The BIFA Podcast

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  • Reggie Yates on directing his first film, the terror of Hereditary and his popcorn particularities

    Ending this week of cinematic conversation on This Is My Cinema is Reggie Yates. Reggie was part of the jury for the British Independent Film Awards this year and has been a part of British screen-storytelling for two decades. He's just finished directing Pirates, his first feature film, having previously been an actor and presenter on both radio and television. Reggie gets into his favourite cinema haunts from his youth, the movie moments he loved watching with a full audience and his particular popcorn practice.


    Welcome to This Is My Cinema, a podcast from the British Independent Film Awards. The show is called This Is My Cinema and it’s all about celebrating the very best talent in the British film scene and the cinema experiences that made them who they are today. 


    Our hosts Michael Leader and Rhianna Dhillon will be talking to rising stars and legendary names from in front of and behind the camera, exploring their origins in filmmaking, their inspirations, their memories of the cinemas they grew up visiting and of course whether they take their popcorn salty, sweet - or wouldn’t dream of taking food to a film at all. 


    On the 18th of February, the British Independent Film Awards will be broadcasting live on Facebook and YouTube, hosted by Tom Felton, with lots of special guest appearances too. In celebration of the awards, we’ll be releasing one podcast episode every day that week, so subscribe now to This Is My Cinema wherever you listen to your podcasts… you’ll want a front row seat


    This is my cinema is a Little Dot Studios production for BIFA

    The show is hosted by Rhianna Dhilllon and Michael Leader

    It’s produced by Jake Cunningham, Annie Hughes and Harold McShiel

    And we’re edited by Content is Queen

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    46 min
  • Morfydd Clark on Saint Maud, Wales on film and watching Groundhog Day on repeat

    Morfydd Clark is our guest for episode four of This Is My Cinema, Morfydd is nominated for Best Actress at the BIFAs for her performance in Saint Maud, which is also nominated for Best Film. In addition to playing the titular role in Saint Maud, Morfydd can be seen in 2019 films The Personal History of David Copperfield, and Craig Roberts' Eternal Beauty.


    Welcome to This Is My Cinema, a podcast from the British Independent Film Awards. The show is called This Is My Cinema and it’s all about celebrating the very best talent in the British film scene and the cinema experiences that made them who they are today. 


    Our hosts Michael Leader and Rhianna Dhillon will be talking to rising stars and legendary names from in front of and behind the camera, exploring their origins in filmmaking, their inspirations, their memories of the cinemas they grew up visiting and of course whether they take their popcorn salty, sweet - or wouldn’t dream of taking food to a film at all. 


    On the 18th of February, the British Independent Film Awards will be broadcasting live on Facebook and YouTube, hosted by Tom Felton, with lots of special guest appearances too. In celebration of the awards, we’ll be releasing one podcast episode every day that week, so subscribe now to This Is My Cinema wherever you listen to your podcasts… you’ll want a front row seat


    This is my cinema is a Little Dot Studios production for BIFA

    The show is hosted by Rhianna Dhilllon and Michael Leader

    It’s produced by Jake Cunningham, Annie Hughes and Harold McShiel

    And we’re edited by Content is Queen

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    33 min
  • Sarah Gavron on Rocks, being inspired by Jane Campion, and her cinema snack confessions

    Sarah Gavron joins us for episode three of This Is My Cinema, Sarah is nominated for Best Director at the BIFAs for her film Rocks, which is also nominated for Best Film. In addition to making Rocks, Sarah directed the 2015 film Suffragette, and was previously nominated at the BIFAs in the Best Director category for her debut film Brick Lane.


    Welcome to This Is My Cinema, a podcast from the British Independent Film Awards. The show is called This Is My Cinema and it’s all about celebrating the very best talent in the British film scene and the cinema experiences that made them who they are today. 


