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Journeyman DOP Laurie Rose tells us how he helped Paddy Considine's boxing tragedy Journeyman get into shape; The UK's best new film critic (who's 10) explains what it's like to win an Into Film award; a punk rocker presents New Wave, the new season being held as part of the BFI's African Odysseys strand; and we find some archive audio of Derek Jarman saying cheeky things about the royals. The BFI podcast - four stories from across the British film industry - is written, presented and produced by Henry Barnes: https://twitter.com/henryhbarnes?lang=en. This episode contains clips from the following: - Journeyman, directed by Paddy Considine and released in 2018 by StudioCanal. - Journey's End, directed by Saul Dibb and released in 2017 by Lionsgate. This episode contains the following music, all used under license via Audio Network, unless otherwise stated: - Throwback Jack, written and performed by Tim Garland. Released in 2003. - Soul Brother 2, written and performed by Gareth Johnson and Justin Johns

Four stories from across the British film industry, brought to you by the British Film Institute. Oscar golden boy Guillermo del Toro visited the BFI in October with his film, The Shape of Water. We used his best director and best picture wins at this week's Academy Awards as an excuse to reel out some hilarious archive audio of the event (and some fishy puns). Elsewhere, we check into Hotel Salvation, the Indian family drama about living out the last of your days in style; talk to BFI Flare senior programmer Michael Blyth about his picks from the upcoming LGBTQ+ festival and put the spotlight on the Gentle/Radical film club, a Cardiff-based group run by and for ethnic minority women. This episode of the BFI podcast includes audio clips from the following: - Throwback Jack, released in 2013. Written and performed by Tim Garland. - Smooth Grove, released in 2005. Written and performed by Gareth Johnson. - Just Let Yourself Go, released in 2017. Written and performed by Christopher Alcock and Nick Ramm. - H

The BFI podcast returns, rewound and restarted with a new format: four sections, four stories from across the British Film Institute. This episode we talk to Greta Gerwig about bringing home Lady Bird; find out from another 2018 Oscar-nominee, Three Billboards Outside Ebbings, Missouri editor Jon Gregory, what in his work makes the cut; preview the BFI Southbank's upcoming Working Class Heroes season; and dig into the archive to hear some vintage waffle from Ingmar Bergman regular Max von Sydow. This episode of the BFI podcast includes short clips from the following: - Lady Bird. Directed by Greta Gerwig and released by A24 in 2017. - Paper Moon. Directed by Peter Bogdanovich and released by Paramount Pictures in 1973. - The Seventh Seal. Directed by Ingmar Bergman and released by AB Svensk Filmindustri in 1957. - The Greatest Story Ever Told. Directed by George Stevens and released by United Artists in 1965. - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Directed by Martin McDonagh and released by Fox

Lewis and Matimba met up to talk about Lewis' career directing iconic TV like Humans, Broadchurch and Banana. They also ate cake.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Daniel Kaluuya joins Matimba in her kitchen to talk about writing Skins at 17 years old, shaking up Hollywood and working with people who have something to say. ***Please note this podcast contains adult language.*** Produced by: Marie Horner Music by: Rory Dempsey : https://soundcloud.com/rorydempsey  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Film-making brothers James and Dave Franco popped into the BFI last week to screen The Disaster Artist, a good film about the making of one of the worst: Tommy Wiseau's The Room. James and Dave explain why The Room is lovable, despite its many flaws and how Tommy Wiseau's unorthodox career looks familiar to anyone who's tried to make it in Hollywood. This episode of the BFI podcast contains short clips of the following: - The Room, directed by Tommy Wiseau and released in 2003 by Chloe Productions and TPW Films. - The Disaster Artist, directed by James Franco and released in 2017 by A24 and Warner Bros. Pictures. The following music tracks were used under license through Audio Network: - Throwback Jack. Written and performed by Tim Garland, released i 2003.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A wide-ranging discussion on the past, present and future of artists' film in Asia with curators and artists active in the region. The symposium explores current initiatives, considering the national contexts in which the panellists work. Chaired by writer, curator and academic May Adadol Ingawanij with Hung Tran Duy, writer, curator and producer (Vietnam), Manshur Zikri, curator and researcher (Indonesia), Shai Heredia, artist and director of Experimenta India.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Focusing on Andrea Luka Zimmerman’s creative process in making her new long form work Erase and Forget, this Salon event examines the production history of the film. Chair Experimenta programmer Helen de Witt is joined by the artist, and members of her team, producers Ameenah Ayub Allen, Gareth Evans, Marta Michalowska, and editor Taina Galis for an illustrative conversation that forensically examines the complex production journey of the incredible Erase and Forget.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join NEW:VISION Award-winning artist Chen Zhou in conversation with art critic, researcher and senior lecturer at King’s College London Erika Balsom for a salon that takes Chen’s Life Imitation as a starting point for a conversation about identity, subjectivity and desire in a technologically mediated world where the fragility of the self intersects with the hyper-stereotyped gender roles of online representations.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Questions of how international artists’ film engages with political realities and histories were the focus for this Experimenta Salon bringing together artists Filipa César (Spell Reel) and Narimane Mari (Le Fort des Fous) in conversation with Experimenta programmer Helen de Witt. The conversation explored legacies of violent expansionism by European colonial powers, questions of migration and the failure of current economic systems.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For the first of the BFI London Film Festival’s 2017 Experimenta Salons we invited two artists featured in the programme but who have never met to discuss their work with Experimenta programmer and director of LUX Benjamin Cook. The Salon explored potential points of connections in Anne-Marie Copestake’s (A Blemished Code) and Shambhavi Kaul’s (Hijacked) work in the context of contemporary moving image practice and in relation to the wider Experimenta programme.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Powell and Pressburger’s story of war, love and the other world is being re-released by the BFI in UK cinemas in December. To celebrate BFI podcast host Henry Barnes looks back at the making of the one of the duo’s best-loved films. Starring David Niven, Kim Hunter and Roger Livesey, A Matter of Life and Death tells the story of a WWII airman (Niven) who – after surviving bailing out of his plane without a parachute – has to argue with the gatekeepers of the afterlife over his right to stay on earth. The British Film Institute's podcast is an audio adventure through the BFI's archives. Each fortnight host Henry Barnes digs into a cinematic passion, be it an actor, a director, a genre, a franchise or meme. This episode of The BFI Podcast contains clips from the following: - A Matter of Life and Death. Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger an Archers Film Productions and released in 1946 by Eagle-Lion Films. - The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp. Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger a

The 61st BFI London Film Festival 2017 is here! Back in February we spoke to the festival's director Clare Stewart on growing such a world renowned festival. Produced by: Marie Horner Music by: Rory Dempsey : https://soundcloud.com/rorydempsey  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode of the BFI NETWORK podcast Talent Development Manager Matimba Kabalika travels to Yorkshire to talk to writer/director Francis Lee about the making of his critically acclaimed debut feature, God's Own Country. Produced by: Marie Horner Music by: Rory Dempsey : https://soundcloud.com/rorydempsey  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Eight years ago, frustrated by mainstream Hollywood, Steven Soderbergh quit filming directing. He un-quit last week with Logan Lucky, the rural American take on his Ocean's heist movies. The director - restless and creative - continues to take artistic risks in pursuit of interesting new ideas. Often his films don't work, but there's something to love in even his worst. Here Henry Barnes presents the case for calling Soderbergh the best director in the business and shares clips from an interview with Soderbergh (and his regular star George Clooney)from the BFI archive. The British Film Institute's podcast is an audio adventure through the BFI's archives. Each fortnight host Henry Barnes digs into a cinematic passion, be it an actor, a director, a genre, a franchise or meme. This episode of The BFI Podcast contains clips from the following: - The Girlfriend Experience. Directed by Steven Soderbergh and released in 2009 by Magnolia Pictures. - Erin Brockovich. Directed by Steven Soderbergh and released in 20

