Miruna Straut, from Romania, is a University of Southampton film graduate, aspiring filmmaker and rising entrepreneur. Most recently, she has founded Cinefilium, the first video streaming platform dedicated to helping young film students showcase their work. Their goal is to help young artists from all corners of the world be seen and heard, by offering them a platform through which their shorts can reach a film-loving audience. At the same time, she is working on her own creative projects, such as turning her artwork into custom t-shirts, writing a digital comic book or developing her very first feature film. Her works have always been about the pursuit of truth, blending elements of nostalgia, dream logic, 1960s film aesthetics, pop culture, and themes of existentialism; as she draws most of her inspiration from one of her greatest cinematic influences: the French New Wave. She is very much connected with her characters, and has made herself responsible for telling their stories because, in many ways, their story is her story, as well as that of anyone else’s. In this episode, we talk about what motivated her to study film, her cinematic influences, that time she saw Jodie Foster in Cannes, her advice to women wanting to work in film and much more! Disclaimer: this interview was recorded on Zoom therefore apologies in advance for any glitches in the sound quality/editing. Also sorry not sorry for the appearance (audibly at least!) of Miruna's dog Anakin. Miruna's portfolio: https://mirunastraut.carrd.co Cinefilium: http://cinefilium.com/