3 MOVIES THAT CHANGED YOUR LIFE

Raffaello Degruttola is the star and filmmaker behind Flim The Movie - a British low budget mockumentary that does for filmmaking what Spinal Tap does for touring rock bands. A hit at Raindance Film Festival 2014 and nominated for a BIFA 2014 too. Raffaello talks about how this wicked satire about filmmaking via the crazy deluded eyes of Ravi - a Bollywood wannabe who comes to England to make his...

Evilspeak Ep004 and we get our first live guest... Eric Stolze the writer of the werewolf movie Late Phases (dir. by Adrian Garcia Bogliano). Plus we speak at length about a wonderful new horror made by not one, not two, but three directors: Simon Herbert, David Whelan and Phil Guidry - SAVAGELAND. July 2017 update - "Savageland" is OUT NOW and AVAILABLE on Amazon and iTunes. Rent or buy this suck...

Vicky Jewson is the writer, director and editor of Born Of War. She talks about making an action film on a budget and shooting in Jordan among other interesting things. Born Of War is out in selected cinemas from 1 May. See local press and/or the film's website for details. "Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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Sean Cronin is best known for playing villains in some of Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters, including James Bond, Harry Potter and The Mummy, now he is set to direct the life story of disabled football fan Paul Hodgson. The film is titled Give Them Wings and Britflicks is proud to get a chance to speak Sean before he goes into production with the movie later in 2015. The story is astounding: When...

Brit abroad Simon Herbert is not one of two, but one of three co-directors of the brooding, feature length horror mockumentary Savageland. He talks frankly about what happens after you've produced a movie and the benefits of getting your film into a film festival - especially genre film festivals where the community you meet are on your side. . https://www.facebook.com/savagelandfilm2014 http://ww...

Beatrice Neumann talks about the launch of her crowd funding campaign to raise money in support of her new initiative Distribution Rewired that takes place 22/23 June 2015 at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. As well as launching the campaign and describing the perks you could be entitled to, she talks through some of the ideas the initiative aims to cover: reaching new and wider audience...

SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT Evilspeak is an occasional detour away from the usual Britflicks Podcast format into the world of genre by Stephen Routledge and Stuart Wright. It's a conversation about film by film fans rather than an interview with a film maker. And because it is about films it is chocker full of SPOILERS. This episode we look at The Babadook and It Follows. Previous episodes are her...

Marc Morris and Jake West from Nucleus Films release 50 Shades of Erotica on 13 April. This follow up to their successful Grindhouse Trailers series (number 5 will be their next release) takes you through nearly two hours of 70s, 80s and a couple of early 90s art house/erotica trailers. Buy it here http://www.nucleusfilms.com/fifty-shades-of-erotica.html "Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)...

Co-writer/co-director James Gillingham talks about writing and developing the movie High Tide. www.longarmfilms.co.uk @longarmfilms "Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 
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The Carvan: A dying mother plans a reconciliation with her husband and son after her death. We talk to executive producers and stars of The Caravan: Mark Sheals & Darren Connolly about making an indie movie, developing the story with the screenwriter, learning from Shirley Henderson and so much more Follow them @thecaravanUK "Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 
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Writer, director and producer JK Amalou talks through his influences, inspirations and challenges making his latest movie - the new crime thriller, Assassin, starring Danny Dyer, . Out on DVD, all good VOD platforms, iTunes etc Monday 9 March Twitter is @assassinfilm "Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 
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Jeremy wrote Grand Theft Parsons (2003), the video game Battlefield 2 (2005) and the upcoming features Twenty and Blank. Here he shares his approach to writing a screenplay and some of the steps he took early doors to move away from a career in advertising and break into the film making business. @jeremydrysdale on Twitter "Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 
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Coz Greenop gives Britflicks a close up view of the life of a feature film through his writing and directorial debut: Wandering Rose. He goes from making it, being in charge and having to grow up quickly on set, taking it Cannes Film Festival, getting it released and reveals many of the lessons he learnt along the way. "Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 
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Graham Fletcher-Cook talks about harking back to those classic B movies of the 5-/60s, importantance of your audio design and working with next to no budget when making a feature film. You can see Blood and Carpet: 12 & 16th February at the Arthouse Cinema, Crouch End 25th May at the Electric Palace Cinema, Hastings Online from 16th February via www.bloodandcarpet.com "Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (inc...

