One Stop Doc Shop

My guest this week is double BIFA winning director Alice Russell. Her first short film, Men Buy Sex , won the SIMA Creative Activism Award and got Vimeo Staff Picks Best of the Month. Her second short film, Agents of Change was selected as a festival focus at Sheffield DocFest whilst her third short film Terra Incognita f ollowed a team of female activist’s scaling the back of reefer ships in the...

My guest this week is the multi award winning director Kathryn Ferguson. After a decade of focusing on short-form work centered on identity, gender politics and community, Kathryn first feature documentary NOTHING COMPARES about the iconic musician Sinéad O’Connor premiered at Sundance in 2022. The film screened globally and went on to win multiple awards including Best Feature Documentary and Bes...

My guest this week is BAFTA nominated producer Elhum Shakerifar. Her multi award winning credits include The Reluctant Revolutionary , The Runner, A Syrian Love Story, Even When I Fall, Almost Heaven, Island, Of Love & Law, A Northern Soul and Ayouni.   In addition, Elhum has received a multitude of accolades as a producer over the years and continues to work innovatively to bridge the gap bet...

My guest this week is Melanie Iredale, Deputy Director at Sheffield Doc Fest, one of the UK’s premier documentary film festivals. As part of her remit, Melanie sits on the Doc Fest Programming Team, as well as co-curating the Rhyme & Rhythm strand. Originally from East Yorkshire, Melanie's background is as a Film Curator and Festival Programmer. From 2009-2014, she was Director of Berwick...

This week we have not one but three podcast guests joining us to discuss their experiences in the documentary film industry. Kimberley Warner, Head of Production at Ffilm Cymru leads on strategy for talent development in Wales. Jude Lister, Manager for BFI Network Wales, supports filmmakers at the start of their careers, as well as managing an array of talent initiatives. And Allison Dowzell, Mana...

My guest this week is multi-award winning producer Andee Ryder. Co-founder of Misfits Entertainment, Andee’s feature documentaries have garnered numerous accolades, and have showcased at festivals around the world.  Misfit’s first feature documentary McQueen, sensitively explored the rags to riches story of the British fashion industries most tortured genius Alexander McQueen. In 2019, it picked u...

My guest this week is multi-award winning producer Rachel Wexler. With over 25 years experience in film and television, her feature documentaries have broadcast around the world and scooped up dozens of awards and nominations include an Emmy, two Peabody’s, as well as a Grierson, BIFA, Cinema Eye and International Documentary Award, to name just a few.  In 2004 Rachel and her partner Jez formed Bu...

My guest this week is multi-platform artist, and BAFTA winning producer and director Professor Victoria Mapplebeck. For the last two decades, Victoria has experimented with the frontiers of documentary and creative technology, focusing on telling stories in small intimate spaces. Her first smartphone short 160 Characters won Best Documentary at the 2017 Short of the Week Film Awards. Her follow up...

My guest this week is Simisola Akande, an award winning filmmaker that has to date created intimate and personal films that reflect her unique worldview. Her breakthrough short Ojumo Ti Mo won the BFI’s Who We Are film competition in 2020. It also picked up Best Documentary and Film of the Year awards at the Watersprite Film Festival whilst her first short, Du Du, took home Best Experimental Film...

My guest this week is Jayisha Patel, an award winning filmmaker who works at the intersection of cinematic film and VR. In 2020, Jayisha was hailed by Screen Daily as one of the Stars of Tomorrow and her films have premiered at Sundance, the New York Film Festival and the Toronto International Film festival. Her first short film, A Paradise, was nominated for 37 international awards. Her film Circ...

My guest this week is the multi-award winning producer and director Lindsey Dryden. Her producer credits include the Sundance Special Jury Award winning feature documentary - Unrest, which was also made the Oscar shortlist, and the Emmy award winning series - Trans in America. In addition, Lindsey has also gathered a host of directing accolades for her feature documentary -Lost and Sound, as well...

My guest this week is multi-award winning Syrian activist and filmmaker Waad Al- Kateab. Her first feature length documentary, For Sama, filmed over five years captured her life in Aleppo under the Assad regime. Released in 2019, the film received a six-minute standing ovation and picked up the best documentary award at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2020 it was shortlisted for an Oscar, and made BA...

My guest this week is artist and documentary filmmaker Jeanie Finlay. With an eclectic body of work under her belt, Jeanie’s portfolio includes the Emmy nominated feature Games of Thrones: The Last Watch, Bifa winning feature - Orion: The Man Who Would Be King, Bifa nominated feature Seahorse, and Bifa and Grierson nominated feature The Great Hip Hop Hoax. In addition, Jeanie has also filmed behin...

A trailer from the interview with award winning documentary filmmaker Jeanie Finlay.