Interview With "Jane Austen's Period Drama" Filmmakers Julia Aks & Steve Pinder

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2026

⏱️ 24 minutes

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"Jane Austen's Period Drama" is a 2024 English-language short comedy film written and directed by Julia Aks and Steve Pinder. The film is a satire on Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice." The film had its world premiere at the 39th Santa Barbara International Film Festival and has been nominated for the Best Live Action Short Film at the 98th Academy Awards. Julia Aks and Steve Pinder were both kind enough to spend some time speaking with us about their experience and work on the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now available to stream on YouTube and is up for your consideration for this year's Academy Awards. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to The Next Best Picture podcast, and this is Daniel Howitt's interview with the directors and writers for Jane Austen's period drama, Julia Axe and Steve Pinder.
0:09.9	Mr. Talbot, my heart has been and always will be yours.
0:15.7	Will you do me the honor of...
0:23.6	You're bleeding.
0:25.6	Oh, no.
0:27.6	You were heard?
0:29.6	No, no, it's... just finish what you were saying.
0:32.6	We must get you back at once.
0:33.6	No, really, it's fine!
0:35.6	I started early.
0:37.6	Women's business.
0:38.7	Sab her in the leg.
0:39.4	You did what?
0:40.0	What do I do?
0:42.3	Why do you live so far away?
0:47.7	Julian Steve, thank you so much for your time talking to me about your film, Jane Austen's
0:51.7	period drama.
0:52.9	I cannot wait to talk to you about the film.
0:54.9	But, of course, we have to start with congratulations.
0:56.8	Congratulations on the Oscar nomination.
0:58.7	Pretty incredible.
0:59.5	I have to imagine that when you were making this movie,
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