The BIFA Podcast

In this episode of This Is My Cinema we welcome Prano Bailey-Bond, director of Censor, the thrilling new British horror film that explores the gory world of 80s video nasties, through the mind of fil…

After walking the red carpet at the British Independent Film Awards, interviewing all of the biggest names, BIFA's own Yinka Bokinni joins the podcast to tell us about the cinema outings and film exp…

For this episode of This Is My Cinema we learn all about the process of casting, with the wonderful Aisha Bywaters. Aisha was the casting director on breakout Brit film successes County Lines and The…

In this episode we speak to Nainita Desai, composer of the score to Best Film BIFA award winning For Sama. An Ivor Novello award nominated composer, Nainita's work can be heard in new cinema release …

This time on This Is My Cinema we're thrilled to welcome Amir El-Masry as our special guest. Amir can currently be seen in Ben Sharrock's Limbo, a film which earned Amir a BIFA award nomination for B…

In this episode of This Is My Cinema we're joined by the wonderful James Norton. Known on the small screen for his roles in Happy Valley, The Nevers and the gripping crime drama McMafia and on the bi…

The incredible Adeel Akhtar, who broke on to screens in Four Lions and can currently be seen in Netflix show Sweet Tooth, joins the podcast to tell us about the cinema experiences that have shaped hi…

Coming straight from the big screen in Cruella and the small screen in The Pursuit of Love, the remarkable Emily Beecham joins the podcast to tell us all about how her cinematic experiences have shap…

The incredible Kate Dickie joins the podcast this week to talk about the cinema experiences that shaped her life, her experiences acting in big screen blockbusters like Star Wars The Last Jedi to sma…

Aneil Karia, director of pulse-pounding new Ben Whishaw film Surge joins the podcast to talk about sailing the seas of cinema in his youth - in a cinema decked out like a ship - his studies at the Na…

Tom Ellis, Lucifer himself, is here to talk about the cinema experiences that have defined his life. From devilish experiences in East London with noisy cinema-goers to his new local, the famous ArcL…

Ending this week of cinematic conversation on This Is My Cinema is Reggie Yates. Reggie was part of the jury for the British Independent Film Awards this year and has been a part of British screen-st…

Morfydd Clark is our guest for episode four of This Is My Cinema, Morfydd is nominated for Best Actress at the BIFAs for her performance in Saint Maud, which is also nominated for Best Film. In addit…

Sarah Gavron joins us for episode three of This Is My Cinema, Sarah is nominated for Best Director at the BIFAs for her film Rocks, which is also nominated for Best Film. In addition to making Rocks,…

In the second episode of This Is My Cinema, we're joined by Niamh Algar, who's nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the BIFAs for her work in Calm With Horses. As well as Calm With Horses Niamh w…

Welcome to a new podcast from the British Independent Film Awards. The show is called This Is My Cinema and it’s all about celebrating the very best talent in the British film scene and the cinema ex…