Sophisticulture

OBSCURAE is supported by our viewers, listeners and readers. Subscribe for free at ⁠⁠obscurae.co.uk⁠⁠. You can also ⁠⁠find us on TikTok⁠ @obscurae !Join us for a special throwback to the 2025 BFI LFF Red Carpet, where we talked with BAFTA winner Akinola Davies Jr. to discuss the DNA of his acclaimed work, My Father’s Shadow. Featuring insights from Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Wale Davies, and twin stars Godwin Chiemerie Egbo and Chibuike Marvellous Egbo.Sophisticulture is a podcast for people who care a lot about stories and storytellers.

CW, TW for the film: Reference to Suicide, scenes of domestic violence or abuse, scenes of transphobic attitudes and language.Want more deep dives? Read Lucie’s full review on obscurae.co.uk and sign up for our newsletter to get the best film coverage delivered to your inbox!Lucie Neale speaks to filmmakers Logan Rozos and Lexie Bean about their Berlinale and Flare Selected feature on the TransMasculine+ community, "What Will I Become", discussing the journey of creating a documentary that captures the essence of trans youth, community, and resilience. The conversation highlights creative decisions, the power of art in affirming identities, and reflections on time, grief, and hope in trans lives.

OBSCURAE is supported by our viewers, listeners and readers. Subscribe for free at ⁠⁠obscurae.co.uk⁠⁠. You can also ⁠⁠find us on TikTok⁠ @obscurae !Holly Perring speaks to filmmakers Rahemur Rahman and Lily Vetch about their short documentary, Body of Our Own, as it screens at Flare. From Holly's review of the film, "[It] follows three Hijra transgender women, Momo, Neshi, and Jannat, who each live unique lives yet are bound by their resilience and sense of self. It is shot intimately, allowing the three women to take the lead in discussing everyday lives, deepest aspirations, and everything in between."Sophisticulture is a podcast for people who care a lot about stories and storytellers.

OBSCURAE is supported by our viewers, listeners and readers. Subscribe for free at ⁠⁠obscurae.co.uk⁠⁠. You can also ⁠⁠find us on TikTok⁠ @obscurae !Sophisticulture is a podcast for people who care a lot about stories and storytellers.

OBSCURAE is supported by our viewers, listeners and readers. Subscribe for free at ⁠⁠obscurae.co.uk⁠⁠. You can also ⁠⁠find us on TikTok⁠ @obscurae !Sophisticulture is a podcast for people who care a lot about stories and storytellers.

OBSCURAE is supported by our viewers, listeners and readers. Subscribe for free at ⁠⁠obscurae.co.uk⁠⁠. You can also ⁠⁠find us on TikTok⁠ @obscurae !Sophisticulture is a podcast for people who care a lot about stories and storytellers.CHAPTERS:00:00 Intro2:28 Oscars Recap47:48 Now We're just Yapping52.39 Rec of the Week

​Amaris joins us to discuss the pitfalls and intricacies of the most unintentionally cavalier (and metaphorical) film of the season, Marty Supreme.Join us for our Academy Awards Watch Party this Sunday, 15th March, starting 10pm GMT! https://youtube.com/live/hfNwrM466dg?feature=shareSophisticulture is a podcast for people who care a lot about stories and storytellers.OBSCURAE is supported by our viewers, listeners and readers. Subscribe for free at http://obscurae.co.uk/⁠⁠. You can also ⁠⁠find us on TikTok⁠ @obscurae !

Sophisticulture is a podcast for people who care a lot about stories and storytellers.OBSCURAE is supported by our viewers, listeners and readers. Subscribe for free at ⁠⁠obscurae.co.uk⁠⁠. You can also ⁠⁠find us on TikTok⁠ @obscurae !Join Umnia, your Editor-in-Chief, as she shares her thoughts and makes some oscar predictions for the upcoming academy awards, including why Sinners is primed to sweep the ceremony. Get ready for some top-tier yapping and see if your predictions align with hers for the biggest awards night in movies! Then, we get into the Paramount and Warner Bros Merger – what it is, what it will affect, and how indie film as it currently exists won't save us.

