Podcasts by DIY Cinema Cult

Episode 33: Doc’N Roll Festival from 2023-12-04T01:00

Aaron storms the Doc'n Roll festival with FREE PARTY while Marc gears up to shoot final pick ups for THE OLD MAN. They also discuss old video formats, underground film screenings, Film Tax Refun...

Episode 32: Shooting and Screening from 2023-06-26T00:10

Aaron and Marc catch up after a few months break to update each other on their respective DIY feature films. It's a wrap on shooting for The Old Man and Free Party has been test screening to aud...

Episode 31: A Perineum Carol from 2023-01-05T01:00

It's the traditional Frosty Perineum New Year's episode and Aaron and Marc take their time-honoured boozy stroll about the chilly North London streets. On their way they meet the three Ghosts of...

Episode 30: Stalking Gareth Edwards from 2022-12-19T01:00

Aaron and Marc celebrate their 30th episode of DIY Cinema Cult. They sup on gin martinis, cause some reverie and take a little look back at some past episodes and guests. They get a bit techie, ...

Episode 29: Fear and Loathing In Bristol from 2022-09-26T01:00

Aaron and Marc catch up about the recent screenings of 'Free Party: A Folk History' in Bristol. They discuss terrifying screenings, raves, the complications of dressing up as old women and ponde...

Episode 28: Rami On The Line from 2022-09-19T01:00

Aaron and Marc catch up with the Director of Photography on 'The Old Man', Rami Bartholdy. We chat with Rami over the phone and hear about his colourful career thus far; working his way up from ...

Episode 27: Richard Glover and Jonathan Broke and Gin from 2022-09-12T01:00

The two lead actors from 'The Old Man', Richard Glover and Jonathan Broke, join Marc and Aaron to drink gin martinis and talk about their experiences on our low budget DIY feature film.

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Episode 26: How To Make A Feature Film By Accident from 2022-09-05T01:00

Aaron and Marc are back after time away working on their respective feature films. Marc gives details on his eventful first block of shooting on 'The Old Man' and explains how the project fell a...

Episode 25: Perineum Black Box Recorder Part Two from 2022-01-11T01:00

Part two of our Perineum Black Box Recorder. Once again we apologise for the recording quality for some of this episode. As we got more drunk we neglected to check the levels on the recorder I h...

Episode 24: Perineum Black Box Recorder Part One from 2022-01-10T01:00

This is the first part of our two part Christmas and New Year's special. Apologies for the audio quality on this one. It was rather windy up on Ally Pally and once we had a few drinks our field-...

Episode 23: Naked Lunch Gut Punch from 2021-12-13T00:05

Aaron and Marc chat about Peter Jackson's Beatles documentary epic 'Get Back', Marc's new documentary short 'Even After Death, My Darling', the great micro-budget movies of the past 40 years and...

Episode 22: Calling Barcelona from 2021-11-08T14:56:40

Aaron heads to Barcelona to screen a work-in-progress of Free Party and Marc calls him up to see how it goes down. 

Episode 21: The Blank Page from 2021-09-29T09:46:07

DIY Cinema Cult is now busy on two productions. Aaron and Marc chat about the art of the "Just Start", locking in big locations, blank-page screenplay re-writes, finding your champions and havin...

Episode 20: Free Party Special from 2021-06-14T14:22:39

Aaron and Marc discuss the rampaging Kickstarter campaign for 'Free Party: A Folk History of the Free Party Movement'. In light of the incredible response, Aaron discusses what this now means fo...

Episode 19: What Would The KLF Do? from 2021-03-01T01:00

Imaginary bands, Mysticism, The KLF, dealing with advertising executives in the 90s and much, much more. Okay, not much more, but Aaron and Marc do deal with the prospect of doubling-down on the...

Episode 18: Frosty Perineum from 2021-01-05T10:16:07

Aaron and Marc venture out into that wintery no-man's land between Christmas and New Year to record their Christmas Special. They wander aimlessly around the frozen streets of North London and g...

Bonus Episode: The Chewing Gum Man on Sky Arts from 2020-11-19T10:43:18

A very quick bonus episode to shout about Marc's DIY documentary 'The Chewing Gum Man: A Portrait of the Artist Ben Wilson'. It will be getting its broadcast premiere on Sky Arts at 11pm Tuesday...

Episode 17: Back to the Manifesto from 2020-11-16T11:28:28

After hitting a bit of a pandemic-shaped brick wall in setting up their feature film, Aaron and Marc go back to the DIY Manifesto they had been formulating at the very start. This leads to an in...

