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Jeff Howard

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73. 4Qs with Varun Raman & Tom Hancock

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2018/12/05

Varun Raman & Tom Hancock made the brilliant short film Transmission. It was a standout at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2017. Even though they live in the UK, we hopped on Skype for a few hours to record an interview and a DIF4Q. What is DIF4Q? It's the Discover Indie Film Four Questions. Name your favorite film 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 What were

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72. Varun Raman & Tom Hancock “Transmission”

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2018/11/15

Transmission. Transmission is a film that you MUST SEE. This film is a brilliant work of art from Varun Raman & Tom Hancock; a young team out of Manchester, England (though they've moved since) who studied film on their own, wrote a pile of scripts and then managed to put together a team and a cast to make something special. They weren't able to attend the Sherman Oaks Film Festival when we screened Transmission in 2017, but the joy of running this podcast is that it gave me a reason to get on

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Episode 71: DIF4Q with Jonah Mazer

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2018/11/08

Jonah Mazer, Ethan Howard, & Jeff Howard at the Sherman Oaks Street Fair Jonah Mazer is a director and cinematographer whose filmography keeps growing and growing... and he's in High School. His excellent short film Life After screened at Film Invasion Los Angeles in June 2018 and he approached me at that festival to ask if he could do some work for the next fest. I took him up on it and he was a huge help at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival that November. Jonah came on board the Sherman Oaks Film

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Episode 70: DIF4Q with Nate Hapke

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2018/09/26

What is DIF4Q? It's the Discover Indie Film Four Questions. Name your favorite film 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 Nate Hapke wrote and directed One More, a great short films that was an official selection at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2017. Nate works full time and he To see One More, click here. What were Nate's DIF4Q answers? Favorites:

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69. Nate Hapke “One More”

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2018/08/24

SOFF Q&A with writer/director Nate Hapke and lead actor Aaron Sanders At the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2017, we played one of my favorite blocks of all time and that block started off with the incredibly well-directed and touching One More. At the Q&A I wasn't surprised that this film came from a filmmaker as thoughtful and intelligent as Nate Hapke. At the Q&A all we discussed was his film, but then he came in to record a podcast and I found out that this young man is one of the most

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67. Aletha Shepherd “Safe Bet”

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2018/06/26

One of my favorite films at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2016 was Safe Bet, a beautifully made film about a memorable evening in a young woman's life. Safe Bet was the brainchild of Aletha Shepherd, a Londoner living in Los Angeles who's one of those people that never seems to stop working. Aletha moved back to London and it took us a long time to coordinate when we could chat, but we worked it out. And I'm glad we did! Besides the fact that I want you all to see Safe Bet, it was great to

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65. Jeremy Foley & Sara O’Reilly “The Faceless Man”

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2018/06/05

You want to talk about indie filmmakers? Between them, Sara O'Reilly & Jeremy Foley wrote, produced, directed, and edited the award winning short film The Faceless Man. On top of that, they're totally nice people and everyone who worked with them on this laborious passion project speaks highly of them. Even their lead actor, who endured hours of a prosthetic make-up application every day of the shoot, felt strongly enough about the film that he joined them at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival and

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64. 4Qs with Zach Kanner

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2018/05/31

What is DIF4Q? It's the Discover Indie Film Four Questions. Name your favorite film 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 Zach Kanner was the lead actor and producer of the feature film Stay, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2017. He played a bad guy, a really bad guy, and made it work. If you think that's easy, then you've never

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63. 4Qs with Devin Brooke

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2018/05/24

What is DIF4Q? It's the Discover Indie Film Four Questions. Name your favorite film 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 Devin Brooke was onscreen for nearly every minute of the feature film Stay, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2017. As well as being the lead actor, she also served as a producer and probably did a whole bunch of

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