Edinburgh Film Podcast
Episodes
EFP 71: Professor Sir Christopher Frayling on The Hollywood History of Art
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this 20th and final episode of 2025, host Dr Pasquale Iannone is joined by Professor Sir Christopher Frayling. Christopher is an internationally re...
EFP 70: Professor Sue Harris on Bertrand Blier
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast, host Dr Pasquale Iannone is joined by Professor Sue Harris. Sue is Professor Emerita of Film Studies at Queen Mary Uni...
EFP 69: Camilla Baier on the Golden Age of Mexican Melodrama
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast, host Dr Pasquale Iannone is joined by film programmer, researcher and writer Camilla Baier. Camilla is a graduate of t...
EFP 68: Writer-director Paul Andrew Williams on Dragonfly
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast, host Dr Pasquale Iannone talks to award-winning British filmmaker Paul Andrew Williams about his new film Dragonfly.Bu...
EFP 67: Director Maryam Haddadi on her documentaries Accused Number 41 and Between Us
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast, host Dr Pasquale Iannone talks to recent University of Edinburgh filmmaking graduate Maryam Haddadi about her document...
EFP 66: Dr Jamie Bennett on the Prison Film and Mai Zetterling's Scrubbers
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of the podcast explores prison films, with a special focus on Swedish filmmaker Mai Zetterling’s lesser-known drama Scrubbers from 1982...
EFP 65: Dr Karen Pearlman on Shirley Clarke
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast, host Dr Pasquale Iannone is joined by Dr Karen Pearlman. Karen is Associate Professor at MacQuarie University in Sydne...
EFP 64 - Edinburgh International Film Festival 2025 with Mas Bouzidi, Gerard Johnson and Polly Maberly
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Dr Pasquale Iannone explores some highlights from the 78th Edinburgh International Film Festival which took place in August 2025...
EFP 63: French Poetic Realism with Hannah McGill
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast, host Dr Pasquale Iannone is joined by writer, critic and academic Hannah McGill to discuss Poetic Realism, a 1930s tre...
EFP 62: Writer-director John Maclean on his samurai western Tornado
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast, host Dr Pasquale Iannone sits down with Scottish writer-director (and University of Edinburgh alumnus) John Maclean to...
EFP 61: The Return of Filmhouse with Rod White
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This mini episode of the podcast marks the re-opening of Filmhouse, Edinburgh’s beloved independent cinema which was forced to close in October 2022...
EFP 60: Barbara Loden's Wanda with Dr Elena Gorfinkel
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The focus of this 60th episode of Edinburgh Film Podcast is Wanda, the only feature film directed by American actor-filmmaker Barbara Loden. Released ...
EFP 59: Screen Deep with Ellen E. Jones
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, host Dr Pasquale Iannone is joined by award-winning writer, critic and broadcaster Ellen E. Jones. Ellen presents BBC Radio 4’s Scr...
EFP 58: Andrei Tarkovsky's Mirror at 50 with Lauren Thompson
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast, host Dr Pasquale Iannone is joined by MSc Film Studies student Lauren Thompson to discuss one of the most critically a...
EFP 57: Douglas Sirk in the 1930s with David Melville Wingrove
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast, host Dr Pasquale Iannone explores the little-known early films of one of the most influential filmmakers of all time, ...
EFP 56: Adolescence with Eve Kurt-Elli and Aaron Bowler
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast, host Dr Pasquale Iannone is joined by two students on the MSc Film Studies programme, Eve Kurt-Elli and Aaron Bowler, ...
EFP 55: The Art of Film Posters with Tony Nourmand
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast, host Dr Pasquale Iannone discusses the art of film posters in the company of Tony Nourmand. Tony is a world-renow...
EFP 54: Ricky Ross on Bob Dylan and A Complete Unknown
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To tie-in with the 2025 Academy Awards, this episode of the podcast discusses one of the frontrunners for Best Picture, Director, Actor as well as Sup...
EFP 53: Chantal Akerman's Golden Eighties with Prof. Marion Schmid
09 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of the podcast celebrates the work of the great Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman, with a special focus on one of her lesser known films,...
EFP 52: Terrence Malick and The Magic Hours with John Bleasdale
23 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, host Dr Pasquale Iannone is joined by John Bleasdale. John is a writer and film critic whose work has appeared in Sight & Sound, ...
EFP 51: Kobayashi's Kwaidan at 60 with Sam Warnock
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On the 60th anniversary of its release, host Dr Pasquale Iannone is joined by Film Studies PhD student Sam Warnock to discuss Japanese writer-director...
