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Promoting Female Excellence In Film Direction since 2018, we support our screening directors through facilitating introductions to successful producers and other seasoned industry members, a dynamic Writers’ Group, and our short film festival held at The National Film Theatre, BFI Southbank. Celebrating its eighth edition, the 225 Film Club Festival is a well-established fixture in… Welcome to the 225 Film Club Festival Official Selection 2026 Read More
The 225 Film Club Festival screens excellent current narrative and documentary short films by female and non-binary filmmakers, introduces directors and producers, ... 225 Film Club Festival – NEW for 2026: the FEATURE FILM LOG LINE COMPETITION Read More
Two siblings on a tiny Scottish island are visited by a local council worker with orders to evict them. A brother and sister live in splendid isolation on a ... The Incomer Read More
Zombies, lacking any profound intentionality, just create the environment to let us see the worst of ourselves come to the fore. Adam William Cahill Writer-director Adam William Cahill's first feature, the highly entertaining zomcom Follow The ... INTERVIEW: “We have a very morbid sense of humour here in Ireland…” Adam William Cahill on his Millennial zomcom Follow The Dead Read More
I’m a huge proponent of finding the light in the dark; the hope that my characters hang on to, and often that light shines brighter when the world they’re in is dark. Stephen Nagel Stephen Nagel is an independent writer, director and producer based in Cape ... “We’re not building alone”: writer-director Stephen Nagel on new film Protégé, passion and persistence in filmmaking Read More
If I could bring anyone, I would bring someone whose heart has been in this vision of exploration all along, but wasn't yet seen. Cady Coleman has been part of two space shuttle missions, and in 2011 lived and worked on the ISS for nearly six months. Now ... The Wonderful: Stories From The Space Station interview — astronaut Cady Coleman Read More
"Imagine Louis Theroux meets the Manson Family…" Conor Boru With so much blood it’s even gushier than a BAFTA ceremony full of luvvies, serial killer mockumentary When The Screaming Starts has a particularly British sensibility to it, what with its David ... Writer-director Conor Boru on his murder mockumentary When The Screaming Starts Read More
"To know [women did these stunts] 100 and something years ago erases the question of 'can they do it now?' Well of course they can do it now. Look at what they did back then." April Wright Women have been jumping from moving motorbikes onto moving trains ... Director April Wright: “They always say, once a stuntwoman, always a stuntwoman and it’s absolutely true.” Read More
"The notion that Wick is a Sambo guy is super cool. Sambo players around the globe should be jazzed about that!" Stephen Koepfer The John Wick franchise is known for its creation of an underground world of assassins and fighters, an off-kilter ... INTERVIEW: Stephen Koepfer, Sambo expert on John Wick: Parabellum Read More
"During the preparation of it I thought I'll never work again. This is never ever going to happen, this is never going to be ready..." Costume director Michael O'Connor on his Oscar-winning work for The Duchess. Hearing first-hand from award-winning ... INTERVIEW: Oscar-winning costume director Michael O’Connor Read More
