I had a wonderful night at the Castle Cinema doing a retrospective of my short films, a special event that was part of the 2018 Underwire Film Festival. I did an extended Q&A with Underwire Festival Producer, Anna Bogutskaya, talking about my journey to date and the recent jump I made from shorts to features. We screened my very first film, a documentary, Band Sur Le Run, fashion films Brighter Borough & Every Savage Can Dance and my two drama shorts A Moment To Move & Abandon. Underwire does an incredible job at championing women in the film industry, alongside its film programme, Underwire hosts Wired Women, an annual industry programme, which hosts discussions, practical workshops and sessions aimed at new entrants into the film industry.
LA Times - London Film Festival & their worldwide push for diversity & inclusion
I spoke with Emily Zemler for the LA Times about Mari, my experience as a volunteer at the London Film Festival and how it inspired me to become a director.
Bobbi Jene Smith - MARI lead talks to Dance Magazine
London Live - TV Interview
MARI - World Premiere
The world premiere of Mari was screened at the 62nd BFI London Film Festival at the Curzon Mayfair, with a second sell out screening at the Curzon Soho.
BBC Radio London - Interview
On the morning of the Mari world premiere Bobbi Jene Smith and I chatted about the film with Jason Solomons on the Robert Elms show.
Link to interview coming soon.
Stylist - 'The female film directors making history'
As the London Film Festival celebrated a historic year for women behind the camera, Stylist kindly included me along with 5 other female directors showing films in the festival as ones to watch.
Full article here.
We also joined Stylist’s entertainment director Helen Bownass on a panel discussing our work, the industry and how we keep moving towards gender parity.
62nd BFI London Film Festival - Women in Film
BFI London Film Festival gathered many of the female filmmakers premiering work at this year’s LFF, together with London film professionals and Artistic Director of the Festival Tricia Tuttle and Chief Executive of the BFI Amanda Nevill. Such a privilege to stand alongside so much talent from the industry.
Full article here.
Dance, Girl, Dance! - Underwire Film Festival
So honoured to have a retrospective of my short films at one of my favourite festivals - Underwire Film Festival. We’ll be screening a selection of shorts along with a Q&A focusing on my passion for dance in film and my 8 year journey from shorts to features!
Tickets for the event here.