Category Archives: Interviews

Our Hastings Rocks Festival director, James Rowlins, sat down with Cat & Patsy from the brilliant new podcast and YouTube show our town has plenty. Subscribe to their channel here for all of the latest news about what’s going on in Hastings & St Leonards, filming by Jamie De Ath. James talks about why heContinue reading “Interview with Festival Director James Rowlins – Our Town Has Plenty”

Shot entirely in and around his beloved Hastings, Benjamin Verrall’s Shouting at the Sea is a love letter to the town he grew up in and the beauty of friendship. After years spent apart, Joe and Katherine reunite and, with the sea as their witness, heal old wounds and reconnect as adults. The cinematography isContinue reading “Interview with Benjamin Verrall Writer & Director of ‘Shouting at the Sea’”

With a background in physics and a love for film noir and the uncanny, filmmaker William Brooke decided to combine his passions through the production of his unsettling short film ‘ReBirth’. Set in what can only be described as a dingy old saloon whose inner rooms hide a much more sinister purpose, ‘ReBirth’ centres aroundContinue reading “Interview with William Brooke, Writer & Director of ‘ReBirth’”

‘Remi Milligan: Lost Director’ by Sam Lodato is a remarkably entertaining feature film which not only follows the mysterious loss of indie maverick director Remi Milligan but also introduces us to a collection of his work. Through interviews with friends, family and co-workers, the intrigue surrounding Remi’s sudden disappearance unravels before us as we areContinue reading “Interview with Samuel Lodato, Writer & Director of ‘Remi Milligan: Lost Director’”

‘The Cornucopia Club’ by Joseph Archer is a testament to the filmmaker’s prowess as a director able to absorb an audience into the stylised and rich world he has built – one dripping in satire, stuffed with witty and opportune jokes and oozing with opulence of the worst kind. His short film, inspired by aContinue reading “Interview with Writer & Director Joseph Archer and Writer & Actor Cathy Wippell of ‘The Cornucopia Club’”

‘ORTOLAN: Bones and All’ was born as a proof of concept for a much larger exploration in a feature by writer, producer and actor Kate Winter who, channelling her own experiences dealing with trauma and memory, takes a deep dive into a complex and ruthless relationship between three sisters through an immersive and meandering psychedelicContinue reading “Conversation With Tracy Mathewson, Director of ‘Ortolan’ and Kate Winter, Writer, Producer & Actor.”

Trauma and all of its terrifying friends raise their ugly heads in an exquisitely creepy psychological horror ‘The Uncanny’, by mother-daughter duo Marie Laurin and Clara Gabrielle. ‘The Uncanny’ marks the directorial debut by Clara, whose background lies in acting, as she shows off her skills behind the camera while adding a very personal toneContinue reading “In Conversation with Clara Gabrielle & Marie Laurin filmmakers behind ‘The Uncanny’”

Fish might not be the most obvious subject matter for a film, unless of course you are David Attenborough. However, when Falmouth University student Jonathan Geach was tasked with making a short film he put fish the at centre stage in his experimental short ‘Glub Glub’. The film uses his oddly masked men to inviteContinue reading “Interview with Jonathan Geach, director of ‘Glub Glub’”

If you happen to be walking along the coastline all wrapped up in your winter garb you will be hard pushed these days not to come across an intrepid sea swimmer. Clothed only in the skimpiest of wares and perhaps the thinnest layer of neoprene. You might initially question their sanity but, as discovered byContinue reading “Interview with Kristian Coburn, director of ‘Just Add Water: Stories From The Sea’”

There is something very refreshing about having your opinion of a film changed almost instantly. A rare and significant feat which filmmaker Richard Rowntree achieved with aplomb in his latest horror ‘Mask of the Devil’. Rather than falling into the “not another cringey horror movie” category, Richard and the team at Ash Mountain Films takeContinue reading “Interview with Richard Rowntree, writer and director of ‘Mask of the Devil’”

A fascination with horror is often considered macabre and perhaps slightly misaligned, but by combining his passion for the genre with a diverse career and a well-chosen MA, Robert Dee brings us his visceral short ‘The Devil’s Harvest.’ The film offers a haunted dive into identity and childhood trauma. Whilst exploring themes some might feelContinue reading “Interview with Robert Dee, Director of ‘The Devil’s Harvest’”

One of the wonderful things about our modern times is that more and more voices are being heard on issues that desperately need to be addressed. . Whilst there is a long way to go, in 2018 a group of determined South London students started a movement for #EducationNotExclusion by using the London Underground toContinue reading “Interview with Sarah Wishart, Director of ‘Excluded’”

We are at the dawn of a new year and January is heralding all its sparkling and freshly anticipated opportunities – but what if you knew that the only thing awaiting you was your final end? Barry J Gibb is an award-winning filmmaker with a beguiling background in molecular biology and neuroscience who has deftlyContinue reading “Interview with Barry J Gibb, Director of ‘The Gift’”