PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Neasa Hardiman, director of the film Sea Fever.
A conversation with Neasa Hardiman, director of Sea Fever, featured in this year’s edition of the European Film Promotion’s EUROPE! Voices of Women in Film, presented in collaboration with the Sydney Film Festival. In this interview, Hardiman talks about the theme of responsibility that is explored within her film, her admiration for the communicative power of genre films, the challenge of shooting a feature almost entirely set on open water and more.
Javier Bardem will be one of the major guests of the Rome Film Fest 2026, receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award and presenting Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s El ser querido.
A double victory for Woman Unknown, major prizes for established auteurs and a strong showing for political cinema, new talent and Italian performers. The complete verdict of the Venice Film Festival 2026.