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In this season four finale of THE ONE-INCH BARRIER, we discuss Soviet Union's romantic drama about womanhood and independence that won at the 53rd Academy Awards: Vladimir Menshov's MOSCOW DOES NOT BELIEVE IN TEARS. This week's guest is Kweng Aguirre, a former production designer and production manager. Find us on the internet! Kweng Aguirre: @itstheQueen Juan Carlos Ojano: @carlosojano The One-Inch Barrier: @OneInchBarrier You can now support this podcast via Patreon! Click here: https://www.patreon.com/TheOneInchBarrier Music Credits Opening and Ending: "Aleksandra, Aleksandra" - Tatyana Nikitina and Sergey Nikitin

This week on THE ONE-INCH BARRIER, we talk about Hungary's period drama about performance and fascism that won at the 54th Academy Awards: István Szabó's MEPHISTO. This week's guest is Chris James, writer at The Film Experience and Awards Radar. Find us on the internet! Chris James: @cwj92movieman Juan Carlos Ojano: @carlosojano The One-Inch Barrier: @OneInchBarrier You can now support this podcast via Patreon! Click here: https://www.patreon.com/TheOneInchBarrier Music Credits Opening: "Gräfin Dubarry" - Magda Kalmár Ending: "Mephisto (Final Theme)" - ‎Zdenko Tamássy

NOTE: THIS IS A PREVIEW, NOT THE FULL EPISODE. In this bonus episode of THE ONE-INCH BARRIER, we talk about North Macedonia's official submission to the 92nd Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film: Ljubomir Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska's HONEYLAND. This week's guest is Glenn Dunks, a film critic and arts journalist. This episode is part of the 2019 retrospective that celebrates the first anniversary of PARASITE's Oscar victory together with the four films nominated alongside it. Find us on the internet! Glenn Dunks: @glenndunks Official Website: glenn-dunks.com Juan Carlos Ojano: @carlosojano The One-Inch Barrier: @OneInchBarrier Bonus episodes are accessible in full via Patreon for only $4/month. Click here: https://www.patreon.com/TheOneInchBarrier Music Credits Opening: "The Secret of Hatidze" - Foltin Ending: "Nature Knows Best" - Foltin

This week on THE ONE-INCH BARRIER, we talk about Spain's romantic drama about longing and regret that won at the 55th Academy Awards: José Luis Garcí's VOLVER A EMPEZAR (To Begin Again/Begin the Beguine). This week's guest is Carla Manalo, a filmmaker currently specializing in color grading. She was also the guest during the episode discussing NOWHERE IN AFRICA and the films of 2002. Find us on the internet! Carla Manalo: @isleofhues (Instagram) Juan Carlos Ojano: @carlosojano The One-Inch Barrier: @OneInchBarrier You can now support this podcast via Patreon! Click here: https://www.patreon.com/TheOneInchBarrier Music Credits Opening: "Canon in D Major" - Johann Pachelbel Ending: "Oh Lord, Why Lord?" - Pop-Tops

This week on THE ONE-INCH BARRIER, we talk about Sweden's drama about childhood and family that won at the 56th Academy Awards: Ingmar Bergman's FANNY AND ALEXANDER. This week's guest is Cláudio Alves, contributor at The Film Experience and writer at Magazine HD. He was also the guest during the episode discussing NO MAN'S LAND and the films of 2001. Find us on the internet! Cláudio Alves: @claudioalvesDC The Curious Conundrums of Bergman’s Magic Lantern: https://cinea.be/the-curious-conundrums-of-bergmans-magic-lantern/ Juan Carlos Ojano: @carlosojano The One-Inch Barrier: @OneInchBarrier You can now support this podcast via Patreon! Click here: https://www.patreon.com/TheOneInchBarrier Music Credits Opening: "Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44" - Robert Schumann Ending: "Suite No. 2 for Cello Solo" - Benjamin Britten

