Aneil Karia on shucking oysters, Sky News night shifts and Abbas Kiarostami

Aneil Karia, director of pulse-pounding new Ben Whishaw film Surge joins the podcast to talk about sailing the seas of cinema in his youth - in a cinema decked out like a ship - his studies at the National Film and Television School and where the perfect place to sit in the cinema is. Welcome to This Is My Cinema, a podcast from the British Independent Film Awards. The show is called This Is My Cinema and it’s all about celebrating the very best talent in the British film scene and the cinema experiences that made them who they are today. Our hosts Michael Leader and Rhianna Dhillon will be talking to rising stars and legendary names from in front of and behind the camera, exploring their origins in filmmaking, their inspirations, their memories of the cinemas they grew up visiting and of course whether they take their popcorn salty, sweet - or wouldn’t dream of taking food to a film at all. On the 18th of February, the British Independent Film Awards will be broadcasting live on Facebook and YouTube, hosted by Tom Felton, with lots of special guest appearances too. In celebration of the awards, we’ll be releasing one podcast episode every day that week, so subscribe now to This Is My Cinema wherever you listen to your podcasts… you’ll want a front row seatThis is my cinema is a Little Dot Studios production for BIFAThe show is hosted by Rhianna Dhilllon and Michael LeaderIt’s produced by Jake Cunningham, Annie Hughes and Harold McShielAnd we’re edited by Content is Queen Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.