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“Drift”, interview with director Anthony Chen
Last Monday at 2:13 PM

Caméra d’Or-winning film director Anthony Chen’s English-language debut, “Drift“, will have its UK cinematic release on 29 March.

The film, starring the multi-Award-winning Cynthia Erivo, is based on the novel A Marker to Measure Drift by Alexander Maksik. After premiering at Sundance Film Festival last year and traveling along film festivals around the world, the film is ready to land on UK screens.

Anthony Chen (“Ilo Ilo“, “Wet Season“) reveals that “even though Alexander Maksik’s novel is a work of fiction, there was a truth in its heroine that felt utterly human and honest”. He was s...


“Reaction NY”, interview with Pietro Jona and Francesca Mor
03/13/2024

Following the European edition of “Reaction”, including the three in Rome at the Macro – Museum of Contemporary Art and another in Madrid at the Centro de Cultura Contemporaneo Conde Duque.

We meet artists Pietro Jona and Francesca Mor who are currently working on the very first edition of “Reaction NY“ in collaboration with Union Square Partnership.

“Reaction NY” is a collective project that embodies a new way of making art and communicating – “Reaction NY” will give people who live, work, and visit New York an opportunity to participate as co-creators and participants of this moving picture, a portrait...


Interview with Lukas Moodysson – Europe, Now!
03/07/2024

Lukas Moodysson, a Swedish auteur also known in Italy especially for his films at the turn of the 1990s and early 2000s (“Fucking Amal“, 1998, “Together“, 2000, “Lilja 4-ever“, 2002 and “We Are the Best!”, 2013 is the protagonist of Europe, Now!, section of the 42nd Bergamo Film Meeting, focusing on contemporary European auteur cinema.

Moodysson’s filmography reflects an interest in authentic human stories and a keen sensitivity to social issues. His unquestionable ability to outline characters with an indulgent and ironic gaze, exploring complex and challenging themes with lightness but also without fear of venturing into the meanders of experimentation an...


“Sasquatch Sunset”, interview with directors David and Nathan Zellner
03/02/2024

The Zellner brothers are back with their surreal stories. With “Sasquatch Sunset“,  presented at the 74th Berlinale in the Special section, they imagine and depict the real life of a family of Sasquatches on North America.

With Nathan Zellner also playing the alpha male in the family besides directing with his brother David, the film tells the story entirely from the Sasquatch’s point of view.

Possibly the last of their enigmatic kind, the Sasquatches are also played by actors Riley Keough and Jesse Eisenberg who immediately said yes to the project and embarked on this di...


“The great yawn of history”, interview with director Alyar Rasti
02/27/2024

“The great yawn of history“, Aliyar Rasti’s debut feature film,  was born from an idea the Iranian director got from a  fever dream he had. The film is in the Encounters competitive section at the 74th Berlinale and it’s script comes from a dialogue between two men talking about a miracle.

This is the story of two men of different beliefs, going on a journey to find a box of gold coins at the end of a cave .

Through his two characters, Aliyar Rasti explores two visions of the world, the religious and mystic one...


“Some rain must fall”, interview with director Qiu Yang
02/27/2024

“The story is about Cai, a middle-class, full-time housewife and mother. She allowed me to see stories I have personally lived. All those stories that everybody knows but nobody talks about”. These are the words of Chinese director Qiu Yang describing his debut feature film, “Some rain must fall“, competing in the Encounters section at the 74th Berlinale.

The director, who was awarded the Short Film Palme d’Or at the 70th Cannes film Festival with “A Gentle Night“, admits that he based the protagonist character on his mum, a traditional woman, a so-called “Chinese parent” as he writes in his p...


“Matt and Mara”, interview with director Kazik Radwanski and actor Matt Johnson
02/24/2024

With the 2019’s title “Anne at 13,000 ft.” Canadian director Kazik Radwanski worked successfully with actors Matt Johnson and Deragh Campbell. As he wanted to reproduce the magic of that film, he cast the two again for “Matt and Mara“, screening in the Encounters competition at the 74th Berlinale.

“Matt and Mara” is the story of a creative writing professor who reunites with an old friend and free-spirited author Matt. Despite her being married with a daughter, they start a sort of undefined relationship where the line between friendship and something more is never really drawn.

Kazik Radwanski...


“Made in England: the films of Powell and Pressburger”, interview with the executive producer Thelma Shoonmaker
02/24/2024

“Made in England: The Films Of Powell and Pressburger“, directed by David Hinton, with Martin Scorsese as a narrator, is wonderful celebrative documentary on the films made by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Thelma Shoonmaker, iconic editor of all Scorsese‘s films, is executive producer (and she was Micheal Powell’s wife as well).

Martin, George and Stanley and their adoration for Powell and Pressburger

As  narrated in “Made in England: The Films Of Powell and Pressburger“, Martin Scorsese helped rediscover the films of Powell and Pressburger, also helped by George Lucas and Stanley Kubrick who were fans...


“A Family”, interview with director Christine Angot
02/24/2024

After talking about it in her book, “L’Inceste” (Stock), which made her a renowned writer, Christine Angot decided to embark on a cinematic journey, a documentary, “A family – Une Famille“, in the Encounters competition at the 74th Berlinale, where she decided to confront her family and that of her father, now deceased and guilty of incest, about how they have dealt ( or not dealt at all) with the situation.

With the help of her director of photography and friend, Caroline Champetier, while on a book tour in Strasbourg, she decided to finally talk to her family while being...


‘Black Tea’, interview with director Abderrahmane Sissako
02/24/2024

Niklas meets Monsieur Abderrahmane Sissako to talk about his new film ‘Black Tea‘ but also about political visions of a new multipolar world, the role of Europe and the awakening giants Africa and China in that.

He criticises Europe’s short-sighted and arrogant perspective on the African continent. Furthermore he gives insights into his international crew’s work, discusses working with his actors, who had to speak Mandarin for his work, as well as working with French cinematographer Aymerick Pilarski, who speaks fluent Mandarin.

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