Russell Tovey

You know, that's obviously a very different topic to Sinead O'Connor.

But what I think is so interesting is even in Nostalgie, the recent short film that she made and got nominated for a BAFTA and then won the IFTA, a second IFTA prize, actually.

So well done.

there's a mission at the core of this, which is kind of highlighting women's voices, highlighting her own perspective as a director, but also talking about things that matter to humanity and trying to find the humanity and trying to wake up the humanity in the viewer.

And I think it's a really important art form.

And that's why I wanted to dedicate an episode to today's guest.

So I would like to welcome to Talk Art,

Catherine Ferguson.

Hi, Catherine.

Thanks for welcoming me into your studio.

Lovely to have you in here.

It's nice to have someone in here with me.

It's great.

And you have an amazing view of like a green park, which I'm loving.

I do.

No, it's a fab spot in Margate.

Now, it's really interesting because making films is obviously a very difficult thing.

You have to like fundraise, you have to get permissions, you have to do a lot of research, you have to even get the permission to interview certain people if you're making a documentary, say, or if you're making a film, which is what you're doing more of now, you have to cast people and, you know, get their agents to approve it.

But what I think I've always noticed with you is that your projects are always very like, most of the time, passion driven.

And they're kind of projects that you feel very urgently like you have something to say.