Welcome back to the Sophisticulture Podcast! In this episode, we sit down with Maddy Myer to discuss her new podcast, Maddy Mania. We also get into Wrestling as an artform, Katseye's Manon on "hiatus", and UMNIA's Hot Take gets into the BAFTA's mishap last weekend.Find ⁠ @maddymaniapodcast  across the interwebs! https://linktr.ee/maddymaniapodcastSophisticulture is a podcast for people who care a lot about stories and storytellers.OBSCURAE is supported by our viewers, listeners and readers. Subscribe for free at ⁠⁠obscurae.co.uk⁠⁠. You can also ⁠⁠find us on TikTok⁠ @obscurae !CHAPTERS:00:00 Intro1:34 Maddy Mania4:52 Manon 10117:19 Maddy Mania Podcast Preview19:55 Wrestling Talk28:46 UMNIA's BAFTAs Hot Take38:03 Rec of the Week + Our Oscars Watch Party

Suhaila dives into Khalid's process creating his award-winning short film, which is available on iPlayer from February 27th -- mild spoilers ahead.You can follow Suhaila on Instagram and TikTok, and read her work for OBSCURAE here.OBSCURAE is supported by our viewers, listeners and readers. Subscribe for free at ⁠⁠obscurae.co.uk⁠⁠. You can also ⁠⁠find us on TikTok⁠.

** Correction: The Blue Card Team were attending the BFM (Berlinale Film Market) to sell the film, not to exhibit it.Sophisticulture is a podcast for people who care a lot about stories and storytellers.OBSCURAE is supported by our viewers, listeners and readers. Subscribe for free at ⁠obscurae.co.uk⁠. You can also ⁠find us on TikTok.Find Farah Sadek on Instagram and TikTok!

OBSCURAE is supported by our viewers, listeners and readers. Subscribe for free at obscurae.co.uk.Benito Bowl, Train Dreams to Nightmares, and opinions aren't hitting the Wuthering Heights one might have hoped for.Find Wanji Hartig across the interweb! https://www.tiktok.com/@literallywanjihttps://www.youtube.com/@literallywanjihttps://literallywanji.substack.comSophisticulture is a podcast for people who care a lot about stories and storytellers.Find us on TikTok!

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Umnia sits down with producer Trevor Birney to discuss his most recent film,  festival favorite Kneecap; the commitment that went into making such a daring piece of cinema; and the political, historical, and sociocultural conditions in Northern (or the North of) Ireland that necessitated its creation. Tiocfaidh ár lá! If you enjoyed this episode, please consider buying us a coffee! Your support helps us continue bringing you our coverage and episodes, including the podcast, our articles, and our TikToks! https://ko-fi.com/umnia SOPHISTICULTURE is a podcast from OBSCURAE Productions. It is edited by Jack O’Mahoney. Special thanks to Sarah El-Neil for Production Support. Follow the show Website: obscurae.co.uk  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@obscurae  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wearesophisticulture  YouTube: https://youtube.com/@obscurae  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/18U4bjs8Vc0D039roGZc3G  Or wherever you get your podcasts

Direct from our headquarters, our correspondent and CEO UMNIA gives you the full lowdown on the BFI Programme, and some amazing interviews and input from the coolest talent at LFF. Guest List:  Susan Chardy, Lead Actress ‘On Becoming a Guinea Fowl’ Sasha Nathwani, Director and Co-writer, ‘Last Swim’ Jazmin Jones (director) and Olivia McKayla Ross (associate producer), ‘Seeking Mavis Beacon’ Got a Strong Film Opinion? Something you want to platform? Send us a voice note to [email protected]. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider buying us a coffee! Your support helps us continue bringing you our coverage and episodes, including the podcast, our articles, and our TikToks! https://ko-fi.com/umnia SOPHISTICULTURE is a podcast from OBSCURAE Productions. It is edited by Jack O’Mahoney. Special thanks to Sarah El-Neil for Production Support. Follow the show Website: obscurae.umniaelneil.com TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sophisticulture Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wearesophisticulture YouTube: https://youtube.com/@obscurae Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/18U4bjs8Vc0D039roGZc3G Or wherever you get your podcasts!

