PODCAST – Capolavoro! Cinema dell’anima
Hosted by: Ken Barrett (UK based visual artist, writer, podcaster) and Russ Kilbourn (Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada)
In this podcast we discuss Maria Giménez Cavallo’s concept of ‘cinema dell’anima’, (Cinema of the Soul), an idea triggered by three Italian films from the last two decades. Maria’s concept has three elements and she highlights a film for each: transcendental – ‘ Le Quattro Volte’ (2010) directed by Michelangelo Frammartino; posthumanism – ‘Bella e Perduta’ (2015) directed by Pietro Marcello; poetic realism – ‘Lazzaro Felice’ (2018) directed by Alice Rohrwacher. Maria outlines the story of each film and the aspects that support her thesis and we go on to discuss other films that can be categorised in this way and writers who have influenced Maria’s thinking, including Paul Schrader’s book ‘Transcendental style in film’ and Gilles Deleuze’s Cinema 2, and other directors. Maria also speaks about having worked with Marcello and Rohrwacher on their recent documentary ‘Futura’ and how filming in Sardinia led to her own first feature ‘Anime Galleggianti’ (Wandering Souls) a reimagining of Ovid’s ‘Metamorphoses’, and she also talks about her upcoming film.
INTERVIEW « Personne sur le plateau de Kechiche n’a lu le scénario »”
By Raphaëlle Pireyre. AOC Media. 2025.
La sortie récente de Mektoub, My love : Canto due au cinéma est l’occasion de revenir, avec sa première assistante puis cheffe monteuse Maria Giménez Cavallo, sur le travail de fabrication des films d’Abdellatif Kechiche et de son équipe sans expérience, en transe avec le film dans ses scènes tournées sur toute leur longueur, sans couper l’élan des acteurs, et ses nuits de montage.
NOSTALGHIA PODCAST – Incanto Film Festival
Intervista by Nostalghia Podcast con Maria G. Cavallo e Roberta Palmieri al Incanto Film Festival di Pesaro 2025
INTERVISTA : “Cinema dell’anima”
Angela Pietrafesa intervista per la Scuola della Montagna Maria Giménez Cavallo, regista del documentario “Foresta che cammina”
OUBLIETTE MAGAZINE: Intervista a Maria Giménez Cavallo
La regista Maria Giménez Cavallo ha presentato il film “Anime galleggianti” in cui esprime il continuo mutamento del sé nel concetto di natura e vita in uno scenario naturale quale la terra di Sardegna, che con la sua bellezza incontaminata riporta in una realtà di narrazioni mitologiche facendole apparire reali, in una verità così ancestrale e al contempo attuale ispirata alla metamorfosi di Ovidio.
“Anime galleggianti” è stato premiato da noi di Oubliette Magazine come miglior film del Premio Corso Salani.
INTERVIEW LIBÉRATION
“Dans un Kechiche, chaque séquence se travaille comme un long métrage autonome.” Par Anne Diatkine. Libération. 2018.
INTERVIEW ONDA CINEMA
‘‘Speciale “Mektoub, My Love” – Intervista alle montatrici del film.” By Giuseppe Gangi. Onda Cinema. 2018.
INTERVIEW VANITY FAIR
‘‘Maria Giménez Cavallo, l’Américaine qui murmurait à l’oreille d’Abdellatif Kechiche.”
By Norine Raja. Vanity Fair. 2018.
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