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160. Bond Richards “First States”

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2021/07/30

Bond Richards virtually sitting at the DIF HQ mic Bond Richards made the superb short film "First States" and we get to talk to him all about it to celebrate this film joining the Discover Indie Film TV Series on Amazon Prime Video -- just go to Season 4 Episode 1 to check out this darkly hilarious and extremely satisfying film. "First States" is one of my favorite films from the 2020 edition of Film Invasion Los Angeles. In fact, it won the Programmer's Prize for exceptional filmmaking. Listen

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159. 4Qs with Alana de Freitas

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2021/07/29

What are the 4Q's? Name your favorite films of all time (limit 3) Name a film you think is underrated Name a film you think is overrated Name a lesser-known film that you think people should seek out Alana de Freitas wrote and directed the award winning film "Nancy" which you can watch right now in the Discover Indie Film TV Series on Amazon Prime Video -- just go to Season 4 Episode 2 and enjoy. "Nancy" took home the Grand Jury Prize for Best Short Film - Drama at the Sherman Oaks Film

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158. Alana de Freitas “Nancy”

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2021/07/28

Alana de Freitas Alana de Freitas wrote and directed the film "Nancy" which took home the Grand Jury Prize for Best Short Film - Drama at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2019. (Actor Michael Yavnieli also picked up the award for Outstanding Lead Performance, making "Nancy" was a double-award-winner!) The great news is that you can watch "Nancy" right now on the Discover Indie Film TV Series on Amazon Prime Video -- just go to Season 4 Episode 2 to check out this multiple award winning

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157. 4Qs with Cory Aycock

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2021/07/27

Cory Aycock at the DIF mic's with Jeff Howard What are the 4Q's? Name your favorite films of all time (limit 3) Name a film you think is underrated Name a film you think is overrated Name a lesser-known film that you think people should seek out Cory Aycock's film "Lydia of the Desert" is a personal, passionate film that has the courage to exercise restraint throughout. You can watch "Lydia of the Desert" in the Discover Indie Film TV Series on Amazon Prime Video right now -- just go to

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156. Cory Aycock “Lydia of the Desert”

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2021/07/26

Cory Aycock visits DIF HQ for his podcast interview Cory Aycock brought his film "Lydia of the Desert" to the Sherman Oaks Film Festival 2020 and, in all honesty, I can tell you that when I first watched this film as a member of the festival's selection jury I was already hoping to see it become a part of the Discover Indie Film TV Series. This personal, passionate work of utter restraint struck me as a wonderful example of auteur cinema. I'm delighted to say that it happened! You can watch

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155. 4Qs with Rosalie Alspach

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2021/07/25

Rosalie Alspach at DIF HQ with Jeff Howard What are the 4Q's? Name your favorite films of all time (limit 3) Name a film you think is underrated Name a film you think is overrated Name a lesser-known film that you think people should seek out Rosalie Alspach was an official selection at Film Invasion Los Angeles in 2020 with her film "The Hostess." And I'm proud to say that "The Hostess" is in Season 4, Episode 6 of the Discover Indie Film TV Series on Amazon Prime Video. "The Hostess"

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154. Rosalie Alspach “The Hostess”

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2021/07/24

Rosalie Alspach enjoyin' her coffee at DIF HQ Rosalie Alspach's short film "The Hostess" rocked Film Invasion Los Angeles in 2020 and I was delighted when she gave a thumbs up for this film to join Season 4 of the Discover Indie Film TV Series on Amazon Prime Video. Catch it in Episode 6! "The Hostess" is everything you look for in a short film. Well written, well directed, well acted and it inspires lengthy discussions! In fact it pains me to this day that Covid-19 trapped FILA-2020 online,

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153. 4Qs with Luciana Battistini & Danda Russo

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2021/07/23

Danda Russo & Luciana Battistini at DIF HQ with Jeff Howard What are the 4Q's? Name your favorite films of all time (limit 3) Name a film you think is underrated Name a film you think is overrated Name a lesser-known film that you think people should seek out Luciana Battistini & Danda Russo co-directed "The Scarf," a short film that was an official selection at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2020 and is now featured in Season 4 Episode 8 of the Discover Indie Film TV series on Amazon

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152. Danda Russo & Luciana Battistini “The Scarf”

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2021/07/22

Luciana Battistini & Danda Russo at the DIF HQ microphone Danda Russo & Luciana Battistini co-directed "The Scarf," a short film that was an official selection at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2020 and is now featured in Season 4 Episode 8 of the Discover Indie Film TV series on Amazon Prime Video. "The Scarf" is a compelling, thought provoking film that takes a close look at a society wide issue by looking at some tiny moments. This co-directing sister team came in to DIF HQ full vaccinated

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151. 4Qs with Pedro Patricio

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2021/07/21

Pedro Patricio SOFF 2017 Q&A with “Tirachinas” actor Emma Maddock & Jeff Howard What are the 4Q's? Name your favorite films of all time (limit 3) Name a film you think is underrated Name a film you think is overrated Name a lesser-known film that you think people should seek out Filmmaker Pedro Patricio brought his film “Tirachinas” to the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2017 and returned with his remarkable follow-up film “Kids Don’t Die” to Film Invasion Los Angeles in 2020. One of the