Simon McCallum, programmer of the BFI's Gross Indecency season, introduces Victim, the 1961 film, starring Dirk Bogarde, that was a mainstream crime thriller unlike any other. The first English-language film to use the word "homosexual", Victim was a campaigning work, calling for an end to legislation that made homosexual relationships illegal and left thousands of men vulnerable to blackmail. Here Simon takes us through the making of the film and talks about the bravery of its star, a gay man who chose not to reveal his sexuality, but still to take a stand. The British Film Institute's podcast is an audio adventure through the BFI's archives. Each fortnight host Henry Barnes will be joined by a special guest to dig into their cinematic passion, be it an actor, a director, a genre, a franchise or meme. This episode of The BFI Podcast contains clips from the following: - Victim. Directed by Basil Dearden and released in 1961 by Rank Film Distributors. - Penny Princess. Directed by Val Guest and released in 1

Special guest Sam Wigley introduces Claude Chabrol, "the French Hitchcock", whose 50-plus films explored the psychology of murder with a mischievous flair. Chabrol, the first of the French New Wave directors to make a film, is often overshadowed by his flashier contemporaries. Here, Sam makes the case for celebrating the godfather of the scene: a gourmand, a revolutionary and a bit of scamp. The British Film Institute's podcast is an audio adventure through the BFI's archives. Each fortnight host Henry Barnes will be joined by a special guest to dig into their cinematic passion, be it a director, a genre, a franchise or a meme. This episode of The BFI Podcast contains clips from the following: - Le Boucher. Directed by Claude Chabrol and released in 1970 by Cinerama Releasing Corporation. - La Rupture. Directed by Claude Chabrol and released in 1970 by Gaumont Film Company and New Line Cinema. The following audio tracks were used under license from Audio Network: - Throwback Jack. Written and recorded

The story of the New German Cinema film-makers, who magicked one of the world's most exciting cinema movements out of the creative ruin of the second world war. As the BFI's Rainer Werner Fassbinder season continues, Henry Barnes digs up archive audio of the stars of the movement, including Werner Herzog and Wim Wenders. The British Film Institute's podcast is an audio adventure through the BFI's archives. Each fortnight host Henry Barnes will be joined by a special guest to dig into their cinematic passion, be it a director, a genre, a franchise or a meme. This episode of the BFI podcast contains clips from the following: - Paris, Texas. Directed by Wim Wenders and released by 20th Century Fox in 1984. - Faraway, So Close! Directed by Wim Wenders and released by Sony Pictures Classics in 1993. The following tracks were used under license from Audio Network: - Throwback Jack. Written and performed by Tim Garland. Released in 2013. - Zen Tea Tent. Written and performed by Bob Bradley. Released in 2009. -

Sight & Sound production editor Isabel Stevens guest hosts on an episode about the history of all-female director-actor partnerships, from Frances Marion and Mary Pickford's box office busting silent films to Michelle Williams and Kelly Reichardt's collaboration, which has produced films like Wendy & Lucy and Meek's Cutoff - stories of women challenging patriarchal assumptions about their place in society. Plus, we look at the troubling relationship between director Catherine Breillat and actor Roxane Mesquida - whose second film together explored the experience of shooting of an exploitative sex scene in their first. The British Film Institute's podcast is an audio adventure through the BFI's archives. Each fortnight host Henry Barnes will be joined by a special guest to dig into their cinematic passion, be it a director, a genre, a franchise or a meme. This episode includes clips from the following films: - Dawson’s Creek, “Road Trip”, Season 1, episode 9. Directed by Steven Robman and released

Part two of our special double episode on an American indie cinema heavyweight, Martin Scorsese. This episode we hear how Robert De Niro pigged out to play Raging Bull's Jake La Motta, why Scorsese angered Lorraine Bracco by pretending to be her on the set of Goodfellas and how Scorsese and one of his closest confidantes - editor Thelma Schoonmaker - have managed to keep working together for over 40 years. The British Film Institute's podcast is an audio adventure through the BFI's archives. Each fortnight host Henry Barnes will be joined by a special guest to dig into their cinematic passion, be it a director, a genre, a franchise or a meme. This week, BFI Southbank chief programmer Geoff Andrew joins us again for part two of our Marty party. This episode contains short clips from the following: - Raging Bull. Directed by Martin Scorsese, released by United Artists in 1980. - Goodfellas. Directed by Martin Scorsese, released by Warner Brothers in 1990. The following audio tracks are used under license f