Actors Sally Phillips, Ronni Ancona and Sophia Myles join host Anna Smith on stage at Cinemagic’s On The Pulse short film festival, for an episode recorded with an audience of young filmmakers on 25 March 2023. From the Queen’s Film Theatre in Belfast, Sophia Myles discusses entering the industry at the age of 15 and reuniting with her Mansfield Park co-star Lindsay Duncan. She also gives her advice to those hoping to make short films, shares her plans for a documentary and speaks frankly about her experiences in big budget films like Transformers: Age of Extinction.

Comedy performers and writers Sally Phillips and Ronni Ancona next join the conversation, to talk about their company Captain Dolly, their working relationship and how the comedy scene has changed for women. Sally speaks about Smack the Pony, representation on screen and their plans for a romcom with Down’s Syndrome stars. And of course, Ronni Ancona treats us to her famed Olivia Colman impression. 

Members of the audience have fascinating questions for all three guests and more fun, feminist chat follows. 

Other films and TV mentioned:

Doctor Who
Outlander
November 1st
The Big Impression
I’m Alan Partridge
The Fast Show
Mean Machine
The Monk, The Mermaid & Molise
Transformers: Age of Extinction


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Ep 148: Sally Phillips, Ronni Ancona and Sophia Myles live at Cinemagic’s On The Pulse festival

Bonjour from Cannes! This week Anna Smith gives us a taste of the French Riviera live from the Festival de Cannes, catching some friends of Girls On Film out and about at the festival. 

Anna is joined by fellow critics Wendy Mitchell and Karen Krizanovich who give you their hot tips for films coming out of this year's Cannes, from international indies to big blockbusters. They chat about Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s ground-breaking character in the newest instalment of Indiana Jones, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. They also discuss the welcome increase in female-led films in the festival this year. Malaysian director Amanda Nell Eu’s Tiger Stripes is also delved into, alongside other international films from Turkey, Argentina, Belgium, Finland, Mongolia, Italy…

Anna also speaks with journalist and critic Valerie Complex, a year after her controversial Deadline article ‘Valerie Complex On Being Black At Cannes: How Microaggressions Marred My Festival Experience’. You can read the article here:
https://deadline.com/2022/06/black-at-cannes-deadline-critic-valerie-complex-microaggressions-marred-her-festival-experience-1235037273/ 

Finally, Anna caught up with See-Saw films’ Head of TV and Film for Australia, Liz Watts, for a chat about the business of Cannes, and how it informs the year ahead for the film industry. 

Films mentioned in this episode include: 
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, James Mangold, 2023
In Flames, Zarrar Kahn, 2023
The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed, Joanna Arnow, 2023
It’s Raining in the House, Paloma Sermon-Dai, 2022
If Only I Could Hibernate (Baavgai Bolohson), Zoljargal Purevdash, 2023
Tiger Stripes, Amanda Nell Eu, 2023
The Return or Homecoming (Le retour), Catherine Corsini, 2023
The Delinquents (Los delincuentes), Rodrigo Moreno, 2023
Nine Queens, Fabián Bielinsky, 2000
The Aura (El aura), Fabián Bielinsky, 2005
How to Have Sex, Molly Manning Walker, 2023
About Dry Grasses, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2023
The Old Oak, Ken Loach, 2023
La Chimera, Alice Rohrwacher, 2023
The Piano, Jane Campion, 1993
Titane, Julia Ducournau, 2021
Rosalie, Stéphanie Di Giusto, 2023
Fallen Leaves (Kuolleet Lehdet), Aki Kaurismäki, 2023
The Royal Hotel, Kitty Green, 2023
The New Boy, Warwick Thornton, 2023
Club Zero, Jessica Hausner, 2023

Television mentioned in this episode include:
Succession, 2018–2023

Also mentioned in this episode:
BFI partners with Diversity in Cannes to celebrate Black women filmmakers during the Cannes Film Festival: https://www.bfi.org.uk/news/bfi-diversity-cannes-black-women-filmmakers 
The Palm Dog Awards: https://www.palmdog.com/ 

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Ep 152: Live from Cannes! From the red carpet to the film market, behind the scenes at the festival

Girls On Film is a film review podcast from a female perspective, hosted by film critic and broadcaster Anna Smith and produced by co-founder Hedda Archbold at HLA Agency

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