Time for another first on the Discover Indie Film podcast!

We have a SECOND episode for you today and instead of having a filmmaker whose work was at Sherman Oaks FIlm Festival or Film Invasion Los Angeles on, the guest for this podcast is Halfdan “H” Hussey.             H, as he prefers to be called, is the CEO and CO-Founder of Cinequest (http://www.cinequest.org/).

Set in the Silicon Valley, Cinequest is one of the highest regarded film festivals in the USA.
Conquest fuses innovation with the filmed arts to empower great creations and to engage audiences, youth, artists, and innovators with these creations and with each other.

People should attend Cinequest! The festival launches on March 10 and runs through March 22 in two locations across Silicon Valley.

When I was asked to interview H for this podcast I had no doubt that two film festival founders would have lots to talk about, and we did!                                                                                                                                  H is a fantastic guest and someone whom any indie filmmaker, or fan of independent film, should know about.

IG- @cinequestorg

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Discover Indie Film Links
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Discover Indie Film Foundation (nonprofit for the arts) Website
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Film Invasion Los Angeles

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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.

Charlie Paulin wrote and directed the short film “Outed” that came to the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2025 and took home the Filmmakers Award for Outstanding Originality, Short Film – Comedy.

I loved chatting with Charlie and was equally impressed with his 4 Questions answers!

You can watch “Outed” right now on Shortframe at this link: https://youtu.be/aNmlDXc2cAE

Follow Charlie on TikTok at https://www.tiktok.com/@CharliePaulin96

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Discover Indie Film Links
DIF Podcast Website – DIF Instagram – DIF BlueSky
Discover Indie Film Foundation (nonprofit for the arts) Website
Sherman Oaks Film Festival
Film Invasion Los Angeles

Source: Discover Film

Happy Wednesday, Folks!

Charlie Paulin wrote and directed the short film “Outed” that came to the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2025 and took home the Filmmakers Award for Outstanding Originality, Short Film – Comedy.                          “Outed” is one of those comedies that is hilarious the first time you watch it, but then each time you see it again it becomes even funnier.                                                                                                                           Why? It is mostly Charlie’s dialog, as he wrote rapid-fire yet subtle jokes within every single line that were delivered perfectly by his cast Jason Grobstich & Jaymes Mansfield.

You can watch “Outed” right now on Shortframe at this link: https://youtu.be/aNmlDXc2cAE

Follow Charlie on TikTok at https://www.tiktok.com/@CharliePaulin96

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Discover Indie Film Links
DIF Podcast Website – DIF Instagram – DIF BlueSky
Discover Indie Film Foundation (nonprofit for the arts) Website
Sherman Oaks Film Festival
Film Invasion Los Angeles

Source: Discover Film

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.

We had a fun double interview that was posted Friday with filmmakers Andrew Klaus-Vineyard and Daniel Talbott.

In 2025,  Andrew’s screenplay “Parking” was a Finalist for Grand Jury Award for Best Screenplay at Film Invasion Los Angeles, and Daniel’s short film “My Age Now” took home the Filmmakers Award for Outstanding Cast Performance, Short Film, Arthouse- Experimental in Sherman Oaks Film Festival.

I love that these sometimes collaborators wanted to do their chat with me together which made for an extra interesting 4 Questions follow up!

Follow Andrew on Instagram at @andrewklausvineyard
Follow Daniel on Instagram at @danielcamerontalbott

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Discover Indie Film Links
DIF Podcast Website – DIF Instagram – DIF BlueSky
Discover Indie Film Foundation (nonprofit for the arts) Website
Sherman Oaks Film Festival
Film Invasion Los Angeles

Source: Discover Film