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732. Beck WIlliams “Pace”

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2026/08/19

Happy Film Invasion 2026 week! I hope you can all join us for the festival this weekend and tomorrow night’s Gala, both at Look Cinemas in Glendale.Speaking of Film Invasion, Beck Williams made the fantastic short film “Pace,” that was a Film Invasion -LA 2025 Official Selection and earned TWO prestigious Grand Jury Awards for Best Short Film – Drama and Best Director – Short Film – Beck Williams. I obviously needed to get Beck on the pod to chat about the making of

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731. 4Qs with James Boyd

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2026/08/17

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.James Boyd’s comedy short film “404” was a Film Invasion-LA 2026 Official Selection and he was kind enough to come on the podcast to chat about him art, life and answer the 4 Big Questions! IG: @jamesboydai https://jamesboyd.com/ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Discover Indie Film Links DIF Podcast Website – DIF Instagram – DIF

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729. 4Qs with Devin Boss

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2026/08/12

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.Devin Boss directed and produced “Where We Goin?: The Power of Place”, that was a 2025 Film Invasion- Los Angeles Official Selection and earned the Grand Jury Award for Best Featurette Documentary AND Best Editing for Featurette by Devin Boss. I thoroughly enjoyed chatting with Devin and was quite interested in what would discover when I put him to

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1:05:49

728. Devin Boss “Where We Goin?: The Power of Place”

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2026/08/10

Welcome Back, Listeners! Devin Boss directed and produced “Where We Goin?: The Power of Place”, that was a 2025 Film Invasion- Los Angeles Official Selection and earned the Grand Jury Award for Best Featurette Documentary AND Best Editing for Featurette by Devin Boss. You can dig a little deeper with these links! @devindeeboss https://northeastprod.com/ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Discover Indie Film Links DIF Podcast Website – DIF Instagram – DIF BlueSky Discover Indie

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727. 4Qs with Michael Peter Bolus

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2026/08/07

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.Michael Peter Bolus wrote the feature screenplay “Lines in the Sand” that was both a 2025 Sherman Oaks Film Festival AND Film-Invasion Official Selection. He also has a feature film, entitled A SENSE OF DREAD that was just released by Indie Rights in July, and his latest book, ENTANGLEMENT, a Sci-Fi Novella has just been published and is available on

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724. Lauren & George Bott “The Nine”

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2026/07/31

I hope everyone is having a beautiful last day of July!Lauren & George Bott joined me to talk about their fantastic film “The Nine,” which was a 2025 Sherman Oaks Film Festival Official Selection and took home the Filmmakers Awards for Outstanding Director – Short Film – Comedy – Lauren W. Bott ANDOutstanding Film – Short Film – Comedy You can watch “The Nine” on YouTube And you can find more about it and these lovely humans on

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723. 4Qs with Jeff Moore & Nicole Madar

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2026/07/29

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.Indie filmmakers Jeff Moore (director) and Nicole Maydar (producer) joined me to chat about their feature “Timings” and of course had to each sit in the hot seat and answer the 4 Questions! Timings IMDB IG: @timings_film _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Discover Indie Film Links DIF Podcast Website – DIF Instagram – DIF BlueSky Discover Indie

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722. Jeff Moore & Nicole Madar “Timings”

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2026/07/27

Happy Monday, Friends!Indie filmmakers Jeff Moore (director) and Nicole Maydar (producer) joined me to chat about their feature “Timings,” which has been making its way through some festivals in NYC. We talked over Zoom which meant their adorable pup could join in the fun! Timings IMDB IG: @timings_film _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Discover Indie Film Links DIF Podcast Website – DIF Instagram – DIF BlueSky Discover Indie Film Foundation (nonprofit for the arts)

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721. 4Qs with Rani Naamani

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2026/07/24

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.Rani Namani the SOFF 2025 Official Selection: Music Video & Short Film – Animation “Born Ready” and earned the Grand Jury Award for Best Music Video. I’m guessing you already listened to our chat posted on Wednesday and you just had to return to hear Rani’s 4 Questions! Rani’s Instagram: @rani.naamani _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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720. Rani Naamani “Born Ready”

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2026/07/22

Welcome Back! Born Ready, directed by Rani Namani, is an exploration of the miracle of birth shown through the lens of a Synthwave music video. It’s also a SOFF 2025 Official Selection: Music Video & Short Film – Animation that took Grand Jury Award – Best Music Video. I hope you enjoy our chat as much as I did and then dig in deeper by following Rani’s Instagram: @rani.naamani _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Discover Indie Film Links DIF Podcast Website – DIF Instagram