NOTE: THIS IS A PREVIEW, NOT THE FULL EPISODE. In this bonus episode of THE ONE-INCH BARRIER, we talk about France's official submission to the 92nd Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film: Ladj Ly's LES MISÉRABLES. This week's guest is Arnaud Trouvé, visual effects producer (Thor, Life of Pi) and culture blogger at Another Whisky For Mister Bukowski. This episode is part of the 2019 retrospective that celebrates the first anniversary of PARASITE's Oscar victory together with the four films nominated alongside it. Find us on the internet! Arnaud Trouvé: @cinecharlie Another Whisky for Mr. Bukowski: @AOWleblog Juan Carlos Ojano: @carlosojano The One-Inch Barrier: @OneInchBarrier Bonus episodes are accessible in full via Patreon for only $4/month. Click here: https://www.patreon.com/TheOneInchBarrier Music Credits Opening and Ending: Original music by Pink Noise

This week on THE ONE-INCH BARRIER, we talk about Switzerland's Cold War drama about chess and defection that won at the 57th Academy Awards: Richard Dembo's DANGEROUS MOVES. This week's guest is Stefano Lo Verme, literature and history teacher. He is also a film and TV critic for Movieplayer. Find us on the internet! Stefano Lo Verme: @Crudele85 Juan Carlos Ojano: @carlosojano The One-Inch Barrier: @OneInchBarrier You can now support this podcast via Patreon! Click here: https://www.patreon.com/TheOneInchBarrier Music Credits Opening and Ending: "La diagonale du fou" - Gabriel Yared

This week on THE ONE-INCH BARRIER, we talk about Argentina's political drama about adoption and forced disappearance that won at the 58th Academy Awards: Luis Puenzo's THE OFFICIAL STORY. This week's guest is Walter Hollmann, blogger at The Silver Screening Room. Find us on the internet! Walter Hollmann: @SilverScreener The Silver Screening Room: http://www.silverscreeningroom.com/ Juan Carlos Ojano: @carlosojano The One-Inch Barrier: @OneInchBarrier You can now support this podcast via Patreon! Click here: https://www.patreon.com/TheOneInchBarrier Music Credits Opening: "Piano Theme" - Atilio Stampone Ending: "El pais del nome acuerdo" - Analia Castro

NOTE: THIS IS A PREVIEW, NOT THE FULL EPISODE. In this bonus episode of THE ONE-INCH BARRIER, we talk about Poland's official submission to the 92nd Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film: Jan Komasa's CORPUS CHRISTI. This week's guest is Alessandra Rangel, creator and editor-in-chief of Palomita de maíz and contributor at InSession Film. This episode is part of the 2019 retrospective that celebrates the first anniversary of PARASITE's Oscar victory together with the four films nominated alongside it. Find us on the internet! Alessandra Rangel: @alessandra_kr Palomita de maíz: @palomitadmaiz_ Juan Carlos Ojano: @carlosojano The One-Inch Barrier: @OneInchBarrier Bonus episodes are accessible in full via Patreon for only $4/month. Click here: https://www.patreon.com/TheOneInchBarrier Music Credits Opening: "Daniel" - Evgueni Galperine & Sacha Galperine Ending: "Saws and the Holy Fire" - Evgueni Galperine & Sacha Galperine

This week on THE ONE-INCH BARRIER, we talk about the Netherlands' war drama about blame and guilt that won at the 59th Academy Awards: Fons Rademakers's THE ASSAULT. This week's guest is Raffy Raymundo, host of Script x Tease and founder of Write Night community at Discord. He was also the guest during the episode discussing SON OF SAUL and the films of 2015. Find us on the internet! Raffy Raymundo: @scriptxtease Write Night: Click here Juan Carlos Ojano: @carlosojano The One-Inch Barrier: @OneInchBarrier You can now support this podcast via Patreon! Click here: https://www.patreon.com/TheOneInchBarrier Music Credits Opening and Ending: Original music by Jurriaan Andriessen

This week on THE ONE-INCH BARRIER, we talk about Denmark's period drama about food and faith that won at the 60th Academy Awards: Gabriel Axel's BABETTE'S FEAST. This week's guest is Jhayle Meer, a poetess, cinematographer, and a fellow UP Film Institute alumna. She was also the guest during the episode discussing IN A BETTER WORLD and the films of 2010. Find us on the internet! Jhayle Meer: @meermodepon Juan Carlos Ojano: @carlosojano The One-Inch Barrier: @OneInchBarrier You can now support this podcast via Patreon! Click here: https://www.patreon.com/TheOneInchBarrier Music Credits Opening: "Dessert 2" - Per Nørgärd Ending: "Pastorale Andante" - Per Nørgärd

