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Jeff Howard

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526. 4Qs with Andy Cochrane

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2025/04/28

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.Andy Cochrane's Immersive Short “The Carrier” played at both FI-LA and Sherman Oaks Festival to rave review and, in fact, he is largely responsible for the festivals adding a new category called “Immersive Short - AR/VR/MR/360”. Nerding out with Andy is a happy place for me which is why Friday's interview is 2 1/2 hours long. I was definitely eager to get to

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525. Andy Cochrane “The Carrier”

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2025/04/25

Happy Friday, Everyone!Should I apologize for this 2 1/2 hour episode? Probably, but I refuse to do so because Andy Cochrane has gone from the guy who sent a random email to Sherman Oaks Film Festival with the subject, “VR Submissions,” in August of 2023 to a guy I consider my friend. Besides our many shared interests, the day I went to his studio and met Andy in person to see this VR thing, instead of my just putting on a headset we went off on a tangent about the solar panels that had just been

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522. 4Qs with Jacqueline Linares

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2025/04/18

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.Jacqueline Linares wrote, directed and produced the short film “What Friends Do” that played at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in December 2024 and took home the Programmer’s Prize for Exceptional Filmmaking. Our conversation was incredibly fun to have and her 4 Questions were an equally enjoyable follow up. You can follow Jacky on Instagram at @jackyiguess

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521. Jacqueline Linares “What Friends Do”

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2025/04/16

Welcome back, DIF Listeners! Jacqueline Linares wrote, directed and produced the short film “What Friends Do” that played at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in December 2024. As you’ll hear early in this interview, I find her film wonderful, genuine and heartwarming to the point that when I met her at the festival’s Opening Night Gala and saw “What Friends Do” on Jacky’s badge I immediately said, “Is it OK

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520c. Fr3deR1cK & Jeff Shoot the S**t, Part 5c

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2025/04/14

Dedicated listeners of this podcast know that whenever Fr3deR1cK Taylor comes out to Los Angeles from Atlanta, we find time to record a podcast. The good news is that Fred often comes out to L.A.! The last time he visited, Fred and I talked for a whopping three and a half hours. We have gotten feedback from people that perhaps we shouldn't talk this long, but since I am incapable of any form of self control while recording I chose a retroactive compromise; I chopped this conversation into three

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520b. Fr3deR1cK & Jeff Shoot the S**t, Part 5b

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2025/04/14

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520a. Fr3deR1cK & Jeff Shoot the S**t, Part 5a

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2025/04/14

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517. Parker Croft “As Easy As Closing Your Eyes”

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2025/04/07

Happy Monday, Folks!Previous to this podcast, my only interaction with Parker Croft was via email. He was super busy when his film “As Easy As Closing Your Eyes” screened at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2024, leaving it up to writer and producer Aaron Golden to represent the film.

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510. 4Qs with Jess Paul

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2025/03/21

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.Wednesday I had the pleasure of posting my chat with filmmaker Jess Paul, whose touching film "Burying Baby" was an Official Selection at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival last year and took home the Programmer’s Prize for Exceptional Filmmaking. If that names sounds familiar, Jess actually was my surprise interviewer for our special 500th episode where I agreed to

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509. Jess Paul “Burying Baby”

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2025/03/19

Hello to all my DIF Listeners and Friends! For me, one of the highlights of the 2024 Sherman Oaks Festival was writer/producer/artist Jess Paul using the All Access Pass that she got for her film “Burying Baby” being a Official Selection to attend many screenings throughout the festival. Obviously I started this podcast because I love indie films and talking about them, and every time I ran into Jess at the festival we would have a great chat about the films she had seen and about the festival in

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504. Ty Clancey “Drawn”

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2025/03/07

TGIF!Ty Clancey is a returning champion! Ty was on episode 366 to talk about his short film “Thank You For Staying,” an Official Selection at Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2021. After the podcast, he sent me his hilarious human-puppet hybrid comedy “Support.com and You!” and I loved it so much that we instantly threw it onto The Indie Channel. Ty came back to the podcast because in 2023 his beautiful, stylistic horror short “Drawn” was an

