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Jeff Howard

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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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140. 4Qs with David Aufdembrinke

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2021/03/12

The closest I have to picture with David Aufdembrinke, our live videochat for his FILA 2019 Q&A 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 Aufdembrinke, the filmmaker behind the award winning film "DREAM/life" answers the Discover Indie Film Four Questions! “DREAM/life” which took home three awards at Film Invasion Los Angeles

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139. David Aufdembrinke “DREAM/life”

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2021/03/11

A still from the award winning short film "DREAM/life" David Aufdembrinke made the beautiful short film "DREAM/life" which took home three awards at Film Invasion Los Angeles in 2019, including the Grand Jury Prize for Best Director, and the Filmmakers Awards for Outstanding Short Film and Outstanding Screenplay. "DREAM/life" is in Season 3 Episode 2 of the Discover Indie Film TV Series on Amazon Prime Video. Click here to be taken to the Amazon page. or you can go to Prime Video on your TV and

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137. 4Qs with Michael Hernandez

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2021/03/04

Michael Hernandez hanging out with Jeff for a four questions podcast. 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 Michael Hernandez's film "Martyr" was an official selection at the first ever Film Invasion Los Angeles in 2016. He returned to FILA in 2019 with the film "Worthy" that took home the Audience Award for Best Short

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137. Michael Hernandez “Worthy” & “Martyr”

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2021/03/02

Filmmaker Michael Hernandez sits down at DIF HQ. Filmmaker Michael Hernandez's film "Martyr" was an official selection at the first ever Film Invasion Los Angeles in 2016. He returned to FILA in 2019 with the film "Worthy" that took home the Audience Award for Best Short film. It was a pleasure to have him come into DIF HQ to record an interview. I am delighted to say that both films are part of the Discover Indie Film TV Series on Amazon Prime Video. "Martyr" is in season 2 episode 7 and

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136. 4Qs with Miley Durbin & Gabe Moore

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2021/02/25

Miley Durbin & Gabe Moore at their SOFF Q&A 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 "Team Chirp," better known as Miley Durbin & Gabe Moore, won the Programer's Prize at the 2018 Sherman Oaks Film Festival with their short film "Chirp, Buzz, & Other Sensations." You can watch "Chirp, Buzz, & Other Sensations" right now on Amazon

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135. Miley Durbin & Gabe Moore “Chirp, Buzz, & Other...

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2021/02/24

Miley Durbin & Gabe Moore (AKA "Team Chirp") at SOFF 2018 Miley Durbin & Gabe Moore co-wrote and co-produced the short film "Chirp, Buzz, & Other Sensations" as a senior thesis with Miley directing and Gabe as director of photography. It went on to win awards at many festivals including the Sherman Oaks Film Festival. You can watch "Chirp, Buzz, & Other Sensations" right now on Amazon Prime Video in DIF TV Season 2 Episode 1 or you can go to Prime Video on your TV and search for "Discover Indie

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134. 4Qs with Luisa Novo

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2020/11/25

Luisa came prepared with notes for her 4Q's 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 Luisa Novo is a Film Invasion Los Angeles master filmmaker whose films have been Official Selections in 2017 and 2020. And her next project, a TV series, just got funded on Seed+Spark! A native of Brazil and resident of Los Angeles, I was very

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