3.73-Filmmaker Interviews with Tushar Bhojwani and Mati Granica (Student Academy Awards 2025)

Today's episode is part of my series of double episodes featuring conversations with 2025 Student Academy Award nominees.

My first interview today is with 2025 Student Academy Award semifinalist Tushar Bhojwani, director of the animated film "Roar of the Tiger." We discuss his experience growing up in what's known as "the land of urban tigers" in Bhopal, India and the delicate balance between humans and nature.

Following that I chat with 2025 Student Academy Award Winner Mati Granica, director of the film "flower_gan." We talk about what actually happens when you ask an AI like ChatGPT to generate an image and the implications of using copyrighted content to train AI models.

Films and TV shows mentioned in this episode include:

• "Roar of the Tiger " directed by Tushar Bhojwani
• "flower_gan" directed by Mati Granica
• Interstellar directed by Christopher Nolan
• The Social Network directed by David Fincher
• Arrival directed by Denis Villeneuve
• Deadpool directed by Tim Miller
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl directed by Gore Verbinski
• The Hangover directed by Todd Phillips
• Ted Lasso (series)
• Fantastic Mr. Fox directed by Wes Anderson
• Midsommar directed by Ari Aster
• About Time directed by Richard Curtis
• Don't Look Up directed by Adam McKay
• The Secret Life of Walter Mitty directed by Ben Stiller
• Paddington directed by Paul King
• "The Fawn and the Blue Heron" directed by Thomas Keevil

Follow Tushar on Instagram @tusharbhojwani_wildlife and Mati at @matigranica. You can also check out Mati's website at https://matigranica.co.uk/.