FRED Film Radio - English Channel
Welcome to FRED’s channel in ENGLISH Are you a film lover / a film buff / a filmmaker / an actor / a film critic / a journalist / a film student / a festival organizer / a producer / a distributor / a film buyer / a sales agent/ a film publicist interested in independent cinema and film festivals? YOU ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACE FRED FILM RADIO IS YOUR RADIO ! The idea is to allow all those who cannot be at film festivals to share in the experience as if they were, and to offer more in-depth information and targeted entertainment to those actually there. If English is yo...
“Primetime”, interview with actors Skyler Gisondo, Merritt Wever and Bokeem Woodbine
In competition at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival 2026, Primetime is the narrative feature debut of documentary director Lance Oppenheim, a fever-dream thriller inspired by the true story of Chris Hansen and To Catch a Predator, with Robert Pattinson transformed into a gonzo version of the star journalist. Skyler Gisondo, Merritt Wever and Bokeem Woodbine are part of the film’s supporting cast, playing people caught up inside Hansen’s operation as it turns justice into entertainment. In conversation, the three actors reflect on the moral weight of the material and on how closely the show’s 2006 world of hidden...
“The Echo Chamber”, interview with actors Luca Marinelli and Alicia Vikander
In competition at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival, The Echo Chamber, directed by Andrea Pallaoro, stars Luca Marinelli and Alicia Vikander as a couple whose intimacy slowly curdles into dependency, confined largely within a single apartment. The screenplay was originally begun by Bernardo Bertolucci, before being reshaped by Pallaoro, along with screenwriters Ilaria Bernardini, and Ludovica Rampoldi into what the two actors describe as a deeply personal film about the marks people leave inside one another.
An echo of Bertolucci
Asked what it meant to work on a script that...
Global Critics Venice Voice – Highlights and film critics from Venice Film Festival – episode 8/09
Global Critics Venice Voice, hosted by internationally renowned film critic Rita Di Santo, is the daily podcast of the Venice International Film Festival 2026, produced by FRED Film Radio directly from the Lido di Venezia.
Each episode takes listeners inside the Festival with exclusive and thoughtful conversations with leading international film critics, and in-depth analysis of the year’s most anticipated films.
Rita Di Santo and her guests bring to life the unique atmosphere of Venice, offering a rare insider’s view of the stories, talent, and cinematic moments that make the Mostra one of the world’s m...
Across The Bridge – The Best of Venice Production Bridge 2026, September 8
Across The Bridge brings you the highlights and the best of Venice Production Bridge 2026 during 83rd Venice Film Festival.
In a daily podcast, Angelo Acerbi and Carolina Mancini explore the key events, discussions and issues shaping Venice Production Bridge 2026, with the help of guests and interviews, offering an insider’s perspective on one of the film industry’s most distinctive and effective film markets.
Discover all the latest industry news and developments presented at the Lido from September 3 to 9, 2026.
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“The Burning Giants”, interview with director Phuttiphong Aroonpheng
During the Venice International Film Festival 2026 we spoke with Phuttiphong Aroonpheng, director of The Burning Giants, presented here in the Orizzonti section of the Festival. A haunting reflection on displacement, memory and the fragile relationship between people and the land they call home, blending environmental conflict with indigenous history, mythology and magical realism, the film explores how erased pasts continue to shape the present. Through ghosts, legends and haunted landscapes, Phuttiphong Aroonpheng turns forgotten histories into a powerful meditation on identity, belonging and resistance.
The interview
During our conversation for FRED Film Radio, P...
“No paradise if you are killed by a woman”, interview with director Halkawt Mustafa and actress Avan Jamal
During the 83rd edition of the Venice International Film Festival we spoke with director Halkawt Mustafa and actress Avan Jamal for the film No paradise if you are killed by a woman, presented here in the Venice Open – Out of Competition section of the Festival. A compelling story where the director was inspired by the Kurdish women who stood against the darkness and chose to fight ISIS. Their courage has stayed with him since 2014, when he met women on the front line who were living with fear, loss and uncertainty, yet refused to give up.
Th...
