Independent Film Podcast Interviews

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Karan Kandhari on directing his debut feature, protecting his vision, capturing the nuances of marriage & why laughing audiences are the ultimate drug.

DN sat down with writer/director Victoria Warmerdam & producer Trent to decipher the creation of their CAPTCHA inspired Oscar winning short.

Jesse delves into the experience of attending BFI Future Film Festival 2025 speaking to one of the festival's Young Programmers & three screening filmmakers.

Franz Böhm speaks to DN about capturing the all too real horrors of life on the frontline of the Ukraine war in his BAFTA winning NFTS graduate short.

Theo Panagopoulos discusses reclaiming archival footage of his ancestral Palestine to question the role of image-making as a tool of testimony and violence.

Film Committee Chair Anna Higgs discusses BAFTA’s role as a champion of British filmmaking and the mechanics of the BAFTA Awards from eligibility to voting.

Christopher Andrews reflects on the destructive nature of toxicity in his BIFA winning debut pitting Christopher Abbott & Barry Keoghan against one another.

BIFA Best British Short winner Nina Gantz takes DN inside the craftsmanship of her stop motion film which offers a unique, poignant exploration of loss.

Rich Peppiatt takes us inside the making of his multi BIFA winning anarchic, riotous, rule breaking fictionalised biopic of Belfast hip-hop trio 'Kneecap'.

DN caught up with Eros V to learn how a conversation with The Jim Henson Company inspired his surprising man-child possessed by a puppet comedy-horror short.

Sasha Nathwani explains why a vibrant yet nostalgic colour palette was key to his coming-of-age drama about a group of London teens on a day of adventure.

Sophie Compton & Daisy-May Hudson speak to the importance of flattening outdated hierarchical structures of filmmaking for their trauma-informed documentary.

Cécile Embleton & Alys Tomlinson speak to us about the multi-year journey of their Grierson Award winning doc about a young nun facing deep inner conflict.