279. 4Qs with Taylor Olson

What are the 4Q’s?  (1) Favorite films, top 3. (2) An underrated film. (3) An overrated film. (4) A lesser-known film people should seek out.

Writer, Director & Actor Taylor Olson brought his film “Bone Cage” to the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2021 and took home FOUR Grand Jury Awards, including Best Feature Film – Drama, Best Actor in a Lead Role – Taylor Olson, Best Performance by a Full Cast, and Best Cinematography, Feature Film for Director of Photography Kevin A. Fraser.  I had Taylor on the DIF podcast so of course I also had him answer the 4Qs above!

You can learn more about “Bone Cage” at @bonecagefilm on Instagram and more about Taylor at @taylorcpolson on Instagram.

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278. Taylor Olson “Bone Cage”

Taylor Olson directs and performs the lead role in the feature film “Bone Cage,” and he also adapted the script from an award winning stage play.  This remarkably talented filmmaker brought his film to the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2021 and took home FOUR Grand Jury Awards, including Best Feature Film – Drama, Best Actor in a Lead Role – Taylor Olson, Best Performance by a Full Cast, and Best Cinematography, Feature Film for Director of Photography Kevin A. Fraser.

Taylor was on set for the run of the festival that year and I never got to record a Q&A with this Nova Scotia based filmmaker.  This fact made recording this podcast particularly special for me!

You can learn more about “Bone Cage” at @bonecagefilm on Instagram and more about Taylor at @taylorcpolson on Instagram.

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277. 4Qs with Wyatt Bunce & Willow Hamilton

What are the 4Q’s?  (1) Favorite films, top 3. (2) An underrated film. (3) An overrated film. (4) A lesser-known film people should seek out.

Writer/producer/lead actor Wyatt Bunce and director/producer Willow Hamilton brought their film “Killer Whales” to the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2021 and took home the Grand Jury Award for Best Feature Film – Comedy.  Wyatt also took home the award for Best Lead Actor- Comedy at Film Invasion Los Angeles in 2022!  I could not let these two hop off of Zoom until they answered the 4Qs listed above.

Go to @killerwhalesmovie on Instagram to learn more or hit linktr.ee/killerwhalesmovie. And you know what?  Please watch this film and then give it a great review!  Great indie films deserve great reviews.

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276. Willow Hamilton, Wyatt Bunce & Thom Reidy “Killer Whales”

Willow Hamilton, Wyatt Bunce & Thom Reidy brought their film “Killer Whales” to the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2021 and took home the Grand Jury Award for Best Feature Film – Comedy.  You know what I didn’t say to them during this podcast?  As a festival programmer who sees over a thousand indie films per year, I can say with complete confidence that a feature length comedy is the most difficult mountain to climb.  And “Killer Whales” is a smart, hilariously absurd feature film with great performances and underneath it all is a brilliantly directed arthouse film just waiting for you to catch it.

So catch it!  The film is released digitally the same day as this podcast!  Go to @killerwhalesmovie on Instagram to learn more or hit linktr.ee/killerwhalesmovie. And you know what?  Please watch this film and then give it a great review!  Great indie films deserve great reviews.

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