The BIFA Podcast

George Mackay on Sense and Sensibility, interrogating masculinity, and avoiding 'algorithmic fluff’

Me oh my, it’s George Mackay! This week’s guest on The BIFA Podcast is a bonafide British Indie star, known for his work in Pride, Femme, Captain Fantastic, True Histor

Cinematographer Seamus McGarvey on shooting Atonement, Die My Love & We Need to Talk About Kevin

Oscar nominee and Cinematographer extraodinaire Seamus McGarvey is this week’s guest on The BIFA Podcast! We talked through Seamus’s career behind the camera, working o

James McAvoy talks working class stereotypes on screen, winning a BIFA for Filth, and Mr Tumnus

James McAvoy is this week’s guest on The BIFA Podcast supported by Kia! We sat down with the man himself to chat about his directorial debut California Schemin', repres

Tahar Rahim talks Ken Loach, A Prophet, and sneaking into the cinema without a ticket

Tahar Rahim is in the house! We sat down this one-of-a-kind actor to talk sneaking into the cinema without a ticket, his stunning breakout performance in A Prophet, and

Susan Wokoma talks Chewing Gum, Fleabag, and centring black girlhood on screen

Susan Wokoma is in the house! Writer, director, comedian, actor, theatre star and taskmaster… Susan Wokoma’s doing the most and we just love to see it. We sat down wi

Peter Capaldi talks low budget Doctor Who episodes, winning an Oscar, and Malcolm Tucker's retirement plans

Master of Spin, Doctor of Who and winner of an Oscar… the one and only Peter Capaldi is the first guest on the all new season of The BIFA Podcast supported by Kia! We s

Joanna Scanlan talks The Thick of It, After Love, and her route into the industry

The Sweary Woman of Whitehall has entered the building... Joanna Scanlan, BAFTA-winning star of After Love and everyone’s favourite terror of The Thick of It’s corridors

Director Mark Jenkin talks Rose of Nevada, Back to the Future and the illusion of nostalgia

All aboard! Mark Jenkin is in the house! Or should that be boat... The proudly Cornish, BAFTA-winning director of Bait and Enys Men joins the BIFA podcast to discuss hi

Eddie Marsan on working-class access to the arts, anti-algorithm filmmaking and working with Mike Leigh

Eddie Marsan is in the building! We sat down with the acting legend to talk through his career on screen, from working with top British independent film directors like

Best of The BIFA Podcast featuring Tim Key, Celia Imrie, Letitia Wright, Stephen Merchant and more!

Simply the best! This week at The BIFA Podcast, we’re taking a look over some of the best moments from the series so far. Expect insane cinema snack anecdotes from Ste

Shazad Latif talks Wuthering Heights, Clem Fandango and representation on screen

Shazad Latif, this is Clem Fandango, can you hear me? Fresh from the wily, windy moors, we sat down with Wuthering Heights actor Shazad Latif to talk skin rooms, Baz Luh

Robert Aramayo talks I Swear, Rings of Power, and his double BAFTA nomination

Robert Aramayo joins the BIFA Podcast in what can only be described as a very big February for him. Fresh off a London Critics’ Circle win and in the midst of a BAFTA do

Louise Brealey on her previous life as a film journalist, slapping Benedict Cumberbatch and that scene in Such Brave Girls

Louise Brealey is the first BIFA podcast guest of 2026! A bonafide Independent film champion, before moving into acting Louise began as a journalist for multiple film ma

Emily Watson on Hamnet, Breaking the Waves, and receiving the Richard Harris Award

BIFA's 2025 Richard Harris Award recipient Emily Watson shares her journey into film and most inspiring cinema going moments on the all new BIFA Podcast, supported by Kia

Rose Byrne talks Bridesmaids, If I Had Legs I'd Kick You, and working with Heath Ledger

Rose Byrne shares her journey into film and most inspiring cinema going moments on the all new BIFA Podcast, supported by Kia. Listen to the Podcast on Spotify, Apple P

Ashley Walters talks Adolescence, Top Boy and The Goonies

Ashley Walters shares his journey into film and most inspiring cinema going moments on the all new BIFA Podcast, supported by Kia. Listen to the Podcast on Spotify, App

Imogen Poots talks Hedda, All of You, and working with Kristen Stewart

Imogen Poots shares her journey into film and most inspiring cinema going moments on the all new BIFA Podcast, supported by Kia. Listen to the Podcast on Spotify, Apple

Letitia Wright on Marvel, Lynne Ramsay and what Chadwick Boseman taught her about legacy on screen

Letitia Wright shares her journey into film and most inspiring cinema going moments on the all new BIFA Podcast, supported by Kia. Listen to the Podcast on Spotify, App

Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù talks Gangs of London, My Father’s Shadow, and his love of Space Jam

Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù shares his journey into film and most inspiring cinema going moments on the all new BIFA Podcast, supported by Kia. Listen to the Podcast on Spotify, Apple

Nick Mohammed on Jurassic Park, David Schwimmer, and the 'diverse' pot of money in commissioning

Nick Mohammed shares his journey into film and most inspiring cinema going moments on the all new BIFA Podcast, supported by Kia. Listen to the Podcast on Spotify, Appl