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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. Writing and directing team Mike Sorce and Matthew Kic presented their incredible short film “Manifesto” in the Sherman Oaks Film Festival 2023 as a World Premiere and took home the Grand Jury Award – Best Screenplay – Short Film, and the Filmmakers Award – Outs...

Happy Hump Day , Folks! One thing I’ve been noticing for the last few decades — hey, I first got involved in indie film in the late 90’s — is that scripts with two names on them are almost always better than those with one. No offense to the infinite number of solo writers out there, but I cannot help but notice that the maxim “two minds are better than one” especially applies to screenwriting. 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. Josh Baker and Chevy Knight brought their film “Dry” to the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2024 and took home the Filmmakers Award forOutstanding Cast Performance – Horror. Not only are these two incredibly talented, they are just wonderful people and I th...

A fantastic Friday to Everyone. I’m excited to start the weekend off by sharing this great chat. Josh Baker and Chevy Knight brought their film “Dry” to the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2024 and took home the Filmmakers Award forOutstanding Cast Performance – Horror. They produced the film together with Josh writing and directing while Chevy handled a rather challenging role as the le...

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. Brazilian filmmaker Tôka wrote and directed the film “Nauru,” a remarkable film that took home the Grand Jury Award for Best Featurette, Sci-Fi at Film Invasion Los Angeles 2024 as well as Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, and Best S...

Happy Monday, Film Friends! That’s right, we are trying on a Mon-Wed-Fri schedule because we have so many exciting talks to share with you all! Brazilian filmmaker Tôka wrote and directed the film “Nauru,” a remarkable film that took home the Grand Jury Award for Best Featurette, Sci-Fi at Film Invasion Los Angeles 2024. In fact, the film took home five awards, including Best Screenplay, Bes...

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. If you listened to Tuesday’s episode, you heard my excitement that I got to chat with accomplished filmmaker John Gray, once again. John is a very prolific filmmaker and to date I have seen no fewer than eight of his short films, including Household Demon...

Greetings, Film Fans, and a happy Tuesday to you! This may actually be the last Tuesday we post for awhile because we have so may great interviews coming your way, we are going to try on a Monday, Wednesday, Friday schedule release to get those out! The first time I saw one of John Gray’s short films was during Covid lockdown. In fact I saw two of John’s films, “Household Demons” and “Exit Package...

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. Wishing everyone a good and safe Thursday. As I hope you heard onTuesday, Writer-Director Jake Macpherson brought his impressive feature length horror film “Terror Firma” to Film Invasion Los Angeles in 2024 and the film brought home awards for Best Performer i...

Hello to my beloved Discover Indie Film Community. When we had scheduled last week’s episodes, we had know idea what tragedy and horrors Los Angeles was about to endure. If you are in LA, I truly hope you are safe and taking care of yourself. And if you’re listening I’m guessing you’re like me, and connecting with art is a comfort and inspiration in difficult times. I hope...

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. Happy 4Qs Thursday, Folks! Did everybody listen to my interview with the extraordinary Alina Krasnianska on Tuesday? I truly hope so. Like I said before, Alina’s documentary “Culture vs war. Liberov” is easily one of the most important films we’ve h...

Welcome back, Everybody! I hope 2025 is treating you well so far. My guest on today’s podcast is Alina Krasnianska, the Executive Producer of “Culture vs war. Liberov,” a documentary that took home the Grand Jury Award for Best Featurette, Documentary at Film Invasion Los Angeles 2024. In this case “home” is Kyiv, Ukraine. The logline for the film is, “A deeply touching story of the war by t...

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. Happy 2025 My Dear Discover Indie Film Listeners! Our first podcast release of the year is a follow up to Tuesday’s very special talk with filmmaker Peter Menchini. Peter Menchini directed the animated short, “When Mama and Me Lived Outside,” that took ho...

A Very Happy New Year’s Eve to You All! I hope everyone is feeling healthy, rested and peacefully reflective on this past year. One thing that certainly filled my 2024 cup to the brim is all the amazing chats with talented, interesting filmmakers. I’m thrilled to end the last day of this year with one more, and I think it’s a great one. Peter Menchini directed the animated short,...

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. Before listening to today’s 4 Questions, I certainly hope you had the chance to listen to Tuesday’s chat with Chicago-based filmmaker Jim Vendiola. It’s a good one! Jim brought his brilliant short film “Pretty Pickle” to Film Invasion Los Ange...

A happy Tuesday to you all! How are we already a week away from the Holidays? Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza, all or none of the above, I hope you’re taking time for yourself. Especially if that rejuvenating alone time means listening to this week’s episode! Jim Vendiola brought his short film “Pretty Pickle” to Film Invasion Los Angeles in 2023 and took home the awa...

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. Tuesday I had the privilege of talking with writer and director Dominique Draper, who premiered his film “Hell of a Child” at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2023. This authentic and moving film took home the Programmer’s Prize for Exceptional Filmmaking! Dom...

Happy Tuesday, DIF Listeners! I’ve been very excited to share this episode with everyone so I’m thrilled the time has come. Writer and director Dominique Draper premiered his film “Hell of a Child” at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2023. This authentic and moving film took home the Programmer’s Prize for Exceptional Filmmaking! I was honored to get to know Dominique better through t...

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 was immediately drawn to find out more about filmmaker Bill Prokopow when I meet him at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2023 and as you may have heard on Tuesday’s episode, picking Bill’s creative brain did not disappoint. Bill’s film “Entrainme...

Welcome back,  Discover Indie Film Listeners! Did we all survive Thanksgiving? I’m hoping everyone’s holiday was relaxing and joyful but if you find yourself in need of a energy recharge or some good old creative inspiration to get through this final push of the year, I have the perfect interview for you today. Did you ever meet somebody and think to yourself that they seem like an inc...

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. Happy Turkey (Or Tofurkey) Day to you all! When there’s a lot of turbulence and noise out in the world, I find taking time for gratitude and thanks particularly important. And on the top of my list of things I’m grateful- all of you curious and wond...

Happy Tuesday, My film friends! As you busy yourself with grocery shopping and preparing the “big meal,”  we wanted to accompany you with a new podcast to listen to! Paulo Araujo brought the film “Accidental Artist” to the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2023 and his inspiring, compelling documentary took home two Filmmakers Awards, Outstanding Short Film – Documentary and Outstanding Cr...

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. Tuesday’s interview with Regina Pigsley was two years in the making and well worth the wait! Her film “The Phoenix” screened at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival and won Outstanding Director – Drama & Audience Award – Best Short Film – Drama and si...

It’s Tuesday, Indie Film Lovers, and you know that means a new podcast is out! This particular interview was two years in the making! How so? Regina Pigsley and I had set a time to record this, either in person or Zoom, so many times since her film “The Phoenix” screened at Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2022 (where she won Outstanding Director – Drama & Audience Award – Best Short...

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 hope everyone is having a wonderful Thursday and you all have very exciting plans this weekend. I also hope you listened to (and enjoyed) Tuesday’s great chat with filmmaker Pirie Martin. Pirie’s film “Psychosis” is a unique and thoroughly enjoyable noi...