Emily Steck is a triple threat, just don’t ask her to sing. FF’s Katie Bignell laughs with the co-director of FF Slate film AWKWARD INTIMACY about her favourite festivals, her journey from acting to writing to directing, via interpretive dance, cold swimming, and Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

If you’re confused about what a producer does, listen to how Athanasia Bartzok explained her role to her parents. In this lively interview with Katie, the producer of FF Slate film RAJA’S HAD ENOUGH talks us through her career in producing, from rejecting the sensible option in favour of dance and theatre, and eventually landing behind the scenes of the film world.

For the past five years, director Tara O’Callaghan has worked as an editor and director on music videos, drama, and her award-winning documentary short CALL ME MOMMY.

In this illuminating interview Tara and FF’s Katie Bignell talk about how they would make the film industry a better place for working mums, her favourite festival experiences, how being a nightclub photographer helped her film career, and what it feels like to watch her own movies.

Rebecca Rose began her career as a jobbing actress on stage and screen, but her short film WAKE signalled her move to directing after a long career climb as an AD. In this fascinating interview she tells FF’s Katie Bignell all about how she got to where she is now in the industry, what it is to be a mum with a career in film, and why she thinks the industry needs to give artists more recognition.

Tia Salisbury is a multi-award winning filmmaker based in the UK. She’s a returning member of BAFTA Crew and has received BFI and Exeter Phoenix funding as a writer/director.

FF’s Jess Sweetman caught up with Tia to discover what makes her tick, what she’s learned from her career so far, and why she’s going to keep going.

Craig McDonald-Kelly and David Hepburn are lifelong friends and co-stars in the short film and webseries HANGOVER FOOD. Together with their fellow Scot Ross McGowan the three seem to be an unstoppable team, running Deadline Films together.

Festival Formula's Jess Sweetman stepped away from being our social media wizard to speak without character limitation about how teamwork makes the dream work.

From Greece to the UK, director of photography of the FF Slate film Raja’s Had Enough, Margarita Velentza talks us through her journey into trusting herself and shares why she loves working with other women in the industry.

Phil Dunn took the path less travelled to a career in film, by way of medicine and theology, but sees film as his way of putting some good out into the world. His short THE STUPID BOY has so-far screened at 15 festivals world-wide to acclaim.

Aside from being extremely tall, Will Kenning is an optimist, which is a good trait for a writer, director, editor, actor AND producer. His films SEASALTER, TAP BOY, and STREET PASTORS are all heading across the festival circuit right now.

Filmmaker Nathan Morris originally hails from New Zealand, but cut his teeth as an editor in the UK before heading to the Big Apple. His latest short MY EYES ARE UP HERE has been taking the festival world by storm, screening at In The Palace, San Luis Obispo, Beeston, Vancouver International Women in Film Festival, The Pan African Film Festival February, the London Short Film Festival, Flickerfest, and Slamdance.

Jenn Harris has a career as an award-winner actor, with starring roles in the feature film GAYBY and the TV Show NEW YORK IS DEAD, but from there she has stormed forth to add producing, directing, writing, and teaching to her arsenal. Her short SHE’S CLEAN screened at the Poppy Jasper and Minimalen Film Festivals.

Actor, writer and director Alex Lawther is still probably most recognisable from his notable TV roles in Black Mirror and The End of the F***ing World. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg for the 28-year-old, who, this year, saw his debut short as a writer/director - FOR PEOPLE IN TROUBLE (produced by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon) premiered at Tribeca Film Festival.

Actor, writer, and director Darryl Foster is a triple threat whose film HARD TO REACH was funded by the BFI Network and reached both BAFTA and Oscar qualifying festivals including: BFI London Film Festival, Aesthetica, Bolton, and the Pan African Film Festival in LA.

Filmmaker Isabel Steuble-Johnson made the move from producing to directing two years ago and hasn’t looked back. The producer of FF Slate film HOME GIRL is also the director of Slate film Custard Creams.

Jacob Perlmutter has done it all, from being a child filmmaker roping in his parents in his shenanigans, to rock photographer, to musician, and all the way back to filmmaking. He’s an award-winner to boot.