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437. Jeremy Hsing “Fish”

April 18, 2024 15:36 - 1 hour - 60.2 MB

Welcome back everyone! This week I had the amazing Jeremy Hsing on the podcast. Jeremy's film "Fish" was an Audience Award winner at the Film Invasion LA Festival in 2023. One of the most incredible things about Jeremy is just how young he is yet already so successful! Sit back and enjoy Jeremy's story and advice. Follow his Instagram here! Discover Indie Film Links DIF Website  - DIF Instagram  - DIF Facebook  - DIF Twitter  TVHi Links TVHi Website  - TVHi Instagram  - TVHi Facebook  - ...

436. 4Qs with Bryerly Long

March 26, 2024 09:00 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MB

What are the 4Qs? (1) Three favorite films. (2) An underrated film. (3) An overrated film. (4) A lesser-known film people should seek out. Bryerly Long's film "Homologies" won the Audience Award – Best Short Film – Drama and the Programmer’s Prize – Exceptional Filmmaking at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2023. We just wrapped up a jam-packed interview and you know I was going to have her answer the 4Q's before leaving!   Follow Bryerly's Instagram here Check out her website here Disco...

435. Bryerly Long “Homologies”

March 21, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 76.5 MB

What an amazing time! This week I had Bryerly Long on the podcast. Bryerly's film "Homologies" won the Audience Award – Best Short Film – Drama and the Programmer’s Prize – Exceptional Filmmaking at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival 2023. Sit back and enjoy Bryerly's story and advice. Follow her Instagram here Check out her website here Discover Indie Film Links DIF Website  - DIF Instagram  - DIF Facebook  - DIF Twitter  TVHi Links TVHi Website  - TVHi Instagram  - TVHi Facebook  - TVHi...

434. 4Qs with Christina Birdsall

March 19, 2024 09:00 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MB

What are the 4Qs? (1) Three favorite films. (2) An underrated film. (3) An overrated film. (4) A lesser-known film people should seek out. Christina took her film "Annie and the Scar" to the 2023 Sherman Oaks Film Festival where it won the Audience Award as well as the Grand Jury Award for Best Performer in a Supporting Role – Comedy. Christina and I finished up a jam-packed interview and you know for sure that I was going to have her answer the 4Qs above immediately following her interview....

433. Christina Birdsall “Annie and the Scar”

March 14, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 76.4 MB

This was a great week on the podcast! I had the pleasure of having Christina Birdsall in the studio with me. Christina took her film "Annie and the Scar" to the 2023 Sherman Oaks Film Festival where it won the Audience Award as well as the Grand Jury Award for Best Performer in a Supporting Role – Comedy. This episode was absolutely jam-packed and I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did taping it! Check out Christina's Website and Instagram!   Discover Indie Film Links DIF Website  - DIF In...

432. 4Qs with Mariya Somova, Mark Solari, & Joe Cyrus

March 12, 2024 09:00 - 24 minutes - 22.1 MB

What are the 4Qs? (1) Three favorite films. (2) An underrated film. (3) An overrated film. (4) A lesser-known film people should seek out. I wrapped up an amazing interview with three incredible filmmakers as we talked about their exceptional film "I Want to Live on Mars" which took home the Programmer's Prize for Exception Filmmaking at the 2023 Sherman Oaks Film Festival. You know after we were done I had to ask them the 4Qs! You're gonna love their answers and you get triple the amount! T...

431. Mariya Somova, Mark Solari, & Joe Cyrus “I Want to Live on Mars”

March 07, 2024 09:00 - 59 minutes - 54 MB

What a special week! Not one, not two, but THREE guest join me to talk about their exceptional film "I Want to Live on Mars" which took home the Programmer's Prize for Exception Filmmaking at the 2023 Sherman Oaks Film Festival. In this episode we delve into the intricacies of working as a team, the love of film, and so much more. I hope you enjoy listening as much as I enjoyed talking with these incredible folks! Check out the film's official website!   Discover Indie Film Links DIF Websi...