“Arrested Memory”, interview with director Sabu
During the Venice International Film Festival 2026 we spoke with Sabu, director of the film Arrested Memory, presented here in the Venice Open – Out of Competition section of the Festival. A layered story about memory, identity and the fragile process of rediscovering oneself after trauma… Blending darkness with Sabu’s distinctive dry humour, turning remembrance into a path toward healing, reconstruction and liberation.
The interview
During our interview for FRED Film Radio, the director Sabu explained how it was bringing together Japanese and Taiwanese cultural traditions while embracing the creative possibilities of working outside his us...
“Conversation With The Sea”, interview with director Muayad Alayan and writer Rami Alayan
During the Venice International Film Festival 2026 we spoke with director Muayad Alayan and writer Rami Alayan for the film Conversation With The Sea, presented here at the Venice Spotlight section of the Festival. A story inspired by true personal family events set in Jerusalem where the city is a big protagonist as well, and where a mystery lays into the waves of the sea.
The interview
During our interview with FRED Film Radio, the director Muayad Alayan told us that Jerusalem is far more than a setting here in Conversation With The Sea...
“Possible Love”, interview with director Lee Chang-dong and actors Jeon Do-yeon and Sul Kyung-gu
During the Venice Film Festival 2026 we spoke with director Lee Chang-dong and actors Jeon Do-yeon and Sul Kyung-gu on the film Possible Love, presented here in Competition at the Festival. A conversation that delves into the film’s thematic layers and the creative approaches behind its storytelling, offering insights into the director’s vision and the actors’ interpretations.
The interview
Lee Chang-dong discusses the thematic focus of Possible Love, emphasizing the significance of looking and of the gaze in the film. He explains how the film explores the conflict between labor and capital through the lens o...
“My Notes On Mars”, interview with director Lili Horvát and actors Mackenzie Davis and Rupert Friend
My Notes On Mars by Lili Horvát, opening the Giornate degli Autori, at the 83rd Venice Film Festival, is a film that explores love, science, space, and faith in others. In this interview we delve into the film’s themes and the creative choices behind it, as an inspiring example of the merging between sci-fi metaphor and intimate human relationships.
Exploring the main themes of My Notes On Mars
Lili Horvát discusses how her film is primarily a love story about a long-term relationship, intertwined with a subtle science fiction layer used...
Interview with Ada Solomon, chair of the European Film Academy
Ada Solomon is a renowned producer and the chair of the European Film Academy. She is currently promoting her film I Matter at the Venice Film Festival 2026, where it is competing in the Spotlight Section. She also took part in two panels: “Recognizing the creative Contribution of Producers” and “The Role of Film Education in Attracting young Audience”, organized by
The importance of supporting a first time Roma director and the journey to Venice
Ada Solomon discusses her pride in presenting I Matter, the first film by a Roma woman filmmaker to be an official selectio...
Global Critics Venice Voice – Highlights and film critics from Venice Film Festival – episode 7/09
Global Critics Venice Voice, hosted by internationally renowned film critic Rita Di Santo, is the daily podcast of the Venice International Film Festival 2026, produced by FRED Film Radio directly from the Lido di Venezia.
Each episode takes listeners inside the Festival with exclusive and thoughtful conversations with leading international film critics, and in-depth analysis of the year’s most anticipated films.
Rita Di Santo and her guests bring to life the unique atmosphere of Venice, offering a rare insider’s view of the stories, talent, and cinematic moments that make the Mostra one of the world’s m...
Venice Production Bridge 2026 – Daily Preview of Film Market, September 8
Start your day on FRED Film Radio with Venice Production Bridge 2026 morning preview: for the first six days of the market, Carolina Mancini joined by VPB director Pascal Diot, Chiara Marin, Coordinator of the market and Curator of Book Adaptation Rights Market and Alessandra Speciale, Curator of Final Cut in Venice, walks you through the unmissable events and the highlights of the Venice Production Bridge, taking place between the Hotel Excelsior, the Venice Immersive Island (Lazzaretto Vecchio) and the Match Point Arena.
