‘La Strada’ and the neo-realism movement – a post-screening discussion at BFI Southbank Jan 2020

“Give us whatever ‘fact’ you like, and we will disembowel it, make it something worth watching”. Cesare Zavattini.

Mamoun Hassan provides an insight into the context of national cinema known as Italian neo-realism – a movement characterised by stories set amongst the hardships of post-war Italian society.

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Terence Davis ‘Children’ at the BFI South Bank – A discussion with Terence Davies

Here is a chance to listen to the discussion that Mamoun had with Terry at the showing of his first…

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