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This DIF4Q is with Sarah Prikryl. Sarah’s documentary short film Family: A Love Story took home a Grand Jury Prize at Film Invasion Los Angeles in 2018. It is without a doubt one of the most wonderfully documentaries you could have caught on the festival circuit, and now it is available online. (Watch it right now!) …
The documentary Family: A Love Story took home a Grand Jury Prize at Film Invasion Los Angeles in 2018. It is without a doubt one of the most wonderfully documentaries you could have caught on the festival circuit, and now it is available online at IndieBoom. When you hear this interview with director Sarah Prikryl …
Heather Hillstrom took home the Grand Jury Prize at Film Invasion Los Angeles 2018 for her short film The King In The Ring. Anytime I see a film that great at the festival I immediately start thinking about interviewing them for the podcast and finding out their favorites and not-so favorites when they answer the …
At Film Invasion Los Angeles in June, 2018, Heather Hillstrom’s short film The King In The Ring took home a Grand Jury Prize. This is one of those films that people will never forget. I’m certain that in five or ten years, I can refer to this film and anyone who saw it will know …
When I interviewed Joe Petricca on this podcast about his career and his short film A Meditation, I found out exactly why his film won awards. Joe has spent 25 years in academia at the American Film Institute while working as a professional screenwriter on the side, always with an eye on filmmaking again. It …
Joe Petricca’s short film A Meditation took home the Audience Award at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2017. Winning this award was no surprise, as A Meditation is one of those short films that completely engages its audience from start to finish. Joe gave a great Q&A at the festival but, just like his film, it …
Kevin Nielsen wrote and directed the award winning film See Yourself Out, which is a film you watch on this here website! Kevin’s film has so much to it. The filmmaking is spot-on, the acting is wonderful, and the short film he wrote is poignant, funny, and tragic all at the same time. Needless to …
Kevin Nielsen wrote and directed the award winning film See Yourself Out. As you can see from the laurels on the video embed below, this film cleaned up on the festival circuit. And part of that great festival run includes getting a Grand Jury Prize at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2017. When you watch See …
Varun Raman & Tom Hancock made the brilliant short film Transmission. It was a standout at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2017. Even though they live in the UK, we hopped on Skype for a few hours to record an interview and a DIF4Q. What is DIF4Q? It’s the Discover Indie Film Four Questions. Name …
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Transmission. Transmission is a film that you MUST SEE. This film is a brilliant work of art from Varun Raman & Tom Hancock; a young team out of Manchester, England (though they’ve moved since) who studied film on their own, wrote a pile of scripts and then managed to put together a team and a cast …