paSSive poWer

2025 Official Selection: Immersive Short – AR/VR/MR/360 A sonic visual 8K 4D 360 VR collaborative experience. Wind, Lasers, Chanting.. “paSSive poWer” aims at putting focus on the more subtle energies of human co-existence otherwise deemed as meekness. Or as filmmaker / artist JB ghuman JR has dubbed them, the “paSSive poWers.” Combining breathing / chanting …

545. Michael Glover Smith “Handle with Care”

Welcome back, Listeners! Chicago filmmaker Michael Glover Smith’s superb film Handle with Care was an Official Selection: Short Film – Drama at Sherman Oaks Film Festival 2024 and took home the Programmer’s Prize – Exceptional Filmmaking. I was thrilled to moderate Michael’s Q & A at the festival, and even more so, to dive back …

544. 4Qs with Donato De Luca

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. On the last episode I throughly enjoyed chatting with Donato De Luca, who I learned actually goes by Joe! Joe and his team brought their short film “Grand Romantic Gestures” to …

543. Donato De Luca “Grand Romantic Gestures”

Happy Friday, Listeners! Donato De Luca and his team brought their short film “Grand Romantic Gestures” to the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2024 and took home the Filmmakers Award for Outstanding Creativity – Drama. Amusingly, the young gentleman who I thought of as “Donato” for the entire run of the festival hopped onto this …