Sci-Fi, Folk Horror - Big Questions

Episode 12 March 09, 2021 00:31:33
Sci-Fi, Folk Horror - Big Questions
DreamSwarm Podcast
Sci-Fi, Folk Horror - Big Questions

Mar 09 2021 | 00:31:33

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Hosted By

Andy Mark Simpson

Show Notes

Interview with writer-director Aurora Fearnley about her sci-fi and folk horror films and what genre filmmaking can teach us about life's big questions:

Sci- Fi and folk horror films

Folk Horror, Human Nature and Othering

The appeal of genre filmmaking

 

You can see Aurora's short film 'Pulsar' here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eueQHsthSdU

Follow Aurora @AuroraFearnley

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