Izzy Stevens and Beck Bennion
indie spunk: UNFILTERED
Hosted by award-winning filmmakers & creative partners Beck Bennion & Izzy Stevens. Tune in for unfiltered, sometimes unhinged, always entertaining advice on navigating your film career, communicating with your creative collaborators, stepping into leadership roles, getting your films funded, and building success—all while not letting your personal life totally fall apart.
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Jul 1, 2026
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D4: Art MEETS Marketability—how to balance creative with what actually sells 11.09.2025 9:30
If you think your film is “for everyone,” it’s probably for no one. DAY 4 of "5 Days of Building our Feature Film" is all about the brutal truth about how creative vision can MEET marketability, instead of pitting those two things against one another. Every filmmaker hits the tension between creative vision and marketability. Do you make the thing in your heart, or the thing that sells?...
D3: Filmmaking alone will break you & how community fast tracks your career 09.09.2025 14:00
Welcome to Day 3 of our five-day drop: BRINGING OUR INDIE FILM TO LIFE Here’s the truth: filmmaking in a silo will burn you out. The second we stopped trying to “ do it all ourselves ” and leaned into collaboration, everything shifted. Our careers started to take off when we decided that two is better than one—and that community isn’t optional, it’s the whole engine. In this episode, we talk about...
D1: How a Boston trip made us want to pull back the curtain on our film 07.09.2025 26:06
Welcome to this very special series: 5 DAYS OF BRINGING OUR FEATURE FILM TO LIFE 🎥🪩🎬 This is DAY 1 of our five-day podcast drop, a.k.a. a true behind-the-scenes ride through the making of our feature film. Fresh off a Boston investor trip, we sat down to pull back the curtain on what it actually looks like to build an indie feature from scratch ( without family money or nepo baby status!! ). In...
D2: Why we ditched the proof of concept & went straight into a feature + SUNDANCE inside look 07.09.2025 20:31
We’re not here to play it safe. In Episode 2 of 5 DAYS OF BRINGING OUR FEATURE FILM TO LIFE , we spill why we scrapped the whole “proof of concept” route and dove headfirst into making a full feature. It’s risky, it’s bold, and if we're being totally real , it's the only move that made sense for us. We also pull back the curtain on our Sundance experience—the panels, the energy, the behind...
SEASON 4 has entered the chat: We're making a movie bby. 22.07.2025 11:23
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Taking the leap from shorts to features 15.05.2025 26:07
Come watch me make a movie !
Activate your higher self & remember your limitlessness 12.03.2025 6:08
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Paying you becomes the easiest thing your people can’t stop doing 11.03.2025 9:57
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What makes you MAGNETIC (+ what doesn't) in career & biz 10.03.2025 8:19
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Your fear = old news. Leading your movement w confidence 09.03.2025 5:54
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“I haven’t posted content in a while… what do I do?” 08.03.2025 8:39
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BTS Film Development (& why we went to Joshua Tree) PT 2 07.03.2025 7:00
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BTS Film Development (& why we went to Joshua Tree) PT 1 06.03.2025 8:34
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Integrating into your next-level self 05.03.2025 9:28
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momentum meditation: MEET YOUR FUTURE SELF & TRANSCEND 04.03.2025 16:09
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How I manifested my dream home 03.03.2025 11:00
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Becoming the most certain spunk in the room kinda MAGNETIC 02.03.2025 10:48
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Let them NOT get you & step fully into your power 01.03.2025 7:44
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Making your business work FOR YOU 28.02.2025 7:53
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How to hold a booming biz WHILE you make films 27.02.2025 10:42
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Share this piece of content TODAY for more sales 26.02.2025 4:14
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Every problem you're experiencing in film & biz can be solved w THIS TOOL (seriously) 25.02.2025 10:05
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Sharing yourself authentically online 24.02.2025 8:24
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Becoming an EASY YES for more sales & bookings 23.02.2025 11:05
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Nail your DP-Director relationship (meet my cinematographer from Seafoam — Nathaniel Regier) 22.02.2025 15:38
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