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Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentChiara Bellosi, whose first work, “Ordinary Justice,” launched from Berlin’s Generation 14plus section in 2020, is back with “Swing Ride” (“Calcinculo”) about an overweight 15-year-old named Benedetta pining for attention in an Italian province where she falls in love with the skinny non-binary Amanda.A key difference between the two films is that while “Ordinary Justice,” which examined the lives of two families on opposite sides of a murder case, originated from a deeply researched screenplay that Bellosi wrote, “Swing Ride” — premiering in Panorama on Feb. 13 — stems from a prizewinning script proposed to her by Carlo Cresto Dina, her producer, who also discovered Alice Rohrwacher (“Happy as Lazzaro”) and is known for nurturing the cream of Italy’s new cinematic crop.   “It’s a very different process; it was the first time that I had to start from a world that didn’t germinate from me,” said Bellosi about working from the script penned by Maria Teresa Venditti and Luca De Bei that won Italy’s prestigious Solinas prize in 2018.It was like moving into a new house that she had to make her own, she said.“I worked with the writers; I wanted to make a few tweaks and we did that together,” she added, noting that initially “it was a leap into the void.” But directing from their screenplay actually ended up giving her “more freedom” than her previous pic because “the container is already there; but you can go pretty wild with the rest.”This freedom also made it more fun.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentMK2 Films, the banner behind Joachim Trier’s “The Worst Person in the World,” has boarded “Love Life,” the anticipated next film of laureled Japanese director Koji Fukada. Fukada’s credits include the 2016 movie “Harmonium” which won the jury prize at Cannes’ Un Certain Regard, as well as “A Girl Missing” which played at Toronto. His latest film, “The Real Thing” was part of Cannes 2020’s Official Selection.

K.J. Yossman Fresh from appearing in Netflix hit Adam McKay’s “Don’t Look Up,” Mark Rylance’s latest big screen outing is “The Outfit,” in which he stars as Leonard, a 1950s tailor. It is a role that could not be more dissimilar to the fictional megalomaniac billionaire Peter Isherwell, whom Rylance plays in McKay’s disaster movie.Written and directed by Graham Moore, the Oscar-winning scribe behind “The Imitation Game,” “The Outfit” sees Rylance star as a Savile Row tailor who has fled across the Atlantic to escape his tragic past.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentTrustNordisk has closed a flurry of sales on a pair of 3D-animated family features, “Little Allan — The Human Antenna” and “The Super,” underscoring the market appeal of independent youth-skewing movies.“Little Allan – The Human Antenna” marks Danish film Amalie Naesby Fick’s follow up to her commercially successful debut “The Incredible Story of The Giant Pear,” which premiered in the the Generation Kplus section at Berlin in 2018. This year, the helmer has her daring drama series “Sex” selected for the Berlinale Series.The film takes place during summer vacation, when introverted, 11-year old Allan starts acting as a human antenna for his old neighbor, who thinks a huge invasion fleet from the outer space is on its way.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorAhead of Sunday’s world premiere of documentary “1341 Frames of Love and War,” which plays in Berlinale Special, Variety spoke to Israeli writer/director Ran Tal about the film and its subject, Israeli war photographer Micha Bar-Am.In some ways “Frames” continues Tal’s interest in Israeli history evident in his previous work, “What If? Ehud Barak on War and Peace,” which centered on the former prime minister of Israel. Bar-Am was born in Berlin in 1930, but grew up in what became Israel, and across a five decade-long career as a photographer he documented many of the major episodes – in particular the wars – in the life of the young country, founded in 1948.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentRAI Com is launching sales at the online EFM on Giuseppe Piccioni’s Fascist-era drama ‘L’Ombra del giorno,” starring Italian A-lister Riccardo Scamarcio (“Three Floors”) and Benedetta Porcaroli (“Baby,” “The Catholic School”).Pic, which Scamarcio produced, is a love story with a thriller twist set in 1938, two years before Italy entered World War II. It unfolds entirely in the central Italian town of Ascoli Piceno, a hidden gem with gorgeous medieval monuments, churches and piazzas.The film’s title translates as “The Shadow of the Day,” a reference to the darkness of Fascism.Luciano (Scamarcio), a wounded World War I veteran and a sympathizer of Fascism like most Italians at the time, runs a classy restaurant overlooking the town’s ancient square.

