This is the final (for now?) episode in the Decades mini series. Sheridan, Billy and myself find ourselves in the 1980s and watching Alain Tanner's 'In the White City', wondering 'What does Bruno Gantz want?' A question we should all ask ourselves regularly.

This episode is brough to you in part by the NOLI film festival. This is Billy's festival and it will take place this year on October the 12th at the Et Cetera theatre in Camden. It is open for submissions here:

https://filmfreeway.com/NoliTheTooLongTooDifficultTooRawShortFilmFestival

A little about the festival:

Making its fourth appearance on 12th October 2025 and again at our beautiful home at Etcetera Theatre in Camden, London, Noli is the festival for short films too experimental, too daring, too real or simply too long for the mainstream circuit.

Our third edition was our most successful yet and continued our mission of building a network of like-minded artists and collaborators across London and beyond. Our fourth edition promises to be even more special as our name spreads further both at home and abroad- this is your chance to be part of something that matters.

We are looking to champion a British New Wave of filmmaking, from narrative to essay to experimental films that have a unique perspective on cinema and on modern life. We love pieces that eschew traditional, commercial narratives in favour of a bold vision, innovative techniques, and a clear aim in perspective & idea on the world through art.

Art needs to reclaim its lost sense of verve, daring to push the held conventions of current cinema and society to usher in a new wave of creation and reflection. The medium is currently stagnant and we want to be the change we wish to see by bringing art back to its grass-roots approach, jumpstarting an unshackled form of cinema that is once again subversive, in the name of entertaining avant-garde fables, piercing essay films, innovative and exciting animations or art pieces, or honest and well-crafted narratives.

We want to reflect the new, in a way that is authentically inclusive of fringe artists that are truly contributing to the medium but feel like they have no home, whether you've frequented the institutional channels like BFI, or are indie through-and-through.

As such, we are looking for realised FILMS.

I think some of the listeners may have films that might fit and it's a chance to see films by Sheridan, Billy and me all in one place.

Music by The Croutons