430. Ramone Menon “My Scary Indian Wedding”

March 05, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 81.3 MB

Hey Everyone! Welcome to March! This week I sat down with the incredible Ramone Menon for his second appearance on the podcast! His incredible film "My Scary Indian Wedding" won the Filmmakers Award for Outstanding Short Film AND Outstanding Creativity in Horror. In this podcast, we reconnect, talk about the festival run, and glean some precious advice! You won't want to miss it! Connect with Ramone: Instagram   Discover Indie Film Links DIF Website  - DIF Instagram  - DIF Facebook  - DIF...

429. 4Qs with Tatiana Blackington James

February 29, 2024 09:00 - 32 minutes - 30.2 MB

What are the 4Qs? (1) Three favorite films. (2) An underrated film. (3) An overrated film. (4) A lesser-known film people should seek out. Tatiana's film, "Homologies" won the Audience Award for Best Short Film – Drama AND the Programmer’s Prize for Exceptional Filmmaking. We just finished up a jam-packed interview and you know for sure that I was going to have her answer the 4Qs above immediately following her interview.  Enjoy! Connect with Tatiana: Website Instagram Discover Indie Fil...

428. Tatiana Blackington James “Homologies”

February 28, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 84.5 MB

Hey Everyone! This week I sat down to talk with the incredible Tatiana Blackington James! Her film, "Homologies" won the Audience Award for Best Short Film – Drama AND the Programmer’s Prize for Exceptional Filmmaking. This is an episode you certainly do not want to miss as we talk about so many incredible things about her journey and experience! Connect with Tatiana: Website Instagram   Discover Indie Film Links DIF Website  - DIF Instagram  - DIF Facebook  - DIF Twitter  TVHi Links TV...

427. 4Qs with Justin Sirkin

February 22, 2024 09:00 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MB

What are the 4Qs? (1) Three favorite films. (2) An underrated film. (3) An overrated film. (4) A lesser-known film people should seek out. Justin's hilarious short film "Reseda" won the Programmer’s Prize for Exceptional Filmmaking at the 2023 Sherman Oaks Film Festival! Justin and I finished up a jam-packed interview and you know for sure that I was going to have her answer the 4Qs above immediately following her interview.  Enjoy! Connect and follow Justin on his Instagram here!     Di...

426. Justin Sirkin “Reseda”

February 20, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 84.4 MB

Welcome back and happy 2024! This week I sat down to talk with the incredible Justin Sirkin! His hilarious short film "Reseda" won the Programmer’s Prize for Exceptional Filmmaking at the 2023 Sherman Oaks Film Festival! This episode was absolutely wonderful to shoot and I hope you love it as much as I did recording it. Connect and follow on his Instagram here!   Discover Indie Film Links DIF Website  - DIF Instagram  - DIF Facebook  - DIF Twitter  TVHi Links TVHi Website  - TVHi Instag...

425. 4Qs with Regina Hofmanova

January 11, 2024 09:00 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MB

What are the 4Qs? (1) Three favorite films. (2) An underrated film. (3) An overrated film. (4) A lesser-known film people should seek out. Regina's short film "Guest" won both the Audience Award AND Grand Jury Award for "Best Short Film - Dance" in 2022 at the SOFF. Regina and I finished up a jam-packed interview and you know for sure that I was going to have her answer the 4Qs above immediately following her interview.  Enjoy! Learn more about Regina with the following links! Website Inst...

424. Regina Hofmanova “Guest”

January 09, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 60.1 MB

Welcome back everyone! This week I sat down to talk with the incredible Regina Hofmanova who joined us from Prague! Her short film "Guest" won both the Audience Award AND Grand Jury Award for "Best Short Film - Dance" in 2022 at the SOFF. This episode was absolutely wonderful to shoot and I hope you love it as much as I did recording it. Learn more about Regina with the following links! Website Instagram   Discover Indie Film Links DIF Website  - DIF Instagram  - DIF Facebook  - DIF Twit...

