The BraveMaker Podcast

Tony Gapastione , founder/executive director of BraveMaker, offers suggestions on how to NOT turn off potential collaborators by PICKING their BRAIN. Just think about that image for a second. (EW!) Take a listen and get better at building relationships.

Solo show with Tony Gapastione . What can you do to SURVIVE the tough times in filmmaking? ⁠ What can you do when you feel LOW, discouraged and/or depressed after a film shoot? OR what do you do when crashing/coming down after HIGH HIGHS of @bravemakerfilmfest? ⁠ ⁠ Tony talks through some ideas to Actively and intentionally plan to take care of yourself: emotionally, physically and creatively. Wan...

BraveMaker + No Film School CROSSOVER: Navigating All Facets of Comedy With 'The Office' & 'Abbott Elementary' Director Ken Whittingham hosted by GG Hawkins and Priscilla Lam Ken Whittingham has directed shows we all know and love such as, The Office , 30 Rock , and Parks and Recreation . More recently, he has worked on the TV comedy, Abbot Elementary , which uses a mockumentar...

Our 250th podcast was recorded LIVE July 11, 2024 at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative in Redwood City, Ca during OPENING DAY of our 6th ANNUAL FILM FEST. The podcast was recorded/streamed live by Pen Media with BraveMaker founder/executive director Tony Gapastione and actor/producer Priscilla Lam hosting special guests from the BraveMaker Film Fest (VIP Impact Honorees): LAUREN WELLS Screenwriter on...

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Born and raised in Nigeria, Jesse Kuba moved to San Jose, California at the age of 17. A graduate from SFSU’s Film school. Jesse has a unique perspective on how we see each other, and a fervent belief in the importance of storytelling, and seeing indigenous stories on screen. He has directed two acclaimed shorts and his first feature film (The Moon is in Aquarius). THE MOON IS IN AQUARIUS which sc...

We had so many great filmmakers at our 6th annual film fest. If you want to submit your film for 2025---mark your calendar: https://filmfreeway.com/bravemakerfilmfest

Recorded July 5th, 2024 ( watch the interview here ) hosted by BraveMaker's Tony Gapastione. Meet the filmmakers of our opening night film: DAUGHTERS , a multi-award winning Sundance 2024 film. (Comes out August 14th, 2024 to stream on NETFLIX). https://www.daughtersdocumentary.com/ In this PODCAST: Angela Patton , Co-Director, Executive Producer Angela Patton, CEO of Girls For A Change, is co...

Tony Gapastione shares thoughts on bringing value as a filmmaker no matter what your role. If you're a PA or a background actor you bring value...and if you a GOOD producer or director---you realize everyone on set is crucial and should be treated accordingly.

Do you want to get into a FILM FEST? This conversation is important to ensure you do everything in your control to represent yourself AND your film well. Podcast includes behind the scenes of what you need to do with your film's [Film Freeway] profile to stand out.

With Fredericka Meek, Jennifer Marie, Saurav Mohapatra, and Neha Shah in conversation with Tony Gapastione

Meet some of our film fest filmmakers for 2024   / noahbayshore     / cine.dexx     / meghannatherton  

Meet actors/writers MaryLynn Suchan (@marylynn_suchan) and Poonam Basu (@iampoonambasu) of the short film MY DEAREST ELIZABETH (@mydearestelizabethshort) which was selected to screen at our Film Festival!!! Poonam Basu (she/her) loves a good hyphen/backslash. She is a bi-coastal (LA/NY) actor/writer/director. Having just returned to LA from shooting a bloody Horror-Comedy in NY, Poonam is now writ...

Tony Gapastiones shares some thoughts on evaluating when to say HELL YES or HELL NO to a project.

After completing multiple short films together Tony Gapastione and Darryl Merquillo breakdown things learned and share LIVE feedback on set life.

Actress, producer, writer and director Cylla Senii (@cyllasenii) is a versatile and daring artist who shines both on and off screen as an actress, producer, director, and writer. Her series SITUATIONSHIPS, which she created, wrote, directed, produced, and starred, made its first debut on BET and is now available on Tubi & Amazon. SITUATIONSHIPS is currently in development for television with M...

Avril Z. Speaks Producer/Director https://www.instagram.com/azuspeak/ Avril Speaks has been carving out her path as a bold, innovative storyteller for years, not only as a Producer and Director but also as a film educator through Film Independent, the Sundance Institute, and Distribution Advocates, and formerly as a professor at Howard University. Avril has produced several award-winning films inc...

Ever wondered how to handle those awkward moments at a film fest talk back? Tony Gapastione gives some tips on what TO DO and WHAT TO AVOID. Read it here: https://bravemaker.com/film-fest-panels-dos-and-donts/

This episode is an important listen for actors and filmmakers of all kinds. Brooke M. Haney (they/she) is the creator of The Actor's Warm Down, editor of The Intimacy Coordinator's Guidebook: Specialties for Stage and Screen, and one of the first 50 intimacy coordinators recognized as qualified by SAG/AFTRA. They specialize in staging authentic representation of queer intimacy and work in...

Giovannie Espiritu 's identity is inherently political: A bisexual, once-undocumented immigrant Filipina mom who spent time in a Biblical doomsday cult as a teen. Her first short film, “Ultra-Feminist,” got an Honorable Mention at Outfest:Fusion, and her second film, “ALLY 3000,” won over 12 awards at film festivals mainly in scriptwriting and social justice. Her newest short doc film, “Legacy...

LaNisa Renee Frederick is an award-winning actor, writer, content creator & voiceover artist based in Los Angeles. https://www.instagram.com/lanisafrederick/ The comedic powerhouse has exploded on the screen playing opposite Adam Samberg in BROOKLYN 99, YOUNG SHELDON, THE GOLDBERGS, and in the Emmy award-winning A BLACK LADY SKETCH SHOW.  Frederick honed her craft in Chicago, working and train...

Artelia Green's magnetic pull begins with its frontrunner, Tiffani Marie. As a recovering academic, Tiffani heals through music yet remains driven by her in-depth research on the harmful effects of toxic stress on Black communities and the redemptive power of ancestral love. As Tiffani Marie and the crew craft each song, they draw upon the ethos of language revitalization, cultural memory, and...

Filmmaker/playwright Matthew S. Robinson is a graduate of Pepperdine University. Matthew has directed, written and produced several award winning theatre productions and films both horror AND romantic comedies. Most recently he directed the soon to be released horror feature film “A Killer High School Reunion” as well as the dark romantic comedy “Dog Daze.” He also wrote and directed the award win...

Tony Gapastione and Belgica Rodriguez talk about making movies as actors turned producers and some of the important ins and outs of submitting to film festivals. The BraveMaker Film Fest happens every July in Redwood City, California. . .

BraveMaker Podcast #229 https://www.instagram.com/monsterwriter/ https://www.instagram.com/monsterwriter/ Producer and writer Scott Wickman (@monsterwriter)!! He got his first film job in 2004, and has been rocketing along ever since. Scott has worked on music videos, documentaries, commercials, feature films, and any other type you can think of from the super indie to the larger than life. He enj...