#2 - Festivals

In this episode of Women Vs Hollywood, Helen O’Hara is joined by Clare Binns, Holly Tarquini, Sophie Monks Kaufman and Tricia Tuttle, to discuss the impact of festivals on women in the film industry. They’ll explore the ways that festivals have excluded women in the past, and the ways that women are fighting for better representation today. 

You can find our host, Helen O’Hara (she/her), on Twitter @HelenLOHara.

You can also find Helen on The Empire Film Podcast.

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Our Guests This Week Were:

Tricia Tuttle (she/her): @TriciaTuttle on Twitter

Find out more about her work at https://www.bfi.org.uk/flare 

Holly Tarquini (she/her): @hollytarq on Twitter 

Find out more about her work at https://filmbath.org.uk/ 

Clare Binns (she/her): @ClareLBinns on Twitter

Find out more about her work at https://www.bifa.film/people/clare-binns/ 

Sophie Monks Kaufman (she/her): @sopharsogood on Twitter

Find out more about her work at https://www.sophiemonkskaufman.com/   

This week’s recommended films were:

The films of Joanna Hogg and Chloe Zhao, recommended by Tricia Tuttle

One Night in Miami (2020), directed by Regina King, recommended by Holly Tarquini

Proxima (2019), directed by Alice Winocour, recommended by Clare Binns

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Host: Helen O’Hara (she/her)

Producer: Maddy Searle (she/her)

Executive Producers: Kobi Omenaka (he/him) and Ella Watts (she/her)

Artwork: Steve Leard (he/him) 

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