Women X Film Festival Podcast

Women X's Caris Rianne and Ashton Clarke reflect on the last five years of Women X Film Festival, from what started as an online venture in 2020 to hundreds attending the 3-day festival at Darlington Hippodrome. (And we're still growing!)Find us on social media:https://www.instagram.com/riannepictures/https://twitter.com/riannepictureshttps://www.tiktok.com/@riannepicturesThe Women X Film Festival Podcast is produced by Rianne Pictures:https://riannepictures.com/Make sure to subscribe to the podcast to stay up to date with 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, get tips for your short film, listen to interviews with filmmakers, other festivals and more.

Mel and Caris return for the third episode in our popular film festival scams series. They cover a well-known, successful festival that flopped after promising 1,000 films and bogus hotel packages, and a scam script competition offering AI feedback!Find us on social media:https://www.instagram.com/riannepictures/https://twitter.com/riannepictureshttps://www.tiktok.com/@riannepicturesThe Women X Film Festival Podcast is produced by Rianne Pictures:https://riannepictures.com/Make sure to subscribe to the podcast to stay up to date with 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, get tips for your short film, listen to interviews with filmmakers, other festivals and more.

Abbie from the Women X team is joined by Jessie Craig Roche, director of the short film ‘Three Things We Don't Talk About'. She talks about why horror is so interesting as a genre, particularly for short films. They also discuss Jessie's filmmaking experience, making a film in between COVID lockdowns, and more.Find us on social media:https://www.instagram.com/riannepictures/https://twitter.com/riannepictureshttps://www.tiktok.com/@riannepicturesThe Women X Film Festival Podcast is produced by Rianne Pictures:https://riannepictures.com/Make sure to subscribe to the podcast to stay up to date with 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, get tips for your short film, listen to interviews with filmmakers, other festivals and more.

Emily Garbutt from the Rianne Pictures team chats with Athanasia Bartzoka, whose film ‘Raja's Had Enough' screened at last year's festival. Athanasia talks crowdfunding £10k for the film and how much work it took to get there, getting into filmmaking after a finance undergrad, and the challenges of balancing life and freelancing work.Find us on social media:https://www.instagram.com/riannepictures/https://twitter.com/riannepictureshttps://www.tiktok.com/@riannepicturesThe Women X Film Festival Podcast is produced by Rianne Pictures:https://riannepictures.com/Make sure to subscribe to the podcast to stay up to date with 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, get tips for your short film, listen to interviews with filmmakers, other festivals and more.

Emily Garbutt from the Rianne Pictures team chats with Athanasia Bartzoka, whose film ‘Raja's Had Enough' screened at last year's festival. Athanasia talks crowdfunding £10k for the film and how much work it took to get there, getting into filmmaking after a finance undergrad, and the challenges of balancing life and freelancing work.Find us on social media:https://www.instagram.com/riannepictures/https://twitter.com/riannepictureshttps://www.tiktok.com/@riannepicturesThe Women X Film Festival Podcast is produced by Rianne Pictures:https://riannepictures.com/Make sure to subscribe to the podcast to stay up to date with 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, get tips for your short film, listen to interviews with filmmakers, other festivals and more.

Women X's Abbie is joined by Ella Maree Carey, whose film ‘Prawn' screened at WXFF 2023. Ella discusses making a film during lockdown, her bad directing experience which taught her to embrace failure and learn from her mistakes, and her top tips for making short films.Find us on social media:https://www.instagram.com/riannepictures/https://twitter.com/riannepictureshttps://www.tiktok.com/@riannepicturesThe Women X Film Festival Podcast is produced by Rianne Pictures:https://riannepictures.com/Make sure to subscribe to the podcast to stay up to date with 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, get tips for your short film, listen to interviews with filmmakers, other festivals and more.

