#238 - Director Claudio Giovannesi on Piranhas

07/31/19 • 28 min

On this week's podcast, we’re sharing a conversation about Piranhas, opening here at Film at Lincoln Center on Friday, August 2. The Berlinale Silver Bear winner, co-written and directed by Claudio Giovannesi, is a singular coming-of-age story and a haunting reflection on doomed adolescence. The film was the Opening Night selection of our Open Roads: New Italian Cinema festival earlier this year, where the director joined programmer Florence Almozini for a Q&A. This podcast is brought to you by Film at Lincoln Center. www.filmlinc.org

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#237 - Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov on Honeyland

On this week's podcast, we’re sharing a conversation about Honeyland, which begins its theatrical release this week. The Sundance World Cinema Documentary Grand Jury Prize winner, directed by Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov, is an evocative, often outrageously funny modern-day parable of the Good Samaritan. The film was an official selection at New Directors/New Films earlier this year, where the directors joined programmer Dan Sullivan for a Q&A. This podcast is brought to you by Film at Lincoln Center. www.filmlinc.org

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#239 - Co-Director Nanfu Wang on One Child Nation

Today, we’re sharing a conversation about the Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner One Child Nation, which opens in limited release this week. The film, directed by Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang, powerfully and personally explores China’s One Child Policy, which made it illegal in most circumstances for couples to have more than one child. The film screened at Human Rights Watch Film Festival, where co-director Nanfu Wang joined Yaqiu Wang, China Researcher at Human Rights Watch and Minky Worden, Director of Global Initiatives at Human Rights Watch. This podcast is brought to you by Film at Lincoln Center.