Why anyone can make a movie now

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Hollywood once had the studios, the money and the tools. Not anymore.

AI is making visual effects cheaper, professional kit is increasingly accessible and filmmaking is spreading far beyond Los Angeles. Meanwhile, a new generation of directors is honing its craft on YouTube and Instagram rather than working its way through the studio system.

So who gets to make a movie now? Does Hollywood still matter? And could the next great director already be building an audience online?

From Backrooms to blockbusters made across London, Glasgow and Sydney, Benjamin Wilson reports on the technology, talent and new production hubs reshaping how films are made — and who gets to make them.

Watch the episode on YouTube below, or listen via your preferred podcast app.