival. A conversation with Bastian Meiresonne, one of the programmers of the Black Movie International Independent Film Festival in Geneva, Switzerland. This year’s hybrid edition of the festival will take place on Januar 21-30, during which 89 films will be shown, divided into nine thematic sections. Meiresonne tells us about what’s on offer and even tells us a bit ...
Jan 21, 2022
PODCAST| Matt Micucci interviews Christian Bräuer , President of CICAE. A conversation with Christian Bräuer, President of CICAE, the International Confederation of Arthouse Cinemas. Here, Bräuer talks about the history and mission statement of CICAE and talks about this year’s edition of the European Arthouse Cinema Day, organized in partnership with Europa Cinemas, to promote European filmmaking and moviegoing. The post Christian Bräuer – President of CICAE appeared first on Fred Film Radio ....
Nov 28, 2021
PODCAST |Matt Micucci interviews Sandra Lipski , director of the Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival. A conversation with Sandra Lipski, founder/director of the Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival, the landmark 10th anniversary of which will take place from the 27th of October to the 2nd of November. In this interview, Lipski talks about the history and mission statement of the festival and talks about some of the highlights of this year’s edition, including films from diff...
Oct 12, 2021
PODCAST |Matt Micucci interviews David Bartlett , director of the film Mousie . A conversation with David Bartlett, director of the short film Mousie , which has been screening at various film festivals throughout the year. Eligible to be considered for an Academy Award, the film tells the story of a 7-year-old Roma girl hiding from the Nazis in Berlin in 1936 in an old Weimar Club. In this interview Bartlett talks about some of the major themes of the film, what art means in the face of tyranny...
Oct 09, 2021
PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Stefanie Plappert , curator of the exhibition Catastrophe. What Comes After the End? . A conversation with Stefanie Plappert, curator of a new exhibition exploring disaster movies that recently opened at the German Film Museum in Frankfurt. The exhibition is titled “ Catastrophe. What Comes After the End? ” It opened on July 14 and will run through January 9, 2022. Aside from focusing on the history of this cinematic subgenre, form earlier examples to present-da...
Jul 27, 2021
PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Udi Nir , director of the film Viral . A conversation with Udi Nir, co director with Sagi Bornstein, of the film Viral , which premiered at this year’s Docaviv. The film retraces the general tumult of 2020 via the first-hand documentation of a diverse range of YouTubers. In this interview, Nir discusses the genesis of this project and his interest in YouTube and social media, as well as how their rise in popularity may even have impacted the film industry and ci...
Jul 14, 2021
PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Daniel Sivan , director of the film Dirty Tricks . A conversation with Daniel Sivan, director of Dirty Tricks , a new documentary that premiered at this year’s Docaviv. The documentary explores a recent huge scandal in the world of competitive bridge. Here, Sivan talks about how he came across his story, as well as what it is that fascinated him about the world of competitive bridge, once it opened its doors to him, and why working on this project was so refresh...
Jul 08, 2021
PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Sara Mesfer , director of the film T he Girls Who Burned the Night . Director Sara Mesfer talks about The Girls Who Burned the Night , which has been presented at various film festivals and is also screening at the Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films. She talks about its store, the challenge of casting the role and the importance of the specific location in which it is set. The conversation also touches on the current cinematic movement of Saudi A...
Jun 29, 2021
PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Jonathan Rosen , visual artist and creative director. A chat with New York City-based visual artist and creative director Jonathan Rosen about his NFT debut with back-to-back exhibitions in London and New York City. Rosen talks about how with this project, he sought to bring the digital space, represented by NFTs, into our physical world. He also talks about exploring the theme of fame and the interactive nature of his artworks. In addition, to commemorate pride...
Jun 15, 2021
PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Carolina Martins , assistant producer of the 4th International Conference 4th on Stereo & Immersive Media. A conversation with Carolina Martins, S&I Media Assistant Producer, about the 4th International Conference on Stereo & Immersive Media in Lisbon, Portugal, taking place on June 11-12 and June 18-19 online this year. The conference aims to bring together the research fields of photography, sound and cinema, considering their historical and curren...
Jun 15, 2021
PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Olamide Ojegbenro , director of the Chroma International Film Festival. A conversation with Olamide Ojegbenro, director of the Chroma International Film Festival, set to run this September in Dublin, Ireland. This is the first international BIPOC film festival in Ireland, dedicated to celebrating and amplifying the voices of both emerging and established filmmakers from diverse backgrounds. Ojegbenro talks about the significance of running a festival like this i...
Jun 03, 2021
PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Samba Gadjigo and Jason Silverman , directors of the film Sembene! . A conversation with Samba Gadjigo and Jason Silverman about the life and legacy of the father of African cinema, Ousmane Sembéne. Together, they directed a 2015 documentary feature called Sembene! and look after the preservation of and accessibility to the works of Sembene via The Sembene Project and Sembene Across Africa. All this we talk about here. Sembene! : is a feature-length HD documenta...
May 28, 2021
PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews David Walsh , head of FIAF ‘s Training and Outreach. A conversation with David Walsh, head of FIAF’s Training and Outreach, about this year’s Biennial Audio-Visual Archival Summer School. The program will run digitally on September 20-October 1 and registration will open between June 16-July 7. Aside from speaking about the Summer School, we talk about FIAF’s commitment to trainings in film preservation and the importance of film preservation at large. BAVASS 20...
May 28, 2021
PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Jo Mühlberger , deputy managing director of European Film Promotion. A conversation with Jo Mühlberger, deputy managing director of European Film Promotion, about this year’s edition of its long-standing Producers on the Move program. European Film Promotion is an international promotion organization and a unique network of 38 national film promotion institutes, who represent films and talent from their respective territories. Producers on the Move is its long-s...
May 19, 2021
PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Farbod Ardebili , director of the film Forbidden to See Us Scream in Tehran. A conversation with filmmaker Farbod Ardebili about his award-winning short film Forbidden to See Us Scream in Tehran , a film set in the underground metal scene of Iran. In this interview, Ardebili discusses metal in his native country and why it is dangerous to perform it there. He also talks about the challenges of making this film, particularly having lived in exile in the United St...
May 19, 2021
PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Tiny Mungwe , producer at STEPS. A conversation with Tiny Mungwe, documentary and arts producer working at Social Transformation and Empowerment Projects (STEPS), where she produces a pan-African anthology of 30 documentaries from different African countries called Generation Africa. In this interview, she talks about STEPS and Generation Africa, offering specific examples of the work that has been done so far as part of the anthology through two of its document...
Apr 20, 2021
PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Thomas Quain , director of the animated web series Poxy Bleedin Shop . A conversation with Thomas Quain, director of the animated web series Poxy Bleedin Shop . This comedic series is set in and around a mysterious off-license in an unnamed town of Ireland and the colourful characters that populate it. In this interview, Quain talks about his interest in animation and the form’s expressive potential, particularly when dealing with such delicate themes as homeles...
Mar 23, 2021