EFP 50: Film Phenomenologies (Part 2 with Prof. Lucy Bolton and Dr David Sorfa)
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is the second of two episodes focusing on Film Phenomenologies, a new collection of essays from Edinburgh University Press edited by Dr Kelli Fue...
EFP 49: Film Phenomenologies (Part 1 with editor Dr Kelli Fuery)
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is the first of two episodes in which host Dr Pasquale Iannone and guests discuss Film Phenomenologies, a ground-breaking collection of essays fr...
EFP 48: French Film Festival UK 2024 with Richard Mowe
03 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Dr Pasquale Iannone previews the 32nd French Film Festival UK in the company of its co-founder and director Richard Mowe.Pasqual...
EFP 47 - Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival 2024 Preview
28 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Dr Pasquale Iannone previews the 2024 Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival in the company of ESFF founder and director Marian A. Aré...
EFP 46: Edinburgh International Film Festival 2024 Highlights
01 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Dr Pasquale Iannone looks back at some highlights from the 77th Edinburgh International Film Festival. Pasquale talks to writer-...
EFP 45 : Dr Sarah Artt on Women and Silence in Contemporary Cinema
12 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, host Dr Pasquale Iannone is joined by Dr Sarah Artt (Lecturer in English and Film at Edinburgh Napier University) to discuss her...
EFP 44: Edinburgh International Film Festival 2024 Preview
25 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Dr Pasquale Iannone previews the 77th Edinburgh International Film Festival in the company of Director Paul Ridd and Producer Em...
EFP 43: Poetry and Cinema with Dr Sarah Stewart
01 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Host Dr Pasquale Iannone is joined by award-winning poet, author and editor Dr Sarah Stewart to discuss the links between poetry and cinema. Pas...
EFP 42: Professor Catherine O'Rawe on The Non-Professional Actor
11 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the podcast, host Dr Pasquale Iannone is joined by Professor Catherine O’Rawe. Catherine is Professor of Italian Film and Cu...
EFP 41: Don Boyd on Aria (1987)
21 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Dr Pasquale Iannone is joined by Don Boyd, a Scottish-born filmmaker with more than fifty years experience working in both ...
EFP 40: Hou Hsiao-Hsien
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Host Dr Pasquale Iannone is joined by MSc Film Studies student Russell Shen to discuss two films by the great Taiwanese filmmaker Hou Hsiao-Hsien: 198...
EFP 39: Filmhouse (Open The Doors)
20 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A special edition of the podcast dedicated to Filmhouse, Edinburgh's much-loved independent cinema. Host Dr Pasquale Iannone is joined by Rod White, P...
EFP 38: Dark Fairytales
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this Halloween special, host Dr Pasquale Iannone is joined by current MSc Film Studies student Sebastian Gilling-Ulph to discuss dark filmic fairyt...
EFP 37: Autumn in Film
16 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this first episode of the new season, host Dr Pasquale Iannone is joined by Film Studies colleague Dr Ana Salzberg (Senior Lecturer in Film Studies...
EFP 36: Best of Film and TV in 2021
13 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kat Zabecka speaks to Dr David Sorfa, the programme director of the MSc and PhD in Film Studies at the University of Edinburgh, and his col...
EFP 35: The Film Dispatch
13 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In early April 2022, Kat Zabecka spoke to University of Edinburgh MSc Film Studies students Niamh Carey-Furness and Yvonne Wang, founders of...
EFP 34: Romantic Comedies
08 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kat Zabecka speaks to Mira Nemcikova and Rici Wenger, former MSc Film Studies students at the University of Edinburgh, about romantic comedies. They d...
EFP 33: Cinemas and Film Streaming Platforms
15 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kat Zabecka speaks to 3 current MSc Film Studies students Nick, Devika and Karen. They discuss their different film viewing experiences during the pan...
EFP 32: Wilderness (2017) with Screenwriter Neil Fox
02 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kat Zabecka talks to Dr Neil Fox, the writer of Wilderness (2017), now available to stream. They discuss the writing process, inspiration for the...
EFP 31: Film Noir with Dr Pasquale Iannone
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kat Zabecka talks to Dr Pasquale Iannone, Senior Teaching Fellow in Film Studies, about film noir. If you want to know how to recognise one or you are...
EFP 30: Audio-Cinematic Podcasts with Dario Llinares
25 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kat Zabecka is joined by Dr Dario Llinares who is Principal Lecturer n the School of Media at the University of Brighton and co-host of the Cinematolo...
EFP 29: Film in the Time of Lockdown
26 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kat Zabecka talks to MSc Film Studies student, Elisa Teneggi. Join us for a discussion about Bruno Dumont, Unorthodox, Normal Peop...
EFP 28: Discussing Agnès Varda
29 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kat Zabecka talks to Dr Caire Boyle, lecturer in French and Francophone Studies at the University of Edinburgh. They discuss the life and work of Agnè...
