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Davide Abbatescianni


2139 articles available in total starting from 12/09/2017. Last article published on 01/08/2025.

Pat Collins  • Director of Henry Glassie: Field Work

Interview: Pat Collins • Director of Henry Glassie: Field Work

“The way we were shooting the film echoed the way Henry worked”

Cineuropa chatted to Irish helmer Pat Collins, whose documentary Henry Glassie: Field Work revolves around the renowned American scholar  

13/09/2019 | Toronto 2019 | Contemporary World Cinema

Review: Henry Glassie: Field Work

Review: Henry Glassie: Field Work

Veteran Irish helmer Pat Collins’ new documentary favours an observational approach as it paints a unique portrait of the titular American scholar  

13/09/2019 | Toronto 2019 | Contemporary World Cinema

Shelly Love  • Director of A Bump Along the Way

Interview: Shelly Love • Director of A Bump Along the Way

“I feel motivated to tell female stories and to give an authentic account of their experience”

We interviewed Shelly Love, the director of the Northern Irish comedy A Bump Along the Way, starring Bronagh Gallagher and Lola Petticrew in the lead roles  

12/09/2019 | Toronto 2019 | Discovery

How To Save a Dead Friend scoops the Baltic Sea Docs Award

How To Save a Dead Friend scoops the Baltic Sea Docs Award

The 23rd edition of Baltic Sea Docs was brought to a close by the victory of Marusya Syroechkovskaya's project  

11/09/2019 | Baltic Sea Docs 2019 | Awards

Grímur Hákonarson  • Director of The County

Interview: Grímur Hákonarson • Director of The County

“Corruption is part of this community’s life”

We chatted to Icelandic writer-director Grímur Hákonarson, whose third feature, The County, was presented in Toronto's Contemporary World Cinema section  

11/09/2019 | Toronto 2019 | Contemporary World Cinema

Review: The County

Review: The County

Set in a remote Icelandic village inspired by its real-life counterpart Skagafjörður, Grímur Hákonarson's new feature is the powerful story of a brave woman, and much more besides  

11/09/2019 | Toronto 2019 | Contemporary World Cinema

Zane Balčus  • Project manager, Baltic Sea Docs

Interview: Zane Balčus • Project manager, Baltic Sea Docs

“We are a platform that opens up opportunities for the international market”

We met up with Zane Balčus, project manager of Riga's Baltic Sea Docs, a pitching forum taking place this year from 3-7 September  

06/09/2019 | Baltic Sea Docs 2019

Elisa Amoruso  • Director of Chiara Ferragni – Unposted

Interview: Elisa Amoruso • Director of Chiara Ferragni – Unposted

"I was interested in analysing the technological, economic and cultural revolution brought about by social media"

VENICE 2019: We spoke with Elisa Amoruso, director of the much-talked about documentary Chiara Ferragni – Unposted, screened in Venice’s Sconfini section  

06/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Sconfini

Andrea Segre  • Director of Il pianeta in mare

Interview: Andrea Segre • Director of Il pianeta in mare

"I did what us documentary filmmakers do: we ask to enter the premises and to stay for an unusually long period of time"

VENICE 2019: We chat with Venetian director Andrea Segre, whose Il pianeta in mare is screened out of competition in Venice  

06/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Out of Competition

Review: Il pianeta in mare

Review: Il pianeta in mare

VENICE 2019: The new documentary from Andrea Segre centres on the complex industrial area of Marghera, in the pulsating heart of the Venetian lagoon  

06/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Out of Competition

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