423. Fr3deR1cK Taylor “If Cities Could Dance: J-Setting Atlanta”

November 28, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 82.8 MB

This was Fr3deR1cK's fourth time as a guest on this podcast and I nearly named this episode "Fr3deR1cK & Jeff Shoot the S**t, Part 2"... but we do discuss "If Cities Could Dance"... barely. Who knows? Maybe down the road I’ll rename every Fr3deR1cK episode the fun way with a curse word? This episode is jam-packed and you won't want to miss it! Learn more about Fr3deR1cK Taylor at these links: Fr3deR1cK.com, tomorrowpictures.com and @fr3der1ck on Instagram Discover Indie Film Links DIF Webs...

422. 4Qs with Matt Catanzano

November 23, 2023 09:00 - 21 minutes - 19.3 MB

What are the 4Qs? (1) Three favorite films. (2) An underrated film. (3) An overrated film. (4) A lesser-known film people should seek out. Matt brought his Horror short film "Spirits" to the 2023 Film Invasion LA festival just this past year where it w on the Audience Award for Horror. Matt and I finished up a jam-packed interview and you know for sure that I was going to have him answer the 4Qs above immediately following his interview.  Enjoy! Check out Matt's website here Follow Matt o...

421. Matt Catanzano “Spirits”

November 21, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 72.2 MB

Matt brought his Horror short film "Spirits" to the 2023 Film Invasion LA festival just this past year where it won the Audience Award for Horror. As soon as I saw the film I knew I had to get him on the podcast. In this episode we talk about his roots in comedy, his love for horror, his life as a filmmaker, and so much more. I hope you love it just as much as I did filming it. Check out Matt's website here Follow Matt on Instagram @mattcatanzano Discover Indie Film Links DIF Website  - DI...

420. 4Qs with Wil Crown

November 16, 2023 09:00 - 21 minutes - 19.4 MB

What are the 4Qs? (1) Three favorite films. (2) An underrated film. (3) An overrated film. (4) A lesser-known film people should seek out. Wil's short film "Oksana" was an official selection at the 2022 Sherman Oaks Film Festival and I was so excited to bring him on the podcast as this deeply raw film was simply amazing. Wil and I finished up a jam-packed interview and you know for sure that I was going to have him answer the 4Qs above immediately following his interview.  Enjoy! Follow Wil...

419. Wil Crown “Oksana”

November 14, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 80.9 MB

Wil's short film "Oksana" was an official selection at the 2022 Sherman Oaks Film Festival and I was so excited to bring him on the podcast as this deeply raw film was simply amazing. In this episode we talk about exploring deep subjects in film, Wil's life, and so much more! I hope you love it just as much as I did filming it. Follow Wil on Instagram @wil.crown Discover Indie Film Links DIF Website  - DIF Instagram  - DIF Facebook  - DIF Twitter  TVHi Links TVHi Website  - TVHi Instagram...

418. 4Qs with Jamie Parslow

November 09, 2023 09:00 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MB

What are the 4Qs? (1) Three favorite films. (2) An underrated film. (3) An overrated film. (4) A lesser-known film people should seek out. Jamie brought his film "Black Hole" to the Film Invasion LA Festival in 2022 where it won awards including Outstanding Short Film – SciFim, Outstanding Screenplay – SciFi, and Outstanding Performance, Individual – SciFi. Jamie and I finished up a jam-packed interview and you know for sure that I was going to have him answer the 4Qs above immediately follo...

417. Jamie Parslow “Black Hole”

November 07, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 93.2 MB

Jamie brought his film "Black Hole" to the Film Invasion LA Festival in 2022 where it won awards including Outstanding Short Film – SciFim, Outstanding Screenplay – SciFi, and Outstanding Performance, Individual – SciFi. In this episode we talk life, film, and so much more. This was an awesome episode and I hope you all enjoy it as much as I did!   Watch Jamie's film on YouTube here! Follow Jamie on Instagram @japars If you want to learn more about Jamie, check out his website www.jamiepa...

