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Filmmaker Dominic Pillai is a regular listener of the Britflicks Podcast and met up with Stuart Wright at Cannes Film Festival 2016 to say hello and share some kind words about what he's gained and learned from the podcast. This was his first time attending Cannes Film Festival to support his short 'SIREN'S BAY' that was selected for the Cannes Short Film Corner. Here he talks about that first exp...

NATIVE, starring Rupert Graves (DI Lestrade in BBC’s Sherlock TV series) and Ellie Kendrick (Game Of Thrones and iFeatures backed ‘The Levelling’), gets its European Premiere at the East London Film Festival. NATIVE is the debut feature film for Liverpool born director and co-writer Daniel Fitzsimmons. We catch up with him for the firs time since we visited the set in summer 2014 to discuss direct...

At Cannes Film Festival 2016 Virtual Reality was a big deal. Stuart Wright attended the "Discover the new landscape of cinema: 3D cinematic VR workshop" hosted by 3D Stereo Media in the American Pavilion, terrified himself sampling VR gaming thanks to VR Werx and for the podcast he interviewed co-creator of the Madagascar series of films and TV shows Eric Darnell about his VR short 'INVASION!' and...

Green 13 Films co-founder Coz Greenop appears on the Britflicks podcast for the second time - regular listeners may remember him from February 2015 when he came on to talk about making his debut feature 'WANDERING ROSE'... a couple of distributor title changes later - DEMON BABY (USA release) and now finally LITTLE DEVIL - the film is available to UK audiences from 20 June from all good DVD stocki...

English songwriter and ex-Hefner frontman, Darren Hayman talks to Britflicks about his enthralling and ambitious new album Thankful Villages Volume 1. A Thankful Village is a village in Britain where every soldier returned alive from World War I. Darren Hayman visited each of the 54 Thankful Villages and, focussing on village life, made a piece of music and a short film for every one. Some take th...

Giles Borg talks to the Britflicks about his route to becoming a film director and lessons learnt making his first two features: 1234 (2008) and Flutter (2011). His third feature, Albion is gearing up to shoot later this year. Postscript: Giles says: "Oh, and now I've had time to think you can say that I think the British film a lot of people won't have seen that they should have (which stumped me...

Raindance Film Festival is 25 years old in 2016. Britflicks talked to its founder, Elliot Grove, about the high points, evolution into a school for filmmakers and a producer of new films, and where film is heading in the future - virtual reality. Podcast from www.britflicks.com "Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 
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Film producers and Britflicks regulars Jen Handorf (The Devil's Business, The Borderlands) and Alex Bentley (The Last Showing, The Four Warriors) talk about their reasons for hosting a monthly panel discussions about film, producing partners, women in film, & how filmmakers can educate themselves! Their next FILM TALK is: THE TRUE COST OF FILM PIRACY – MONDAY 23RD MAY DOORS: 6.30PM Details at http...

Writer/Director, Evrim Ersoy, and producer, James Pearcey from Ne'er Do Well Films talk to Britflicks about their feature film project '12' and experiences gained getting selected for and attending the Frontieres International Co-Production Market at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival 2016 . LOGLINE for '12': Set over the course of one night, ‘12’ is a story of obsession, crime, pu...

Orthodox writer/director David Leon is a 2012 Screen International Star Of Tomorrow. Orthodox, starring Stephen Graham and Michael Smiley, is his debut feature film. ORTHODOX is released on DVD from 16 May For more details see https://www.facebook.com/orthodoxfilm/ Or follow them on Twitter at @Orthodox_Film NB. This podcast was recorded in October 2015 ahead of the film's world premiere at the Je...

Screenwriter, Tamzin Rafn, tells Britflicks about her experiences and lessons learnt writing her first feature film 'ALBATROSS'. SYNOPSIS: Beth, a bookish teenager, befriends Emilia, an aspiring novelist who has just arrived in town. Emilia soon begins an affair with Beth's father that threatens to have devastating consequences. Podcast from www.britflicks.com "Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech...

Queen Elizabeth II is 90 this week. So as serendipity threw up Trevor de Silva on our schedule, it seemed fitting to have him on the show to discuss writing A Royal Night Out. Synopsis: On V.E. Day in 1945, as peace extends across Europe, Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret are allowed out to join the celebrations. It is a night full of excitement, danger and the first flutters of romance. A Royal N...

