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Girls On Film x BFI | Episode 5 | 4 August 2020

Several new releases have a refreshing, open-hearted and relaxed approach to the complex issues involving the physicality of women’s bodies. Anna speaks to writer and actor Kelly O’Sullivan and critic Rhianna Dhillon about female bodies.

Kelly O’Sullivan discusses her new film Saint Frances, which, on the surface is a light-hearted comedy, but at its heart there is a quiet revolution going on, dealing with previously controversial subjects as the everyday events that they can be: menstruation, abortion, good and bad sex, babies and breastfeeding, inter-racial same-sex couples, and bonding between people of all kinds.

Rhianna and Anna catch up about Michaela Coel’s recent hit series I May Destroy You, focusing on consent and its bold depictions of bodily functions.

  • Kelly O’Sullivan
  • Rhianna Dhillon

Girls On Film x BFI | Episode 4 | 21 July 2020

Join host Anna Smith to discuss diversity in ability on screen. Our guests, Ruth Madeley and Rachel Griffiths, have both recently made industry headlines with their work around casting actors with disabilities.

Ruth Madeley talks about her recent role in Verisimilitude, in which a wheelchair-using actor teaches an able-bodied actor how to act as if he had disabilities.

Award-winning actor Rachel Griffiths speaks about directing Ride Like a Girl, which is based on the true story of Michelle Payne, the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup, which features Down’s Syndrome actor Stevie Payne, playing himself, as Michelle’s brother.

  • Ruth Madeley
  • Rachel Griffiths

Girls On Film x BFI | Episode 3 |23 June 2020

Anna Smith speaks to guests about their upcoming releases and reactions to recent world events and the Black Lives Matter movement. Anna is joined by Maxine Peake to discuss her new film Fanny Lye Deliver’d, Rosamund Pike on her role of Marie Curie in Radioactive, Nichola Burley on her turn as Lucy in BFI release Lynn + Lucy and Amma Asante on directing and the barriers she has overcome throughout her career.

  • Amma Asante
  • Rosamund Pike
  • Maxine Peake
  • Nichola Burley

Girls On Film x BFI | Episode 2 | 26 May 2020

Anna Smith marks the release of the epic new documentary, Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema, with writer and director Mark Cousins, followed by conversations with Director Nisha Ganatra (Late Night), actor Monica Dolan (Days of the Bagnold Summer) and actor, writer and director Desiree Akhavan (The Miseducation of Cameron Post and Appropriate Behaviour).

  • Desiree Akhavan
  • Monica Dolan
  • Mark Cousins
  • Nisha Ganatra

Girls On Film x BFI | Episode 1 | 5 May 2020

Anna Smith explores the BFI Player collection Female Desire on Screen, giving audiences the chance to hear from collection programmer and author of She Found It at the Movies, Christina Newland, along with actors Billie Piper, Sally Phillips and Ronni Ancona, and the founder of Bechdel Test Fest, Corrina Antrobus.

  • Billie Piper
  • Corrina Antrobus and Christina Newland
  • Sally Phillips and Ronni Ancona

Girls On Film | Episode 86 | 3 August 2021

In this bonus episode, we’re bringing you a podcast edition of our ‘Film Industry Post-Pandemic’ panel, created in partnership with the BFI for their Woman With A Movie Camera summit, powered by Jaguar. We assembled a panel of expert women from five corners of the film industry to talk about the future of their fields following the impact of Covid-19.

Anna is first joined by Allison Gardner, CEO of Glasgow Film, Claire Vaughan, lead programmer at Cardiff’s multi-artform venue Chapter, and filmmaker, writer and disability advocate Kyla Harris. They share what the pandemic has revealed about the workings of their respective facets of the industry, what changes they made to survive, and how we can hold on to some of those creative innovations to help us thrive in future.

Allison shares how she made a success of Glasgow Film Festival despite ongoing lockdowns, and Claire tells Anna how she got creative with programming when cinemas closed their doors. Kyla talks about the impact of the pandemic for people with disabilities — plus her new project documenting her endeavour to teach a friend her care regime in just one week. The panel also discuss the crucial role of caring and carers in society, and how the film industry can acknowledge and facilitate this better.

