Intro­duc­ing British Indie Film Club – a new pod­cast from BIFA and LWLies

If you’ve been a reg­u­lar lis­ten­er to our Truth & Movies pod­cast over the years, then we’ve got some excit­ing news for you. We’ve teamed up with the good folk at the British Inde­pen­dent Film Awards (BIFA) for a brand new lim­it­ed pod­cast series called British Indie Film Club, host­ed by Leila Latif and Karis Aldridge.

As you may have dis­cerned from the title, the show is all about cel­e­brat­ing the past, present and future of inde­pen­dent British cin­e­ma. Specif­i­cal­ly, we’re look­ing back over the last 25 years of British film to coin­cide with BIFA’s anniver­sary. Each episode, we’ll be ask­ing a spe­cial guest from the world of British film to pick a film from the BIFA archives to dis­cuss – and we’ll also learn about their own career in film.

In the first episode, we sit down with award-win­ning actor, writer and direc­tor Saman­tha Mor­ton, recip­i­ent of BIFA’s 2022 Richard Har­ris Award, which recog­nis­es an Out­stand­ing Con­tri­bu­tion by an Actor. She tells us all about break­ing into the indus­try, and why she loves Ken Loach’s stir­ring social dra­ma from 1994, Lady­bird Ladybird.

If you’re already a Truth & Movies sub­scriber, you’ll auto­mat­i­cal­ly get episodes of British Indie Film Club in your feed. If you’re new to either show (hi!), then lis­ten and sub­scribe via Acast or where you get your pod.

In oth­er inde­pen­dent film news, BIFA has just today announced its key dates for 2023. Entries are open now for short films and will open in ear­ly July for fea­tures. The 2023 nom­i­na­tions will be announced on Thurs­day 2 Novem­ber and the cer­e­mo­ny will take place on Sun­day 3 December.

BIFA cel­e­brates, pro­motes, and sup­ports inde­pen­dent film­mak­ing and film­mak­ers in the UK. Keep up to date with lat­est releas­es and excit­ing names in inde­pen­dent film by fol­low­ing BIFA on Insta­gram, Tik­Tok, YouTube and Twit­ter.