416. 4Qs with Adam Peltier

November 02, 2023 09:00 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MB

What are the 4Qs?  (1) Three favorite films. (2) An underrated film. (3) An overrated film. (4) A lesser-known film people should seek out. Adam brought his film "Space Junk" to the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2022 where among other awards it won the Grand Jury Award for Best Short Film - Arthouse/Experimental. Adam and I finished up a jam-packed interview and you know for sure that I was going to have him answer the 4Qs above immediately following his interview.  Enjoy! Follow Adam on In...

415. Adam Peltier “Space Junk”

October 31, 2023 09:00 - 2 hours - 110 MB

Adam brought his film "Space Junk" to the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2022 where among other awards it won the Grand Jury Award for Best Short Film - Arthouse/Experimental. Adam does it all: acting, producing, writing, directing, and in this episode, we unpack everything. I really hope you enjoy it as much as I did recording it because I promise this is one you won't want to miss!   Follow Adam on Instagram @bigduckpix Discover Indie Film Links DIF Website  - DIF Instagram  - DIF Faceboo...

414. 4Qs with Nicholas Geisler

October 26, 2023 09:00 - 37 minutes - 34 MB

What are the 4Qs?  (1) Three favorite films. (2) An underrated film. (3) An overrated film. (4) A lesser-known film people should seek out. Nicholas Geisler brought his Sci-Fi film "When You Become Us" to the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2022, where it won numerous awards including Outstanding Short Film - SciFi, Oustanding Director - SciFi, Outstanding Performance - Individual, and Outstanding Performance, Cast- SciFi. His film is superb and we had a wonderful time talking about his film am...

413. Nicholas Geisler “When You Became Us”

October 24, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 90.1 MB

Nicholas Geisler brought his Sci-Fi film "When You Become Us" to the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2022, where it won numerous awards including Outstanding Short Film • SciFi, Oustanding Director - SciFI, Outstanding Performance - Individual, and Outstanding Performance, Cast- SciFi. *When You Became Us" is a wonderful display of what Sci-Fi can be, and Nicholas' direction is well deserving of his awards In this episode, we hear about the great mind of Nicholas, and it is certainly one you wo...

412. 4Qs with Rich & Matt Van Tine

September 28, 2023 09:00 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MB

What are the 4Qs?  (1) Three favorite films. (2) An underrated film. (3) An overrated film. (4) A lesser-known film people should seek out. Rich & Matt Van Tine have brought two films to the Sherman Oaks Film Festival over the years; "A Side of Fries" in 2018 and "Magic Box" in 2022.  Both films are superb and I'd looked forward to getting these two on the DIF podcast for years.  And you know that once they were on the mics I would have them answer the DIF 4Qs above. Follow their work at th...

411. Matt & Rich Van Tine “Magic Box”

September 26, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 78.2 MB

Matt & Rich Van Tine brought their horror short "Magic Box" to the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2022, when it took home the Audience Award for Best Short Film - Horror.  (By the way, if you ask me, it's a Thriller, not horror, but I'm just being anal.) The first time that I met the Van Tines was in 2018 when their short film "A Side of Fries" was an official selection at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival.  I have a soft spot for the quirky, unique "A Side of Fries," but even I have to admit th...

410. 4Qs with Alex & Todd Greenlee

September 21, 2023 09:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MB

What are the 4Qs?  (1) Three favorite films. (2) An underrated film. (3) An overrated film. (4) A lesser-known film people should seek out. Screenwriter Alex Greenlee and director Todd Greenlee brought their feature film "All Eyes" to the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2022 and took home the Grand Jury Award Best Feature Film – Horror.  You can tell in this interview that I loved this film's mix of indie spirit, action and horror.  The good news is that you can watch it right now!  Just go to...

