The collaboration began when Lisa Portolan met Ruth Borgobello while the latter was showcasing her film, The Space Between , at the festival. This chance encounter eventually led to the development of the Slow Love podcast, which documents raw, authentic experiences of love and dating during the COVID-19 pandemic. Who is Lisa Portolan?
: She has written several books, including Love, Intimacy and Online Dating (2023) and Ten Ways to Find Love … and How to Keep It (2025). lisa portolan podcast met at film festival
Contrast the rapid nature of swiping with the "slow" vulnerability observed during the pandemic. 3. Methodology: From Fieldwork to Podcast The collaboration began when Lisa Portolan met Ruth
Furthermore, the film festival is a masterclass in the art of the post-script. Unlike a bar or a dating app, the festival creates natural sequels. You see the same faces at the Q&A, in the queue for the next screening, or at the crowded after-party where the wine is cheap and the conversations are loud. Met suggests that the modern dating crisis is a crisis of narrative—we have first dates, but no second chapters. The festival provides the chapter break. You get the chance to run into that person again, to nod in recognition, to ask, "What are you seeing next?" This isn't stalking; it is a shared geography of taste. The festival validates your connection because it proves you both chose to be in the same difficult, beautiful place at the same difficult, beautiful time. : She has written several books, including Love,
What makes "meeting" this podcast in such a setting so compelling is the context it provides. When listeners discover a podcast at a film festival, they are already in a mindset of critique, appreciation, and analysis.