It happened again! One of the filmmakers named one of my top three all-time favorite films as one of their top three! Listen now and try to figure out which movie it is.
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FILA Alum James Siewert on Discover Film Podcast
Grand Jury Prize winner James Siewert calls in from NYC to talk with festival programmer Jeff Howard about his award-winning short The Past Inside The Present as well as his filmmaking history and influences. Listen to this fascinating interview!
FILA programmer Jeff Howard hosts a podcast called, “Discover Film” featuring interviews with filmmakers from the festival circuit.
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Discover Film Episode 9: James Siewert
Full confession… this filmmaker, James Siewert, is such an intellectual cinefile that much of this interview I was just struggling to keep up. Like, desperately. So have some fun and listen to me sound like a clueless punk talking to a film scholar! Discover Film Episode 9: James Siewert
Discover Film Episode 8: DF4Q with Neil Payne
I love it when a filmmaker comes into the podcast with written notes for their DF4Q. Neil came prepared! Listen to Neil Payne’s excellent DF4Q.
Discover Film Episode 7: Neil Payne
Neil Payne’s short film Alpa Phi showed at Film Invasion Los Angeles in 2016. He let me know that he had a lot to get off his chest about filmmaking, about what it’s like to make films that challenge people, and about the challenges of life after film school.
Neil is an extremely nice person AND he cannot help but base all his work on controversial subjects. How controversial? Watch his shorts and listen to the podcast to find out.