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 The BFI Podcast: Hugh Grant, Rupert Everett and Robin Campillo - BFI Flare special | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:34:38

The BFI Podcast: Hugh Grant, Rupert Everett and Robin Campillo We round up the highlights of BFI Flare, Europe’s largest LGBTQ+ film festival, which included Rupert Everett instructing an audience on the fine art of re-creating Oscar Wilde’s genitals, Robin Campillo explaining how his film, 120 BPM, carries the spirit of the French Aids activist group Act Up and Hugh Grant, reflecting on the experience of “playing gay” across the years and the time he snogged a Bear (Paddington Bear AKA Ben Whishaw ... in character ... for the BBC’s upcoming Jeremy Thorpe biopic). The BFI podcast - four stories from across the British film industry - is written, presented and produced by Henry Barnes: twitter.com/henryhbarnes?lang=en. This episode contains clips from the following: - Maurice, directed by James Ivory and released in 1987 by Cinecom Pictures. - 120 BPM, directed by Robin Campillo and released in 2018 by Memento Films. - Torch Song Trilogy, directed by Paul Bogart and released in 1988 by New Line Cinema. - Three Men and a Baby, directed by Leonard Nimoy and released in 1987 by Buena Vista Pictures. - Modern Family – “The Wedding”, directed by Alisa Statman and released in 2014 by 20th Century Fox. This episode contains the following music, all used under license via Audio Network, unless otherwise stated: - Throwback Jack, written and performed by Tim Garland. Released in 2003. - Shortie, written and performed by Bob Bradley and Chris Egan. Released in 2002.

 The BFI podcast: Derek Jarman, Journeyman DOP Laurie Rose, African Odysseys: New Wave and Into Film | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:33:51

Journeyman DOP Laurie Rose tells us how he helped Paddy Considine's boxing tragedy Journeyman get into shape; The UK's best new film critic (who's 10) explains what it's like to win an Into Film award; a punk rocker presents New Wave, the new season being held as part of the BFI's African Odysseys strand; and we find some archive audio of Derek Jarman saying cheeky things about the royals. The BFI podcast - four stories from across the British film industry - is written, presented and produced by Henry Barnes: https://twitter.com/henryhbarnes?lang=en. This episode contains clips from the following: - Journeyman, directed by Paddy Considine and released in 2018 by StudioCanal. - Journey's End, directed by Saul Dibb and released in 2017 by Lionsgate. This episode contains the following music, all used under license via Audio Network, unless otherwise stated: - Throwback Jack, written and performed by Tim Garland. Released in 2003. - Soul Brother 2, written and performed by Gareth Johnson and Justin Johnson. Released in 2009. - Eastern Mystique, written and performed by Bruce Maginnis and Daniel Weltlinger. Released in 2011. - Down the Pun, written and performed by Bob Bradley and Chris Egan. Released in 2013. - Dream Number 9, written and performed by Stephanie Phillips, Chardine Taylor-Stone and Kiera Coward-Deyell. Released in 2014.

 The BFI podcast: Guillermo del Toro, Hotel Salvation and BFI Flare | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:28:56

Four stories from across the British film industry, brought to you by the British Film Institute. Oscar golden boy Guillermo del Toro visited the BFI in October with his film, The Shape of Water. We used his best director and best picture wins at this week's Academy Awards as an excuse to reel out some hilarious archive audio of the event (and some fishy puns). Elsewhere, we check into Hotel Salvation, the Indian family drama about living out the last of your days in style; talk to BFI Flare senior programmer Michael Blyth about his picks from the upcoming LGBTQ+ festival and put the spotlight on the Gentle/Radical film club, a Cardiff-based group run by and for ethnic minority women. This episode of the BFI podcast includes audio clips from the following: - Throwback Jack, released in 2013. Written and performed by Tim Garland. - Smooth Grove, released in 2005. Written and performed by Gareth Johnson. - Just Let Yourself Go, released in 2017. Written and performed by Christopher Alcock and Nick Ramm. - Hidden Pearl, released in 2006. Written and performed by Tom Quick. - Desejo, released in 2012. Written and performed by Tom Quick. - Bayou, released in 2005. Written and performed by Christian Marsac.