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150. Pedro Patricio “Kids Don’t Die” & “Tirachinas”

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2021/07/20

Writer/Director Pedro Patricio at SOFF 2017 with his friend and fellow filmmaker Fei Yu. Filmmaker Pedro Patricio has been a part of the Discover Indie Film family from the beginning. His film "Tirachinas" was a smash hit at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2017 and that film is in the very first season of the Discover Indie Film TV Series. Pedro returned with his remarkable follow-up film "Kids Don't Die" to Film Invasion Los Angeles in 2020. One of the best films in the festival, "Kids Don't

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149. 4Qs with Hayden Croft (Part Deux)

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2021/07/19

Hayden Croft and his "Last Wish" team at FILA 2018 What are the 4Q's? Name your favorite films of all time (limit 3) Name a film you think is underrated Name a film you think is overrated Name a lesser-known film that you think people should seek out Hayden Croft is one of my favorite filmmakers. He writes every day and has even published a wonderful book of short stories that I can absolutely recommend. Go to his website to get your copy. He has had THREE films in the festivals that I

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148. Hayden Croft “Last Wish”

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2021/07/16

Hayden Croft at FILA 2018 Hayden Croft's short film "Last Wish" was an official selection at Film Invasion Los Angeles in 2018 and, honestly, would have likely won "Best Short Comedy" if that award had existed at the time. (We realized the next year that we had to expand our award categories.). This nuanced, daring comedy will always be one of my favorites, because it is not just hilarious also sparks debate. Hayden's previous film "New Age, Olde English" screened at the Sherman Oaks Film

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147. 4Qs with Rosie Grace (+ Nate Hapke)

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2021/07/10

DIF host Jeff Howard leans in with Rosie Grace & Nate Hapke What are the 4Q's? Name your favorite films of all time (limit 3) Name a film you think is underrated Name a film you think is overrated Name a lesser-known film that you think people should seek out Rosie Grace has written and produced two films that have been at either Film Invasion Los Angeles or Sherman Oaks Film Festival, "She & Her" (FILA 2019) and "Ride Share" (SOFF 2020). She also produced the film "To The Moon and Back"

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146. Rosie Grace & Nate Hapke “She & Her”

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2021/07/05

Rosi & Nate at DIF HQ in August 2019 Rosie Grace and Nate Hapke have been collaborating on film productions for a few years now. Before their work together truly took off I had interviewed Nate about his film "One More" (SOFF 2017) but get this list... after that film came three Rosie & Nate collaborations; "She & Her" (FILA 2019) "To The Moon and Back" (FILA 2020) and "Ride Share" (SOFF 2020). We recorded this interview in August 2019, not long after "She & Her" played at FILA 2019. Since Nate

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145. 4Qs with David M. Weiss

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2021/06/27

David M. Weiss with his friend Leslie Easterbrook at SOFF 2018 What are the 4Q's? Name your favorite films of all time (limit 3) Name a film you think is underrated Name a film you think is overrated Name a lesser-known film that you think people should seek out David M. Weiss brought his action-thriller feature film "Black Luck" to Film Invasion Los Angeles in 2016 and then came back with the award winning "Kap" to Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2018. If you have seen David's films, you

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144. David M. Weiss “Kap”

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2021/06/22

David M Weiss's virtual interview in July 2019 Filmmaker David M. Weiss brought his action-thriller Black Luck to Film Invasion Los Angeles in 2016 and then came back to the Sherman Oaks Film Festival with his incredibly touching and inspiring film Kap, shot entirely in Haiti about the practice of "restavek" (to stay with) which is a form of child slavery affecting over 300,000 children in Haiti. David and I recorded this virtual interview on July 27, 2019, long before virtual chats became

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143. 4Qs with Lonnie Martin

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2021/05/10

Lonnie Martin & Jeff Howard ready to record their voices What are the 4Q's? Name your favorite films of all time (limit 3) Name a film you think is underrated Name a film you think is overrated Name a lesser-known film that you think people should seek out Lonnie Martin brought his superb feature film “The Last of the Manson Girls” to Film Invasion Los Angeles back in 2019, where it was an audience favorite and puled in some awards. Lonnie is a great guy and a great filmmaker, and his

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142. Lonnie Martin “The Last of the Manson Girls”

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2021/05/09

Writer/Director/Instructor Lonnie Martin at DIF HQ Lonnie Martin brought his superb feature film "The Last of the Manson Girls" to Film Invasion Los Angeles back in 2019, where it was an audience favorite and puled in some awards. I got lucky and in December of 2019 Lonnie was visiting Los Angeles and took a break from his busy schedule to sit down for a Discover Indie Film interview. Soon after we recorded this, I got unlucky and through a series of unfortunate events may podcasts that I had

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141. Caroline O’Brien & James Medeiros “Puppet Life...

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2021/04/14

Caroline O'Brien & James Medeiros sharing a mic at DIF HQ Caroline O’Brien & James Medeiros first appeared on this podcast because their short film "Puppet Life" was a huge hit at the 2016 Sherman Oaks Film Festival. Soon "Puppet Life" joined the first season of the Discover Indie Film TV series on Amazon Prime Video. We recorded a second interview because their follow up "Puppet Life 2: Human Dating," which pulled in awards at the 2018 Sherman Oaks Film Festival, became a part of the second

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