Sasha C. Damjanovski - Writer/Director - of Project Snowflake a new sci-fi film. He talks about how YOU can get your film off the ground, making independent films, adapting a stage play and the importance of distribution to a film. For a 17 minute single take http://orev.co.uk/home/portfolio/green-pages/ For more info see http://www.orev.co.uk or https://www.facebook.com/projectsnowflake Follow Sa...

Jonathan Gladwin (@MrPew) and David Angell (@DavidAngell) of Social Placement talk about how a film maker can get the best of social media, how best to promote a movie using social media and much more. Their top 3 tips: 1) Find your audience, not necessarily the largest audience. 2) Remember all the stories from when you start a film through to when you finish filming. 3) Always be positive. Be fr...

To reflect on another whirlwind year for UK Film the Britflicks Podcast sat down with two film critics - Stuart Barr and DW Mault - to find out what were the best British films of 2014. This is part 2 of 2 and is the Top 5 British Films of 2014 as selected by writer/director DW Mault. 5) Locke 4) Starred Up 3) Frank 2) Exhibition / Spell To Ward Off The Darkeness 1) Under The Skin The Man Whose Mi...

To reflect on another whirlwind year for UK Film the Britflicks Podcast sat down with two film critics - Stuart Barr and DW Mault - to find out what were the best British films of 2014. This is part 1 of 2 and is the Top 5 British Films of 2014 as selected by Stuart Barr. 5) '71 4) Calvary 3) Under The Skin 2) Mr Turner 1) Pride His blog: http://maxrennblog.wordpress.com/ And he also writes for Ve...

Chris Brown has written a book about a very British moment in film history - the video nasty scare of the 1980s. On the Britflicks Podcast he talks at length about what he found watching all 72 of the films the Director of Public Prosecutions believed to violate the Obscene Publications Act 1959. It's a noble act and one that spawned a podcast first and eventually the book: "The Video Nasties Mome...

Gareth Ellis-Unwin (The King's Speech, Exam) talks to Britflicks about his latest film - Kajaki: The True Story. http://kajakimovie.com "Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 
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Liverpool's DW Mault talks through his evolution from film critic to film director, his insatiable appetite for watching the medium, obtaining the rights to a book, the challenges of adapting a novel for the big screen and developing a film with the BFI. Cold Water is currently in development. Follow its progress at: http://coldwaterfilm.com https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cold-Water/21420217528025...

Co-founder of Lift Off International Film Festival discusses what you can go to see for free in December, what makes a good short film and more importantly gives an incite into what short film festivals are looking for when they are selecting their films. For tickets and programme see http://www.lift-off-festival.com/festivals/london-lift-off-film-festival Twitter is @London_FilmFest "Carefree" Ke...

For one week only the podcast makes me the guest as I appear on John Flannery's Soundtracking show - originally broadcast by Reels Rebels Radio - catch up with past shows at http://www.mixcloud.com/flanners2013/uploads/ or check out the varied musical palates of other DJs at this Stoke Newington, London based radio station at http://www.reelrebelsradio.com Tracklisting: Chang & Sword - Cliff Marti...

Containment is a new thriller for 2015 starring Lee Ross, Sheila Reid, Andrew Leung, Gabriel Senior, William Postlethwaite, Louise Brealey and Pippa Nixon. We spoke to director Neil Mcenery-West and the writer David Lemon about making the movie. Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FKDuayn6U8&list=UUzLsUDJ8n1RrSk5O_QrlqnA Follow the film on twitter: @Containment2015 When Mark (LEE ROSS), a f...

Pollyanna McIntosh, star of Brit horror White Settlers, talks about her role in the film and writing and directing her own movie. White Settlers is out on DVD and VOD platforms now. "Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 
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