Write Shoot Cut

Neil Rolland talks to Edinburgh filmmakers Tom Chick and Rory Alexander Stewart about their careers so far in filmmaking; from being teenagers making a western to securing funding for short films, screening at festivals and winning awards.

Neil Rolland interviews Edinburgh based filmmaker Grant McPhee who has worked across various roles in the camera and DIT department on films and TV series such as World War Z, The Angel's Share, Citadel, Shell, Cloud Atlas, Case Histories and Sunshine on Leith, as well as having just directed his debut feature film.

Q&As live with the filmmakers whose short films screened at the May Write Shoot Cut screening on Monday 13th May 2013 at the Banshee Labyrinth in Edinburgh. The filmmakers are Ciaran Lyons, John McPhail and Neil Hartop.

New York Filmmaker Maria McIndoo discusses her debut feature film Say It Like It is, how she came to make a film with no experience of making films before it, her process, herself and what's next.

Prolific Edinburgh based filmmaker Keir Siewert of Breaking Point Flix talks about filmmaking, covering; studying film at University and what he got out of that, shooting over 50 music videos in two years as a one man crew, his short films (including the latest INTERVIEW), his debut feature project Wasteland 26, his filmmaking process and the trials and tribulations of becoming an established filmmaker.

Filmmaker Tom Wilton discusses his latest New York set feature film Pale Horses. When Patti returns to Astoria, NY after many years away, she stumbles back into the life of estranged friend, Janis. As they rebuild bonds in the wake of broken relationships, they find themselves dealing with the quiet intensity of third-man, Keith. In a city of eight million strangers, you’ll do anything to make a friend of just one. Tom talks about how he made the film for next to no money, the creative process with actors, shooting in New York, why he told this story and bits about his overall process.

Neil Rolland conducts a Post Mortem of the Bootleg Film Festival, Edinburgh with Tom Wilton, Jeffrey P Nesker, Maria McIndoo, Chris Waller and Alexander McGarry at the Banshee Labyrinth the day after the festival ended.

The first podcast from Write Shoot Cut where Neil Rolland (filmmaker, founder of Write Shoot Cut and Creative Director of Bootleg Edinburgh), Jeffrey P. Nesker (filmmaker and Director of Bootleg Toronto) and Tom Wilton (filmmaker, founder of Project Bootleg and the Bootleg Film Festival) discuss the Bootleg Film Festival Edinburgh. Delving into topics such as why the festival was set up, what it’s all about, why people should attend, what they want people to to take from the festival, why people make films, why they themselves make films, filmmaking in general, their own careers and ambitions and a whole lot more.