Creating The Queen's Gambit

Creating The Queen's Gambit (2021) is a short behind-the-scenes documentary you can watch online on iFILM — fourteen minutes on how Netflix's chess hit was actually built.

Anya Taylor-Joy, writer-director Scott Frank and chess consultant Bruce Pandolfini walk through the craft: a fresh wig for every era, Gabriele Binder's costumes, Uli Hanisch's production design. Thomas Brodie-Sangster and Moses Ingram add notes from the set. It's a quick watch, but a dense one — made for anyone who finished the series and wanted to see the seams.