 The BFI podcast: Greta Gerwig, Max von Sydow and Three Billboards editor Jon Gregory | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:43:39

The BFI podcast returns, rewound and restarted with a new format: four sections, four stories from across the British Film Institute. This episode we talk to Greta Gerwig about bringing home Lady Bird; find out from another 2018 Oscar-nominee, Three Billboards Outside Ebbings, Missouri editor Jon Gregory, what in his work makes the cut; preview the BFI Southbank's upcoming Working Class Heroes season; and dig into the archive to hear some vintage waffle from Ingmar Bergman regular Max von Sydow. This episode of the BFI podcast includes short clips from the following: - Lady Bird. Directed by Greta Gerwig and released by A24 in 2017. - Paper Moon. Directed by Peter Bogdanovich and released by Paramount Pictures in 1973. - The Seventh Seal. Directed by Ingmar Bergman and released by AB Svensk Filmindustri in 1957. - The Greatest Story Ever Told. Directed by George Stevens and released by United Artists in 1965. - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Directed by Martin McDonagh and released by Fox Searchlight Pictures in 2017. - Naked. Directed by Mike Leigh and released by Thin Man Films in 1993. This episode of the BFI podcast includes audio clips from the following: - Throwback Jack, released in 2013. Written and performed by Tim Garland. - Alice Childress, released in 1995. Written by Ben Folds and Anna Goodman and performed by Ben Folds Five. - It's a Feel Thing, released in 2011. Written and performed by Tim Garland. - Village Outback, released in 2013. Written and performed by Terry Divine-King. - Smoke, released in 2016. Written and performed by Bob Bradley and Neil Harland.

 BFI NETWORK: Directing for TV with Lewis Arnold | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:26:25

Lewis and Matimba met up to talk about Lewis' career directing iconic TV like Humans, Broadchurch and Banana. They also ate cake.

 BFI NETWORK: Writing, Acting & Hollywood : Daniel Kaluuya | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:32:05

Daniel Kaluuya joins Matimba in her kitchen to talk about writing Skins at 17 years old, shaking up Hollywood and working with people who have something to say. ***Please note this podcast contains adult language.*** Produced by: Marie Horner Music by: Rory Dempsey : https://soundcloud.com/rorydempsey

 The BFI podcast #9 - James and Dave Franco on The Room and The Disaster Artist | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:14:37

Film-making brothers James and Dave Franco popped into the BFI last week to screen The Disaster Artist, a good film about the making of one of the worst: Tommy Wiseau's The Room. James and Dave explain why The Room is lovable, despite its many flaws and how Tommy Wiseau's unorthodox career looks familiar to anyone who's tried to make it in Hollywood. This episode of the BFI podcast contains short clips of the following: - The Room, directed by Tommy Wiseau and released in 2003 by Chloe Productions and TPW Films. - The Disaster Artist, directed by James Franco and released in 2017 by A24 and Warner Bros. Pictures. The following music tracks were used under license through Audio Network: - Throwback Jack. Written and performed by Tim Garland, released i 2003.

 BFI Experimenta Symposium: Artists’ film in Asia | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:44:48

A wide-ranging discussion on the past, present and future of artists' film in Asia with curators and artists active in the region. The symposium explores current initiatives, considering the national contexts in which the panellists work. Chaired by writer, curator and academic May Adadol Ingawanij with Hung Tran Duy, writer, curator and producer (Vietnam), Manshur Zikri, curator and researcher (Indonesia), Shai Heredia, artist and director of Experimenta India.

