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Céline Sciamma speaks to Anupama Chopra about her new MUBI film Petite Maman which follows a young girl coping with the death of her grandmother by bonding with her mother. The filmmaker tells us about her approach to cinema and how she keeps the 'desire' alive.

Join us this week to talk about Celine Sciamma's new film Petite Maman (2021). A story about an 8-year-old girl, Nelly, who meets a girl her age as she's building a treehouse in the woods. The girl turns out to be Nelly's mother but at a younger age. It's a mother/daughter tale like we've never seen before and to top it off, we got to talk to Céline Sciamma herself! We tried to keep our cool. Petite Maman is currently available to watch in UK cinemas and will be available to stream on MUBI from 18th February. Next week's episode: The Forty-Year-Old Version (2020) directed by Radha Blank The Forty-Year-Old-Version is available to watch on Netflix (UK) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We’re in love. It started with a Water Lilies in 2007. Our love grew stronger with Tomboy in 2011. We were devoted by the time Girlhood came around in 2014. And now, well, we scarcely know what to do with ourselves. This month we’ve dedicated an entire episode of our podcast to Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire , the film that has set the roof alight with all those fire emojis. Twitter is burning! Sciamma’s fourth film as a director took Cannes by storm back in 2019, earning standing ovations and taking home the Queer Palme. Earlier this year it was nominated at the BAFTAs, having already stolen our hearts. Over the course of the show, you’ll get expert insights on Céline Sciamma’s career up to this point. We’ll hear from the director herself all about the inspiration for the film, the title and that stunning choral number. Modern day portrait artist, Nina Mae Fowler, tells us about the reality of portraiture. And we find out from academic Jennie Batchelor just what it was like for women artists in the 18th century. The podcast is hosted by Steph Watts. It is produced by Ryan Hewitt and Jake Cunningham, edited by Mark Towers, and scripted by Jake Cunningham and Steph Watts. With thanks to all of our contributors, and a special thanks to Kelly Powell, Louisa Maycock and Irene Musumeci. WITH THANKS TO OUR SPECIAL GUESTS: Céline Sciamma Céline Sciamma is a French filmmaker, a director and writer. To date she has directed four films: Water Lilies , Tomboy , Girlhood and Portrait of a Lady on Fire , and she wrote the screenplay for award-winning animation, My Life as a Courgette . Tricia Tuttle Tricia Tuttle is Director of Festivals for the BFI. Tuttle’s appointment as Artistic Director BFI London Film Festival follows her role as interim Artistic Director in 2018 and five successful years as Deputy Head of Festivals at BFI, including BFI Flare and BFI London Film Festival. She is also a huge champion of Céline Sciamma. Nina Mae Fowler Nina Mae Fowler is known for her sumptuously detailed, large-scale drawings and installations which interrogate themes of celebrity, beauty, power and sexuality. Also an established portrait artist her sitters have included the biographer Dame Hermione Lee, biologist Richard Dawkins and ballet dancer Carlos Acosta (for which she was shortlisted for the BP Portrait prize in 2008). Most recently, The National Portrait Gallery has unveiled a major new commission by the artist entitled ‘ Luminary Drawings ’. The series comprises nine portraits of leading British Film Directors which now form part of the museum's permanent collection, including Sam Mendes, Ken Loach, Amma Asante and Sally Potter. Fowler’s work has won widespread acclaim. It is featured in numerous collections of international significance and in 2015 a monograph of her work entitled ‘Nina Mae Fowler: Measuring Elvis’ was published by Cob Gallery, London. The book features a commentary from an array of cultural luminaries including the curator Sandy Nairne and the playwright Polly Stenham. Lucy Dahlsen Lucy Dahlsen is a curator based in London and former Associate Curator of 20th century and contemporary portraiture at the National Portrait Gallery. Recent exhibitions she has curated include solo presentations of the artists Elizabeth Peyton and Njideka Akunyili Crosby. Jennie Batchelor Jennie Batchelor is Professor of Eighteenth-Century Studies at Kent University, publishing in the long eighteenth century with a focus primarily on women's writing... 
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The Oscars are over and this year’s awards season has come to an end. Host Mark Olsen and a team of entertainment colleagues and critics recap the 92nd Academy Awards and share their thoughts on Parasite’s historic night. Plus, Olsen sits down with “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” writer and director, Céline Sciamma.

As we count down the days remaining in 2019, join Ben, Fiona, and special guest John, as they count down their favourite movies and TV shows the year. They laugh, they disagree, and they realise there's not as much crossover on their lists as they expected (*especially when they make up their own rules about what constitutes the 'best' in a 'best of' list). Fiona is joined by special guest, Celine Sciamma, director of 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire', which is in cinemas on Boxing Day and which also - spoiler - rates pretty highly on Fiona's best of 2019 movies list. Fiona also reviews the full list of Boxing Day releases, as Ben and John reveal what they'll be watching over summer. It's a big episode to cap off a big year. Happy holidays to all and see you again in 2020.

Sam and Paul talk to Celine Sciamma about her new film TOMBOY