    Our hosts Michael Leader and Rhianna Dhillon will be talking to rising stars and legendary names from in front of and behind the camera, exploring their origins in filmmaking, their inspirations, their memories of the cinemas they grew up visiting and of course whether they take their popcorn salty, sweet - or wouldn’t dream of taking food to a film at all. 


    On the 18th of February, the British Independent Film Awards will be broadcasting live on Facebook and YouTube, hosted by Tom Felton, with lots of special guest appearances too. In celebration of the awards, we’ll be releasing one podcast episode every day that week, so subscribe now to This Is My Cinema wherever you listen to your podcasts… you’ll want a front row seat


    This is my cinema is a Little Dot Studios production for BIFA

    The show is hosted by Rhianna Dhilllon and Michael Leader

    It’s produced by Jake Cunningham, Annie Hughes and Harold McShiel

    And we’re edited by Content is Queen

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    37 min
  • Niamh Algar on Calm With Horses, sneaking into Titanic and weird cinema food

    In the second episode of This Is My Cinema, we're joined by Niamh Algar, who's nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the BIFAs for her work in Calm With Horses. As well as Calm With Horses Niamh was seen in the big screen in Lorcan Finnegan's Without Name and stars in upcoming brit-horror Censor. On the small screen, she's been in Ridley Scott's Raised By Wolves and Shane Meadows' The Virtues.


    Welcome to a new podcast from the British Independent Film Awards. The show is called This Is My Cinema and it’s all about celebrating the very best talent in the British film scene and the cinema experiences that made them who they are today. 


    Our hosts Michael Leader and Rhianna Dhillon will be talking to rising stars and legendary names from in front of and behind the camera, exploring their origins in filmmaking, their inspirations, their memories of the cinemas they grew up visiting and of course whether they take their popcorn salty, sweet - or wouldn’t dream of taking food to a film at all. 


    On the 18th of February, the British Independent Film Awards will be broadcasting live on Facebook and YouTube, hosted by Tom Felton, with lots of special guest appearances too. In celebration of the awards, we’ll be releasing one podcast episode every day that week, so subscribe now to This Is My Cinema wherever you listen to your podcasts… you’ll want a front row seat


    This is my cinema is a Little Dot Studios production for BIFA

    The show is hosted by Rhianna Dhilllon and Michael Leader

    It’s produced by Jake Cunningham, Annie Hughes and Harold McShiel

    And we’re edited by Content is Queen

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    36 min
  • Harris Dickinson on County Lines, becoming a meme and cinema snack rustlers

    Welcome to a new podcast from the British Independent Film Awards. The show is called This Is My Cinema and it’s all about celebrating the very best talent in the British film scene and the cinema experiences that made them who they are today. 


    Our hosts Michael Leader and Rhianna Dhillon will be talking to rising stars and legendary names from in front of and behind the camera, exploring their origins in filmmaking, their inspirations, their memories of the cinemas they grew up visiting and of course whether they take their popcorn salty, sweet - or wouldn’t dream of taking food to a film at all. 


    In this first episode, we're joined by Harris Dickinson, who's nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the BIFAs for his role in County Lines. Harris has been seen in Eliza Hittman's Beach Rats, Xavier Dolan's Matthias & Maxime and will soon appear in Kingsman prequel The King's Man.


    On the 18th of February, the British Independent Film Awards will be broadcasting live on Facebook and YouTube, hosted by Tom Felton, with lots of special guest appearances too. In celebration of the awards, we’ll be releasing one podcast episode every day that week, so subscribe now to This Is My Cinema wherever you listen to your podcasts… you’ll want a front row seat


    This is my cinema is a Little Dot Studios production for BIFA

    The show is hosted by Rhianna Dhilllon and Michael Leader

    It’s produced by Jake Cunningham, Annie Hughes and Harold McShiel

    And we’re edited by Content is Queen

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    33 min

About The BIFA Podcast

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Welcome to the BIFA Podcast, supported by Kia. Every Wednesday, hosts Joy Hunter and Karis Aldridge will be talking to a new guest from the world of independent film about their journey into the…

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