The Filmmaker’s Podcast #371: Sam Freeman and Ng Choon Ping talk ‘Femme’
Here’s the latest episode of The Filmmakers Podcast, part of the podcast roster here on Nerdly. If you haven’t heard the show yet, you can check out previous episodes on the official podcast site, whilst we’ll be featuring each and every new episode as it premieres.
For those unfamiliar with the series, The Filmmakers Podcast is a podcast about how to make films from micro-budget indie films to bigger-budget studio films and everything in between. Our hosts Giles Alderson, Dom Lenoir, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk about how to get films made, how to actually make them and how to try not to f… it up in their very humble opinion. Guests will come on and chat about their filmmaking experiences from directors, writers, producers and screenwriters, to actors, cinematographers and distributors.
The Filmmaker’s Podcast #371: ‘Femme’ directors & writers on their BIFA winning feature – Sam Freeman and Ng Choon Ping
Joining us on this weeks podcast are ‘Femme’ directors and writers – Sam Freeman and Ng Choon Ping to talk about their BIFA winning short Femme which they then made into a feature film starring George Mackay and Nathan Stewart Jarret. Sam and Ping sat down with Giles Alderson to chat how they went from theatre directing and writing to making their BIFA winning short film which led onto their feature of the same name Femme.
- How they got their cast onboard, How BBC films’ Eva yates became involved and where the inspiration came from.
- They discuss working as a writing and directing duo
- short to feature and what that involved.
- And what they took from directing their first feature.
Femme is screening in cinemas in the UK now.
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