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This week we are joined by Matt Howsam, a production coordinator in the VFX industry and a film critic. We mention the hilarious and highly original One Cut of the Dead (2017) by Shin'ichirô Ueda, a Japanese Zombie comedy in the style of some of the best mockumentaries out there and a homage to low budget filmmaking. Depending on where you are you can watch it on Shudder or buy the DVD. Abla also highlights the Netflix series Unwell (2020– ), which looks at the dark side of the wellness industry and some of the products and concepts currently being flogged on the market through – yet again – more MLM initiatives. For our festival picks, this week we recommend Visionmaker's Indigenous Filmmakers Festival, which runs from 31 August to 5 October, the Encounters Short Film Festival, one of the world's best short ff, which runs from 18 September to 11 October and is offering a £10 pass! A few films to highlight are Mahdi Fleifel's 3 Logical Exits, Clermont-Ferrand Grand Prize winner Anthony Nti's Da Yie and Morad Mostapha's Henet Ward. Matt recommends Women Make Films (2019), a 14-hour doc series and the Japanese cinema season, both on BFI Player. Matt chose to discuss Trey Edward Shults's Waves (2019), a dizzying and theatrical film about a family dealing with the aftermath of a tragedy. We discuss the highly cinematic and aesthetic qualities of the film, the impact that has on the emotional punch of the story and the portrayal of the characters, and the somewhat problematic or baffling portrayal of family dynamics that are very personal to the (white) director through the prism of a black family. We briefly mention the Chinese drama So Long, My Son (2019) in our conclusive remarks. If you like our work, you can support us at mydy.link/support. Follow us @mydylarama on Twitter & Facebook Follow us and comment!
Skwigly are proud to present a series of exclusive podcast minisodes from the filmmaker Q&A sessions of this year's edition of Bristol's prestigious Encounters Short Film Festival. In episode 6 we hear from attending filmmakers whose films participated in the International Competition programme Animation 6: Fake News!: •Steve Small (Director, 'Black Earth Rising') •Stephen McNally(Director, 'Where Do We Go From Here?') •Federico Matarazzo (Producer, 'My Generation') •Naaman Azhari (Director, 'The Magic Boat') •EunJu Ara Choi(Director, 'Happy Ending') •Rachael Philip (Director, 'Happy Ending') Produced, presented and edited by Ben Mitchell Interviews conducted by Ben Mitchell Thanks to Kieran Argo and Ewan Dunford
Skwigly are proud to present a series of exclusive podcast minisodes from the filmmaker Q&A sessions of this year's edition of Bristol's prestigious Encounters Short Film Festival. In episode 5 we hear from attending filmmakers whose films participated in the International Competition programme Animation 5: Ubiquitous Chip: •Laura Reedy (Director, 'Ripple Home') •Jola Bańkowska (Director, 'Story') •Sine Özbilge (Director, '#21xoxo') •Remco Weyns (Composer, '#21xoxo') Produced, presented and edited by Ben Mitchell Interviews conducted by Ben Mitchell Thanks to Kieran Argo
Skwigly are proud to present a series of exclusive podcast minisodes from the filmmaker Q&A sessions of this year's edition of Bristol's prestigious Encounters Short Film Festival. In episode 4 we hear from attending filmmakers whose films participated in the International Competition programme Animation 4: GetReal: •Floor Adams (Director, Mind My Mind) •Mark Lopez (Director, Segregated By Design) •JoAnne Salmon (Director, Chin Up) •Shannon Reeve (Production Coordinator, Chin Up) •Alex Widdowson (Director, Music & Clowns) •Maria Trigo Teixeira (Director, Inside Me) •Jonathan Hodgson (Director, Roughhouse)
Skwigly are proud to present a series of exclusive podcast minisodes from the filmmaker Q&A sessions of this year's edition of Bristol's prestigious Encounters Short Film Festival. In episode 3 we hear from attending filmmakers whose films participated in the International Competition programme Animation 3: HerStory: •Lauren Orme (Director, 'Creepy Pasta Salad') •Dani Abram (Technical Director, 'Creepy Pasta Salad') •Phil Brookes (Composer, 'Creepy Pasta Salad' and 'Good Intentions') •Laura Nasir-Tamara (Director, 'It Starts With') •Patricia Wenger (Director, 'Laugh Lines') •Kayleigh Gibbons (Director, 'Featherweight') •Christian Schlaeffer (Producer, 'O Hunter Heart')
Skwigly are proud to present a series of exclusive podcast minisodes from the filmmaker Q&A sessions of this year's edition of Bristol's prestigious Encounters Short Film Festival. In episode 2 we hear from attending filmmakers whose films participated in the International Competition programme Animation 2: Desire: Jake Nelson (Director, 'The Backward Astronomer') Pjotr Sapegin (Director, 'The Origin of Man') Merete Korsberg (Producer, 'The Origin of Man') Kristin Günther (Production Designer, 'The Origin of Man') Produced, presented and edited by Ben Mitchell Interviews conducted by Ben Mitchell Thanks to Kieran Argo
Skwigly are proud to present a series of exclusive podcast minisodes from the filmmaker Q&A sessions of this year's edition of Bristol's prestigious Encounters Short Film Festival. In episode 1 we hear from attending filmmakers whose films participated in the International Competition programme Animation 1: WhatThe?: Ross Hogg (Director, '4:3') Rebecca Blöcher(Director, 'Lickalike') Adriaan Lokman (Director, 'Flow') Andi Haller (Sound Designer, 'Don't Know What') Produced, presented and edited by Ben Mitchell Interviews conducted by Ben Mitchell Thanks to Kieran Argo
I sat down with programmer Mark Cosgrove (who has his own podcast) to talk about the Encounters Short Film Festival as well as the place of short films in general.
Mark Cosgrove discusses Encounters Short Film Festival 2009, The Red Shoes and The Queen of Spades
Mark Cosgrove discusses The White Ribbon and Encounters Short Film Festival 2009