409. Todd & Alex Greenlee “All Eyes”

September 19, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 63.9 MB

Todd & Alex Greenlee wrapped up a hugely successful festival run for their feature "All Eyes" with a screening at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2022.  Todd directs, Alex writes, and together they produce great films!  This superb film took home the Grand Jury Award Best Feature Film – Horror.  You can tell in this interview that I love this film's mix of indie spirit, action and horror.  The good news is that you can watch it right now!  Just go to homefrontpictures.com and choose the pla...

408. 4Qs with Joey 西侧龙

September 12, 2023 09:00 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MB

What are the 4Qs?  (1) Three favorite films. (2) An underrated film. (3) An overrated film. (4) A lesser-known film people should seek out. Filmmaker Joey 西侧龙 brought his music video "A Beautiful Escape" to the 2023 edition of Film Invasion Los Angeles. The audiences and juries loved it and Joey received two awards for his efforts.  As an American living in China, Joey had to hop onto Zoom to talk with me, but for his festival Q&A and his podcast interview.  And you know for sure that I was ...

407. Joey 西侧龙 “A Beautiful Escape”

September 07, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 66 MB

Joey 西侧龙 created the music video "A Beautiful Escape" and at the 2023 edition of Film Invasion Los Angeles received two awards; Outstanding Music Video and Outstanding Performance – Music Video for his lead performer Hayley Wen.  An American living in China, Joey brought an incredibly unique and interesting perspective to this podcast.  I found this to be one of the most fascinating interviews so far!  And, yes, I did a map search while were talking and realized that the person whose face on ...

406. 4Qs with Andrew Bourne

September 05, 2023 09:00 - 14 minutes - 13 MB

What are the 4Qs?  (1) Three favorite films. (2) An underrated film. (3) An overrated film. (4) A lesser-known film people should seek out. Andrew Bourne brought his short film "Church Camp" to the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2022 and took home two awards; Outstanding Short Film – Comedy and Outstanding Director – Comedy.  This touching, humorous and above all honest film resonated with everyone who saw it at the festival.  And you can watch "Church Camp" right now on the streaming service...

405. Andrew Bourne “Church Camp”

August 31, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 57.1 MB

Andrew Bourne brought his short film "Church Camp" to the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2022 and took home two awards; Outstanding Short Film – Comedy and Outstanding Director – Comedy.  This touching, humorous and above all honest film resonated with everyone who saw it at the festival.  And you can watch "Church Camp" right now on the streaming service TVHi, available in the Amazon Fire TV, Roku, Android TV, Apple TV, Android Mobile and iPhone app stores. After this interview I got so see ...

404. Darren Coyle “Operation: Payback”

August 29, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 70.7 MB

Darren Coyle's second appearance on the DIF Podcast comes after his short film "Operation: Payback" screened at the 2022 Sherman Oaks Film Festival.  His first came after his feature film "Chasing Sunshine" screened at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2018.  It was great to catch up with Darren and hear how well he's been doing, both with his day job in television production and his devotion to creating his own original work.  Plus he's a very dedicated writer!  As Darren points out, don't s...

403. 4Qs with Chris Browne

August 24, 2023 09:00 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MB

What are the 4Qs?  (1) Three favorite films. (2) An underrated film. (3) An overrated film. (4) A lesser-known film people should seek out. Filmmaker Chris Browne cam into DIF HQ to discuss his award winning short film "Pleroma" and of course I had him answer the 4Qs above while he was here.  (Great list, by the way!) You have to wait a little while to see "Pleroma," but if you want to be very cool then you should come its premiere at Screamfest in October of 2023.  I'm gonna do my best to ...

402. Chris Browne “Pleroma”

August 22, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 72.5 MB

Filmmaker Chris Browne, whose day job happens to be Global Visual Effects Supervisor at Sony Pictures Animation, brought his amazing short film "Pleroma" to Film Invasion Los Angeles in 2023 and took home the Filmmakers Awards for Outstanding Short Film – SciFi and Outstanding Screenplay – SciFi.  You have to wait a little while to see this film, but if you want to be very, very cool then you should come its premiere at Screamfest in October of 2023.  I'm gonna do my best to be there! I hope...

