One Stop Doc Shop

One Stop Doc Shop - a podcast that celebrates and encourages diversity in non-fiction filmmaking. In each episode, a guest filmmaker will share their secrets on how to make award-winning documentaries. Tune in every Monday for fresh content. Full transcripts for each podcast episode are available on our website www.wheeshtfilms.com

Episodes

Alice Russell

August 26, 2024 • 84 mins

My guest this week is double BIFA winning director Alice Russell. Her first short film, Men Buy Sex, won the SIMA Creative Activism Award and got Vimeo Staff Picks Best of the Month. Her second short film, Agents of Change was selected as a festival focus at Sheffield DocFest whilst her third short film Terra Incognita followed a team of female activist’s scaling the back of reefer ships in the Antarctic.

In 2022, her debut feat...

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Kathryn Ferguson

August 18, 2024 • 90 mins

My guest this week is the multi award winning director Kathryn Ferguson. After a decade of focusing on short-form work centered on identity, gender politics and community, Kathryn first feature documentary NOTHING COMPARES about the iconic musician Sinéad O’Connor premiered at Sundance in 2022.

The film screened globally and went on to win multiple awards including Best Feature Documentary and Best Debut Director at the BIFA’s, as w...

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Elhum Shakerifar

August 9, 2024 • 134 mins

My guest this week is BAFTA nominated producer Elhum Shakerifar. Her multi award winning credits include The Reluctant Revolutionary, The Runner, A Syrian Love Story, Even When I Fall, Almost Heaven, Island, Of Love & Law, A Northern Soul and Ayouni.

In addition, Elhum has received a multitude of accolades as a producer over the years and continues to work innovatively to bridge the gap between UK festival visibility and distri...

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Victoria Mapplebeck

May 30, 2021 • 71 mins

My guest this week is multi-platform artist, and BAFTA winning producer and director Professor Victoria Mapplebeck.

For the last two decades, Victoria has experimented with the frontiers of documentary and creative technology, focusing on telling stories in small intimate spaces.

Her first smartphone short 160 Characters won Best Documentary at the 2017 Short of the Week Film Awards. Her follow up doc Missed Call, filmed on an IPho...

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Simisola Akande

May 23, 2021 • 64 mins

My guest this week is Simisola Akande, an award winning filmmaker that has to date created intimate and personal films that reflect her unique worldview.

Her breakthrough short Ojumo Ti Mo won the BFI’s Who We Are film competition in 2020. It also picked up Best Documentary and Film of the Year awards at the Watersprite Film Festival whilst her first short, Du Du, took home Best Experimental Film at the BFI Future Film Festival.

Du...

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Jayisha Patel

May 16, 2021 • 54 mins

My guest this week is Jayisha Patel, an award winning filmmaker who works at the intersection of cinematic film and VR. In 2020, Jayisha was hailed by Screen Daily as one of the Stars of Tomorrow and her films have premiered at Sundance, the New York Film Festival and the Toronto International Film festival.

Her first short film, A Paradise, was nominated for 37 international awards. Her film Circle was nominated for a student BAFT...

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Lindsey Dryden

May 9, 2021 • 66 mins

My guest this week is the multi-award winning producer and director Lindsey Dryden. Her producer credits include the Sundance Special Jury Award winning feature documentary - Unrest, which was also made the Oscar shortlist, and the Emmy award winning series - Trans in America.

In addition, Lindsey has also gathered a host of directing accolades for her feature documentary -Lost and Sound, as well as her portfolio of short form film...

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Waad Al-Kateab

May 2, 2021 • 41 mins

My guest this week is multi-award winning Syrian activist and filmmaker Waad Al- Kateab. Her first feature length documentary, For Sama, filmed over five years captured her life in Aleppo under the Assad regime.

Released in 2019, the film received a six-minute standing ovation and picked up the best documentary award at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2020 it was shortlisted for an Oscar, and made BAFTA history by racking up 4 nominat...

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Jeanie Finlay

April 25, 2021 • 72 mins

My guest this week is artist and documentary filmmaker Jeanie Finlay. With an eclectic body of work under her belt, Jeanie’s portfolio includes the Emmy nominated feature Games of Thrones: The Last Watch, Bifa winning feature - Orion: The Man Who Would Be King, Bifa nominated feature Seahorse, and Bifa and Grierson nominated feature The Great Hip Hop Hoax.

In addition, Jeanie has also filmed behind the closed bedroom doors of teena...

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Episode One Trailer

April 7, 2021 • 56 secs

A trailer from the interview with award winning documentary filmmaker Jeanie Finlay.

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