Director Laura Holliday and writer/producer Anna Baumgarten collaborated to make Disfluency, a brilliant film (watch it now!) that cleaned up the awards a Film Invasion Los Angeles 2018.  After the interview about their backgrounds and their film, they took the time to answer the Discover Indie Film Four Questions.

What are the 4Q’s?

• Name your favorite film of all time (limit 3)
• Name a film you think is underrated
• Name a film you think is overrated
• Name a lesser-known film that you think people should seek out

Here are Laura’s answers:

• Favorites: Election, Rushmore, Mean Girls
• Underrated: The Florida Project
• Overrated:  Vice
• Seek Out:  They Came Together, Hello My Name Is Doris

Here are Anna’s answers:

• Favorites: Kiki’s Delivery Service, Pan’s Labyrinth
• Underrated: Eighth Grade
• Overrated:  Superhero Movies
• Seek Out:  Hard Candy

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Disfluency.  There is so much to say about this short film.  From writer/producer Anna Baumgarten and director Laura Holliday, Disfluency tackles sexual assault and the aftermath with the perfect mix of realism, understanding, and maturity.  But the filmmaking here is so good that I jumped on a soapbox at Film Invasion Los Angeles and insisted that the Q&A focus on how well written and directed this film is.

By the way, at FILA 2018 it won the Filmmakers Award for Outstanding Short Film as well as Best Director for Laura Holliday.  And as you can see by all the laurels on the video below, Disfluency received accolades throughout its festival run.  We had a great Q&A with Anna and Laura at FILA; I think I may have mentioned the podcast to them back then.  Maybe I didn’t, but it’s a good story.

This is a loooong interview.  After all, we had two filmmaker’s histories to cover.  But don’t worry, it’s also a fun interview.  Laura and Anna started in sketch comedy and their ability to play off of each other shows throughout the interview.

But… SPOILER ALTER.  WATCH THE FILM FIRST.

Disfluency is superb in every way.  You really just need to watch it.  So do that right now!

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Filmmaker Natasha Babenko answers the Four Questions in this episode.  Born in Ukraine, educated in France, and now getting an MFA at NYU in filmmaking, this global citizen has some movie recommendations you don’t want to miss!

What is DIF4Q?  It’s the Discover Indie Film Four Questions.

• • Name your favorite film of all time (limit 3)
  • Name a film you think is underrated
  • Name a film you think is overrated
  • Name a lesser-known film that you think people should seek out

Here are Sarah’s DIF4Q answers:

• Favorites: Melancholia, The Turin Horse, Andrei Rublev
• Underrated: Paterson
• Overrated:  La La Land
• Seek Out:  the films of Béla Tarr and Andrey Zvyagintsev

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One of the most unforgetable films at Film Invasion Los Angeles in 2018 was Girl Eating Banana: Audition.  One part art film, one part comedy, one part drama, and completely original, filmmaker Natasha Babenko wowed the crowd with both her film and her amazing energy during her Q&A.

I knew even before meeting her that I would want the filmmaker responsible for Girl Eating Banana: Audition to do this podcast.  So much so that we went ahead and recorded one even though she is not yet ready to release the film online.  So you don’t get to see it, you just get to hear about it.

When Natasha releases her film online, I will be sure to ask her to allow me to put it here.

In the meantime, please enjoy this interview!

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