The BIFA Podcast

By: British Independent Film Awards
  • Summary

  • The BIFA podcast, the show from the British Independent Film Awards, brings together two artists, from in front of and behind the camera, for a unique, personal conversation about how film has shaped their lives.

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Episodes
  • Simon Farnaby and Craig Roberts
    Mar 10 2022

    For this episode of the BIFA Podcast the multi-talented duo of Craig Roberts and Simon Farnaby got together for a chat about the cinema experiences that formed them, and how those experiences informed their recent collaboration, The Phantom of the Open - the story of an amateur golf fanatic who manages to wangle his way into the biggest golf tournament in Britain.


    Since appearing as Oliver Tate in 2010s Submarine, Craig has gone on to appear in a variety of TV and films, including Bad Neighbours, 22 Jump Street and The Fundamentals of Caring, but he’s also moved behind the camera. The Phantom of the Open is his third feature at the helm, after directing dark comedies Just Jim and Eternal Beauty in the last few years.


    His latest is written by Simon Farnaby, whose unmistakable comedy performances have seen him appear in Horrible Histories, Ghosts, Yonderland and lots more, and his skills as a writer can be seen in recent british comedy favourites Mindhorn and Paddington 2.


    In this conversation Craig and Simon look back at the marvel that is Christopher Reeve’s superman, how Superbad informed Submarine and they have a big, Licorice Pizza inspired love-in on the works of Paul Thomas Anderson


    The BIFA Podcast is a Little Dot Studios production for BIFA

    The show is hosted by Jake Cunningham

    It’s produced by Ellie Aitken, Jake Cunningham and Harold McShiel

    And it's edited by Content is Queen


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    34 mins
  • Max Harwood and Lauren Patel
    Mar 3 2022

    In this episode actors of the podcast, BIFA Breakthrough Performance award nominee Max Harwood and Lauren Patel, stars of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, got together for a lovely chat about their cinematic influences. 


    The story of a boy determined to go to his school prom in drag, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie has been a hit on stage and now on screen, and Max and Lauren had a lot to talk about about it! 


    Max and Lauren’s friendship and chemistry is infectious and hilarious and their cinematic upbringings are equally entertaining. From getting terrified by the Polar Express, to being awestruck by Jennifer Lawrence, to the hotly contested debate about going to the cinema by yourself.


    The BIFA Podcast is a Little Dot Studios production for BIFA

    The show is hosted by Jake Cunningham

    It’s produced by Ellie Aitken, Jake Cunningham and Harold McShiel

    And it's edited by Content is Queen


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    26 mins
  • Actors Claire Rushbrook and Ellora Torchia
    Feb 24 2022

    In this episode of the BIFA Podcast actors Claire Rushbrook and Ellora Torchia rewind their lives through film and share their most formative cinematic moments. 


    Breaking out with a remarkable performance in Mike Leigh’s Secrets and Lies, Claire has journeyed from Spice World to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as well as TV favourites Doctor Who, Whitechapel, Black Mirror and loads more. Most recently she appeared in Clio Barnard’s feature Ali & Ava, and received a BIFA Best Actress nomination. 


    Arriving in cinemas this spring, Ali and Ava is about the connection formed between two lonely individuals, Ava played by Claire and Ali, that’s former podcast guest Adeel Akhtar, as they make an intense and meaningful connection, despite Ali’s marriage to Runa, played by Ellora.


    Selected as a star of tomorrow by screen magazine, Ellora was nominated for Breakthrough Performance at the recent BIFA awards, for her work in Ben Wheatley’s In The Earth, and she follows up her superb work in that film, with a memorable supporting turn in Ali and Ava. In this episode of the podcast Claire and Ellora reveal their differing experiences of the cinema growing up - whether they happened in the UK or India - they get into their work with Clio Barnard on Ali and Ava, and the terrifying cinema experience that is… Flash Gordon.


    The BIFA Podcast is a Little Dot Studios production for BIFA

    The show is hosted by Jake Cunningham

    It’s produced by Ellie Aitken, Jake Cunningham and Harold McShiel

    And it's edited by Content is Queen


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    32 mins

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