In this episode, Caris Rianne is joined by Zoë Bullock, one of the Rianne Pictures script competition finalists! They discuss top tips for entering script competitions, how Zoë got into writing scripts, whether creative industries are becoming more accessible for women, and the differences between writing for theatre and TV.Find us on social media:https://www.instagram.com/riannepictures/https://twitter.com/riannepictureshttps://www.tiktok.com/@riannepicturesThe Women X Film Festival Podcast is produced by Rianne Pictures:https://riannepictures.com/Make sure to subscribe to the podcast to stay up to date with 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, get tips for your short film, listen to interviews with filmmakers, other festivals and more.

Women X's Emily Garbutt sits down with Women X alumni Jo Lane (“MUG”) to talk about making a film with BFI funding, how her own grief inspired her film about a grieving character, and how she came to filmmaking from a background in interactive and fine arts.Find us on social media:https://www.instagram.com/riannepictures/https://twitter.com/riannepictureshttps://www.tiktok.com/@riannepicturesThe Women X Film Festival Podcast is produced by Rianne Pictures:https://riannepictures.com/Make sure to subscribe to the podcast to stay up to date with 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, get tips for your short film, listen to interviews with filmmakers, other festivals and more.

Women X's Emily Garbutt chats with Tyro Heath about her film 'BIRDS', including how it felt to shoot the film in a decommissioned women's prison. She also discusses her documentary background, and how her skills inform her fiction filmmaking.Find us on social media:https://www.instagram.com/riannepictures/https://twitter.com/riannepictureshttps://www.tiktok.com/@riannepicturesThe Women X Film Festival Podcast is produced by Rianne Pictures:https://riannepictures.com/Make sure to subscribe to the podcast to stay up to date with 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, get tips for your short film, listen to interviews with filmmakers, other festivals and more.

In this episode, we delve into Rianne Pictures' experience at the Woman with a Movie Camera Summit, where they gained valuable insights and inspiration from female filmmakers in the industry. The summit provided a platform for discussing challenges, successes, and the importance of female representation in film. Rianne Pictures shared their key takeaways from the event, including their two events!Caris, our host, offers essential advice on the five crucial steps filmmakers should take before submitting their films to festivals. By following these recommendations, filmmakers can increase their chances of success in the competitive world of film festivals and showcase their work to a broader audience.Submissions for the Women X Film Festival 2024 are open until May 1st. www.filmfreeway.com/womenxFollow us on all socials @riannepictures

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Learn all the behind the scenes magic of this year's film festival, Festival Director Caris Rianne and Festival Producer Ashton Clarke take us through all the moments from the start to the end.

Learn all the behind the scenes magic of this year's film festival, Festival Director Caris Rianne and Festival Producer Ashton Clarke take us through all the moments from the start to the end.

In the final interview recorded live at this year's Women X Film Festival, Charlotte chats with the writers, directors, and producer of “A Television Broadcast from Outer Space”: Mo, Steph and Mikel. They talk about the process of getting funding for the film, how they came up with the idea of making a short film that crosses several genres, and how they each found their way into the industry.Find us on social media:https://www.instagram.com/riannepictures/https://twitter.com/riannepictureshttps://www.tiktok.com/@riannepicturesThe Women X Film Festival Podcast is produced by Rianne Pictures:https://riannepictures.com/Make sure to subscribe to the podcast to stay up to date with 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, get tips for your short film, listen to interviews with filmmakers, other festivals and more.

At Women X Film Festival, we sat down with Amber Clarke-McGrath to talk about her short 'Hairy'. Amber talks about taking on multiple roles when creating the short film, the inspiration behind it and her film festival strategy.Amber's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@amberclarke-mcgrath5327 Watch ‘Hairy' here: https://www.minuteshorts.co.uk/film_player/hairy Find us on social media:https://www.instagram.com/riannepictures/https://twitter.com/riannepictureshttps://www.tiktok.com/@riannepicturesThe Women X Film Festival Podcast is produced by Rianne Pictures:https://riannepictures.com/Make sure to subscribe to the podcast to stay up to date with 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, get tips for your short film, listen to interviews with filmmakers, other festivals and more.

