
Ella Maree Carey on Embracing & Learning From Failure
04/23/24 • 28 min
Women X’s Abbie is joined by Ella Maree Carey, whose film ‘Prawn’ screened at WXFF 2023. Ella discusses making a film during lockdown, her bad directing experience which taught her to embrace failure and learn from her mistakes, and her top tips for making short films.
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Women X’s Abbie is joined by Ella Maree Carey, whose film ‘Prawn’ screened at WXFF 2023. Ella discusses making a film during lockdown, her bad directing experience which taught her to embrace failure and learn from her mistakes, and her top tips for making short films.
Find us on social media:
https://www.instagram.com/riannepictures/
https://twitter.com/riannepictures
https://www.tiktok.com/@riannepictures
The Women X Film Festival Podcast is produced by Rianne Pictures:
https://riannepictures.com/
Make sure to subscribe to the podcast to stay up to date with more episodes. Through this podcast, we take you behind-the-scenes of an exciting, fresh short film festival. Learn about the ins and outs of running a film festival, get tips for your short film, listen to interviews with filmmakers, other festivals and more.
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