Bethany Gemmell

Screen Speck • 20th July 2023

Director Alex Winter on 'The YouTube Effect' and the Power of Parasocial Experience

Actor and filmmaker Alex Winter has returned to directing with The YouTube Effect, the latest in a series of documentaries that examines the video-sharing site’s rise to global power. Winter, whose previous works include Showbiz Kids (2020) and The...

News • 13th February 2022

In Conversation With: sleep.bygrace - Myza Interviews

sleep.bygrace, created by Yasmin Grace, is an independent silk pyjama brand. In addition to its independent brand style, sleep.bygrace draws international inspiration. A trip to Jaipur, India, inspired Yasmin, where she was offered the chance to...

News • 2nd February 2022

In Conversation With: Nina D - Myza Interviews

Nina D is a Swedish-British homeware brand created by Nina Daniels. The brand’s unique designs draws on Nina’s upbringing in Sweden and adult life in London. Nina’s domestic designs include placemats, coasters, napkins and more that blend the two...

Screen Queens • 3rd September 2021

Dominique Nieves on Directing Latin-American Resilience in PBS Short Film ‘Our Lady Lupe’

Filmmaker and actor Dominique Nieves released her latest short film, Our Lady Lupe, as part of PBS’ Our Latino Experience collection, a series of short films co-produced by the network to celebrate the diversity and uniqueness of Latin-American...

Screen Queens • 25th May 2021

Creators Frank Spotnitz and Stephen Thompson on Blending History with Murder Mystery in New Amazon Series ‘Leonardo’

On the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci’s death, American writer Frank Spotnitz (The X-Files, The Man in the High Castle) and British playwright/screenwriter Stephen Thompson (Doctor Who, Sherlock) began collaborating with Italian producers in...

Screen Queens • 21st May 2021

Tommie-Amber Pirie and Sarah Allen on Portraying the Real-Life Horrors of Homophobia in ‘The Retreat’

Director Pat Mills, in his latest film The Retreat, noted that “While queer people love horror films, it’s not a love that comes easy: slashers have a history of sexualising their victims and are told from the cis, white, heterosexual, male...

SNACK - Music, film, arts and culture magazine for Scotland • 4th April 2021

GFF ‘21: Marley Morrison for “Sweetheart”

While Sweetheart may not be Marley Morrison's first outing as a filmmaker, having directed the short films Sticks and Stones (2014), Baby Gravy (2017) and Leroy (2017), a feature-length film came as 'a huge challenge' Morrison had not expected to...

SNACK - Music, film, arts and culture magazine for Scotland • 29th January 2021

Interview: Blaise Singh – Pride & Protest – Live watch party to...

While Pride & Protest may be Blaise Singh’s debut directing a feature-length documentary, Singh is no stranger to the art of filmmaking, having assisted in over 500 filmmaking projects as part of his company, Make a Difference Entertainment (MADE). A...

Screen Queens • 2nd October 2020

Azura Skye on Playing “The Role of a Lifetime” in ‘The Swerve’

Even with an illustrious acting career beginning at the age of three, Azura Skye admits that her new leading role in The Swerve is unlike any role she has ever taken on before. Following in the career footsteps of her late grandfather Brad Johnson...

Screen Queens • 8th September 2020

Gina O’Brien Discusses Her First Directing Effort ‘First One In’

Gina O’Brien thinks that, ironically, quarantine “couldn’t be better” for her film’s release, coming to Amazon Prime on September 8th. “Everyone’s home, looking for stuff to stream”, she explains to Screen Queens’ Bethany Gemmell. To make the timing...

Screen Queens • 28th August 2020

Isabel Sandoval on Representing Transgender and Immigrant Lives Through the Lens of Trump’s America in ‘Lingua Franca’

Writer, director and lead actress of Lingua Franca, Isabel Sandoval, is well aware of how historic her film’s release on Netflix will be. In her third directorial feature, but her first upon transitioning, Lingua Franca is a rare, almost unheard of,...

Screen Queens • 16th August 2020

Karen Maine Talks ‘Yes, God, Yes’, Natalia Dyer, and Female Sexuality

In her directorial debut, Karen Maine (co-writer of 2014’s Obvious Child) draws from her real-life experience attending Catholic school in Yes, God, Yes, winner of SXSW’s Special Jury Prize for Best Ensemble. Starring Natalia Dyer of Stranger Things,...