straight to your inbox every day, free Manchester United midfielder Donny van de Beek scored his second goal of the season for club and country in the Netherlands' Nations League draw with Italy. Van de Beek equalised in the 25th minute in Bergamo to claim a point for the Dutch, who are still third in Group A1.

straight to your inbox every day, freeEven at this early stage of the season, Saturday night’s trip to Newcastle United has a ‘must-win’ feeling to it for Manchester United.Left to stew on the humiliating defeat to Tottenham Hotspur during the international break, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer knows that failure to beat the Magpies will only intensify the pressure on him ahead of a daunting run that includes trips to Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea, and home games against RB Leipzig and Arsenal over the next two-and-a-half weeks.Solskjaer’s main decision regarding the defence was made easier by Eric Bailly’s injury on international duty with Ivory Coast, meaning Victor Lindelof should return to partner Harry Maguire at centre-back.The Norwegian’s

straight to your inbox every day, freePaul Pogba retains the support of the Manchester United dressing room despite openly flirting with Real Madrid again.Pogba, 27, expressed his desire to join Madrid while on international duty with France last week, having said it was a 'dream' to play for the Bernabeu club in March 2019.The MEN understands Pogba's popularity at United has not waned amid his open interest in a move to Real and the players still believe he is the best player at the club.  Before the coronavirus pandemic swept across Europe in February and March, the MEN revealed Pogba's closest confidants in the United squad were of the opinion he should be allowed to leave as it was in the best interests of the player and the club.

United have lost two of their three Premier League games so far, with Lindelof heavily criticised for his display — while giving away a penalty — in the 3-1 loss to Crystal Palace on the season's opening day. Lindelof was dropped in favour of Eric Bailly for United's latest game, though they were hammered 6-1 by Tottenham in that encounter.

straight to your inbox every day, freeManchester United have a bunch of talented young players in their current first team squad, so who has the highest potential on FIFA 21 Career Mode?The likes of Mason Greenwood, Marcus Rashford, Teden Mengi, Donny van de Beek and Brandon Williams are all players with a bright future at the club, and all are regularly involved in United's first team squad.Even the more experienced players, like Bruno Fernandes and Paul Pogba, are yet to reach their absolute potential yet, according to FIFA 21.

straight to your inbox every day, freeThe October international break has arrived and with it came the latest instalment of Paul Pogba's affair with Real Madrid.After a relatively quiet summer transfer window with little to no speculation over his future, mainly down to the headlines being dominated by Jadon Sancho, Pogba once again fuelled speculation that he is planning his next move.The midfielder has less than a year remaining on his current contract and United are yet to trigger the clause to extend his deal by a further 12 months.

straight to your inbox every day, freeManchester United will target a new centre-back next summer and Dayot Upamecano, Raphael Varane and Kalidou Koulibaly are all on their shortlist, according to reports.The transfer window came to a close earlier this week and United secured four signings on deadline day, though none of them were a centre-back.Calls for the club to strengthen their back-line intensified following last weekend's 6-1 loss to Tottenham, with Harry Maguire, Victor Lindelof and Eric Bailly all having poor starts to the season.Yet strengthening in defence wasn't a priority for United this past summer after spending big money on Maguire and Aaron Wan-Bissaka in 2019, though left-back Alex Telles was a late arrival.According to

Real Madrid transfer shortlist. The Manchester United midfielder raised eyebrows earlier this week by reiterating his "dream" to play for Los Blancos.

United opted against signing a new centre-back in the summer transfer window, despite their defensive travails in the Premier League so far this season. But Bailly took to Instagram to reveal the issue was nothing and he ought to be in contention to play for United in their next league game at Newcastle on October 17th.

straight to your inbox every day, free Manchester United fans fear the club cannot match Paul Pogba's ambitions after the midfielder reiterated his dream to one day play for Real Madrid. Pogba stated his desire to leave the club in the summer of 2019 but a transfer failed to materialise.

Paul Pogba is facing a fresh Manchester United storm after doubling down on his desire to one day join Real Madrid. The 27-year-old has come in for stinging criticism for his early season form after building bridges at Old Trafford after lockdown.

Manchester United midfielder has less than 12 months remaining on his contract at Old Trafford, though United have the option of extending it by a year until June 2022. Pogba has previously hinted he would like to play for the Spanish giants and in the summer of 2019 he spoke publicly about the desire for "a new challenge", amid interest from Madrid and Juventus.