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Catalan filmmaker Pere Vilà Barceló joins us as we continue our coverage of the Crystal Globe Competition at the 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.  We talk about his latest film “When Th…

Magic is the word I keep coming back to when I try to describe “Better Go Mad In The Wild”, the latest film from director Miro Remo. Apparently I am not the only one who feels this way.  He was just …

Welcome to a warm chat with a serious filmmaker. 

Wunderkind, screenwriter, director Nathan Ambrosioni joins us to talk about his latest film Out of Love (Les enfants vont bien) which recently earned …

Filmmaker Gözde Kural joins us to discuss her latest work "Cinema Jazireh".  It is her second feature set and shot in Afghanistan. It depicts the journey and struggles of a young mother attempting to…

Director João Rosas joins us to talk about his work with a focus on his feature debut “The Luminous Life”. It's a beautiful exploration of youth that evolved in a very particular way from three of hi…

Winner of the Crystal Globe for Best Director at the 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Lithuanian filmmaker Vytautas Katkus joins us to talk about his feature debut “The Visitor” (Svečia…

Czech director Ondřej Provazník stops by for his Stream Close Up. His film Broken Voices recently premiered at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival where it was nominated for a Crystal Globe …

Director Nina Knag joins us to talk about her feature debut Don’t Call Me Mama which is about to have its world premier at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

We’ll talk about how Nina has e…

We are kicking off this season with a look at the 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. We will be putting particular focus on the main competition category, The Crystal Globe.

In this episod…

Director Lisa Ohlin joins Brian to discuss her career including her experience at NYU Film School and her journey in film and TV. They cover Lisa's work from feature films Vernada för en Tenor and S…

Producer Mikael Cross (Alex, Vitt Skräp, Bröderna Salazar....) joins Brian to discuss his career and 

what's required to take a TV show or film from idea to reality. He also shares a scary story of l…

A quick hello to let you know that we are back.

The Stream Close Up podcast brings you the storytellers behind the stories. Discussions with writers, directors, actors, producers and others responsibl…