The Film Gods

EP. 128 Follow The Money | Hollywood's Real Fight (Pt. 1)

A new format for The Film Gods. Couldn't get a guest on for April so I sat down with Claude (yes I call him Van Damme) to dig into what's actually happening in our industry right now. Hollywood is in the middle of another labour fight — WGA already signed, SAG-AFTRA back at the table on April 27th, DGA up in May, all three contracts expire June 30th. AI is the headline. But the more I looked, the more I think the real fight is somewhere else entirely. Closer to home, the Bectu AD branch are mid-dispute with Pact over the new UK rate card landing May 1st. Same fight, different continent. This is Part 1. Part 2 lands next month — Bollywood, China, Critterz, and the grandchildren question.

https://bectu.org.uk https://thewga.org https://www.sagaftra.org

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Ep. 127 Jordi Bares | VFX Supervisor

With 20 years in post production, this episode highlights the benefits of hard work, the importance of luck and how to make sure you are in the right place at the right time. Jordi worked at the top companies in London; the Mill and Framestore and won multiple awards for some iconic projects. Taking a leap of faith and committing to his to craft has lead to a wonderful career and this episode shows how passion to ones craft can lead to many magical career moments.

https://www.rohtau.com

https://www.instagram.com/rohtau/

https://www.instagram.com/jordibares/

 

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Ep. 126 Jon Sen | MD & Exec Prod

 

From cleaning toilets to running some of the UK’s most established and celebrated TV shows, Jon Sen is now the MD and Exec Prod at Esmerlda Productions, supporting and nurturing creatives to do their best work through the magic of story telling.

 

As always, thank you for listening.

 

Jons Substack links mentioned in ep:

https://jonsen.substack.com/p/you-havent-worked-for-over-a-year?triedRedirect=true

 

https://jonsen.substack.com/p/survive-till-25-was-a-lie-heres-how?r=2a15je&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay&triedRedirect=true

 

https://www.esmereldaproductions.com

@jonarthonsen

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Ep 125. 2025 Wrap up

 

Mental year with massive shifts.

Too much for one ep but we have a go looking back at a few of what we think affected the industry in 2025.

If we missed something let us know.

 

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Ep 124. Matt Palmer | Feature Film Director

 

Our guest’s journey from teen film enthusiast to film director epitomises the passion, action and consistency it takes to make one person’s dreams another person’s reality.

 

https://www.facebook.com/allnight.horrormadness/

 

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