What drew you to filmmaking? I got into a lot of trouble as a teenager. A counsellor suggested that my mom find me a creative outlet so I started practising theatre and photography. Then after a couple of years, I combined the two to make (…) Continue Reading »

What was your background in film prior to Redistributors? I started out as an editor and got indulgently trained at the BBC in Bristol on wildlife shows with David Attenborough. Then moved to London and cut a lot of TV. What sparked the idea (…) Continue Reading »

I gather your background is a mix of Liverpool and California? How have both environments influenced you and your work on Native? (And does Liverpool produce better alien beaches than LA?) In my experience Los Angeles and Liverpool are (…) Continue Reading »

Following a BAFTA nomination for their first feature film (Black Pond), Tom Kingsley and Will Sharpe return with an atmospheric story of troubled sibling relationships and mysterious canals. Though very different from the world created in Flowers (Sharpe’s TV series, currently available on Channel 4), the characters here are as eccentric as the relationships are dysfunctional. When the (…) Continue Reading »

Lara has always lived in the shadow of her mother. That is, until the morning of one life-changing decision that Lara knows must be made alone. This week’s pick is Marc Hardman’s Mother, starring Jumaan Short & Miriam Margolyes, a moving, well-paced 10 minute drama. The film is one of many entries in this year’s Women’s Voices Now festival. To view it and vote, click here. Voting is (…) Continue Reading »

Based on its landlord’s memoirs (Tales From The Two Puddings by Eddie Johnson), Rob West’s documentary focuses on the iconic East End pub’s trend-setting quirks, its links to 1960s legendary characters such as the Kray twins, Harry Redknapp and David Essex, and its influence on the Barry Keefe classic The Long Good Friday. Between super 8 footage and 60s tunes, the film ignites a common (…) Continue Reading »

This international production directed by Daniel Florenico follows David Pillard, a once talented photographer, now broken down paparazzi, as he himself chases a tabloid story. Before the film ends, David will find something quite different from what he was initially looking for. Gudmundur Thorvaldsson is grippingly believable as the grieving and ailing photographer, as is Patrick Baladi who (…) Continue Reading »

In this contemporary London romance directed by award-winning director Emily Harris (Three Towers) and cult film veteran Ate de Jong (Drop Dead Fred), Vida, a young Jewish cellist from a wealthy background, falls madly in love with Arthur, a talented visual artist from a working class Welsh family. Will their passion for each other overcome the obstacles they face as they move in together and (…) Continue Reading »

"In that silent room, I heard two sounds. One high, and one low. Afterward I asked the engineer in charge why, if the room was so silent, I had heard two sounds. He said: “Describe them.” I did. He said “The high one was your nervous system in (…) Continue Reading »

London-based performance artist Bryony Kimmings first came to public attention with 7 Day Drunk, a show put together under the influence of alcohol. The subject of new documentary Credible Likeable Superstar Role Model is another ‘real world (…) Continue Reading »