Welcome back to our series of interviews recorded LIVE at the 2023 edition of Women X Film Festival! Charlotte from the Women X team chats with Samantha Castro, director of ‘Love That'. They talk about how Samantha went from attending Women X last year to becoming one of this year's filmmakers, why she founded Newcastle Film Club, and what's on her bucket list as a filmmaker.https://scastrocreations.com/ https://www.newcastlefilmclub.co.uk/ Find us on social media:https://www.instagram.com/riannepictures/https://twitter.com/riannepictureshttps://www.tiktok.com/@riannepicturesThe Women X Film Festival Podcast is produced by Rianne Pictures:https://riannepictures.com/Make sure to subscribe to the podcast to stay up to date with 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, get tips for your short film, listen to interviews with filmmakers, other festivals and more.

Welcome to the first in a series of interviews recorded LIVE at this year's Women X Film Festival! Charlotte from the Women X team sits down with Joanne Michael, producer of ‘Blind Spot', to talk about her film and all things crowdfunding. She tells us why she wanted to be a filmmaker, the inspiration for ‘Blind Spot', and how a successful crowdfunding campaign made it happen.Find us on social media:https://www.instagram.com/riannepictures/https://twitter.com/riannepictureshttps://www.tiktok.com/@riannepicturesThe Women X Film Festival Podcast is produced by Rianne Pictures:https://riannepictures.com/Make sure to subscribe to the podcast to stay up to date with 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, get tips for your short film, listen to interviews with filmmakers, other festivals and more.

Women X's Emily Garbutt chats with filmmaker Sascha Lo about her film 'Model of Life'. They discuss Sascha's career journey from standup comedy to comedic filmmaking, how she made a film using only an incredible £30 budget while at university, and how filmmaking can be very accessible to anyone who has an idea and the drive to give it a go.Find us on social media:https://www.instagram.com/riannepictures/https://twitter.com/riannepictureshttps://www.tiktok.com/@riannepicturesThe Women X Film Festival Podcast is produced by Rianne Pictures:https://riannepictures.com/Make sure to subscribe to the podcast to stay up to date with 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, get tips for your short film, listen to interviews with filmmakers, other festivals and more.

Women X's Neha Vyas interviews filmmaker Sinéad O'Loughlin about her film 'Lamb'. They chat about Sinéad's inspirations for her short film, the funding process in Ireland & how she overcame challenges while shooting. Sinéad also talks about the film's journey on the film festival circuit ('Lamb' is now on the longlist for the Oscars!) and why networking at festivals is so valuable.Find us on social media:https://www.instagram.com/riannepictures/https://twitter.com/riannepictureshttps://www.tiktok.com/@riannepicturesThe Women X Film Festival Podcast is produced by Rianne Pictures:https://riannepictures.com/Make sure to subscribe to the podcast to stay up to date with 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, get tips for your short film, listen to interviews with filmmakers, other festivals and more.

Women X's Ashton Clarke interviews Yangming Liu about the female gaze in film, the process of writing, directing and editing 'Body Rhapsody' & how she developed her filmmaking style.You can watch Yangming's short film 'Body Rhapsody' at Women X Film Festival 2023, which will run from 9-10 September at the Darlington Hippodrome. You can also join us online. Get your tickets here: https://www.riannepictures.com/womenxFind us on social media:https://www.instagram.com/riannepictures/https://twitter.com/riannepictureshttps://www.tiktok.com/@riannepicturesThe Women X Film Festival Podcast is produced by Rianne Pictures:https://riannepictures.com/Make sure to subscribe to the podcast to stay up to date with 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, get tips for your short film, listen to interviews with filmmakers, other festivals and more.

Women X's Amy Ware is joined by filmmakers Jadey Duffield and Gabriela Staniszewska to talk all things funding and festival strategy. They discuss some of the ways they funded their film 'Yummy Mummy', their strategy for distributing to festivals, and how they work so well together despite having very different backgrounds in film.You can watch Jadey and Gabriela's short film 'Yummy Mummy' at Women X Film Festival 2023, which will run from 9-10 September at the Darlington Hippodrome. You can also join us online. Get your tickets here: https://www.riannepictures.com/womenxFind us on social media:https://www.instagram.com/riannepictures/https://twitter.com/riannepictureshttps://www.tiktok.com/@riannepicturesThe Women X Film Festival Podcast is produced by Rianne Pictures:https://riannepictures.com/Make sure to subscribe to the podcast to stay up to date with 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, get tips for your short film, listen to interviews with filmmakers, other festivals and more.

