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Exclusive Video Interview: Director Charlotte Regan on the Sundance Winning Film ‘Scrapper’

Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel. Writer-director Charlotte Regan makes her feature film debut with Scrapper, a funny, endearing story of a twelve-year-old girl named Georgie (Lola Campbell) living alone in London and the unexpected reunion she has with her previously absent father Jason (Harris Dickinson). Campbell is a breakout…

Exclusive Video Interview: Nana Mensah on Making Her Directorial Debut with ‘Queen of Glory’

Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel. Actress Nana Mensah, who starred in Netflix’s The Chair and had a role in the A24 Sundance hit After Yang, makes her directorial debut with Queen of Glory, which won her the Best New Narrative Director prize at the Tribeca Festival last year. Described…

Exclusive Video Interview: Director Emma Holly Jones on Making ‘Mr. Malcolm’s List’

Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel. When she started writing her novel Mr. Malcolm’s List, Suzanne Allain initially thought about setting her clever love story in the present world of dating. But as she wrote it, she realized it was a perfect fit for the 19th century instead, where one…