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Holloway women's prison closed its doors in 2016, but the legacy left behind looms large for those who spent time there. As part of an exercise in healing, filmmakers Daisy-May Hudson and Sophie Compton took a group of six women who were imprisoned in Holloway back there. Their feature documentary Holloway, an examination of the criminal justice system in England and Wales, is the result. Jen caught up with Daisy-May and Sophie to talk about the ways in which women are failed by the system, and the need for more compassion in our discourse around the prison system. Holloway is premiering at the London Film Festival Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode, host Dr Pasquale Iannone looks back at some highlights from the 77th Edinburgh International Film Festival. Pasquale talks to writer-director Jack King about his film The Ceremony, the film that won EIFF's inaugural Sir Sean Connery Prize for Excellence in Feature Filmmaking. He also speaks to BAFTA-winning writer-director Daisy-May Hudson about her film Lollipop.Pasquale offers some thoughts on two of EIFF's In Conversation events, the first featuring Gaspar Noé, the innovative, boundary-pushing director of Irreversible (2002) and Enter the Void (2009), the other featuring Oscar-winning film editor Thelma Schoonmaker, best known for her long collaboration with director Martin Scorsese on films such as Raging Bull (1980), Goodfellas (1990) and, most recently, Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
Zoë Kravitz joins Anna Smith to discuss her directorial debut, Blink Twice, while Anna also reports from the 2024 Edinburgh International Film Festival, where she speaks with Daisy-May Hudson about her feature debut, Lollipop. First up, Anna welcomes actor turned writer, director and producer Zoë Kravitz, best known for her roles in ‘The Batman' and in TV series ‘Big Little Lies' and ‘High Fidelity', onto the podcast. With Anna, Zoë discusses the feminist messaging in her slick thriller ‘Blink Twice'. She talks about casting the wonderful Naomi Ackie as Frida, a cocktail waitress who catches the eye of tech billionaire Slater King (Channing Tatum) and is transported to his private island for sundrenched luxury, or so she thinks… Zoë also tells Anna about the writing process behind ‘Blink Twice', originally titled ‘Pussy Island', reveals her relief at turning up to set as the director without having to worry about what she looks like, and describes her approach to capturing women on camera to produce a disturbing and believable depiction of gender and power among the megarich. Next up, Anna reports from Edinburgh International Film Festival, where Girls On Film partners on the festival's Closing Night sçreening of the powerful feminist music documentary, ‘Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland's Girl Bands'. Anna catches up with first-time feature director Daisy-May Hudson whose film ‘Lollipop' is a heartbreaking but hopeful depiction of a mother (Posy Sterling) who battles to regain custody of her children after coming out of prison. Daisy-May speaks about the fierce maternal love of her protagonist Molly, what happens when children are required to parent, as well as the challenges faced by a first time director. Plus: karaoke as a symbol of working class joy! Anna also hears from Karen Needham and Col Needham from the IMDb, plus director of the BFI's filmmaking fund Mia Bays and costume designer Rachael Fleming about their highlights from the EIFF 2024. Stay tuned for upcoming episodes of Girls On Film as we move into autumn and host Anna Smith heads to Sea Change Film Festival 2024. Find out about their festival, dedicated to women in film at https://screenargyll.co.uk/sea-change-2024/ Films mentioned in this episode: Timestalker - Alice Lowe Xibalba Monster - Manuela Irene Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland's Girl Bands - Blair Young, Carla J Easton Blink Twice - Zoë Kravitz Rosemary's Baby - Roman Polanski To Kill A Wolf - Kesley Taylor Sunlight - Nina Conti Lollipop - Daisy-May Hudson Blink Twice was released in the UK by Warner Bros. Pictures on 23rd August, 2024 Lollipop had is world premiere at the 77th edition of Edinburgh International Film Festival (on August 20th) Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland's Girl Bands will hit UK cinemas from 18th October and Glasgow girl band Sophisticated Boom Boom will reform for one night only at a special screening of the film