We recently chatted with Anais Colpin, Coordinator and Sales Manager at Manifest Pictures about her start in the world of distribution, her current role and short film strategy. Hi Anais. Can you tell us more about your role in distribution? What’s an average day like? Short film distribution takes up where the filmmaker and the producer’s work ends. At Manifest, there are 4 of us: 2 (…) Continue Reading »

We were delighted to chat with Nana Mensah, director, writer and actress. Her first feature film Queen Of Glory, in which she also stars, met with much critical acclaim and was praised for its astute, unsentimental and at times downright (…) Continue Reading »

Dreaming of a homeland she is denied, a Palestinian refugee in Lebanon, sets a challenge to find an ancient tree that stands as witness to her family’s existence, guided only by inherited memories, a blind man and a two-headed dragon. Sarah (…) Continue Reading »

Our writer Tia attended a screening of Mr Turner as part of the "In conversation with Mike Leigh" series of screenings at the Garden Cinema in London. As I sat in plush comfort at The Garden Cinema, London, surrounded by creative intellectuals (…) Continue Reading »

Set in an exquisite hand-crafted world made up of painted backgrounds, miniatures, intricate compositions and theatrical props, A New Old Play may at first strike one as sui generis. While the history of cinema is rich in hand crafted worlds and (…) Continue Reading »

The end of the world forces two sisters together, inside a mosquito net, just to survive—but first they must survive each other. Moshari is a deeply atmospheric and haunting short, whose horror tropes and sense of dread only serve to amplify the (…) Continue Reading »

A young drama student must reconcile the potential pros and cons of a defining lead performance act. The idea of articulating issues around coercion, consent and nudity through a theatre rehearsal creates an engaging and tightly woven short, (…) Continue Reading »

A couple’s relationship is pushed to the brink as they investigate a strange noise that’s woken them in the night. Ben S. Hyland’s short is a pitch-perfect mix of horror and laughs, staring comedy duo (and real-life couple) Rebecca Shorrocks (…) Continue Reading »

"What unites these documentaries is that they both believe in a meritocracy" Summer break is officially over... In this episode, we discuss the problem of student debt in the US, the very specific ways it affects Black Americans and the elitism (…) Continue Reading »

We interviewed the duo for the Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival, as part of the Brasserie Du Court. A daughter returns to her father’s village in Palestine, which was destroyed in 1948. She journeys through unfamiliar landscapes and is confronted with the reality of her own exile. The film is a moving, experimental and exhaustively researched journey into the displacement and (…) Continue Reading »