How to make festival films, raise finance and win awards with 'Under the Fig Trees' writer and director Erige Sehiri

On this weeks episode director, producer and writer Erige Sehiri joins us to talk How to make festival films, raise finance and win awards with her debut move Under The Fig Trees. Joining Giles Alderson as fellow host this week is Female Film Club's CEO Liza van der Smissen! Erige, Giles and Liza discuss: How to make festival films and win awards. Why you should just start. How she raised finance. How she got the film finished . Why she made the film over two years and how to make continuity work. Working with non actors. The importance of following your intuition as filmmakers. And so much more. Under the Fig Trees is out now Link Female Film Club PATREON Big thank you to: Serena Gardner Mark Hammett Lee Hutchings Marli J Monroe Karen Newman Want your name in the show notes or some great bonus material on film-making? Join our Patreon for bonus episodes, industry survival guides and feedback on your film projects! SUPPORT THE PODCAST Check out our full episode archive at TheFilmmakersPodcast.com CREDITS The Filmmakers Podcast is hosted, produced, edited and written by Giles Alderson @gilesalderson Social Media by Kalli Pasqualucci @kallieep Marketing Huw Siddle Logo and Banner Art by Lois Creative Theme Music by John J. Harvey Music supplied by – Music Bed Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices