Be Enchanted by The Little Broomstick Rider director, Matteo Bernardini
By Claire Bueno 9 months ago
By Claire Bueno
I have had the pleasure of interviewing the erudite Matteo Bernardini before, his passion for film and filmmaking is so transparent in every film he makes. During lockdown the Italian director decided to put his artistry to the test. Film is without doubt a collaboration, but with a pandemic raging and working with others an impossibility he set to the task of creating an animation solo. The results are a triumph! Based on Ludwig Bechstein's The Little Pitchfork Rider, The Little Broomstick Rider follows the turn of events when nine year old Linhard is put on trial for witchcraft.
Ahead of the UK premiere at the prestigious horror film festival FrightFest, I took the opportunity to catch-up with Matteo to go behind the scenes and learn more of the dark art of crafting handmade animation. Plus the filmmaker reveals that historically, a child being put on trial for witchcraft is not such preposterous notion.



Interview with Matteo Bernardini
“I couldn’t start to study classic animation because it would take me far too long and out of those thoughts the idea of this very peculiar style that I had to come up with that I had to invent. I had to create a style of my own that allowed me to develop a series.”



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Claire Bueno
Claire Bueno is a film journalist, presenter and interviewer, having moderated BAFTA, Royal Television Society (RTS), Women in Film and Television (WFTV), and Apple Store Q&As and hosted Comic Con panel talks. Claire is the founder of Premiere Scene Magazine and has had the privilege of interviewing esteemed artists including Tom Cruise, George Clooney, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Sigourney Weaver, Emily Blunt, Samuel L Jackson, James Cameron and Andy Serkis. Having studied with the London School of Journalism, she received a diploma with distinction in Freelance and Feature Writing and has written for 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die and Curzon Magazine. Additionally, Claire is the producer of the critically acclaimed feature documentary CLEANIN’ UP THE TOWN: Remembering Ghostbusters and the upcoming TOO HOT TO HANDLE: Remembering Ghostbusters II.