All in Autumn Issue 2021
COP26 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Glasgow: leading figures from UK entertainment and broadcasting corporations pledge a commitment to integrated climate-focused storytelling across commissioning, development, and content production. The COP26 media industry panel, ‘Telling Climate Stories Together: In Conversation with the Broadcaster CEOs,’ takes place today at 11:00AM GMT. To stream the panel live, register for free tickets here.
Babe City FC was born out of a group of women and non-binary friends in the film industry who used to get together twice a year for what we called a “Babe Banquet.” It was a chance to share stories and grievances about the film industry over dinner. When Molly mentioned she wanted to start this football club, bringing the name over from our group made total sense.
EVERYONE dreads filming in rain. There’s nothing more uncomfortable than getting soaked head to toe, water dripping from your hood, your whole body cold and damp no matter if your wearing quality waterproofs. Your team’s moral hanging by a thread/ moods might slowly drop. It becomes a real test of your teamwork and leadership. It’s easy to turn against each other when battling the difficult weather conditions, instead, take a breather and help each other out. You are all in the same boat.
With the festival season well underway, Cinegirl is heading to the British Film Institute’s 2021 London Film Festival later this month. Staff writer Lauren Devine rounds up her most anticipated titles and filmmakers to watch ahead of what LFF hopes will be a triumphant return to an in-person film festival, featuring an expansive slate of 159 feature films including 21 world premieres. The festival will be presented in London this year with additional festival screening venues across the country and a select number of titles available for festival-goers unable to attend in person to stream remotely.
A traveller, explorer, lover of nature and curious minded cinematographer, Carissa Henderson graduated in Film and TV Production from NYU’s Tisch School, with a focus on documentary. Throughout her career, she worked on really awesome and prodigious projects, focusing on very different themes, which she always investigated with care and purpose. Among others, she shot hundreds of documentary short films around the world for Vice on HBO’s nightly news, an Emmy award-winning show, the New York Times ‘Who Gets to Be an Influencer?’, exposing the racism that hides within the social media/influencers culture and the Emmy nominated Netflix original series Connected, where Latif Nasser, a science journalist, investigates the ways in which we are connected between ourselves and the universe we live in. Carissa’s work will never stop to surprise you.
Most of us have taken a nutritional supplement and hoped that it will do what it says on the bottle. However, should we be taking supplements on a regular basis? Well, that depends. If you look at any supplement bottle you will likely read ‘Food supplements should not be used as a substitute for a varied diet’. True. There is little advantage in filling up on supplements but continuing to eat a highly processed diet, because supplements do exactly what they say: they supplement a nutritional need.
“I had such an energizing conversation with Destinie, whose Set Design work I came across via twitter last year during lockdown and instantly connected with the vivid detail in colour palette she uses so well, so when I later discovered that she was a fellow Director and also did Stills Photography, I had to sit down in conversation (by sit down I mean over the phone in a uber…don’t ask) to find out more about Destinie as an evident multi-faceted storyteller.”
If you’re reading this, you’ve probably already binged the latest season of fan favourite Sex Education. A rare feat for a Netflix original series, season three debuted at #1 on the trending chart, surpassing cult status and firmly cementing itself in the mainstream. Left on a painful cliff-hanger, Isaac’s (George Robinson) cruel deletion of that voicemail, it’s no wonder that audiences were particularly excited to catch up with the beloved Moordale teens. But did the third instalment manage to quench our thirst, or was there a lot left to be desired?
It’s a Saturday night and I’m snuggled under a blanket on the sofa, my eyes glued to the TV. What time is it? Who knows. Am I surrounded by crumbs? Absolutely. Do I regret it? Hell no. It’s autumn, and that means it’s getting colder and I will no longer be leaving the house. It’s officially time to binge all the best new TV and – from everything I’ve seen so far – I am moved (not to be confused with I have moved, which isn’t something I’ve done in about two weeks).
Sat in the back garden of a cosy Bethnal Green cafe, I share a patch of late afternoon sun with Celine Buckens, a Belgian-born English actor whose credits include Steven Spielberg’s War Horse, the Netflix teen series Free Rein, and the martial arts drama Warrior. Next month she stars in the new BBC One drama Showtrial, which explores media sensationalism and questions privilege surrounding a high-profile murder case.
❝The capacity of the internet to shame studios and filmmakers has shaped the way films get made❞ Helen O'Hara, Women VS Hollywood. When I read Women VS Hollywood, this quote instantly caught my attention, and I wrote it down as I knew I would want to use it at some point– and that day has come.
Primetime’s Graduate Showcase 2021 is back, with some incredible talent on the rise. Now is the time to champion new voices: here they are. Share their work, sign them, hire them.
