Faith Elizabeth and Movies That Changed Your Life: CATS, Barbie & Pan's Labyrinth

Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into movies that changed your life with YES SHE CANNES founder & CEO Faith Elizabeth, in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore CATS’s impact, Barbie analysis, and Pan's Labyrinth’s influence on his personal growth and cinema’s transformative power on her. Faith Elizabeth also discusses the creation of YES SHE CANNES and the panels she will be hosting at Cannes Film Festival 2026. Movies That Changed Your Life   Find out about YES SHE CANNES and the panels Faith Elizabeth will be hosting at Cannes Film Festival 2026 and the lasting impact of cinema on their lives with Stuart Wright on his movie podcast.   [1:20] YES SHE CANNES 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life CATS impact  [14:17] Faith Elizabeth says CATS was one of a handful of VHS tapes she had access to growing up as one of six siblings. CATS mezmorised her and she would watch it over and over again Barbie analysis [19:30] Faith Elizabeth says Barbie is not just nostalgia for a cherished childhood character, it captured a feeling a lot of women had in terms of striving for perfection, not feeling good enough and trying to fix something about yourself. Pan's Labyrinth Influence   [24:31] Faith Elizabeth discovered Pan's Labyrinth by accident. She stumbled into a press conference hosted by Guillermo Del Toro, a filmmaker she was aware of, but had watched nothing. After experiencing the fandom in the room and the words of Del Toro she bought Ian Nathan’s book about the Mexican filmmaker and committed to watch all of his films.  Key Take Aways:   Discover how movies that changed your life shape personal and professional growth. Learn about why Faith Elizabeth founded YES SHE CANNES. Learn about what YES SHE CANNES is doing at Cannes Film Festival 2026 Understand cinema’s transformative power through CATS (1998), Barbie (2023), Pan's Labyrinth (2006) About the Guest:   Faith Elizabeth is a filmmaker and founder of YES SHE CANNES At Cannes Film Festival 2026: Thurs 14 May, 4-5pm - Building Collective Power: How Women Shape Influence in Film (Main stage Riviera & online) Sat 16 May, 3:30-4:30pm: Women In Genre: Shaping Careers, Opening Doors and Building Power (Fantastic Pavilion) Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, follow on Spotify or wherever you listen to your podcasts for more movies that impacted your life!  Share your favourite movies that impacted your life on X (@leytonrocks) and leave a 5-star review and tell us which 3 films impacted your adult life. Best ones get read out on the podcast. Credits:   Intro/Outro music: *Rocking The Stew* by Tokyo Dragons (https://www.instagram.com/slomaxster/)  Written, produced, and hosted by Stuart Wright for [Britflicks.com](https://www.britflicks.com/britflicks-podcast/)   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices