London Film Festival 2025, interview with the programmer, Grace Barber-Plentie
Festival programmer Grace Barber-Plentie talks through the highlights of London Film Festival 2025 from Shakespearean-inspired films to star-studded premieres
            
		    
        Festival programmer Grace Barber-Plentie talks through the highlights of London Film Festival 2025 from Shakespearean-inspired films to star-studded premieres
Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival
Breaking Walls – a heartfelt comedy and road movie about generational change, masculinity, fatherhood and Europe's evolving identity. Discover its powerful social insights in this provoking mix of humour and social drama.
The President’s Cake: Hasan Hadi brings his Camera d’or winner realistic fable To Zurich Film Festival
Fred.Fm showcases the innovative FIFIGROT Film Festival, blending provocative screenings, immersive performances, and urban culture to create a dynamic cinematic experience.
Busan International Film Festival
"Whisperings of the Moon" is a must-see! Dive into Lai Yuqing's vision of queer romance in Phnom Penh, where culture clashes and passion ignite.
Busan International Film Festival
"The River That Holds Our Hands", a film exploring the Teochew diaspora, blends documentary and fiction to capture cultural identity, memory and a dreamlike reality.
Claudia Cardinale dies at 87. Star of The Leopard, 8½ and Once Upon a Time in the West, she worked with Visconti, Fellini, Leone and Herzog. A timeless cinema icon.
Honey Don't by Ethan Coen, the second chapter in a lesbian pulp trilogy that began with Drive Away Dolls, subverts the femme fatale trope.
Farewell to Robert Redford, 89. The Hollywood icon, Oscar-winning director, and founder of Sundance Film Festival died at his home in Utah, leaving behind an extraordinary legacy of film and activism.
"Our cinematic tribute to the powerful of music"
"A Dan in Vain" by Lee Hong-Chi is a powerful glimpse into Shanghai lost hopes, capturing young artists' internal struggles and societal pressures with minimal emotion.
Interview with Julian Schnabel and Oscar Isaac, director and actor of "In the hand of Dante", a story based in the novel by Nick Tosches
Jacopo Chessa came to talk to Fred about the new agreement that Italian Film Commissions Association has finalized with the British Film Commissions and also about the 5 titles that his film commission proudly suppeorted that were selected in various …
Giornate degli Autori - Venezia
Josh Siegel, film curator at MOMA, is one of the jury members at Giornate Degli Autori. His approach to this role as well as to his job is keeping an open mind and being receptive.
At the closing ceremony of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival, Jim Jarmusch won the Golden Lion with Father Mother Sister Brother.
In her interveiw with Fred radio, Emma Barboni form the Emilia Romagna Film Commission highlights the region's efforts to attract international film coproductions, showcasing new projects, locations, and regional incentives for filmmakers. And praises "The Kidnapping of Arabella", by Carolina …
The collateral awards of the 82nd Venice Film Festival have been announced: En el camino by David Pablos wins the 2025 Queer Lion.
"Director's Diary" by Aleksandr Sokurov is a film that reveals the personal diary of a director, between history, memory and the simple life of the Russian people, with a universal message.
One of the films included in the Biennale College program, "Secret of a Mountain Serpent" by Nidhi Saxena is a touching and poetic film about female empowerment and needs of freedom and self affirmation of a group of women in …
With the World Premier of "Kim Novak’s Vertigo", presented in the occasion of the Lifetime Achievement Award to Kim Novak, the director Alexander O. Philippe explores the fascinating story behind Kim Novak’s career and her timeless film, Vertigo.
Valentina Martelli, founder and CEO of ITTV International Forum & TechInEntertainment talks about the meaning of the event she invented and produces and the evolution of it, in order to be more and more useful to the industry, following the …
Mads Mikkelsen and Sofie Gråbøl, part of the cast of Anders Thomas Jansen’s "The Last Viking", go deep in narrating a film that is Dark Comedy with deep themes, making it a must-watch for fans of dark comedy and philosophical …
Polen Ly, director of "Becoming Human", one of the film selected for the Biennale College program, creates a poetic Rreflection on Cambodia's cultural spirit. His film shines as a testament to art’s power to reflect societal truths.
Beatrice Borgia, president of the Film Commission Torino Piemonte, talks about the involvement in the production of the film "la Grazia " by Paolo Sorrentino, which opened the Venice Festival, and the great job that is done by all the …
Our usual meeting with the director of the Venice Production Bridge, Pascal Diot, we talk about the results of this year's event and discuss the possible evolution and novelties for the next edition
A survey over more that 10 years of work have shown the real economic impact of the film productions on the territory. Alessandra Miletto, director of the Film Commission Valle d'Aosta walks us through these results and their significance.
We met with Renate Ranzi, of the IDM Music & Film Commission of Sudtirol. We talked abut the Leonardo Di Costanzo film that has been shot with their support and about all the funds and help they can provide to …
Broken English by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, is a portrait of Marianne Faithfull made with the collaboration of actor George Mackay
In competition in the Orizzonti section , at the 82 Venice international Film Festival, "The Souffleur" by Gaston Solnicki is a breath of new unexpected air in the world of contemporary filmmaking. In a talk with him and Willem Dafoe, …
Broken English, out of competition in Venezia82, is a portrait of Marianne Faithfull, a film about her, made with her”