NOTE: THIS IS A PREVIEW, NOT THE FULL EPISODE. In this bonus episode of THE ONE-INCH BARRIER, we talk about Spain's official submission to the 92nd Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film: Pedro Almodóvar's PAIN AND GLORY. This week's guest is Manish Mathur, film writer and podcaster at It Pod to be You and Queer and Now. He was also the guest during the episode discussing ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER and the films of 1999. This episode is part of the 2019 retrospective that celebrates the first anniversary of PARASITE's Oscar victory together with the four films nominated alongside it. Find us on the internet! Manish Mathur: @themanish89 It Pod to be You: @ItPodToBeYou Queer and Now: @Queerandnowpod Juan Carlos Ojano: @carlosojano The One-Inch Barrier: @OneInchBarrier Bonus episodes are accessible in full via Patreon for only $4/month. Click here: https://www.patreon.com/TheOneInchBarrier Music Credits Opening: "Salvador Sumergido" - Alberto Iglesias Ending: "La Habitacion de la Madre" - Alberto Iglesias

This week on THE ONE-INCH BARRIER, we talk about Denmark's period drama about childhood and immigration that won at the 61st Academy Awards: Bille August's PELLE THE CONQUEROR. This week's guest is Ronaldo Sosa, a cinephile and Oscar completist. Find us on the internet! Ronaldo Sosa: @rsantana2024 Juan Carlos Ojano: @carlosojano The One-Inch Barrier: @OneInchBarrier You can now support this podcast via Patreon! Click here: https://www.patreon.com/TheOneInchBarrier Music Credits Opening & Ending: Original music by Stefan Nilsson

In the season four premiere of THE ONE-INCH BARRIER, we discuss Italy's melodrama about childhood and cinema that won at the 62nd Academy Awards: Giuseppe Tornatore's CINEMA PARADISO. This week's guest is Nathaniel Rogers, founder and editor at The Film Experience. This week's sponsor is The StarDraft! Website: https://thestardraft.com/ Twitter: @StarDraft_ Find us on the internet! Nathaniel Rogers: @nathanielr The Film Experience: http://thefilmexperience.net/ Juan Carlos Ojano: @carlosojano The One-Inch Barrier: @OneInchBarrier You can now support this podcast via Patreon! Click here: https://www.patreon.com/TheOneInchBarrier Music Credits Opening: "Main Theme" - Ennio Morricone Ending: "Love Theme" - Ennio Morricone

In this season three finale of THE ONE-INCH BARRIER, we discuss Switzerland's drama about family and emigration that triumphed at the 63rd Academy Awards: Xavier Koller's JOURNEY OF HOPE. This week's guest is Che Tagyamon, a filmmaker. Her short film Judy Free premiered at the 2020 Singapore International Film Festival as part of the Southeast Asian Short Film Competition. Find us on Twitter! Che Tagyamon: @chetagyamon Grandma Loleng: https://www.viddsee.com/video/grandma-loleng/gvxee Juan Carlos Ojano: @carlosojano The One-Inch Barrier: @OneInchBarrier You can now support this podcast via Patreon! Click here: https://www.patreon.com/TheOneInchBarrier Music Credits Opening and Ending: Original music by Jan Garbarek, Terje Rypdal, and Arild Andersen

NOTE: THIS IS A PREVIEW, NOT THE FULL EPISODE. In this bonus episode of THE ONE-INCH BARRIER, we talk about Brazil's official submission to the 87th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, the coming-of-age romantic drama-comedy THE WAY HE LOOKS. This week's guest is Cody Dericks, writer at Next Best Picture and co-host of Halloweeners: A Horror Movie Podcast. He was also the guest during the episode discussing THE SEA INSIDE and the films of 2004. Find us on the internet! Cody Dericks: @codymonster91 Halloweeners: A Horror Movie Podcast: @halloweenerspod Juan Carlos Ojano: @carlosojano The One-Inch Barrier: @OneInchBarrier Bonus episodes are accessible in full via Patreon for only $4/month. Click here: https://www.patreon.com/TheOneInchBarrier Music Credits Opening: "Beijo Roubado em Segredo" - Tatá Aeroplano and Juliano Polimeno Ending: "Vagalumes Cegos" - Cícero

