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As a Doctor and Screenwriter, I Found Purpose. With My New Film, I Am Finally Myself.

Roshan Sethi, an oncologist and co-creator of TV’s The Resident, on love, happiness and his debut feature as writer-director, 7 Days.

March 29, 2022

How I Healed From an Eating Disorder with My Mind (and Body and Spirit)

Writer-actress Kelly Murtagh on the deep, personal journey she took making her new film, Shapeless, out now on VOD.

March 8, 2022

Imposter Syndrome or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Filmmaking

As a RADA-trained actress, Alone with You's Emily Bennett didn't fit in, but she's now found her place behind the camera.

February 3, 2022

Breaking Rules with Daisies

Writer-actor Ali Vingiano, who's now starring in The End of Us, on her deep love of Věra Chytilová’s feminist Czech New Wave classic.

February 2, 2022

A Light in the Darkness

Oscar-nominated screenwriter Virgil Williams on how adapting the memoir A Journal for Jordan transformed in a way he never expected.

December 21, 2021

Adaptation as Collaboration

Coming Home in the Dark writer-director James Ashcroft on his personal process for bringing the stories of others to the big screen.

The Shadow Work of My First Film, or: How Fantasy Became My Guide for Healing Trauma

Writer-director-actor Carlson Young on the unique creative and personal journey she took in making her debut feature, The Blazing World.

October 15, 2021

On My 25 Years in Lars von Trier’s World

Siobhan Fallon Hogan on her ongoing collaboration with the Danish auteur, including his company Zentropa producing her latest movie, Rushed.

September 14, 2021

A Canadian Film is Playing in the USA

Actress-screenwriter Deragh Campbell ponders ideas of home and Canadian-ness in her new film with director Kazik Radwanski, Anne at 13,000ft.

September 13, 2021

My God! My Script!

Tracey Scott Wilson on how writing the new Aretha Franklin biopic Respect reconnected her with her religious faith.

August 24, 2021

Living Life for the Story

To mark the release of her fourth film, the road movie Pooling to Paradise, writer Caytha Jentis reflects on her own journey.

August 10, 2021

Buddies, Break-Ups and the Pitfalls of Autobiographical Screenwriting

Writer-director Linas Phillips, who’s currently crowdfunding his next film, Take Two, on drawing for real life for his movies.

July 22, 2021