EFP 27: The French Film Festival and Cinefile
21 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kat Zabecka is joined by Richard Mowe, the director of the French Film Festival and Cinefile, a distribution company based in Edinburgh. They&nbs...
EFP 26: Lars Von Trier's Antichrist
24 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kat Zabecka speaks to current 2019/20 MSc Film Studies students Betty, Elisa and Thaddeus. They discuss the controversy and cinematography of Antichri...
EFP 25: Best Films of 2019
22 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for a discussion of the best films from 2019 with Dr David Sorfa and Dr Pasquale Iannone, hosted by Kat Zabecka.Here is the list of films...
EFP 24: Exploring the Moon in Film and Beyond
11 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kat Zabecka speaks to Dr Alastair Bruce and Mat Vidmar from the Royal Observatory in Edinburgh to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Moon ...
EFP 23: Dr Neil Fox from The Cinematologists Podcast
29 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kat Zabecka talks to Dr Neil Fox, co-founder and host of the Cinematologists Podcast. They talk Fringe Festival, Dr Fox's film background and approach...
EFP 22: Lacan in Scotland
16 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kat Zabecka speaks to Dr Calum Neill, Associate Professor of Psychoanalysis & Cultural Theory at Edinburgh Napier University. They discuss L...
EFP 21: On Film Dissertations and Academic Writing
26 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kat Zabecka is joined by Jessie Taylor and Patrick Callaghan, current MSc Film Studies students. They chat about dissertations, choosing topics, resea...
EFP 20: Paris, Texas (1984)
26 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kat Zabecka is joined by our current MSc Film Students Callum Simpson, Laura Tribaudino and Tina Kandiashvili. They discuss Wim Wenders' iconic Paris,...
EFP 19: Best Films of 2018
15 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Kat and Dr David Sorfa are joined by Dr Pasquale Iannone, Teaching Fellow in Film Studies. They look back at 2018 and discuss so...
EFP 18: Film and Mental Illness
21 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kat Zabecka spoke to Professor Stephen Lawrie, Chair of Psychiatry and Neuro-Imaging and Head of the Division of Psychiatry at the University of ...
EFP 17: D. N. Rodowick in Conversation
11 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We were privileged to have Professor D. N. Rodowick come to Edinburgh on 27 November 2018 and he sat down with David Sorfa to discuss his ca...
EFP 16: News From Home Film Festival 2018
16 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
PhD students Eszter Simor and Chantal Bertalanffy talk to Kat Zabecka and Dr David Sorfa about their new film festival News From Home 2018....
EFP 15: The Edinburgh Film Podcast
12 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kat Zabecka and Dr David Sorfa discuss their reasons for starting a new season of the Edinburgh Film Podcast and highlight events, screenings and semi...
EFP 14: Ravenous
30 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Elizabeth and Emily discuss Antonia Bird's 1999 film, "Ravenous." A fantastic film that blends together the genres of horror, comedy, and the western.
EFP 13: 36 Hours with Dr David Sorfa
30 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A discussion of George Seaton's 1964 paranoid thriller 36 Hours which is being screened at Filmhouse as part of Edinburgh Spy Week.
EFP 12: The Handmaiden
30 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Drew and Emily talk about Park Chan-Wook's film, "The Handmaiden."
EFP 11: Grey Gardens
30 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Emily and Amanda discuss the Maysles' documentary "Grey Gardens," a film on the iconic Bouvier-Beale mother and daughter in their dilapidated hom...
EFP 10: Berberian Sound Studio
30 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Emily and Marc talk about Peter Strickland's soundscape horror flick, "Berberian Sound Studio."
EFP 9:- Beau Travail
30 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Nina and Emily talk about Claire Denis' incredible 1999 film, "Beau Travail."
EFP 8: Seven Samurai
30 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Noah and Emily discuss Kurosawa's masterpiece, "Seven Samurai."
EFP 7: Why Study Film?
30 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jessie and Emily discuss why you should study film!
EFP 6: I, Tonya
30 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Leanne and Emily discuss Craig Gillespie's 2018 bio-pic, "I,Tonya."
EFP 5: The Dance of Reality
30 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Angus and Emily talk about Jodorowsky's semi-autobiographical film, "La Danza de la Realidad."
EFP 4: Aliens
30 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Four students discuss James Cameron's 1986 film, "Aliens."
EFP 3: On Making Film Lists
30 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week Patrick joins us to talk about his list-making and documenting the films he's watched.
EFP 2: Sound and Film
30 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week Kat and Emily talk about the many uses of sound in film.
EFP 1: Housebound
30 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week we talk about the New Zealand horror/ comedy flick, "Housebound."