If you've never submitted a film to a festival using FilmFreeway, you might have a lot of questions about the process. In this episode, Women X's Caris Rianne and Ashton Clarke discuss everything you need to know about what to include in your FilmFreeway application, and what festival programmers will be looking for.Tickets are now on sale for the Women X Film Festival 2023, which will run from 9-10 September at the Darlington Hippodrome. You can also join us online. Get your tickets here: https://www.riannepictures.com/womenxFind us on social media:https://www.instagram.com/riannepictures/https://twitter.com/riannepictureshttps://www.tiktok.com/@riannepicturesThe Women X Film Festival Podcast is produced by Rianne Pictures:https://riannepictures.com/Make sure to subscribe to the podcast to stay up to date with 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, get tips for your short film, listen to interviews with filmmakers, other festivals and more.

Women X's Lilia Pavin-Franks chats with Anna Járai about her film 'Virágom, Virágom', inspired by folk communities, heritage, and Anna's Hungarian culture. She talks about the experimental nature of the film including the use of archival material and folk-inspired soundscapes, the process of crowdfunding and distributing a small-budget student film, and the shooting on Kodak Super 8.You can watch Anna's short film 'Virágom, Virágom' at Women X Film Festival 2023, which will run from 9-10 September at the Darlington Hippodrome. You can also join us online. Get your tickets here: https://www.riannepictures.com/womenxFind us on social media:https://www.instagram.com/riannepictures/https://twitter.com/riannepictureshttps://www.tiktok.com/@riannepicturesThe Women X Film Festival Podcast is produced by Rianne Pictures:https://riannepictures.com/Make sure to subscribe to the podcast to stay up to date with 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, get tips for your short film, listen to interviews with filmmakers, other festivals and more.

We're delighted to welcome Lucy Chappell back to this year's Women X, after she won Best Director in 2021. Emily Garbutt spoke with Lucy about how being an actor made filmmaking seem more possible, her experience creating an experimental film this time round (and filming a club scene in a Tesco car park), and why you shouldn't let fear hold you back from filmmaking.You can watch Lucy's short film 'The Witching' at Women X Film Festival 2023, which will run from 9-10 September at the Darlington Hippodrome. You can also join us online. Get your tickets here: https://www.riannepictures.com/womenxFind us on social media:https://www.instagram.com/riannepictures/https://twitter.com/riannepictureshttps://www.tiktok.com/@riannepicturesThe Women X Film Festival Podcast is produced by Rianne Pictures:https://riannepictures.com/Make sure to subscribe to the podcast to stay up to date with 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, get tips for your short film, listen to interviews with filmmakers, other festivals and more.

Mel and Caris return for the second instalment in our series on scam film festivals!Fake venues, gapekept meals, tax evasion and expensive flights - we cover it ALL!CW: Mention of transphobiaWe're so excited to bring you (our very real festival) Women X from 8-10 September 2023 in Darlington. Find out more about Women X here:https://riannepictures.com/womenxFind us on social media:https://www.instagram.com/riannepictures/https://twitter.com/riannepictureshttps://www.tiktok.com/@riannepicturesThe Women X Film Festival Podcast is produced by Rianne Pictures:https://riannepictures.com/Make sure to subscribe to the podcast to stay up to date with 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, get tips for your short film, listen to interviews with filmmakers, other festivals and more.