Episode 16: Electronic Plot Generator from 2020-11-02T01:00

Marc and Aaron try out an electronic plot generator that throws up some interesting results; not least a terrifying old-man-eating antagonist lion called Alison Giant-Bulb. They also chat about ...

Episode 15: Chicken Dinner from 2020-10-19T09:33:18

Aaron and Marc are back after a brief faff break and are joined by two of the winners for the recent Freaky One Minute Film Festival. They also discuss plot removal, Zen filmmaking and Hadi's du...

Episode 14: Hyper-D Documentary with Jamie Ross-Hulme from 2020-07-20T01:00

Aaron and Marc are joined by filmmaker Jamie Ross-Hulme to discuss his fascinating new doc feature that takes an intimate look into the life of a larger-than-life Jungle icon Stevie Hyper-D. Mar...

Episode 13: Social Touching from 2020-07-13T01:00

Aaron and Marc emerge from Lock-Down like a couple of sexy moles and record their first 'in-person' episode in a hundred years. They chat under a tree about crowd-funding, location and cast hunt...

Episode 12: Lock-Down with David Cecil from 2020-07-06T01:00

Marc and Aaron chat with writer and producer David Cecil on the very last of their Lock-Down episodes. David talks about his fantastic new indie feature 'Imperial Blue'. Shot in the UK, India an...

Episode 11: Lock-Down with Mark A. C. Brown from 2020-06-15T01:00

Writer and director Mark A. C. Brown joins Aaron and Marc to discuss his directorial debut 'Guardians'. We chat about the importance of locations, the power of collaboration, discuss DIY film-ma...

Episode 10: Lock-Down Screenwriting Gurus from 2020-06-08T01:00

As Marc continues to make the screenplay more economical for a small budget, Aaron and Marc discuss the murky world of screenwriting gurus. Are they useful? Can they even be damaging? They chat ...

Episode 9: Lock-Down with Luca Zizzari from 2020-06-01T01:00

Marc and Aaron chat to actor Luca Zizzari. Luca talks about his work on 'Rush' with Ron Howard and acting alongside Adrien Brody and Tom Hardy in 'Peaky Blinders'. Aaron and Marc also get him to...

Bonus Episode : Prano Bailey-Bond Bonus from 2020-05-26T01:00

Our conversation with the lovely Prano Bailey-Bond over-ran and we were unable to squeeze it all in to episode 8. Once we finished our interview we carried on chatting a little longer and it tur...

Episode 8: Lock-Down with Prano Bailey-Bond from 2020-05-25T01:00

Aaron and Marc are joined by prolific indie horror director Prano Bailey-Bond. They talk David Lynch, nightmares, The Shining obsessions, obscure 70s horror and Prano's upcoming debut feature 'C...

Episode 7: Lock-Down Wound-Licking from 2020-05-18T01:00

Marc and Aaron get together to discuss the next steps following the dressing down from Hadi Hajaig in episode 6. They take a new look at 'Routine' and Marc sets about writing a new draft. They c...

Episode 6: Lock-Down with Hadi Hajaig from 2020-05-11T01:00

Independent screenwriter, film producer and director Hadi Hajaig joins Marc and Aaron for the second of their Lockdown episodes. He discusses making commercial features outside of the Hollywood ...

Episode 5: Lock-Down Special from 2020-05-04T01:00

Aaron and Marc chat remotely during lock-down and Marc surprises Aaron with gifts. They discuss David Bowie Apocalypse theories, screenwriting on the tube and ultimate creative obstructions. The...

Episode 4: European Biscuits from 2020-04-27T01:00

Marc is in Belgium to screen his documentary film 'The Chewing Gum Man'. He mumbles on about re-writes, first-crush story twists, foreign biscuits, making films for love not reward, doing Q&A's ...

Episode 3: Call Yourself A Filmmaker? from 2020-04-20T01:00

Marc has a new baby and gets his DIY documentary snapped up by a major broadcaster. Aaron and Marc sup on Shed Martinis and talk film festivals, raves, surreal comedy, gate-crashing Cannes, impo...

Episode 2: Shed Pirates from 2020-04-12T23:50

Marc and Aaron have been busy making kidney stones and babies (not together). They discuss documentaries, acid house, pirates, DIY distribution, the possibility of launching a web-series and giv...

Episode 1: The Big Idea from 2020-03-24T08:52:28

Aaron and Marc introduce their feature script, discuss the genius of Luis Bunuel, make a Shed Martini and come up with a cunning plan.