401. Fr3deR1cK Taylor “Where Is America The Beautiful?”

June 27, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 96.8 MB

Fr3deR1cK Taylor's new film ""Where Is America The Beautiful?" is screening at 4:30 PM (Pacific) at Dances With Films the same day that this podcast releases!  If you happen to be listening on June 27, 2023, rush over to the Hollywood & Highland and catch the film!  And if it is after that date, maybe go to tomorrowpictures.com or tomorrowpictures.tv to find out where you can see it. This was Fr3deR1cK's third time as a guest on this podcast and I nearly named this episode "Fr3deR1cK & Jeff ...

400. 4Qs with Adele Thomas

June 22, 2023 09:00 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MB

What are the 4Qs?  (1) Three favorite films. (2) An underrated film. (3) An overrated film. (4) A lesser-known film people should seek out. Adele Thomas came into DIF HQ to talk about her career and, specifically, her music video "She" that took home three awards at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in November 2020. You can watch "She" right now on the streaming service TVHi and at some point in 2023 it will join the Discover Indie Film TV Series on Amazon Prime Video. As long as Adele was on...

399. Adele Thomas “She”

June 20, 2023 09:00 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MB

Adele Thomas's music video "She" played the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in November 2020 and this beautiful work of art took home the Grand Jury Prize for Best Music Video as well as the award for Outstanding Performance, Individual – Experimental for Kennedy Knopf and Outstanding Cinematography – Experimental for Julie Kim.  You can watch "She" right now on the streaming service TVHi and at some point in 2023 it will join the Discover Indie Film TV Series on Amazon Prime Video. I hope you en...

398. 4Qs with Rick Ives

June 15, 2023 18:05 - 25 minutes - 23 MB

What are the 4Qs?  (1) Three favorite films. (2) An underrated film. (3) An overrated film. (4) A lesser-known film people should seek out. Filmmakers Rick Ives came onto the DIF podcast to talk about his indie feature film "Solid Rock Trust" and, even though he maybe didn't have enough warning, he answered the 4Qs listed above. By the way, you MUST check out Rick's feature film "Solid Rock Trust" and you can find many different ways to watch it at the Solid Rock Trust linktr.ee. Follow Ri...

376. Alex Kannan “La Cita (The Appointment)”

March 27, 2023 09:00 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MB

Alex Kannan directed the documentary short "La Cita (The Appointment)" and brought it the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2021, taking home the Audience Award for Short Film – Documentary.  Alex is such a busy person, fitting his film and music pursuits around his schedule as an attorney, that he had to record this Zoom from his car.  Our apologies for the audio quality! Discover Indie Film Links DIF Website  - DIF Instagram  - DIF Facebook  - DIF Twitter  TVHi Links TVHi Website  - TVHi Ins...

375. 4Qs with Chris Hall & Tommy Dickie

March 24, 2023 09:00 - 54 minutes - 49.9 MB

What are the 4Qs?  (1) Three favorite films. (2) An underrated film. (3) An overrated film. (4) A lesser-known film people should seek out. Director Chris Hall & writer/lead actor Tommy Dickie brought their short comedy "The Perfect First Date" to the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in November 2022 and took home more awards than I can list here.  This great film can be seen on the new streaming service TVHi! Click here to watch 'The Perfect First Date' on TVHi As long as Chris and Tommy showed ...

374. Tommy Dickie & Chris Hall “The Perfect First Date”

March 22, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 70.8 MB

Tommy Dickie & Chris Hall brought their short comedy "The Perfect First Date" to the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in November 2022 and basically took home ALL the awards.  This smart, funny, and touching film can be seen on the new streaming service TVHi! Click here to watch 'The Perfect First Date' on TVHi If you can't tell from this interview, I consider myself lucky to have hung out with these two for a few hours.  If you get the chance to do the same I suggest you jump on it and hold on fo...

