The Film Gods

Ep 126. Jon Sen | MD & Exec Prod

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

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Ep. 125 | 2025 Wrap up

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

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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Ep 123. Zoe Brewer | Head of Production

Ep 123. Zoe Brewer | Head of Production

 

Todays guest has worked on some of Amazons biggest UK shows. A life in TV, with some time out to be a mother, condensed into 40 minutes of wisdom and fond memories.

 

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Ep 122. Peter Cornes | TV Exec Producer

Ep 122. Peter Cornes | TV Exec Producer

 

Todays ep is one that I had lots of fun recording. Our guest is not only a friend and a neighbour but also a talented individual with years of experience and loads of great stories and insights.

 

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Ep 121. Film in the News | Canal+, Cannes & Dogma ‘25

Ep 121. Film in the News | Canal+, Cannes & Dogma ‘25

 

As the worlds film family came together for the 78^th Cannes Film Festival a few articles caught my interest, so I decided to put them out there for this ep. The festival was widely considered a success, but was there any affect felt from the last few years of turbulence?

 

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https://www.screendaily.com/news/french-and-international-film-industry-brace-for-impact-of-canal-plus-cuts/5205291.article

https://www.france24.com/en/culture/20250522-cannes-festival-2025-trump-tariffs-hijack-world-busiest-film-market

https://www.euronews.com/culture/2025/05/19/a-cultural-uprising-what-is-dogma-25-the-new-cinematic-movement-unveiled-in-cannes

 

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Ep 120. Dom Beecheno | Overcoming fear in film

Ep 120. Dom Beecheno | Overcoming fear in film

 

A slightly left field topic, but this weeks guest is the master of mindset. With the uncertainty happening in our lives we talk about his “7 Steps to overcome fear”. A wonderful, useful ep for all of us to better our lives and how we deal with what is happening currently in the industry

 

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Ep 119. Trumps Film Tariff

Ep 119. Trumps Film Tariff

 

As the industry was dealt another possible blow of tariffs on films made outside the U.S, initial thoughts were fearful. With a little more insight and investigation, seems like more hot air to ruffle feathers.

 

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https://theindustrynews.co/newsletter/

 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/schuylermoore/2025/05/05/proposed-film-tariff-is-a-non-starter/?ctpv=searchpage

 

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Ep 118. Streaming Levy

Ep 118. Streaming Levy

 

As the industry carries on finding its feet, the current state of affairs and a possible levy/tax on streaming services is being discussed in Parliament. They raise some good points and there is a long way to go on the journey but what are your thoughts? Let me know.

 

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg22d99v7qo

 

https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/378/culture-media-and-sport-committee/news/206388/urgent-action-needed-to-protect-distinctly-british-content-as-mps-call-on-government-to-ramp-up-support-across-film-and-highend-tv-industry/

 

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Ep 117. AI Fake KFC Advert – Dir: Joris Noordenbos & DOP: Simon Paul

Ep 117. AI Fake KFC Advert – Dir: Joris Noordenbos & DOP: Simon Paul

 

As the internet exploded with comments and opinions on a recent AI generated fake KFC commercial by @divinci_production, it raised questions for me around copyright, and the thin vail between imitation and plagiarism.

We have the foundations of the future of the industry already built through our shared experience, we should decide how it moves forward for the benefit of us and those coming up behind us.

 

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