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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 Mail Gaze made its LA Premiere as a Sherman Oaks Film Festival 2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy and took home the Grand Jury Award – Best Performance by a Duo – Kelly Hooper & Kathryn Ross. We had a thrilling triple interview with the direct...

Welcome back! We have an exciting episode for you today! The Mail Gaze made its LA Premiere as a Sherman Oaks Film Festival 2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy and took home the Grand Jury Award – Best Performance by a Duo – Kelly Hooper & Kathryn Ross. I loved this film and I was thrilled to see I got three of its major players of it to sign up for a joint interview- Kelly Hooper, Ka...

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. “Don’t Watch This,” written and directed by Danny Pineros, was a Sherman Oaks Film Festival  2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror and earned the Filmmakers Award for Outstanding Originality – Short Film – Horror AND Outstanding Screenplay –...

Happy Indie Film Friday! “Don’t Watch This,” written and directed by Danny Pineros, was a Sherman Oaks Film Festival  2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror and earned the Filmmakers Award for Outstanding Originality – Short Film – Horror AND Outstanding Screenplay – Short Film – Horror – Daniel Pineros. Here’s the link for Don’t Watch This on Youtube  (DO watch it!)...

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. Benjamin Carlucci’s came to chat about life, art and his two films, “Burying Baby,” that was a 2024 Sherman Oaks Film Festival Official Selection: Short Film – Drama and took home Programmer’s Prize – Exceptional Filmmaking and “Lorica&#...

Hi Friends! I was very excited to have today’s guest, Benjamin Carlucci, come chat. He has directed two fantastic films that hit out festival circuit. “Burying Baby” was 2024 Sherman Oaks Film Festival Official Selection: Short Film – Drama and took home Programmer’s Prize – Exceptional Filmmaking and then in 2025 “Lorica” was an Film Invasion-LA Official Selection: S...

How do I introduce Angelo Moore to the uninitiated?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Here is what Angelo has on his YouTube Page ( www.youtube.com/@DrMaddVibeOfficial) : He...

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. Bryan Uvaldo’s film Playin’ Around was a Sherman Oaks Film Festival 2025 Official Selection and took home the Filmmakers Award for Outstanding Film – Short Film – Action-Thriller AND Outstanding Originality – Short Film – Action- Thriller I really enjoyed...

Welcome Back, Listeners! Bryan Uvaldo’s flashy action film Playin’ Around was a Sherman Oaks Film Festival 2025 Official Selection and snagged the Filmmakers Award for Outstanding Film – Short Film – Action-Thriller AND Outstanding Originality – Short Film – Action- Thriller Great news! You can watch Playin’ Around here on YouTube! You can also find out more about Bryan with these links: htt...

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.’ Nevada Grey came onto the podcast to talk about her wonderful web series “ROOMIES”, that was a Sherman Oaks Film Festival 2024 Official Selection and took home the Grand Jury Award – Best Series Episode/Pilot. Nothing wraps up a great convers...

Welcome back to the Discover Indie Film Podcast! The wonderfully talented and interesting filmmaker Nevada Grey joined me to discuss “ROOMIES”, her Sherman Oaks Film Festival 2024 Official Selection: Web Series / TV Pilot that earned her the Grand Jury Award – Best Series Episode/Pilot. If you’d like to find out even more, here are Nevada’s Links! Instagram @nevgrey Facebook @nev...

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.’ Josiah Polhemus joined me to discuss his film The Falling, which was a SOFF 2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror and took home the Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Originality – Short Film – Horror. And if you’ve listened to the show before,...

We’ve made it to another Discover Indie Film Friday! Josiah Polhemus came on the pod to chat about his film The Falling, which was a SOFF 2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror and took home the Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Originality – Short Film – Horror I loved getting to know Josiah better and you can continue to dig deeper with these links! Instagram: @JosiahPolhemus Josiah’s Y...

Welcome Back! Enrique Mendoza and Ren Olivieri came to record this podcast together in person… we just had to wait for Ren to visit Los Angeles from Toronto.                                                                                                                                                                                                       But this All-American trio you’re abou...

Happy Monday! Dojin Kim’s animated short film “Where the Rain Stops” was an Official Selection at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival on 2025 and took home the Filmmakers Award for Outstanding Originality – Short Film – Animation. This is unusual, but I think it is appropriate to share Dojin’s post-podcast recording with everyone. He wanted to express himself more clearly after our st...

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.’ Zeshaan Younus came on the podcast to speak about his film “I’ve Seen All I Need To See,” which was a SOFF 2025 Official Selection: Feature Film – Drama and took home an extremely long list of Grand Jury and Audience Awards. I so enjoyed chat...

Welcome back for another exciting Discovery of Indie Film! Zeshaan Younus came on the podcast to speak about his film “I’ve Seen All I Need To See,” which was a SOFF 2025 Official Selection: Feature Film – Drama. I’m clearly not the only one who saw what they needed to see to know this was a terrific film because it took home the Grand Jury Award – Best Feature Film –Drama,  Gran...

Welcome Back to the Discover Indie Film Podcast! And welcome back, Tatiana Blackington James. Tatiana returned to the podcast to talk about her film Lawyered Up, which was a SOFF 2025 Official Selection: Short Film –SciFi that impressively took home the Grand Jury Award – Best Short Film – SciFi, the Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Director – Short Film – SciFi – Tatiana Blackington James, AND the...

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.’ Jesse Cook III came on the podcast to chat about his SOFF 2025 Official Selection LOOM that took home the Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Film – Short Film – SciFi. Jesse and I hit it off immediately when we met, but can I ever really feel close to someon...

Greetings Listeners! The only thing I love more than chatting with a really talented filmmaker is chatting with a REALLY NICE and lovely person that also happens to be a very talented filmmaker.                                                                  Jesse Cook III is absolutely both and I was thrilled to have him on to chat about his SOFF 2025 Official Selection LOOM that took home the F...

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. Lesley Hoyt-Croft wrote an internationally award-winning comedy/drama sports screenplay called Princess Di and the Lesbians (2026) and also known for her documentary films for the Arizona Justice Project called LIFE: The Bill Macumber Story (2010); The Ballad o...

Greetings and Happy Friday! Lesley Hoyt-Croft is known for her documentary films for the Arizona Justice Project called LIFE: The Bill Macumber Story (2010); The Ballad of Louis Taylor (2017); This Damn Town (2019, the latter two about Louis Taylor who was unjustly convicted of the Pioneer Hotel Fire in Tucson, Arizona, that killed 29 people and resulted in Taylor spending 42 years in prison). But...

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. Vidhya Iyer wrote and directed the short film, “Giving Mom the Talk,” which was a SOFF 2025 Official Selection and earned the Grand Jury Award – Best Short Film – Comedy AND the Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Director – Short Film – Comedy. I...

Welcome back, Film Friends! Vidhya Iyer wrote and directed the short film, “Giving Mom the Talk,” which was a SOFF 2025 Official Selection and earned the Grand Jury Award – Best Short Film – Comedy AND the Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Director – Short Film – Comedy. Vidya wasn’t able to attend the festival because she was traveling in India so I was very excited to get to...

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. Chad Andrews is the writer, director, and lead actor of “The Butchers”,  a fantastic SOFF 2025 Official Selection that took home the Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Cast Performance – Short Film – Action-Thriller. Meeting someone at the festival is n...