Caris Rianne and Mel Fielding kick off our new series about film festival scammers! Following some investigating into dodgy film festivals, Mel tells Caris all about them and the red flags filmmakers can look for when selecting festivals to submit their films to. Stay tuned for part 2 coming soon!We're so excited to bring you (our very real festival) Women X from 8-10 September 2023 in Darlington. Find out more about Women X here:https://riannepictures.com/womenxFind us on social media:https://www.instagram.com/riannepictures/https://twitter.com/riannepictureshttps://www.tiktok.com/@riannepicturesThe Women X Film Festival Podcast is produced by Rianne Pictures:https://riannepictures.com/Make sure to subscribe to the podcast to stay up to date with 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, get tips for your short film, listen to interviews with filmmakers, other festivals and more.

We're back with another Women X Podcast episode! This week we were elated to sit down with Alia Ghafar, who took home the award for Best Director at the 2022 festival for her heartwarming short SCUZZ. Alia talks everything writing and directing, the importance of finding great collaborators, and being mistaken for Lynne Ramsay at an awards ceremony!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, get tips for your short film, listen to interviews with Women X filmmakers, other festivals and more.Learn more about Women X:https://riannepictures.com/womenxOur social media:https://www.instagram.com/riannepictures/https://twitter.com/riannepictureshttps://www.tiktok.com/@riannepictures

In the final instalment in our five-part tips series, our festival director, Caris Rianne, shares a marketing mistake we made in the past. As she says, it's good to look at not only the great things we've done and the challenges we've faced, but it's important to acknowledge our mistakes too and how we learn from them!We're so excited to bring you the 2023 edition of Women X from 8-10 September 2023 in Darlington. Find out more about Women X here:https://riannepictures.com/womenxFind us on social media:https://www.instagram.com/riannepictures/https://twitter.com/riannepictureshttps://www.tiktok.com/@riannepicturesThe Women X Film Festival Podcast is produced by Rianne Pictures:https://riannepictures.com/Make sure to subscribe to the podcast to stay up to date with 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, get tips for your short film, listen to interviews with filmmakers, other festivals and more.

Women X's Festival Director, Caris Rianne, shares 2 ways we're improving our festival this year and what we've learned over the past few years. Our motto is better not bigger! This episode is part of our top tips series, stay tuned for our final instalment in the 5-part series next week!We're so excited to bring you the 2023 edition of Women X from 8-10 September 2023 in Darlington. Find out more about Women X here:https://riannepictures.com/womenxFind us on social media:https://www.instagram.com/riannepictures/https://twitter.com/riannepictureshttps://www.tiktok.com/@riannepicturesThe Women X Film Festival Podcast is produced by Rianne Pictures:https://riannepictures.com/Make sure to subscribe to the podcast to stay up to date with 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, get tips for your short film, listen to interviews with filmmakers, other festivals and more.

If you're wondering how to get the most out of networking at film festivals, Women X's Caris Rianne & Ashton Clarke share their 3 top tips!Make sure to subscribe to the podcast to stay up to date with 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, get tips for your short film, listen to interviews with filmmakers, other festivals and more.Find out more about Women X here:https://riannepictures.com/womenxFind us on social media:https://www.instagram.com/riannepictures/https://twitter.com/riannepictureshttps://www.tiktok.com/@riannepicturesThe Women X Film Festival Podcast is produced by Rianne Pictures:https://riannepictures.com/

This week on the Women X Festival Podcast we chatted to director-producer Tulsi Behl, whose short film Pigeon screened at our 2022 festival. Tulsi took us through her varied industry career, the making of Pigeon (all the way from development to the edit), and gave us insight into what it's like juggling the roles of producer and director on set.Make sure to subscribe to the podcast to stay up to date with 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, get tips for your short film, listen to interviews with filmmakers, other festivals and more.Women X:https://riannepictures.com/womenxFollow us on social media:https://www.instagram.com/riannepictures/https://twitter.com/riannepictureshttps://www.tiktok.com/@riannepicturesThe Women X Film Festival Podcast is produced by Rianne Pictures:https://riannepictures.com/