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719. 4Qs with Naosheen Ahmed

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2026/07/20

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. Naosheen Ahmed wrote, produced and starred in the SOFF 2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama “Pandaal” that took home the Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Originality– Short Film – Drama. I learned so much about Naosheen during our interview, but as I say, you can never truly know anyone until you’ve grilled them with the Four Questions! _ _

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718. Naosheen Ahmed “Pandaal”

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2026/07/17

Welcome back for another exciting Indie Filmmaker Chat! Naosheen Ahmed wrote, produced and starred in the SOFF 2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama “Pandaal” that took home the Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Originality– Short Film – Drama. “Pandaal” is a fantastic film I was thrilled to hear the story of how Nosheen and her team made it and overall just learn about her as a person and artist. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Discover Indie Film Links DIF Podcast Website

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717. 4Qs with Olivia Lige Wuri

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2026/07/15

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. Writer/Director Olivia Lige Wuri came on the podcast to chat about her film Cut All Trees that was a 2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama and left with the Grand Jury Award – Best Cinematography – Short Film – Red Jitar. As we talked about in our interview posted Monday, Olivia does hold back from challenging her audience and I was very eager to see what

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716. Olivia Lige Wuri “Cut All Trees”

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2026/07/13

Happy Monday! Writer/Director Olivia Lige Wuri came on the podcast to chat about her film Cut All Trees that was a 2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama and left with the Grand Jury Award – Best Cinematography – Short Film – Red Jitar. I loved Cut All Trees- it was bold and challenging and I was so excited to have Olivia on to hear about her process of making it it and her experience sharing it with audiences. Follow more of Olivia’s life and work on IG: @urlig_olivia _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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715. 4Qs with Kelly Hooper, Kathryn Ross, & Jonny Diaz

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2026/07/10

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. The Mail Gaze made its LA Premiere as a Sherman Oaks Film Festival 2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy and took home the Grand Jury Award – Best Performance by a Duo – Kelly Hooper & Kathryn Ross. We had a thrilling triple interview with the director, Jonny Diaz, and the producers and stars Kelly Hooper, Kathryn Ross (also the writer) that was posted

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714. Kelly Hooper, Kathryn Ross, & Jonny Diaz “The...

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2026/07/08

Welcome back! We have an exciting episode for you today! The Mail Gaze made its LA Premiere as a Sherman Oaks Film Festival 2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy and took home the Grand Jury Award – Best Performance by a Duo – Kelly Hooper & Kathryn Ross. I loved this film and I was thrilled to see I got three of its major players of it to sign up for a joint interview- Kelly Hooper, Kathryn Ross, Jonny Diaz. Johnny directed, Kathryn wrote, Kathryn and Kelly produced as well as obviously

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713. 4Qs with Danny Piñeros

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2026/07/06

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. “Don’t Watch This,” written and directed by Danny Pineros, was a Sherman Oaks Film Festival 2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror and earned the Filmmakers Award for Outstanding Originality – Short Film – Horror AND Outstanding Screenplay – Short Film – Horror – Daniel Pineros. Danny and I had a fantastic talk (that was posted Friday) and that

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712. Danny Piñeros “Don’t Watch This”

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2026/07/03

Happy Indie Film Friday! “Don’t Watch This,” written and directed by Danny Pineros, was a Sherman Oaks Film Festival 2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror and earned the Filmmakers Award for Outstanding Originality – Short Film – Horror AND Outstanding Screenplay – Short Film – Horror – Daniel Pineros. Here’s the link for Don’t Watch This on Youtube (DO watch it!) And a link to his WEBSITE with all the short films he’s done. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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711. 4Qs with Benjamin Carlucci

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2026/07/01

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. Benjamin Carlucci’s came to chat about life, art and his two films, “Burying Baby,” that was a 2024 Sherman Oaks Film Festival Official Selection: Short Film – Drama and took home Programmer’s Prize – Exceptional Filmmaking and “Lorica” that was a 2025 Film Invasion-LA Official Selection: Short Film – Drama that earned the

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710. Benjamin Carlucci “Burying Baby” & “Lorica”

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2026/06/29

Hi Friends! I was very excited to have today’s guest, Benjamin Carlucci, come chat. He has directed two fantastic films that hit out festival circuit. “Burying Baby” was 2024 Sherman Oaks Film Festival Official Selection: Short Film – Drama and took home Programmer’s Prize – Exceptional Filmmaking and then in 2025 “Lorica” was an Film Invasion-LA Official Selection: Short Film – Drama that earned the Programmer’s Prize – Exceptional Filmmaking. Both films he also

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