Synopsis: A fearful world stands on the brink of nuclear catastrophe. A young researcher in psychical events, together with his girlfriend, travel to the legendary wilds of Dartmoor, England, to investigate a rambling, centuries old building - here they find themselves drawn into a murder mystery from the past, a mortal confrontation with pure evil, and a fight for their very survival. We speak to...

We speak to the director of Battle Mountain, Dave Street. Synopsis: Addicted to breaking records, this former world champion puts his mind and body on the line one last time. 20 years after his last world record he is in the American desert looking for purpose and salvation on a speed machine he built in his Scottish kitchen. Battle Mountain: the story of Graeme Obree is OUT NOW! Proud to announce...

Synopsis: Addicted to breaking records, this former world champion puts his mind and body on the line one last time. 20 years after his last world record he is in the American desert looking for purpose and salvation on a speed machine he built in his Scottish kitchen. Battle Mountain: the story of Graeme Obree is OUT NOW! Proud to announce a podcast with a difference. Whereas usually we speak to...

Synopsis: A family who moved into a remote mill house in Ireland finds themselves in a fight for survival with demonic creatures living in the woods. Corin Hardy is an awarded filmmaker and music video director with a recognizable dark, beautiful visual flair that runs through most of his work. The Hallow is his debut feature film. On Wednesday 23 March from 8pm, there will be a live tweet-a-long...

Synopsis: Sealed inside their house at Christmas, a dysfunctional family receive disturbing messages through their television that pits them against each other in a terrifying battle to survive. Await Further Instructions (AFI) is currently in post-production after a Winter 2015 shoot. This is Gavin Williams debut feature. We spoke to him about the challenges of writing a screenplay and how he app...

European premiere of WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE is at Glasgow Film Festival 24/25 February 2016 Get your tickets here: https://tickets.glasgowfilm.org/en-GB/shows/where%20do%20we%20go%20from%20here_%20(n-c%2015+)/events We talk to the writer/director John McPhail and his leading man Tyler Collins. Synopsis: Twentysomething James, sweet but slightly oddball, does everything with his grandfather Jim....

Nina Forever: A Fucked Up Fairy Tale Synopsis: After his girlfriend Nina dies in a car crash, Rob unsuccessfully attempts suicide. As he begins to overcome his grief, he falls in love with a coworker, Holly. Their relationship is complicated when Nina, unable to find rest in the afterlife, comes back to life to sarcastically torment them whenever they have sex. We speak to brothers and co-writers/...

Director Phil Hawkins and producer Alexandra Bentley talk to us about their UKTI Talent Goes To Hollywood win and the experiences of the subsequent trip to Los Angeles to meet key figures to pitch their film Baptism - an adaptation of the Max Kinnings novel of the same name. Plot: An armed group take control of a rush hour underground tube train. They blow a hole through the tunnel to release the...

Chancers: The Great Gangster Film Fraud Synopsis: Former criminal-turned-film-director, Paul Knight thought years of going straight had finally paid off, when a couple of producers asked him to direct a big budget British gangster movie. But Paul ended up working for the biggest crooks he'd ever met - and not the smartest ones either.... We talk to the director Ben Lewis about what he discovered w...

Britflicks is proud to have one of the directors nominated for Best Short, Live Action at the 88th Academy Awards - Benjamin Cleary. Synopsis for Stutterer: A lonely typographer with a cruel speech impediment but an eloquent inner voice must face his greatest fear. This is a podcast for www.britflicks.com "Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3....

Host Stuart Wright speaks to all three directors/participants in Follow The Money: TV and film director JOHN HARDWICK, journalist STEVE BOGGAN and music and commercials director BEN UNWIN FOLLOW THE MONEY European Premiere is Saturday 17 June, Hackney Picture House. Get tickets at https://www.picturehouses.com/cinema/Hackney_Picturehouse/film/eeff-2017-follow-the-money-euro-premiere-qanda Trailer...

Synopsis: 'Social Suicide' is an investigative thriller examining what it really takes to get noticed on the Internet today. Loosely based on Romeo and Juliet, the police investigate what happened to these two teenagers before it's too late by trolling through their relationship history through social media. We talk to the director of Social Suicide, Bruce Webb, about the making of this film and t...

Host Stuart Wright talks to Tony Morris about his book The Filmmakers’ Legal Guide Tony has many years of experience of working as a solicitor in private practice, advising clients across a broad spectrum of the media, entertainment and technology industries. The Filmmakers’ Legal Guide – Second Edition Hard copies available by post £20 + p&p or in person: contact tony.morris@morrisnw3.com or in p...