We're back with another episode from our five-part advice series. This time our festival director, Caris Rianne, is joined by Ashton Clarke, to share 4 ways to improve your festival campaign. Between them, they must've watched over 2,000 short films for our festival, so they really know what makes an effective campaign.Make sure to subscribe to the podcast to stay up to date with 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, get tips for your short film, listen to interviews with filmmakers, other festivals and more.Find out more about Women X here:https://riannepictures.com/womenxFind us on social media:https://www.instagram.com/riannepictures/https://twitter.com/riannepictureshttps://www.tiktok.com/@riannepicturesThe Women X Film Festival Podcast is produced by Rianne Pictures:https://riannepictures.com/

Women X's Emily Garbutt interviews Shamim Sarif to discuss the making of her new film 'Polarized', which screened at this year's BFI Flare, the UK's largest queer film festival. She also shares what it was like to direct an episode of Netflix's 'You' and what's next for her as a filmmaker.Thank you to Shamim for coming on the Women X Film Festival Podcast!Make sure to subscribe to the podcast to stay up to date with 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, get tips for your short film, listen to interviews with filmmakers, other festivals and more.Find out more about Women X here:https://riannepictures.com/womenxFind us on social media:https://www.instagram.com/riannepictures/https://twitter.com/riannepictureshttps://www.tiktok.com/@riannepicturesThe Women X Film Festival Podcast is produced by Rianne Pictures:https://riannepictures.com/

Izzy Hill interviews our 2022 Rising Star Averi Israel, whose short film Sequin was a part of last year's programme. Averi talked through her career so far, what it was like shooting in New York under a strict time limit, and how her acting experience aids her as a director.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 Women X filmmakers, other festivals and get tips for your short film.Women X:https://riannepictures.com/womenxFollow us on social media:https://www.instagram.com/riannepictures/https://twitter.com/riannepictureshttps://www.tiktok.com/@riannepictures

We're beginning a mini-series to help you prepare your short film for the film festival world! Our festival director, Caris Rianne, shares 5 common mistakes we see people make with their short film scripts. Listen for tips on how to best prepare your script!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, get tips for your short film, listen to interviews with Women X filmmakers, other festivals and more.Find out more about RP: Evolve - a mentoring and training experience that builds confidence, skills, and knowledge of working in the industry as an independent writer and director:https://riannepictures.com/evolveMore about Rianne Reads - our new Script Reading Service: https://riannepictures.com/riannereadsSubmit your short film to Women X:https://riannepictures.com/womenxAlso find tips on our social media:https://www.instagram.com/riannepictures/https://twitter.com/riannepictureshttps://www.tiktok.com/@riannepictures

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.Learn more about Women X Film Festival:https://riannepictures.com/womenx

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.Learn more about Women X Film Festival:https://riannepictures.com/womenx

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.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.Follow us on social media:https://www.instagram.com/riannepictures/https://twitter.com/riannepictureshttps://www.tiktok.com/@riannepictures

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 misuseSubscribe 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.Follow us on social media:https://www.instagram.com/riannepictures/https://twitter.com/riannepictureshttps://www.tiktok.com/@riannepictures

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.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.Learn more about Women X here:https://riannepictures.com/womenxFollow us on social media:https://www.instagram.com/riannepictures/https://twitter.com/riannepictureshttps://www.tiktok.com/@riannepictures

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 womenOur 2022 programme has now launched! Read more about this year's films here:https://riannepictures.com/wxff22-film-programmeGet 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/WomenXFollow us on social media:https://www.instagram.com/riannepictures/https://twitter.com/riannepictureshttps://www.tiktok.com/@riannepictures

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.Learn more about Women X here:https://riannepictures.com/womenxGet 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/WomenXFollow us on social media:https://www.instagram.com/riannepictures/https://twitter.com/riannepictureshttps://www.tiktok.com/@riannepictures

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:https://riannepictures.com/womenxGet 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/WomenXhttps://www.instagram.com/riannepictures/https://twitter.com/riannepictures

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:https://durhamfilmfestival.squarespace.com/Learn more about Women X here:https://riannepictures.com/womenxGet 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/WomenXhttps://www.instagram.com/riannepictures/https://twitter.com/riannepictures