In a second conversation, filmmaker and Luxor director Zeina Durra joins Anna alongside Eve Gabereau, CEO of Luxor’s female-led distributor Modern Films. They discuss the challenges of releasing an independent movie during lockdown, and how filmmakers and distributors have worked together to achieve successes like Luxor’s in this challenging time. All this and many more strong words from inspiring women.

  • Claire Vaughan
  • Kyla Harris
  • Allison Gardner
  • Eve Gabereau
  • Zeina Durra

Girls On Film | Episode 85 | 29 July 2021

Anna is first joined by Mia Bays and Be Manzini for a celebration of Sundance Film Festival: London. Mia gives a rundown of the female-directed films playing at the festival, from documentary The Most Beautiful Boy In The World to musical drama CODA. Be talks about responding to films through poetry and delivers a reading of her Sundance-inspired poem.

Next up, Anna talks to director and producer Rintu Thomas about Writing with Fire. This feminist documentary follows the movements of India’s only newspaper run by Dalit women. Rintu recalls the thrills and fears of shadowing these daring female journalists. She applauds their passionate and refreshing voices, and reveals how they have empowered her. What do Indian female journalists bring to light, that their male counterparts may not?

Finally, director Phyllida Lloyd returns with an update on her emotional drama Herself, a film whose story of domestic violence and housing has evolved in meaning during lockdown. She explains what attracts her to telling women’s stories and remembers that directing Mamma Mia was “a feminist mission”!

  • Mia Bays
  • Be Manzini
  • Rintu Thomas
  • Phyllida Lloyd

Girls On Film | Episode 84 | 6 July 2021

From Clio Barnard’s hopeful love story Ali & Ava to Eva Husson’s star-studded WWI drama Mothering Sunday, Anna and Wendy look ahead to the most promising female-directed films premiering at Cannes 2021. Their curiosity shifts to Paul Verhoeven’s upcoming lesbian nun movie Benedetta. And finally, it wouldn’t be Cannes without the Palm Dog Award!

Next Anna is joined by the director of Black Widow, Cate Shortland. The second female-focused Marvel movie sees Scarlett Johansson reprise her role as the titular superhero who is reunited with her Russian family and espionage past. Anna and Cate discuss sisterhood, Florence Pugh’s pivotal role in the film, and rebuking sexist jokes.

  • Cate Shortland
  • Wendy Mitchell

    Girls On Film | Episode 83 | 17 June 2021

    Reeling from a screening of First Cow at Picturehouse Central, Mia and Anna join Orla Smith on Zoom for a chat about all things Kelly Reichardt. Her latest film follows the story of a Jewish chef and a Chinese businessman who set out to make their fortune in 1820s Oregon. The critics discuss the film’s tender representation of masculinity, its exploration of American mythologies, and its unique attention to menial tasks. Orla, the executive editor of Seventh Row, gives a background to Kelly’s work, and Mia, the director of Birds Eye View, advises on where to start with her challenging movies.

    Anna is then joined by academic Chrystel Oloukoï, who further delves into the slowness and whiteness of Kelly’s work. Discussing the video essay she made on Kelly Reichardt’s films, she holds a lens to their indigenous characters and interesting portrayal of settler colonialism.

    • Mia Bays
    • Chrystel Oloukoï
    • Orla Smith

      Girls On Film | Episode 82 | 15 June 2021

      What makes a father a feminist? We explore a range of movie dads in this episode to celebrate Father’s Day in the UK. Stay tuned for some great movie recommendations, including docs, dramas, and everything in between!

      First up, Anna Smith is joined by Ashanti Omkar from BBC Asian Network and the Bagri Foundation London Indian Film Festival. From Bollywood fathers to debatable blockbuster dads, Anna and Ashanti consider the types of dads we see on screen. Can the supportive dad unhelpfully play into the nagging wife trope? And can we really call Liam Neeson’s character in Taken a feminist?!

      Next up, Anna welcomes actor and father Sanjeev Bhaskar to the show. He reveals the strong female influences in his life and reflects on the powerful women he’s worked with on set. He shares his thoughts on our changing access to female role models over the past few decades and is grateful for his exposure to diverse perspectives. Keep listening to find out what Sanjeev finds bizarre about his father roles in both Anita & Me and Yesterday…

      • Ashanti Omkar
      • Sanjeev Bhaskar
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