Podcasts Category

Podcasts

FilmFreeway: An Interview About Scam Film Festivals, Fees, Marketing & the Platform’s Future

FilmFreeway GM Matt Toigo sits down with DN for an exclusive interview, answering all the burning questions filmmakers & festivals have been asking for years.

Read more

Podcasts

Victoria Mapplebeck on Filming 20 Years of Solo Parenting on iPhones for her Feature Documentary ‘Motherboard’

Victoria Mapplebeck takes us inside her solo shot documentary depicting the joy and unvarnished reality of solo motherhood as it unfolds across two decades.

Read more

Podcasts

Girls On Film’s Anna Smith on the Power of Female Perspectives in Cinema and Film Criticism

Girls on Film podcaster, film critic and broadcaster Anna Smith dives into the breadth of her work and the shifting dynamics of modern film criticism.

Read more

Podcasts

Athina Rachel Tsangari on ‘Harvest’ – A Hallucinatory Tale of a Community’s Collapse

From drone-mounted 16mm cameras to choreographed chaos, filmmaker Athina Rachel Tsangari breaks down her hallucinatory feature about a community’s collapse.

Read more

Podcasts

Rohan Parashuram Kanawade on ‘Cactus Pears’ (Sabar Bonda) His Sundance & SXSW London Winning Debut

Rohan Parashuram Kanawade speaks about subverting queer film tropes, shooting on vintage Russian lenses and his overarching desire to create "life on screen."

Read more

Podcasts

From Concept to Channel 4: Uzo Oleh & Yaw Basoah on Breaking New Digital Ground With Sci-Fi Mystery ‘Beth’

Nimi Raja talks to Uzo Oleh & Yaw Basoah about breaking new digital ground as Channel 4's first digital original drama with their IVF sci-fi mystery.

Read more

Podcasts

Daisy-May Hudson on the Heartbreaking Authenticity of ‘Lollipop’ & Depicting the Broken Care System

Daisy-May Hudson returns to discuss making the move from documentary to narrative features for her emotive drama about a woman's fight for her children.

Read more

Podcasts, Sponsored

‘Rocket Fuel’ Ignites: Jordon Scott Kennedy on Capturing Childhood Magic Through a Working-Class Lens

Jordan Scott Kennedy joins us for a chat about getting his Slick Films Fund Grand Prize winning short off the ground and on to the screens of BBC Three.

Read more

Podcasts

Joshua Trigg’s ‘Satu – Year of the Rabbit’ Is a Triumph of Grit, 16mm and Truly Independent Filmmaking

Joshua Trigg shares how he overcame the logistical nightmares of poisonous wells, a broken camera and losing half the funding for his debut indie feature.

Read more

Podcasts

From Producer To Oscar-Winning Director: Molly O’Brien Introduces Us to ‘The Only Girl in the Orchestra’

Molly O’Brien talks to us about patiently biding her time for over a decade before finally gaining permission to make her Oscar winning documentary short.

Read more

Podcasts

Inside ‘In the Shadow of the Cypress’ the Oscar Winning Silent Iranian Father-Daughter Animated Short

Shirin Sohani & Hossein Molayemi reveal the logistical battles behind their Oscar winning animation and why its absence of dialogue speaks louder than words.

Read more

Podcasts

Sandhya Suri on Crafting a Nuanced Crime Thriller About Violence Against Women in ‘Santosh’

Sandhya Suri discusses her decade-long journey to bring Santosh to life, blending crime thriller tension with a searing critique of gendered violence in India.

Read more