Women X's Emily Garbutt chats with filmmaker Sascha Lo about her film 'Model of Life'. They discuss Sascha's career journey from standup comedy to comedic filmmaking, how she made a film using only an incredible £30 budget while at university, and how filmmaking can be very accessible to anyone who has an idea and the drive to give it a go.

Women X's Neha Vyas interviews filmmaker Sinéad O'Loughlin about her film 'Lamb'. They chat about Sinéad's inspirations for her short film, the funding process in Ireland & how she overcame challenges while shooting. Sinéad also talks about the film's journey on the film festival circuit ('Lamb' is now on the longlist for the Oscars!) and why networking at festivals is so valuable.

Women X's Ashton Clarke interviews Yangming Liu about the female gaze in film, the process of writing, directing and editing 'Body Rhapsody' & how she developed her filmmaking style.

Women X's Amy Ware is joined by filmmakers Jadey Duffield and Gabriela Staniszewska to talk all things funding and festival strategy. They discuss some of the ways they funded their film 'Yummy Mummy', their strategy for distributing to festivals, and how they work so well together despite having very different backgrounds in film.

If you've never submitted a film to a festival using FilmFreeway, you might have a lot of questions about the process. In this episode, Women X's Caris Rianne and Ashton Clarke discuss everything you need to know about what to include in your FilmFreeway application, and what festival programmers will be looking for.

Women X's Lilia Pavin-Franks chats with Anna Járai about her film 'Virágom, Virágom', inspired by folk communities, heritage, and Anna's Hungarian culture. She talks about the experimental nature of the film including the use of archival material and folk-inspired soundscapes, the process of crowdfunding and distributing a small-budget student film, and the shooting on Kodak Super 8.

Emily Garbutt spoke with Lucy Chappell, who won Best Director at Women X in 2021, about how being an actor made filmmaking seem more possible, her experience creating an experimental film this time round (and filming a club scene in a Tesco car park), and why you shouldn't let fear hold you back from filmmaking.

Mel and Caris return for the second instalment in our series on scam film festivals! Fake venues, gatekept meals, tax evasion and expensive flights – we cover it ALL!

Caris Rianne and Mel Fielding kick off our new series about film festival scammers! Following some investigating into dodgy film festivals, Mel tells Caris all about them and the red flags filmmakers can look for when selecting festivals to submit their films to.

We sit down with Alia Ghafar, who took home the award for Best Director at the 2022 festival for her heartwarming short Scuzz. Alia talks everything writing and directing, the importance of finding great collaborators, and being mistaken for Lynne Ramsay at an awards ceremony!

Caris shares a marketing mistake we made in the past. As she says, it's good to look at not only the great things we've done and the challenges we've faced, but it's important to acknowledge our mistakes too and how we learn from them!

Women X's Festival Director, Caris Rianne, shares 2 ways we're improving our festival this year and what we've learned over the past few years. Our motto is better not bigger! This episode is part of our top tips series, stay tuned for our final instalment in the 5-part series next week!

If you're wondering how to get the most out of networking at film festivals, Women X's Caris Rianne & Ashton Clarke share their 3 top tips!

Tulsi Behl, whose short film Pigeon screened at our 2022 festival, takes us through her varied industry career, the making of Pigeon (all the way from development to the edit), and gives us insight into what it’s like juggling the roles of producer and director on set.

Caris Rianne and Ashton Clarke share 4 ways to improve your festival campaign. Between them, they must've watched over 2,000 short films for our festival, so they really know what makes an effective campaign.

Women X's Emily Garbutt interviews Shamim Sarif to discuss the making of her new film 'Polarized', which screened at this year's BFI Flare, the UK's largest queer film festival. She also shares what it was like to direct an episode of Netflix's 'You' and what's next for her as a filmmaker.

Izzy Hill interviews our 2022 Rising Star Averi Israel, whose short film Sequin was a part of last year’s programme. Averi talked through her career so far, what it was like shooting in New York under a strict time limit, and how her acting experience aids her as a director.

We're beginning a mini-series to help you prepare your short film for the film festival world! Our festival director, Caris Rianne, shares 5 common mistakes we see people make with their short film scripts. Listen for tips on how to best prepare your script!

Writer-director Tia Salisbury sat down with us to talk about her varied industry career, the making of her Women X Festival short film Placenta Pâté, and what inspired her to make such a funny and touching film about parenthood.

Writer-director Gabriela Staniszewska and producer Jadey Duffield spoke to us about making their Women X Festival short film Choose Your Weapon, the struggles of being women and parents in the film industry, and their tips and tricks for breaking in.