Women X Film Festival Podcast

Writer-director Tia Salisbury sat down with us to talk about her varied industry career, the making of her Women X Festival short film Placenta Pâté, and what inspired her to make such a funny and touching film about parenthood.

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Writer-director Gabriela Staniszewska and producer Jadey Duffield spoke to us about making their Women X Festival short film Choose Your Weapon, the struggles of being women and parents in the film industry, and their tips and tricks for breaking in.

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In this episode, Emily Garbutt speaks to Clodagh Chapman, the writer and director of First Kiss (With A Girl). Clodagh shares how the film explores a second adolescence that queer people experience, how you can make a film (even on your bedroom floor!) and the excitement of being early into her film career. A quote that resonated with Clodagh by Ng Choon Ping is "just because you're new to filmmaking, it doesn't mean you're new to storytelling." We love that one too!

First Kiss (With A Girl) screened at Women X Film Festival 2022.

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Emily Garbutt interviews the writer and director of THIS LITTLE GIRL, Annette Westwood. Annette shares how her acting experience informs her directing, the process of getting BFI funding and why filmmakers can benefit from working at film festivals.

THIS LITTLE GIRL screened at Women X Film Festival 2022.

CW: Mention of substance misuse

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We're excited to be bringing you a series of interviews with some of this year's filmmakers.

Louise Nesbitt ('Snuff') tells us about how she got into filmmaking (after watching so much film and TV she couldn't not make it her job!), why you shouldn't overlook regional-specific schemes and what it's like balancing numerous roles in one project (writer, director, producer AND costume designer!)

'Snuff' is about a woman in the middle of an affair who arrives home to find her wife making a snuff film in their living room. This film screened at Women X Film Festival 2022, as part of our 'Give us a Smile' strand.

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Ever wondered how we programme our film festival? A few of our Women X programmers, Courtney, Ashton & Lilia provide an insight into selecting this year's films and each share one film people shouldn't miss.

CW: 08:00 - 08:38 Mention of violence against women

Our 2022 programme has now launched! Read more about this year's films here:

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Get your tickets for Women X Film Festival, taking place on September 2 - 4, 2022 in Darlington (you can also join us online!)

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We share the do's and don'ts for filmmakers attending a film festival! Caris Rianne (Festival Director), Sophie Duncan (Festival Producer) & Ashton Clarke (Development Exec & Senior Festival Programmer) have worked at and attended many film festivals over the years. They talk about their experiences both as filmmakers and film festival staff to give tips on how you can make the most out your film festival experience (and why you shouldn't be rude!)

Subscribe to the podcast for more episodes! Through this podcast, we take you behind-the-scenes of an exciting, fresh short film festival. Learn about the ins and outs of running a film festival, listen to interviews with this year’s filmmakers, our alumnis, other festivals and more.

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Women X's Festival Producer, Lilia Pavin-Franks, interviews Caris Rianne about her experience as Festival Director, how she started Women X and the purpose behind our film festival, what is different about this year's edition of the fest and her future goals for Women X.

Stay tuned for more episodes!

Learn more about Women X here:

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Get your tickets for Women X Film Festival, taking place on September 2 - 4, 2022 in Darlington (you can also join us online!)

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Welcome to the very first episode of the Women X Film Festival podcast! Through this podcast, we will take you behind-the-scenes of an exciting, fresh short film festival. Learn about the ins and outs of running a film festival, listen to interviews with this year’s filmmakers, our alumnis, other festivals and more!

For our very first episode, our Festival Director Caris Rianne has a conversation with some of the team behind Durham Film Festival - Amy Ware (Festival Director), Amy Haddow (Content Programmer) and Cerys Bessey (Creative Director). They share what it was like re-starting the festival after lockdown, how they formed their festival team, the process of getting submissions in and their tips for any students looking to start their own film festival.

For more info on Durham Film Festival:

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Learn more about Women X here:

https://riannepictures.com/womenx

Get your tickets for Women X Film Festival, taking place on September 2 - 4, 2022 in Darlington (you can also join us online!)

https://filmfreeway.com/WomenX

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