Features

Explore the latest features from Seensome, including filmmaker interviews, festival coverage and in-depth articles from the world of film.

Interview with James Nunn, writer-director of Hungry

Writer-director James Nunn discusses his latest creature feature, hungry hippo horror Hungry.

  • Interview
  • 23rd August 2026
A still frame from the 2026 film Faces of Death, showing Barbie Ferreira's character staring in horror at a computer screen

Interview with Faces of Death writer-director Daniel Goldhaber and writer-producer Isa Mazzei

Filmmakers Daniel Goldhaber and Isa Mazzei were on hand at the Edinburgh International Film Festival to discuss their smart, meta take on the cult classic Faces of Death.

  • Interview
  • 19th August 2026

Best of the Year: Top 20 Films of 2024

With 2024 drawing to a close, it's time to reflect on the great and the good of the year in film.

  • Feature
  • 27th December 2024

Interview with Shane Meadows, writer-director of Dead Man's Shoes

Twenty years after its initial release, cult British classic Dead Man's Shoes is back in cinemas and the film's writer-director Shane Meadows was on hand at the Edinburgh International Film Festival to discuss the film's impact over the decades.

  • Interview
  • 29th August 2023

Interview with Charlotte Regan, writer-director of Scrapper

Up-and-coming British filmmaker Charlotte Regan was on hand at the Edinburgh International Film Festival to discuss her debut feature Scrapper.

  • Interview
  • 24th August 2023

Interview with Ira Sachs, director of Passages

Director Ira Sachs discusses his latest film Passages, as well as his love of European cinema and the ongoing online discourse around sex in cinema: "It's a fabrication of a conversation"

  • Interview
  • 21st August 2023

Interview with John Michael McDonagh, writer-director of The Forgiven

Writer-director John Michael McDonagh was on hand at the Edinburgh International Film Festival to discuss his latest film The Forgiven.

  • Interview
  • 2nd September 2022

Interview with LOLA's Emma Appleton and Stefanie Martini

Emma Appleton and Stefanie Martini attend the Edinburgh International Film Festival to discuss their experience of filming LOLA, the 1940s-set sci-fi from Irish indie filmmaker Andrew Legge.

  • Interview
  • 25th August 2022

Best of the Year: Top 20 Films of 2021

Counting down the top 20 films of 2021, from Julia Ducournau's Titane and Florian Zeller's The Father, to Ridley Scott's The Last Duel and Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog.

  • Feature
  • 26th January 2022

Best of the Year: Top 20 Films of 2019

Counting down the top 20 films of 2019, from Lulu Wang's The Farewell and Martin Scorsese's The Irishman, to Noah Baumbach's Marriage Story and Bo Burnham's Eighth Grade.

  • Feature
  • 12th January 2020

Interview with End of Sentence's John Hawkes and Elfar Adalsteins

Director Elfar Adalsteins and actor John Hawkes were in attendance at the Edinburgh International Film Festival to discuss their new film End of Sentence.

  • Interview
  • 4th July 2019

Best of the Year: Top 20 Films of 2018

2018 has come and gone, so it's time to countdown the year's best films, from Bradley Cooper's A Star is Born and Ryan Coogler's Black Panther, to Best Picture winner The Shape of Water and Chloe Zhao's indie The Rider.

  • Feature
  • 1st February 2019