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503. 4Qs with Gavin Gaitan

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2025/03/05

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.Writer/director Gavin Gaitan brought his film "Down Town" to SOFF 2024 and took home four awards: Best in Fest - Feature Film Grand Jury Award - Best Feature Film - Comedy Grand Jury Award - Best

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499. Lindsay Harbert “Talia”

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2025/02/24

Happy Monday, Everyone!We have a great interview for you today. But you're going to have to wait until Friday for this filmmaker's follow-up 4Qs because Wednesday is the 500TH episode of Discover Indie Film and we have a very special episode, or at least I hope so. I've been convinced by many of you over the years to flip the mic and allow a previous guest interview me. In fact, I don't even know WHO will be showing up on my doorstep to interview me (it's been arranged by my producer) so we'll

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498. 4Qs with Adam Linkenhelt

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2025/02/21

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. In 2024, Adam Linkenhelt's film “The Unreliables” was at FILA 2024, earning Adam and his co- writer Jen Robyn Jacobs the Filmmakers Award for Outstanding Screenplay - Drama. Not only that, in 2016, Adam’s film “Passports” was at FILA AND Adam directed two films OTHER that were submitted to FILA’s sister-festival, Sherman Oaks Film Festival, also in 2024. And to

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497. Adam Linkenhelt “The Unreliables”

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2025/02/19

A Wonderful Wednesday to you all! Filmmaker Adam Linkenhelt should have been on this podcast a loooooong time ago. Why do I say that? Because not only did Adam have two films in the festivals that I run in 2024, way back in 2016 a film that he co-directed was in the first ever festival that our team presented when Film Invasion Los Angeles (FILA) debuted. Time for the list? In 2016, Adam’s film “Passports” was at FILA. Then in 2024 his film “The Unreliables” was at FILA 2024, earning Adam and his

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496. 4Qs with Nick Livanos

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2025/02/17

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.Nick Livanos wrote and directed the feature film “All the Wrong Ingredients” that was an official selection at Film Invasion Los Angeles in 2024, taking home the Grand Jury Award for Best Feature Film - Comedy. Last Friday we posted the second fantastic talk I've had the privilege of having with Nick, and I'm so glad you're tuning in today for Nick's follow up

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494. 4Qs with Sof Puchley

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2025/02/12

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.Producer and actor Sof Puchley brought her short film “ID EST” to Film Invasion Los Angeles in 2024 and took home the Grand Jury Award for Best Short Film - Sci-Fi, as well as earning her director Shayda Frost the Filmmakers Award for Outstanding Director - Sci-Fi. I hope you had the chance to discover how courageous and dynamic Sof is on Monday's interview and

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488. 4Qs with Tôka

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2025/01/29

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.Brazilian filmmaker Tôka wrote and directed the film “Nauru,” a remarkable film that took home the Grand Jury Award for Best Featurette, Sci-Fi at Film Invasion Los Angeles 2024 as well as Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, and Best Supporting Performer. We have to love technology because I was able to have a fantastic chat with Tôka

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481. Alina Krasnianska “Culture vs war. Liberov”

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2025/01/07

Welcome back, Everybody! I hope 2025 is treating you well so far.My guest on today's podcast is Alina Krasnianska, the Executive Producer of “Culture vs war. Liberov,” a documentary that took home the Grand Jury Award for Best Featurette, Documentary at Film Invasion Los Angeles 2024. In this case “home” is Kyiv, Ukraine. The logline for the film is, “A deeply touching story of the war by the eyes of the couple of photographers Kostyantyn and Vlada Liberov.” I sincerely do not have words for how

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480. 4Qs with Peter Menchini

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2025/01/02

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. Happy 2025 My Dear Discover Indie Film Listeners! Our first podcast release of the year is a follow up to Tuesday's very special talk with filmmaker Peter Menchini. Peter Menchini directed the animated short, “When Mama and Me Lived Outside,” that took home the Grand Jury Award for Best Short Film – Animation at Film Invasion Los Angeles in 2023. I am delighted

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