BRADFORD City of Film’s Screen Talk series continues, with a focus on production roles in film and TV.

Among those featured are an Oscar-winning first time film producer, the woman who gave us GP’s Behind Closed Doors and a financier who has supported productions such as Official Secrets starring Keira Knightley.

Screen Talk interviews took place last year to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Bradford becoming the world’s first UNESCO City of Film.

Now the interviews, which were filmed by film and TV production students from the University of Bradford, are available online for the first time.

The series so far has included Screen Talks with Bradford-born actor Enzo Cilenti, whose impressive body of work includes TV’s Luther and Game of Thrones, and fellow Bradford Grammar School alumni Michael Hirst, acclaimed screenwriter who created global TV hit Vikings.

Bradford City of Film director David Wilson said: “We are delighted to bring this series online in response to UNESCO’s call to ensure that ‘Learning Never Stops’, as the majority of college and university students are away from conventional study at this time. “We also feel that the wider public will be fascinated at the insight our guests have to offer into the world of film and TV. As a UNESCO Creative City we strive to promote diversity in the creative industries and the speakers in this series have the ability to inspire people who may be considering a career in this area in the future.”

Tomorrow, at 11.30am, Oscar winner Rebecca Harris talks about the highs and lows of her whirlwind career in film so far. Rebecca graduated with a first class honours degree in Film Production and now works for Slick Films, where she’s a producer, most recently of short films. Her official short film producing debut, The Silent Child, won the Oscar for Best Live Action Short in 2018.

Her next short film, A Glimpse, has just been entered into festivals, she is co-producing a BFI-backed short film called Stand

Still and is in the early stages of developing her first feature length film.

On Friday, May 15 at 11am the Screen Talk is The Dark Art of Film Finance, with Anne Sheehan, a finance and business affairs consultant for media clients including Magnolia Mae Films. Having qualified as a chartered accountant, she began her film career with Warner Bros, and was subsequently a Financial Controller for Palace Pictures, BBC Films, PolyGram Film International and FilmFour.

Between 2014 and 2018 Anne structured the finance and executive produced nine films and TV dramas, including Miss You Already, starring Drew Barrymore and Toni Collette, partly filmed ion Ilkley Moor and Haworth, The Limehouse Golem, shot in Bradford and Keighley, and Official Secrets, shot at City Hall.

In 2013 she created a 15-year, £55m business plan for Locksmith Animation, which launched in April 2014, and as Director of Film Finance for Prescience, she was responsible for the finance and business affairs of 17 film investments, including The King’s Speech, partly filmed at Odsal.

On Friday, May 22 at 11am TV producer Rebecca Parnell talks about her work across the industry in various genres. She has worked with Jeremy Clarkson on BBC’s Top Gear, went undercover to secretly film for BBC Rogue Traders and most recently has been embedded in a Bradford surgery, making a documentary about the NHS, on Channel 5’s GPs Behind Closed Doors.

After nearly a decade in TV production, Rebecca discusses what it takes to make great television, how to navigate the industry and what to do if you’re considering TV as a career.

* The Screen Talk series is on bradford-city-of-film.com

Emma Clayton