Festival wrap-up’s feel so prescriptive and top-down, don’t they? Our TIFF correspondent and CEO UMNIA scoured the streets of Toronto for informed voices, at one point even holding a sign that said ‘Strong Film Opinions Wanted’ and sitting in bars, or outside cinemas that were letting out audiences. Hear from an eclectic and knowledgeable group of TIFF attendees and filmmakers in this special episode of SOPHISTICULTURE about what was hot, what was not, and the State of Cinema. If you’d like to contribute a voice note to our ‘The Substance ft. The People’ Episode, the dropbox link is here - https://www.dropbox.com/request/oZFD2wwyFmzHiBo3O12R …and if you see us at BFI London Film Festival, introduce yourself to UMNIA for a chance to be featured on the next Festival Wrap-up Podcast, or  email us at [email protected] and we’ll come find you! Guest List:  Filmmaker Zac Goldkind, IG @adullroar Filmmaker Michael, IG @michaelashby__ Journalist David Cuevas, Filmhounds Magazine Filmmaker Kevin Dong, IG @dong_kohung Filmmaker Jedediah Cooper, IG @jedediahcooper Comedian Spark the Genius, IG @sparkthegenius, TikTok @sparkthegenius Journalist Russell, Red Carpet News If you enjoyed this episode, please consider buying us a coffee! Your support helps us continue bringing you our coverage and episodes, including the podcast, our articles, and our TikToks! https://ko-fi.com/umnia SOPHISTICULTURE is a podcast from OBSCURAE Productions. It is edited by Jack O’Mahoney. Special thanks to Sarah El-Neil for Production Support. Follow the show Website: obscurae.umniaelneil.com TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sophisticulture Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wearesophisticulture YouTube: https://youtube.com/@obscurae Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/18U4bjs8Vc0D039roGZc3G Or wherever you get your podcasts!

Away from the international diplomatic political interpretation of events, From Ground Zero comprises 22 short films ranging from stop motion to action film, comedies to tragedies, and documentaries too. We got to speak at TIFF 2024 with the film's producers, Rashid Masharawi and Laura Nikolov, and get to understand the motivations and logistics of putting together a film of this scope and importance, and hear some untold stories that didn't make it into the film.  If you enjoyed this, please consider buying us a coffee! Your support helps us continue bringing you our coverage and episodes, including the podcast, our articles, and our TikToks!  https://ko-fi.com/umnia  SOPHISTICULTURE is a podcast from OBSCURAE Productions.  It is edited by Jack O’Mahoney.  Special thanks to Sarah El-Neil for Production Support.  Follow the show Website: obscurae.umniaelneil.com TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sophisticulture Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wearesophisticulture YouTube: https://youtube.com/@obscurae Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/18U4bjs8Vc0D039roGZc3G  Or wherever you get your podcasts!

As a public figure, Taylor Swift’s creative output inspires a certain…polarity, that splits the world into those that “get it”, and those that spectate, and watch from afar. UMNIA talks to her friend Celeste, a dyed in the wool Swiftie, about what that realm of separation is, how people tend to cross it, and how being a fan of her musical output has changed as more people have started to “get it”. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider buying us a coffee! Your support helps us continue bringing you our coverage and episodes, including the podcast, our articles, and our TikToks! https://ko-fi.com/umnia SOPHISTICULTURE is a podcast from OBSCURAE Productions. It is edited by Jack O’Mahoney. Special thanks to Sarah El-Neil for Production Support. Follow the show Website: obscurae.umniaelneil.com TikTok:   / sophisticulture   Instagram:   / wearesophisticulture   YouTube:    / @obscurae   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/18U4bjs... Or wherever you get your podcasts

Prince is often given his flowers as a generational talent, but his moves within the industry did more to change it than his records did. UMNIA chats with Prince Super-Fan (and her mother) Dr. Sarah, as they analyse the impact Prince had on the Business of Music, and how he navigated the forces he was working under. They also discuss what artists in 2024 should be doing to carry on his legacy of disruption. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider buying us a coffee! Your support helps us continue bringing you our coverage and episodes, including the podcast, our articles, and our TikToks! https://ko-fi.com/umnia SOPHISTICULTURE is a podcast from OBSCURAE Productions. It is edited by Jack O’Mahoney. Special thanks to Sarah El-Neil for Production Support. Follow the show Website: obscurae.umniaelneil.com TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sophisticulture Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wearesophisticulture YouTube: https://youtube.com/@obscurae Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/18U4bjs8Vc0D039roGZc3G Or wherever you get your podcasts