373. 4Qs with Matt Clifford & Mellinda Hensley

March 20, 2023 09:00 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MB

What are the 4Qs?  (1) Three favorite films. (2) An underrated film. (3) An overrated film. (4) A lesser-known film people should seek out. The comedy short "Across The Room" was written by Matt Clifford and directed/produced by Mellinda Hensley, and it was an Official Selection at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in November 2020. I'm proud to say that this excellent film is in Season 6 of the Discover Indie Film TV Series on Amazon Prime Video! These two lovely people hopped onto Zoom for t...

372. Mellinda Hensley & Matt Clifford “Across The Room”

March 17, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 58.6 MB

Mellinda Hensley and Matt Clifford brought their short comedy "Across The Room" to the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in November 2020 and I'm proud to say that this excellent film is in Season 6 of the Discover Indie Film TV Series on Amazon Prime Video! These two lovely people hopped onto Zoom for this interview and it was a ton of fun.  In fact, I sound like I had several cups of coffee right before we hit "record" but I swear to you my elevated mood was just from talking to these two. You c...

371. 4Qs with Chandra Bond, Janelle Jones, & Aaron Bennett

March 15, 2023 09:00 - 28 minutes - 26 MB

What are the 4Qs?  (1) Three favorite films. (2) An underrated film. (3) An overrated film. (4) A lesser-known film people should seek out. The team behind the award winning film "Good Counsel" hopped onto Zoom for a DIF interview so of course I had to have them answer the 4Qs above.  Chandra Bond (actor/producer), Janelle Jones (actor), and Aaron Bennett (writer) take turns telling us about some of their favorite films.  I'm also proud to say that their excellent film "Good Counsel" is in S...

370. Chandra Bond, Janelle Jones, Aaron Bennett & David J. Levine “Good Counsel”

March 13, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 75 MB

The rare Four Guest podcast! Chandra Bond (actor/producer), Janelle Jones (actor), Aaron Bennett (writer) & David J. Levine (director) collaborated to make the film "Good Counsel," an Official Selection at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2020 and took home a Grand Jury Prize.  I'm proud to say that this excellent film is in Season 7, Episode 1 of the Discover Indie Film TV Series on Amazon Prime Video! You can learn more about these lovely, talented people at these links: Chandra Bond on ...

369. 4Qs with Hassan El-Amin

March 10, 2023 09:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MB

What are the 4Qs?  (1) Three favorite films. (2) An underrated film. (3) An overrated film. (4) A lesser-known film people should seek out. Writer/director Hassan El-Amin brought his short film "The Strong Box" to Film Invasion Los Angeles in 2021 and took home the Audience Award for Best Short Film - Horror and the   Award for Outstanding Acting by an Individual for lead actor Joseph Fox.  I was delighted that Hassan hopped onto Zoom for a DIF interview and of course I had to have him answe...

368. Hassan El-Amin “The Strong Box”

March 08, 2023 09:00 - 59 minutes - 54.8 MB

Hassan El-Amin wrote, directed and produced the short film "The Strong Box" that came to Film Invasion Los Angeles in 2021 and took home the Audience Award for Best Short Film - Horror and the Filmmakers Award for Outstanding Acting by an Individual for lead actor Joseph Fox. You can more about Hassan's work at the Instagram handles @mrhassanelamin and @thestrongbox.shortfilm Discover Indie Film Links DIF Website  - DIF Instagram  - DIF Facebook  - DIF Twitter  TVHi Links TVHi Website  - ...

367. 4Qs with Ty Clancey

March 06, 2023 09:00 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MB

What are the 4Qs?  (1) Three favorite films. (2) An underrated film. (3) An overrated film. (4) A lesser-known film people should seek out. Writer/director Ty Clancey brought his short film "Thank You For Staying" to the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2021 and took home two awards!  I'm proud to say that "Thank You For Staying" is in Season 7 of the Discover Indie Film TV Series on Amazon Prime Video! You can also see "Thank You For Staying" and Ty's earlier, hilarious human-puppet hybrid co...

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