Best Girl Grip

Best Girl Grip


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#80: Kaila Hier, Publicist
April 13, 2021

This week I spoke to film publicist Kaila Hier. Kaila is a Montreal-born, formerly Berlin-based publicist and the founder of Exile PR. She has been working with film festivals for over a decade including Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival, F.

#79: Parisa Taghizadeh, Stills Photographer
March 30, 2021

My guest this week is Parisa Taghizadeh - who goes by the name Tag - and she is a stills photographer for film and television.  This is a job that I was so curious to find out more about - because stills are often the very first glimpse we get of a film..

#78: Lauren McCallum, Head of European Production at Scanline VFX
March 23, 2021

This week my guest is Lauren McCallum, who has worked in the VFX industry for over 15 years. And you might be thinking niche or not applicable to me, but I really urge to listen to this because Lauren’s advice and perspective on a whole array of topics i.

#77: Grace Bridger & Runyararo Mapfumo, Producer & Writer/Director
March 16, 2021

I spoke to Grace Bridger and Runyararo Mapfumo who are a producer / director duo that work together under the banner DessyMak films and have made a number of short films through that company. They have their own careers separately and we talk about both .

#76: Eva Riley, Filmmaker
March 08, 2021

Welcome to Series 4 of Best Girl Grip! My first guest of the series is the wonderful Eva Riley. Eva is a Scottish director and screenwriter based in Brighton. She graduated from the National Film and Television School in 2015, whereupon her final year f.

Episode 75: Emily Morgan, Producer
December 22, 2020

My guest this week is none other than Emily Morgan, a BAFTA-winning film producer whom I admire greatly.  Emily started out in distribution and as a production freelancer for various companies before setting up her own production outfit Quiddity Films wh.

Episode 74: Louisa Maycock, Founder & CEO of Girls on Tops
December 18, 2020

My guest this week is Louisa Maycock - the creator, owner and mastermind of the hugely brilliant brand Girls on Tops. If you don’t know them, I’m sure you’ll have seen one of their t-shirts out and about, particularly if you used to frequent film festiva.

Episode 73: Anna Bogutskaya, Programmer, Broadcaster, Writer & Creative Producer
December 11, 2020

My guest this week is Anna Bogutskaya. Anna used to work at the BFI around the same time I was there and I believe I’m right in thinking she was the youngest programmer at the BFI Southbank - at the time, not of all time - although that might also be tru.

Episode 72: Gemma Cole, Agency Director & Artist
December 04, 2020

This week I spoke to the lovely Gemma Cole, an agency director who comes from a background in film marketing. She’s worked for Ritzy Picturehouse, Picturehouse Entertainment and until quite recently elevenfiftyfive, a company whose mission is to support .

Episode 71: Georgina Higgins, Script Supervisor
November 27, 2020

My guest this week is Georgina Higgins, a Script Supervisor, whose recent credits include the Film4 and BFI-backed production Limbo from director Ben Sharrock, which was selected for Cannes this year and very well reviewed at the London Film Festival; a .

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