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746. James Graham “The Door”

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2026/10/07

Welcome! James Graham is a writer, director, and producer based in Connecticut. He made the short “The Door”, a FI-LA 2026 Official Selection that earned FOUR impressive awards: 🏆 Grand Jury Award for Best Short Film – Drama 🏆 Grand Jury Award for Best Cinematography – Short Film to Med Ayed 🏆 Filmmakers Award for...

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743. 4Qs with Shane Chung

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2026/09/30

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. Shane Chung made “Check Please”, a FI-LA 2026 Official Selection that took home the Grand Jury Award for Best Director and the Filmmakers Award for Outstanding Short Film – Comedy If you...

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738. David Ambrose “Tomorrow’s Bandits”

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2026/09/16

Happy Wednesday, Listeners! 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. I was honored David joined me on the podcast so I could pick his talented brain. Instagram: @films.dxa _ _ _ _ _ _ _...

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737. 4Qs with Anastasia Kuplinova

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2026/09/11

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. Anastasia Kuplinova’s film “Talented” was a Film Invasion-LA 2026 Official Selection and took home FOUR GRAND JURY AWARDS including Best Featurette – Drama, Best Cinematography –Featurette, Best Score – Featurette and Best...

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734. Jasmine Hurt “MANEATER”

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2026/09/04

Welcome Back, Listeners! We took a rare week off from posting because we had SUCH A FABULOUS time at this year’s Film Invasion- LA Film Festival! But it’s a great episode to return to because we have Jasmine Hurt on. Jasmine’s comedy short MANEATER was a Sherman Oaks Film Festival 2025 Official Selection and won...

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1:16:44

730. James Boyd “404”

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2026/08/14

Welcome Back! James Boyd is a super interesting guy and filmmaker and his comedy short film “404” was a Film Invasion-LA 2026 Official Selection. IG: @jamesboydai https://jamesboyd.com/ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Discover Indie Film Links DIF Podcast Website – DIF Instagram – DIF BlueSky Discover...

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726. Michael Peter Bolus “Lines in the Sand”

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2026/08/05

I hope everyone is staying cool this summer. Speaking of cool- 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 and he was kind enough to come chat about it. He also has a feature film, entitled A SENSE OF...

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725. 4Qs with Lauren & George Bott

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2026/08/03

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. 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...

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1:13:53

707. Bryan Uvaldo “Playin’ Around”

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2026/06/22

Welcome Back, Listeners! Bryan Uvaldo’s flashy action film Playin’ Around was a Sherman Oaks Film Festival 2025 Official Selection and snagged the Filmmakers Award for Outstanding Film – Short Film – Action-Thriller AND Outstanding Originality – Short Film – Action- Thriller Great news! You can watch Playin’ Around here on YouTube! You can also find...

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704. 4Qs with Josiah Polhemus

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2026/06/15

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.’ Josiah Polhemus joined me to discuss his film The Falling, which was a SOFF 2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror and took home the Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Originality –...

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703. Josiah Polhemus “The Falling”

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2026/06/12

We’ve made it to another Discover Indie Film Friday! Josiah Polhemus came on the pod to chat about his film The Falling, which was a SOFF 2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror and took home the Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Originality – Short Film – Horror I loved getting to know Josiah better and...

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701. Dojin Kim “Where the Rain Stops”

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2026/06/08

Happy Monday! Dojin Kim’s animated short film “Where the Rain Stops” was an Official Selection at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival on 2025 and took home the Filmmakers Award for Outstanding Originality – Short Film – Animation. This is unusual, but I think it is appropriate to share Dojin’s post-podcast recording with everyone. He wanted...

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699. Zeshaan Younus “I’ve Seen All I Need To See”

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2026/06/03

Welcome back for another exciting Discovery of Indie Film! Zeshaan Younus came on the podcast to speak about his film “I’ve Seen All I Need To See,” which was a SOFF 2025 Official Selection: Feature Film – Drama. I’m clearly not the only one who saw what they needed to see to know this was a...

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1:09:48

698. Tatiana Blackington James “Lawyered Up”

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2026/06/01

Welcome Back to the Discover Indie Film Podcast! And welcome back, Tatiana Blackington James. Tatiana returned to the podcast to talk about her film Lawyered Up, which was a SOFF 2025 Official Selection: Short Film –SciFi that impressively took home the Grand Jury Award – Best Short Film – SciFi, the Filmmakers Award – Outstanding...

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697. 4Qs with Jesse Cook III

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2026/05/29

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.’ Jesse Cook III came on the podcast to chat about his SOFF 2025 Official Selection LOOM that took home the Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Film – Short Film – SciFi. Jesse...

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696. Jesse Cook III “LOOM”

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2026/05/27

Greetings Listeners! The only thing I love more than chatting with a really talented filmmaker is chatting with a REALLY NICE and lovely person that also happens to be a very talented filmmaker. ...

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694. Lesley Hoyt-Croft “Princess Di and the Lesbians”

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2026/05/22

Greetings and Happy Friday! Lesley Hoyt-Croft is known for her documentary films for the Arizona Justice Project called LIFE: The Bill Macumber Story (2010); The Ballad of Louis Taylor (2017); This Damn Town (2019, the latter two about Louis Taylor who was unjustly convicted of the Pioneer Hotel Fire in Tucson, Arizona, that killed 29...

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691. 4Qs with Chad Andrews

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2026/05/15

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. Chad Andrews is the writer, director, and lead actor of “The Butchers”, a fantastic SOFF 2025 Official Selection that took home the Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Cast Performance – Short Film...

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690. Chad Andrews “The Butchers”

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2026/05/13

Welcome back on this fine Wednesday! Chad Andrews is the writer, director, and lead actor of “The Butchers”, a fantastic SOFF 2025 Official Selection that took home the Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Cast Performance – Short Film – Action-Thriller. Chad lives in Toronto but was able to zoom so we could dive deeper on his...

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687. 4Qs with Leo Berkeley

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2026/05/06

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. Leo Berkeley wrote, directed, produced and is the sole performer in the film “Dark Matter,” a brilliant film that will forever be the first to film to ever win awards at...

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