 BFI Experimenta Salon: Anatomy of an artist’s film production with Andrea Luka Zimmerman | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:12:38

Focusing on Andrea Luka Zimmerman’s creative process in making her new long form work Erase and Forget, this Salon event examines the production history of the film. Chair Experimenta programmer Helen de Witt is joined by the artist, and members of her team, producers Ameenah Ayub Allen, Gareth Evans, Marta Michalowska, and editor Taina Galis for an illustrative conversation that forensically examines the complex production journey of the incredible Erase and Forget.

 BFI Experimenta Salon with Chen Zhou in conversation with Erika Balsom | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:56:30

Join NEW:VISION Award-winning artist Chen Zhou in conversation with art critic, researcher and senior lecturer at King’s College London Erika Balsom for a salon that takes Chen’s Life Imitation as a starting point for a conversation about identity, subjectivity and desire in a technologically mediated world where the fragility of the self intersects with the hyper-stereotyped gender roles of online representations.

 BFI Experimenta Salon with Filipa César and Narimane Mari | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:15:10

Questions of how international artists’ film engages with political realities and histories were the focus for this Experimenta Salon bringing together artists Filipa César (Spell Reel) and Narimane Mari (Le Fort des Fous) in conversation with Experimenta programmer Helen de Witt. The conversation explored legacies of violent expansionism by European colonial powers, questions of migration and the failure of current economic systems.

 BFI Experimenta Salon with Anne-Marie Copestake and Shambhavi Kaul | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:50:26

For the first of the BFI London Film Festival’s 2017 Experimenta Salons we invited two artists featured in the programme but who have never met to discuss their work with Experimenta programmer and director of LUX Benjamin Cook. The Salon explored potential points of connections in Anne-Marie Copestake’s (A Blemished Code) and Shambhavi Kaul’s (Hijacked) work in the context of contemporary moving image practice and in relation to the wider Experimenta programme.

 The BFI Podcast #8 - A Matter of Life and Death | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:15:16

Powell and Pressburger’s story of war, love and the other world is being re-released by the BFI in UK cinemas in December. To celebrate BFI podcast host Henry Barnes looks back at the making of the one of the duo’s best-loved films. Starring David Niven, Kim Hunter and Roger Livesey, A Matter of Life and Death tells the story of a WWII airman (Niven) who – after surviving bailing out of his plane without a parachute – has to argue with the gatekeepers of the afterlife over his right to stay on earth. The British Film Institute's podcast is an audio adventure through the BFI's archives. Each fortnight host Henry Barnes digs into a cinematic passion, be it an actor, a director, a genre, a franchise or meme. This episode of The BFI Podcast contains clips from the following: - A Matter of Life and Death. Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger an Archers Film Productions and released in 1946 by Eagle-Lion Films. - The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp. Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger an Archers Film Productions and released in 1943 by General Film Distributors and United Artists - Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey. Directed by Pete Hewitt produced and released in 1991 by Orion Pictures. The following audio tracks were used under license from Audio Network: - Throwback Jack. Written and recorded by Tim Garland and released in 2013. - I Promise You. Written and recorded by Barrie Gledden and Tim Reilly and released in 2012. - Wish For It. Written and recorded by Christopher Brooke and released in 2014. - Coffee Cup. Written and recorded by Jason Pedder, Ashley Barnes and Douglas Brown and released in 2015. - Bizarre Outcome. Written and recorded by Paul Mottram and released in 2016. - Bearded Lady. Written and recorded by David O’Brien and released in 2017.

 BFI NETWORK: Programming Festivals: Clare Stewart - BFI | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:20:56

The 61st BFI London Film Festival 2017 is here! Back in February we spoke to the festival's director Clare Stewart on growing such a world renowned festival. Produced by: Marie Horner Music by: Rory Dempsey : https://soundcloud.com/rorydempsey

 BFI NETWORK: Francis Lee on making God's Own Country | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:25:14

In this episode of the BFI NETWORK podcast Talent Development Manager Matimba Kabalika travels to Yorkshire to talk to writer/director Francis Lee about the making of his critically acclaimed debut feature, God's Own Country. Produced by: Marie Horner Music by: Rory Dempsey : https://soundcloud.com/rorydempsey

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