Ep 226: 8th Birthday Special: Sandy Powell, Carol Morley, Olive Nwosu & Xenia Patricia at BFI LFF
In this episode of Girls On Film, we celebrate our 8th birthday with a special panel discussion held at the BFI LFF for Free strand, recorde...
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Ep 225: Sally Phillips, Ebada Hassan & Jeanie Finlay talk docs, women and activism at Latitude 2026
Girls On Film returns to Latitude for a fourth year, celebrating the festival’s 20th anniversary with a fabulous panel of women from film an...
Ep224: EIFF live – Molly Manners & Sophie Heldman on EXTRA GEOGRAPHY & THE EDUCATION OF JANE CUMMING
This episode was recorded live with an audience at Monkey Barrel as part of Edinburgh International Film Festival 2026, where host Anna Smit...
Ep 223: Sian Clifford on her hilarious leading role in LADY & why FLEABAG will be with her forever
This week Anna talks with actors Sian Clifford and Laurie Kynaston, and with director Samuel Abrahams about their new film LADY, a mockument...
Ep 222: Tamsin Greig & Sally Wainwright talk RIOT WOMEN, menopause and joy, at Italian Global Series
Anna is at Italian Global Series, a festival which transforms two Northern Italian cities into the meeting place for the world’s leading tel...
Ep 221: VIRGINIA WOOLF'S NIGHT & DAY: the filmmakers and star on adapting the comedy for the screen
This special episode of Girls On Film comes to you from Vue West End, Leicester Square. At our Q&A screening of VIRGINIA WOOLF’S NIGHT & DAY...
Ep 220: The queer feminist horror hit of Cannes + talking gender & body image with Parno Mittra
This episode of Girls On Film comes to you from the French Riviera. We’re here for the 79th edition of the Cannes Film Festival. Anna welcom...
Ep 219: From Mexico to Cannes: a new film about Leonora Carrington + How to do PR at a film fest
Anna speaks to three women with different perspectives on the film industry. First up, director Lena Vurma and actor Olivia Vinall discuss t...
Ep 218: What does it take to make it in film? Tips and tales from Pippa Harris & Julie La’Bassiere
Girls On Film: International Women’s Month – Industry Special To bookend International Women’s Month, here is the second of two Girls On Fil...
Ep 217: International Women's Day special: inspiring female figureheads in the film industry
In this bumper episode, Anna speaks to four film heavyweights from across the globe. From the head of a renowned London film studio to a top...
Ep 216: Celebrating Creative Brilliance: Girls On Film Awards 2026
This episode takes you right to the heart of the Girls On Film Awards 2026. The prestigious awards attract a glittering array of guests and...
Ep 215: The Perfect Neighbor exclusive: director Geeta Gandbhir talks about her award-winning doc
In today’s on Girls On Film we’re unpacking The Perfect Neighbor - a powerful Netflix documentary that’s up for an Oscar and a BAFTA. It inv...
Ep 214: Laura Poitras on Cover-Up, documentary success and exposing the CIA
On today's Girls on Film we’re getting conspiratorial with COVER-UP - a BAFTA-nominated documentary following the career of investigative jo...
Ep 213: How two women mastered the art of Frankenstein - with Tamara Deverell & Kate Hawley
This episode of Girls on Film is all about Frankenstein – and we’re ‘a-live’ onstage from our special Q&A screening of Guillermo del Toro’s...
Ep 212: Claire Foy and Philippa Lowthorpe talk H is for Hawk and the joys of messy women on screen
Philippa Lowthorpe, the writer-director behind H is For Hawk, and the film’s star, Claire Foy, join Anna Smith to discuss the moving adaptat...
Ep 211: Kate Hudson on Song Sung Blue, resilience & embracing change. Does love conquer all?
Kate Hudson joins Anna for an exclusive, in-depth conversation about her leading role in the film Song Sung Blue, an inspiring true story ab...
Ep 210: The Women behind WICKED: FOR GOOD talk collaboration, creativity and female empowerment
Anna Smith goes behind the scenes on one of the biggest films of the year, and one of the biggest contenders in film awards season: WICKED:...
Ep 209: Laura Mulvey on Feminist Filmmaking and her BFI Fellowship + Maria Shevtsova on Editing
In this episode of Girls On Film, we speak with Laura Mulvey, British feminist film theorist, filmmaker, and Patron of Girls On Film, who wa...
Ep 208: Crafting The Thing with Feathers – The Women Behind the Vision
In this live episode of Girls On Film, host Anna Smith sits down with the extraordinary women behind THE THING WITH FEATHERS, a moving new f...
Ep 207: Women Who Lead: our Power Panel at Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival
In this episode of Girls On Film, Anna Smith takes you out of the studio and straight to the sunny shores of Mallorca! Recorded live at the...