Klaus Hoch brought the piece “Emergence” to the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in November 2019 and took home the Grand Jury Prize for Best Music Video. I intentionally first minute of this podcast, “Emergence” is an art film, a performance piece, a dance film, and a music video all at once. Guess what? You can watch “Emergence” right now on the streaming service TVHi and it will be coming soon as part of Season 8 of the Discover Indie Film TV Series on Amazon Prime Video.
Klaus is a terrific guy and I now you’ll enjoy this interview. In fact, he and I are neighbors and didn’t know it! Although there is an asterisk to that. We live very near each other as the crow flies, but a Los Angeles freeway lays between our homes which means if I tried to visit him on foot it would take close to an hour. Such is modern, urban living.
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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.
I first met Matthew Domenico as the writer of the pilot “Nutt To Butt,” an official selection at Film Invasion Los Angeles in June 2022. Then he shows up at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in November with the official selection screenplay “Contact 360.” But there’s more. Matthew shared his short film “If I Were To Speak Of War” with me and I immediately replied, “This is a wonderful film. Can we add it to the Discover Indie Film TV series?” He said yes and it will be coming soon as part of Season 8 of the 
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.
First time writer/director Ari Groobman’s film “Essentially Amy” was an official selection at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2022 and took home four awards. Four! The Grand Jury Award for Best Lead Actress – Short Film – went to Stacy Chu who played the titular character. Meanwhile, a jury of Ari’s peers on the Filmmakers Board have “Essentially Amy” Outstanding Short Film – Drama, Outstanding Director – Drama and Outstanding Performance, Cast – Drama.