Here to discuss the mesmerising nature of volcanoes captured through the lens of Katia & Maurice Krafft, director Sara Dosa joins us for a candid talk about her latest documentary Fire of Love (2022). From a treasure trove of 200 hours worth of archival footage, Sara shares why she crafted a love story not only between two French volcanologists but also their life’s work – volcanoes. Find out why volcanoes should be seen as something spiritual and what it means to live a meaningful life from these tales of love.
Sara Dosa is an American documentary director and producer whose works have received Emmy and Independent Spirit Award nominations and a Peabody win. Her directing work focuses on the human relationship with non-human nature, often exploring themes of interconnection, myth, ecology and economy told through personal character stories. Dosa’s first feature as a director, the Indie-Spirited Award nominated “The Last Season”, tells the story of two former soldiers turned wild mushroom hunters who discover and build upon an unexpected bond in the middle of the Oregon woods. Dosa’s “The Seer & The Unseen,” premiered in 2019, winning awards at a number of festivals, including the McBaine Bay Area Documentary Prize at its SFIFF premiere and Best Foreign Documentary at the Oslo Independent Film Festival.
Listen to our conversation with Danish director and actor Christian Tafdrup, who discusses his latest film Speak No Evil (2022), a suspenseful thriller about a holiday encounter between a Dutch & Danish family. We explore his playful approach to horror genre conventions and the visceral experience he is able to create.
Here to discuss her latest film Splendid Isolation (2022) and the poetry of cinema, Urszula Antoniak candidly shares why this is a film to be experienced. A 73-minute allegory that invites us all to reflect on our collective confrontation with death in recent years. Find out why Urszula sees this as an uplifting story of our own mortality
Urszula Antoniak (1968, Poland) is a Polish/Dutch screenwriter and director. She graduated from the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School in Katowice and the Netherlands Film Academy in Amsterdam. Antoniak’s debut film Nothing Personal won six awards at the 2009 Locarno FF. Code Blue, her second film, was selected for the 2011 Cannes Directors’ Fortnight. In 2014 she made the experimental film Nude Area. Her next film, Beyond Words premiered at the 2017 Toronto FF and was selected for competition of San Sebastian Film Festival. Antoniak’s next feature, Splendid Isolation received its world premiere at IFFR 2022 as part of the Big Screen Competition.
With Joanna Hogg’s sequel to her highly autobiographical film The Souvenir (2019), we take a look at one of its stars – Tilda Swinton. There has always been a certain indefinable quality to her iconic acting, refusing to ever be type-casted to a particular role. Tilda has continued to evolve with her incredible range of performances, becoming the muse for many auteurs. What makes her otherworldly, androgynous presence so unique and how does it relate to the roles she picks? Listen to our personal standout moments of a truly great idiosyncratic chameleon.
With Joanna Hogg’s sequel to her highly autobiographical film The Souvenir (2019), we take a look at one of its stars – Tilda Swinton. There has always been a certain indefinable quality to her iconic acting, refusing to ever be type-casted to a particular role. Tilda has continued to evolve with her incredible range of performances, becoming the muse for many auteurs. What makes her otherworldly, androgynous presence so unique and how does it relate to the roles she picks? Listen to our personal standout moments of a truly great idiosyncratic chameleon.
While we take a short summer break from our longer form episodes, we have more conversations with directors in store. Upcoming episodes include talks with Urzula Antoniak and her new film Splendid Isolation (2022), Sara Dosa and her visceral documentary Fire of Love (2022), as well as Christian Tufdrup’s suspenseful thriller Speak No Evil (2022).
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Listen to Uberto Pasolini’s journey to becoming a filmmaker. After leaving the banking industry early on to pursue a career in film, it was only a matter of time before Uberto would transition from producer to director. With his latest film Nowhere Special (2020), a tender portrait of an intimate father and son relationship, we hear how Uberto develops true stories into touching cinematic moments and the fortuity of getting the best from child actors.
Uberto Pasolini Dall’Onda is an Italian film producer, director based in the UK, known for producing the 1997 film The Full Monty and directing and producing the 2008 film Machan and the 2013 film Still Life.
What makes Tilda Swinton such an iconic actor? Before we take a summer break, we dive deep into some of Tilda’s greatest acting, cherrypicking some standout moments throughout her career. With an incredible range of performances, we pitch our own script ideas of what Tilda should do next and which director would be an exciting collaboration.
Recorded live from the French airport Nice, Hugo & Tom recap their rollercoaster experience of Cannes Film Festival. This dispatch finally arrives from the delayed luggage carousel packed with hot takes and films to look out for, as well as stories of Tom’s lavish escapades. From Tom’s maiden voyage to Hugo being a seasoned attendee, does the spectacle of Cannes live up to its grand illusion?
What makes Tilda Swinton such an iconic actor? Before we take a summer break, we dive deep into some of Tilda’s greatest acting, cherrypicking some standout moments throughout her career. With an incredible range of performances, we pitch our own script ideas of what Tilda should do next and which director would be an exciting collaboration.
