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745. 4Qs with Gabriel Fontes

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2026/10/05

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.Gabriel Fontes directed the short film “Lone Crew,” a FI-LA 2026 Official Selection that took home the Grand Jury Award for Best Production Design and the Filmmakers Awards for both Outstanding Direction Sci-Fi and Outstanding Cast Performance – Sci-Fi. Gabriel has lived and studied all over the world and I was very eager to how this may have influenced his

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744. Gabriel Fontes “Lone Crew”

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2026/10/02

Gabriel Fontes made “Lone Crew,” a FI-LA 2026 Official Selection that impressed our jurors, winning it THREE AWARDS:🏆 Grand Jury Award for Best Production Design – Short Film to Su Tonani 🏆 Filmmakers Award for Outstanding Direction Sci-Fi to Gabriel Fontes 🏆 Filmmakers Award for Outstanding Cast Performance – Sci-Fi Gabriel Fontes is a Director/Cinematographer born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and currently lives in LA.

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742. Shane Chung “Check Please”

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2026/09/28

Welcome Back, Indie Film Lovers!Shane Chung made “Check Please”, a FI-LA 2026 Official Selection that impressed our jurors, winning it: 🏆 Grand Jury Award for Best Director – Short Film to Shane Chung 🏆 Filmmakers Award for Outstanding Short Film – Comedy Shane Chung is a Korean-American filmmaker who enjoys challenging mainstream narratives around Asians and Trojan-Horsing thorny emotions and complex topics into genre films.

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741. 4Q with Joseph Wesley

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2026/09/25

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.Joseph Wesley’s film Supplemental, was a FI-LA 2026 Official Selection and earned the Grand Jury Awards for Best Supporting Performer – Featurette to Marcuis Harris AND for Best Sound Design – Featurette to Jacob Proctor. If you’re here, I imagine you already listened to Joseph’s terrific interview and can’t wait to hear his

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740. Joseph Wesley “Supplemental”

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2026/09/23

Joseph Wesley made Supplemental, a FI-LA 2026 Official Selection that impressed our jurors, winning it: 🏆 Grand Jury Award for Best Supporting Performer – Featurette to Marcuis Harris 🏆 Grand Jury Award for Best Sound Design – Featurette to Jacob Proctor Joe Wesley is a Director and Director of Photography based out of Los Angeles CA and Kalamazoo MI. His narrative work focus on absurd surrealism, and dark comedy, heavily influenced by his rural midwest upbringing. I certainly hope

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739. 4Qs with David Ambrose

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2026/09/18

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.David Ambrose directed and co-wrote “Tomorrow’s Bandits” which was a FI-LA 2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy and deservedly earned the Programmer’s Prize for Exceptional Filmmaking. David and I had a terrific chat (posted Wednesday) and the only way I know to wrap a good chat is to ask the Four Burning Questions. Instagram: @films.dxa _ _ _

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736. Anastasia Kuplinova “Talented”

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2026/09/09

Welcome back, Indie Film Discoverers!Anastasia Kuplinova is quite the talented filmmaker so it’s only fitting that that is also the title of her film. “Talented” was a Film Invasion-LA 2026 Official Selection and took home FOUR GRAND JURY AWARDS! That’s right! 🏆 Grand Jury Award: Best Featurette – Drama Grand Jury Award: Best Cinematography –Featurette Grand Jury Award: Best Score – Featurette Grand Jury Award: Best Song Anastasia’s Instagram @kuplinova.dp _ _ _ _ _ _

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735. 4Qs with Jasmine Hurt

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2026/09/07

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.Jasmine Hurt’s comedy short MANEATER was a Sherman Oaks Film Festival 2025 Official Selection and won the Programmers Prize for Exceptional Filmmaking. I had such a lovely time getting to know Jasmine and was very excited to find out what types of films inspired her by following up with the 4 Questions! IG: @jasminehurt https://jasminehurt.com/ _ _ _ _ _ _

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733. 4Qs with Beck WIlliams

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2026/08/21

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.Beck Williams’s short film “Pace,” 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 had a fantastic time chatting with this talented guy and excited to follow up with the 4 Questions! Beck’s IG @beckwillz_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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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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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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