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Luxfilmfest Podcast

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Luxembourg City Film Festival is an international film festival in the heart of Europe. The 10th edition of LuxFilmFest will take place from 5th - 15th March 2020. With the LuxFilmFest Podcast, we are bringing you some of the Festival's best masterclasses with renowned directors and filmmakers from previous editions in podcast form.

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United States

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Luxembourg City Film Festival is an international film festival in the heart of Europe. The 10th edition of LuxFilmFest will take place from 5th - 15th March 2020. With the LuxFilmFest Podcast, we are bringing you some of the Festival's best masterclasses with renowned directors and filmmakers from previous editions in podcast form.

Language:

English


Episodes
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Luxfilmfest Podcast #7 - Masterclass: Mike Leigh (EN)

8/21/2019
English director Mike Leigh, the living legend of European social realism, returned to Luxembourg after directing “Pirates of Penzance” at the Philharmonie Luxembourg Concert Hall in 2015 and joined the Luxembourg City Film Festival’s masterclass line-up. Awarded a Golden Leopard in Locarno for his first feature, “Bleak Moments” (1971), Mike Leigh waited 17 years before returning to his trademark social satire with “High Hopes” (1988). Shooting to fame with “Naked” (1993), Leigh was welcomed...

Duration:01:51:38

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Luxfilmfest Podcast #6 - Masterclass: Abderrahmane Sissako (FR)

8/14/2019
Le travail d’Abderrahmane Sissako se nourrit des thématiques de l’Afrique post-coloniale, de l’exil et des dynamiques Nord/Sud, qui sont abordées avec force et poésie dans ses nombreux films qui connaissent un franc succès. Premier cinéaste africain à obtenir le César du meilleur réalisateur avec « Timbuktu » (film présenté en compétition officielle au Festival de Cannes en 2014), le réalisateur et producteur mauritanien Abderrahmane Sissako converse avec l’écrivain, journaliste et critique...

Duration:01:31:25

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Luxfilmfest Podcast #5 - Conversations avec Darius Khondji (FR/EN)

8/7/2019
Darius Khondji, l’un des plus grands chefs opérateurs – ou « cinematographers », terme préféré par lui-même – du cinéma contemporain fait son entrée dans le cycle de rencontres du LuxFilmFest. Né d’un père iranien et d’une mère française, Darius Khondji revient sur un parcours l’ayant conduit de Paris à Hollywood, l’établissant rapidement comme l’une des références absolues de la composition de l’image. On doit à Darius Khondji certaines des plus importantes photographies du siècle....

Duration:01:28:36

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Luxfilmfest Podcast #4 - Masterclass Ray Liotta

8/2/2018
With more than 60 feature films to his credit, Ray Liotta has chosen diverse and challenging roles in both comedies and dramas. A New Jersey native, Liotta started his film career with a Golden Globe nominated performance in "Something Wild" (1986). But it was his portrayal of Henry Hill in Martin Scorsese's "Goodfellas" (1990) that gained him widespread acclaim. In 2017, Ray Liotta took part in the Luxembourg City Film Festival, presenting a masterclass in which he reflected on some of the...

Duration:01:07:55

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Luxfilmfest Podcast #3 - Masterclass Volker Schlöndorff

7/26/2018
Doté d'un regard critique sur la société et d'une prédilection pour l'adaptation littéraire, Volker Schlöndorff est devenu l'un des réalisateurs allemands les plus éminents. Le gagnant de la Palme d'Or et d'un Oscar discute avec Michel Ciment, journaliste et critique de cinéma ("Positif"), de sa filmographie, du rôle de Brecht et d'autres auteurs allemands dans ses adaptations littéraires, de l'influence culturelle du cinéma européen et français, de son engagement politique, de la condition...

Duration:01:22:55

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Luxfilmfest Podcast #2 - Masterclass Arab Cinema

7/19/2018
Masterclass with the former Arabic Programmes Director for Dubai International Film Festival and Iraqi journalist Erfan Rashid on cinema in Arab countries. In his hour-long talk, Erfan Rashid takes you from the first film screening in the Arab world, in Egypt in 1896, to the first Egyptian production of "Laila" in 1927, to more recent developments, changes and trends after the Arab Spring, and the role of modern, female directors. Recorded in front of a live audience on 26th February 2018...

Duration:00:58:54

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Luxfilmfest Podcast #1 - Masterclass Atom Egoyan

7/12/2018
Jonathan Romney, author and film critic for "Film Comment", and Canadian-Armenian director Atom Egoyan, president of the International Jury at Luxembourg City Film Festival 2018, in conversation about the latter's career, the inspiration behind and approach to his work ("Speaking Parts", "Calendar", "Captives"), his Armenian heritage, how filmmaking evolved in the digital era, seeing films in a cinema vs. the small screen, Harvey Weinstein and abuse as a theme in Egoyan's oeuvre. Recorded...

Duration:01:23:07