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605. 4Qs with Joel Benjamin

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2025/10/31

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. Joel Benjamin created the Immersive Film “Max Q,” one of the highlights of the VR Pavilion at Film Invasion Los Angeles 2025, and took home the Grand Jury Award for Best...

1:29:00

604. Joel Benjamin “Max Q”

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2025/10/29

A Wonderful Wednesday to You All! Joel Benjamin created the Immersive Film “Max Q,” one of the highlights of the VR Pavilion at Film Invasion Los Angeles 2025. ...

22:26

603. 4Qs with Johnny Galvan III

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2025/10/27

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. Johnny Galvan III has had several scripts in previous festivals and returned to Film Invasion Los Angeles in June, but this time with the animated short film “Franks In Hell.” ...

1:08:19

596. Jannik Ehret “Paisano Overhang”

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2025/10/10

Happy Indie Film Friday! Filmmaker Jannik Ehret is part of a unique trio that brought the wonderful documentary “Paisano Overhang” to FIlm Invasion Los Angeles in June 2025. ...

20:44

595. 4Qs with Braeden & Nathan Lambert

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2025/10/08

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. Braeden and Nathan Lambert premiered their film “The Big Picture” to Film Invasion Los Angeles in 2025 and took home the Grand Jury Award for Best Music Video. These brothers not...

19:50

591. 4Qs with Eddie Alfano

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2025/09/29

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. Actor, writer and producer Eddie Alfano brought his short “Mondays At The Office” to Film Invasion Los Angeles and took home the Filmmakers Award for Outstanding Short Film, Comedy. We had...

1:11:57

577. Jesseca Ynez Simmons “Heaven in a Wild Flower”

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2025/08/27

A Wonderful Wednesday to everyone listening! Jesseca Ynez Simmons brought her film “Heaven in a Wild Flower” to Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2024 and took home the Filmmakers Award for Outstanding Cinematography – Arthouse/Experimental. Jesseca wasn’t able to attend the festival, but thanks to this podcast I finally got to “meet” Jesseca on Zoom...

24:21

576. 4Qs with Graham High

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2025/08/25

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. Graham High directed “The Housesitters,” a smart and hilarious film that played at Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2022 and took home Best Lead Actress – Short Film – The Housesitters...

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572. 4Qs with Vincent Salvano

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2025/08/15

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. Vincent Salvano’s film Crosby was at FI-LA 2018 and he has been such a busy young person — graduating college, working PA jobs at fantastic places like Pixar and such —...

1:10:10

571. Vincent Salvano “Crosby”

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2025/08/13

A Wonderful Wednesday, Friends! Vincent Salvano’s film Crosby was at FI-LA 2018 and he has been such a busy young person — graduating college, working PA jobs at fantastic places like Pixar and such — that it took us SEVEN years of scheduling and rescheduling this podcast before we managed to record this! I’m so...

1:56:04

Fr3deR1cK the 8th chat!

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2025/08/11

Happy Monday, Discover Indie Film Folk! Fr3deR1cK has been a staple guest on the podcast and when he recently came to LA for an extended visit, I obviously agreed to pick up our musings on film and the universe. LINKS THAT Fr3deR1cK mentions: tomorrowpictures.com tomorrow pictures.tv Fr3deR1cK.com jonesfoundation.com IG- @fr3der1ck _ _ _ _ _...

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569. 4Qs with Rosalie Alspach

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2025/08/08

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 first had Rosalie Alspach on the podcast in July of 2021 to discuss how her short film “The Hostess” rocked Film Invasion Los Angeles in 2020. ...

1:21:57

566. Jon James Smith “Babushka”

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2025/07/30

This is a special podcast for me. Why? Jon James Smith wrote and directed “Last Orders,” a horror short that took home the Grand Jury Award for Best Short Film – Horror at Film Invasion Los Angeles in 2022. As a London resident, Jon was not able to attend the festival but I made a...

1:30:20

563. Matt Mazany “Big Brothers”

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2025/07/23

Happy Humpday, Friends! Matt Mazany wrote and directed the short film “Big Brothers,” taking home the Filmmakers Award for Outstanding Writing – Comedy at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2024. ...

16:30

562. 4Qs Ryan with Barton Grimley

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2025/07/21

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. Ryan Barton Grimley returns to the podcast for the THIRD time! This time, to discuss “Listen Carefully,” the winner for Best Feature Film – Action/Thriller at Sherman Oaks FIlm Festival in...

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561. Ryan Barton Grimley “Listen Carefully”

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2025/07/18

Happy Friday, Everyone! I’m supposed to focus on Ryan Barton Grimley’s film career, right? But here’s the thing. ...

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560. 4Qs with Ren Olivieri

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2025/07/16

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. Ren Olivieri brought his film “The Trade” to the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2024, and took home the Programmer’s Prize for Exceptional Filmmaking. As you may have learned if you listened...

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555. Ethan Shaftel “Ajax All Powerful”

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2025/07/04

Happy Independence Day, Everyone. And what better way to celebrate independence thank listened to a podcast about Independent film! Ethan Shaftel brought his Immersive film “Ajax All Powerful” to the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2024 and took one the Grand Jury Award for Outstanding Immersive Short. ...

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550. 4Qs with Vernon Davidson

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2025/06/23

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. Vernon Davidson brought the feature length documentary “SEGAL” for a World Premiere at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2024 and took home the Grand Jury Award – Best Feature Film...

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547. 4Qs with David Lazaro

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2025/06/18

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. David Lazaro, or Kuya Quatro to some, showed his Immersive music video “V. – Freaky Friday” at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival’s VR Pavillion and took home the Grand Jury Award...

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