In this special episode recorded with an audience at Edinburgh International Film Festival 2022, Girls On Film celebrate EIFF’s 75th anniversary with an all-star line-up including Julia Davis, Jackie van Beek and Armağan Ballantyne from NUDE TUESDAY; director and co-writer of ZUHAL Nazli Elif Durlu;  EIFF 2022’s Creative Director Kristy Matheson, and  film critics Wendy Mitchell and Finn Halligan.


First up, the NUDE TUESDAY team talks about their mutual obsessions with each others’ work, non-sexual nudity on screen and developing a new language for the film.

Next on stage is Kristy Matheson, the Creative Director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2022, who tells Anna how she selects a festival programme, and outlines her top picks from this 75th edition of the festival.

The director of ZUHAL Nazli Elif Durlu then joins Anna and Kristy to share how she developed her film after meeting someone who heard cat noises in her apartment, which no one else could hear.
 
Finally, critics Finn Halligan and Wendy Mitchell join Anna on stage to discuss their 2022 festival picks. From the audience, Antonia Campbell-Hughes shares some insight on her directorial debut  IT IS IN US ALL.



Films, Television productions and directors mentioned in this  episode include: THE BREAKER UPPERERS, NIGHTY NIGHT, HUMAN REMAINS, NUDE TUESDAY, SIGHTSEERS, AAAAAAAAH!, NOTHING COMPARES, ZUHAL, KINUYO TANAKA, STILL WORKING 9 TO 5, LOLA, AFTERSUN, CLEAN, IT IS IN US ALL.

You can listen to the Nude Tuesday podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/the-nude-tuesday-podcast/id1630048038

Girls On Film is an HLA production. Host: Anna Smith. Executive Producer: Hedda Archbold. Audio Producer: Cam Griff with Little Bird Creative. Intern: Grace Delve. House band: MX Tyrants.
With special thanks to the EIFF 2022 team and Chris Boyd at Cornershop PR for their support.

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Ep 123: Live at Edinburgh International Film Festival 2022 with the Nude Tuesday crew and more

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