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With David Cronenberg’s newly released film Crimes of the Future (2022), out now in cinemas, we delve deep into the Cronenberg universe, exploring this polarising figure and his portrayal of everything grotesque, sexual and visceral. Are we afraid to be physically moved by cinema or do we enjoy the perversions we are shown? Find out if we can stomach (literally) all things Cronenberg.
Have you ever wondered what it’s really like at the iconic Cannes Film Festival? Tom & Hugo reveal all with their own French dispatch of inside scoops and the films to watch out for over the next year. From Tom’s maiden voyage to Hugo being a seasoned attendee, does the spectacle of Cannes live up to its grand illusion?
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When it comes to film composers, is there anyone more iconic, influential and inimitable than Italian composer Ennio Morricone? We explore the answer with the new, comprehensive documentary Ennio: Il Maestro (Giuseppe Tornatore, 2021) as our guide. In this episode we celebrate the maestro, delving deep into his musical archive. Our first returning guest, director Kim Kokosky Deforchaux, joins us this time as a crazed-fan, offering his personal favourites of Ennio and exploring what made his style so unique.
Kim Kokosky Deforchaux (1988) is a Dutch director, screenwriter and crazed-Ennio-fan* based in Amsterdam.
For his graduation from the Netherlands Film Academy in 2017 he wrote a dissertation on how World War II has been portrayed in film by various countries all around the world. This dissertation was mostly inspired by the research for his own feature length screenplay about the war.
He has since written and directed the short film Ik, Moordenaar and is currently finishing his next short film, Hantu. He also wrote the short film Colosseum and co-wrote feature film Femi, which will be released later this year.
With David Cronenberg’s newly released film Crimes of the Future (2022), out now in cinemas, we delve deep into the Cronenberg universe, exploring this polarising figure and his portrayal of everything grotesque, sexual and visceral. Are we afraid to be physically moved by cinema or do we enjoy the perversions we are shown? Find out if we can stomach (literally) all things Cronenberg.
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Once proclaimed as the most beautiful boy in the world by Italian director Luchino Visconti, Björn Andrésen has forever been marked by this and what followed after starring as Tadzio in Death in Venice (1971). Speaking with Elliot, Björn candidly shares what it was like to revisit these experiences during the filming of the newly released documentary The Most Beautiful Boy In The World (Kristina Lindström & Kristian Petri, 2021).
Björn Andrésen is a Swedish actor and musician. He is best known for playing the 14-year-old Tadzio in Luchino Visconti’s 1971 film adaptation of the 1912 Thomas Mann novella Death in Venice. He also played a minor role in Ari Aster’s 2019 folk horror film Midsommar.
Have you ever wondered what role sound plays in film? Get your ears fine-tuned for a schooling of some of the most iconic film scores in cinema. With the upcoming release of Ennio: The Maestro (Giuseppe Tornatore, 2021), we’ll be exploring the world of the legendary film composer Ennio Morricone and how his music revolutionised both westerns & cinema.
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A teenage girl discovers an egg that starts to hatch…
Finnish director Hanna Bergholm joins Hugo to discuss her gripping feature debut Hatching (2022), which made its world premiere at Sundance Film Festival 2022. This body-horror, coming-of-age drama certainly packs a punch. From 70s horror films to working with the best animatronic designer out there, find out Hanna’s journey to creating this thrilling debut.
Hanna Bergholm is a Finnish film director. She graduated in 2009 from the University of Art and Design Helsinki with MA in Film Directing. Her debut feature film Hatching had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival 2022. Previously she has directed internationally awarded short films and also TV drama series. Her latest short horror film Puppet Master has been selected to several international film festivals including Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal 2018, Fantastic Fest in Austin 2018, and also to the MoMA Museum of Modern Art New York 2019.
Have you ever wondered what role sound plays in film? Get your ears fine-tuned for a schooling of some of the most iconic film scores in cinema. With the upcoming release of Ennio: The Maestro (Giuseppe Tornatore, 2021), we’ll be exploring the world of the legendary film composer Ennio Morricone and how his music revolutionised both westerns & cinema.
(click on the links for tickets to screenings at LAB111)
“Open the pod bay doors, HAL.” It’s about time we celebrated one of the greatest films in cinema – Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). Kubrick’s dazzling, Academy Award-winning achievement is a compelling drama of man vs. machine, a stunning meld of music and motion, but what’s the deal? Why is this film a timeless classic? Here to try make sense of it all, we discuss what this film means to each of us and how it’s shaped our perspective of film and science fiction cinema.
Have you ever wondered what role sound plays in film? Get your ears fine-tuned for a schooling of some of the most iconic film scores in cinema. With the upcoming release of Ennio: The Maestro (Giuseppe Tornatore, 2021), we’ll be exploring the world of the legendary film composer Ennio Morricone and how his music revolutionised both westerns & cinema.
If we are talking about Ennio Morricone then there is really only one film for us to at least start with and that’s Once Upon A Time In The West (Sergio Leone, 1968), which will be screening at LAB111 starting from April. Usually we recommend just the one film but from April you can dive deep into the world of Morricone as LAB111 will be screening some of his most iconic films see here for the full list of screenings.
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