in Glasgow on the night of the release. For more information visit sinceyesterdayfilm.com Sign up to the Girls On Film newsletter below: http://eepurl.com/iEKaM-/ or email girlsonfilmsocial@gmail.com to be signed up. Become a patron of Girls On Film on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/girlsonfilmpodcast Follow us on socials: www.instagram.com/girlsonfilm_podcast/ www.facebook.com/girlsonfilmpodcast www.twitter.com/GirlsOnFilm_Pod www.twitter.com/annasmithjourno Watch Girls On Film on the BFI's YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLX…L89QKZsN5Tgr3vn7z Girls On Film is an HLA production. Host: Anna Smith Executive Producer: Hedda Lornie Archbold Producer: Charlotte Matheson Intern: Jade Evans Audio editor: Benjamin Cook House band: MX Tyrants © HLA Agency
This month's Cinetopia team, Amanda Rogers, Garry Arnot (Cinema Perspective), and Clara Strachan, cover the 77th Edinburgh International Film Festival, with reviews of the films, THE OUTRUN (dir Nora Fingscheidt) , SING SING (dir Greg Kwedar), BLACK DOG (dir. Guan Hu), and LOLLIPOP (dir Daisy-May Hudson). Amanda sits down with the director and producer of BLACK DOG as well as the director of LOLLIPOP for interviews on their films. Running Order: 6:30 THE OUTRUN (dir Nora Fingscheidt) review 29:15 - SING SING (dir Greg Kwedar) review 42:45 - BLACK DOG (dir Guan Hu) review 55:00 - Interview with Guan Hu and Liang Jing, Director and Producer of BLACK DOG (interview Chinese translation by Jerry Tang) 1:02:10 - LOLLIPOP (dir. Daisy-May Hudson) review 1:11:22 - Interview with Daisy-May Hudson, director of LOLLIPOP Check out Garry's interviews with Saoirse Ronan & Nora Fingscheidt & Amy Liptrot here on Cinema Perspective: https://cinemaperspective.com/2024/08/19/the-outrun-interview-saoirse-ronan-nora-fingscheidt-amy-liptrot/ https://cinemaperspective.com/2024/08/19/sing-sing-interview-greg-kwedar-to-witness-a-film-set-through-their-eyes-really-brought-us-back-to-the-joy-that-we-have-in-the-work/
Poverty in the UK is increasing for the first time in two decades. We are seeing more people struggling to make ends meet. Does television set out accurately the complexities of living in poverty, or too crudely as either a deserving economic victim or undeserving ‘scrounger’? How can we tell more accurate stories of poverty to skeptical audiences, for a fuller debate and actions? A panel from Sheffield Doc/Fest 2018 debate these questions and more. Chaired by Poppy Noor (The Guardian) with the writer Jack Monroe, the filmmakers Mark Raphael and Daisy-May Hudson and Chief Executive of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Campbell Robb. Supported by JRF and Guardian
This week, team Noonan, Dunleavy and Offord talk to consumer rights queen Vix Leyton about what's what when it comes to shopping and returns (and bad hairdressing experiences), and journalist Alice Hutton explains why we should all give a shit about the slow death of local newspapers. Jen chats to filmmaker and activist Daisy May Hudson about Half Way, her award-nominated documentary about hidden homelessness, and our Sarah tells us about her brilliant #joinin campaign that takes place every Christmas Day. The team also share their picks for Women of the Year and Dunleavy Does... well, she doesn't. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In the latest podcast for Tech for Good TV’s series on homelessness we’re talking to journalist, filmmaker and activist Daisy May Hudson. Daisy, fell into homelessness when her family lost their house and it has been a formative experience. Daisy speaks about her time struggling with the system, and how she became on of Britain’s hidden homeless. We also discuss her filmmaking practice and explore the ways she uses technology, and her existing networks to get her message out and campaign for awareness of homeless issues.
Clive Anderson and Emma Freud are joined by Jean-Michel Jarre, Paul O'Grady, Edith Bowman and Daisy-May Hudson for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. With music from The Lemon Twigs and Marker Starling. Producer: Sukey Firth.
The film industry is notoriously difficult to break into. A panel of emerging filmmakers and professionals including Alice Hughes, Phillip Wood, Magali Pettier, Daisy-May Hudson each have a story to tell as to how they did just this and give insight into the lifecycle of a film from development to distribution, and advice on how first time filmmakers get noticed and get their films seen. Chaired by Charlie Lyne.