Choose your panels and set your agenda with FRED Film Radio!
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Across The Bridge – The Best of Venice Production Bridge 2026, September 7
Across The Bridge brings you the highlights and the best of Venice Production Bridge 2026 during 83rd Venice Film Festival.
In a daily podcast, Angelo Acerbi and Carolina Mancini explore the key events, discussions and issues shaping Venice Production Bridge 2026, with the help of guests and interviews, offering an insider’s perspective on one of the film industry’s most distinctive and effective film markets.
Discover all the latest industry news and developments presented at the Lido from September 3 to 9, 2026.
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“Al Baraneya”, Interview with writer and director El-Hamus and acterss Reem Amer
A Story Born from Personal Experience
Set in Al Baraneya, the Egyptian village where Ashgan El-Hamus’s family comes from, the film was inspired by the filmmaker’s first visit there after the birth of her child.
What initially appeared to be a simple day spent with her extended family became a profound experience of collective life. Sharing tea and dinner, surrounded by several generations of women, El-Hamus rediscovered a form of closeness and communal care that she sometimes misses in modern Western society.
That experience became the emotional starting point for Al Bara...
“My Undesirable Friends: Part II – Exile”, Interview with director Julia Loktev
A Documentary Shaped by History
In My Undesirable Friends: Part II – Exile, Julia Loktev continues the story begun in the first chapter of her documentary project. Presented in the Venice Open – Out of Competition – Non-Fiction section at the 83rd Venice Film Festival, the film follows a group of independent Russian journalists across four years of displacement.
Loktev began filming in Russia four months before the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. At the time, she was documenting journalists who had been labelled “foreign agents,” without knowing that her work would soon capture one of the most drama...
“Demetra in Esilio”, interview with the director Maria Giovanna Cicciari and the producer Raffaella Pontarelli
Demetera in Esilio is one of the four projects supported by Biennale College and screened this year in Venice Film Festival 2026. We talked to the director, Maria Giovanna Cicciari, and the producer, Raffaella Pontarelli (Amarena Film) after the official screening of the film which is a contemporary interpretation of the myth of Demeter and Persephone, an original way to speak about mother-daughter and man-nature relationships.
Demetra in Esilio: the potential of an ancient myth
Maria Giovanna Cicciari says that she wrote the first draught of the story 10 years ago after a trip to Greece and afte...
“Citizen Osama”, interview with artistic supervisor Rashid Masharawi and producer Laura Nikolov
Presented at Venice Film Festival 2026, Citizen Osama by Ahmed Hassouna presents an intimate and deeply political portrait of Gaza. Artistic supervisor Rashid Masharawi and producer Laura Nikolov continue the commitment behind the From Ground Zero initiative.
Created during the war, the project brought together 22 short films made by filmmakers in Gaza. The films travelled to more than 300 international festivals and were shortlisted for the Academy Awards. For Masharawi, this is also a personal responsibility. Born and raised in Gaza, he lost both his home and his family home during the war. As a filmmaker, he wants to...
“Oase”, interview with director Jannis Lenz
During the Venice Film Festival 2026 we spoke with Jannis Lenz, director of the film Oase (Oasis), presented here in the Orizzonti section of the Festival. This interview revolved on how the themes of the film reflects many thematics of the contemporary society, especially focusing on how young generations relate to visibility and the mechanisms of social validation, exploring the evolving dynamics of youth, identity, and societal influence of the digital world.
The interview
During our interview for FRED Film Radio, director Jannis Lenz highlighted how the main topic of Oase lays in the young people’s...
“The Difficult Bride”, interview with director Rubaiyat Hossain
During the Venice Film Festival 2026 we spoke with Rubaiyat Hossain, director and writer of the film The Difficult Bride, presented in the Orizzonti section of the Festival. This Bangladeshi film marks a significant milestone as it is the first from Bangladesh selected for this session, exploring the challenges in the cinematic representations of women, and also Bangladeshi legends through the unique perspective of the Director.
The interview
During our interview with FRED Film Radio, the director Rubaiyat Hossain opened up on how the film specifically focuses on the ways both the human gaze and the...