This week on THE ONE-INCH BARRIER, we talk about Italy's comedy about sex and war that won at the 64th Academy Awards: Gabriele Salvatores's MEDITERRANEO. This week's guest is ActuallyAlix, assistant director and producer at K’iin Studios.  Find us on the internet! ActuallyAlix: @ItsActuallyAlix Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/actuallyalix/ Juan Carlos Ojano: @carlosojano The One-Inch Barrier: @OneInchBarrier You can now support this podcast via Patreon! Click here: https://www.patreon.com/TheOneInchBarrier Music Credits Opening: "L'arrivo" - Giancarlo Bigazzi & Marco Falagiani Ending: "Mediterraneo" - Giancarlo Bigazzi & Marco Falagiani

This week on THE ONE-INCH BARRIER, we talk about France's epic drama about colonialism and romance that won at the 65th Academy Awards: Régis Wargnier's INDOCHINE. This week's guest is Joey Moser, contributor at Awards Daily. Find us on the internet! Joey Moser: @JoeyMoser83 Awards Daily: @AwardsDaily Juan Carlos Ojano: @carlosojano The One-Inch Barrier: @OneInchBarrier You can now support this podcast via Patreon! Click here: https://www.patreon.com/TheOneInchBarrier Music Credits Opening: "Eliane Retrouve Camille" - Patrick Doyle Ending: "Le Cercueil" - Patrick Doyle

This week on THE ONE-INCH BARRIER, we talk about Spain's drama-comedy about romance and family that won at the 66th Academy Awards: Fernando Trueba's BELLE ÉPOQUE. This week's guest is Christine Daisy Dela Paz, a short film producer and fellow UP Film Institute alumna. Find us on the internet! Christine Daisy Dela Paz: @christinehirai Juan Carlos Ojano: @carlosojano The One-Inch Barrier: @OneInchBarrier You can now support this podcast via Patreon! Click here: https://www.patreon.com/TheOneInchBarrier Music Credits Opening: "La Valise sur la route" - Antoine Duhamel Ending: "Marianne, tu es une sirène" - Antoine Duhamel

CLEANERS writer, director, and composer Glenn Barit chats with us to discuss his feature film debut, the coming-of-age anthology film from the Philippines, in the first bonus episode of THE ONE-INCH BARRIER.  The film premiered at the 2019 QCinema International Film Festival where it won: Best Picture, Screenplay, and Audience Choice Award. Other festival screenings include:  25th Busan International Film Festival: A Window on Asian Cinema Section (Oct. 21 – 30, 2020) 57th Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival: Windows on Asia Section (Nov. 5 – 22, 2020) 2020 Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino: Official Premium Film Showcase (Nov. 20 - Dec. 13, 2020) 15th Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival (Nov. 25-29, 2020) 2020 Luang Prabang Film Festival (Dec. 4,-10, 2020) Other awards include: 30th Annual Circle Citations – Young Critics Circle Film Desk WINS: Best First Feature, Sound and Aural Orchestration NOMINATIONS: Best Screenplay, Cinematography and Visual Design, Film Editing 43rd Gawad Urian NOMINATIONS: Best Picture, Direction, Screenplay, Cinematography, Editing, Production Design, Music, Sound Find us on the internet! Glenn Barit: @glennbarit Website: https://glennbarit.wordpress.com/ Juan Carlos Ojano: @carlosojano The One-Inch Barrier: @OneInchBarrier This bonus episode will be available in full for everyone. Succeeding bonus episodes will be accessible in full via Patreon for only $4/month. Click here: https://www.patreon.com/TheOneInchBarrier Music Credits Opening: "Bakit Part 2" - Mayonnaise Ending: "Apoy ng Kandila" - Unique