Author: Jeff

547. David Lazaro “V. – Freaky Friday”

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Happy Monday, Everyone!

David Lazaro, or Kuya Quatro to some, showed his Immersive music video “V. – Freaky Friday” at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival’s VR Pavillion and took home the Grand Jury Award – Outstanding Immersive Short.

If you need any of this explained, you’re not alone.
The term “Immersive” basically means that instead of watching the music video on your TV oron a movie screen, you’re watching it on a virtual reality headset. Got it?

Because I am too darn busy at the festival to enjoy the VR Pavillion for myself, David Lazaro came over to my home, showed me “Freaky Friday” on his Meta Quest 3, and BLEW MY MIND.                                It is simply amazing. In around 4 minutes I went from being a person who never considered getting a VR headset to being a person who shouted for his wife and teenager to both watch “Freaky Friday” before David went home with his amazing work.

And guess what? David is also a kickass person and awesome conversationalist who gave a great interview. Enjoy!

@KUYAQUATRO

KUYAQUATRO.COM

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DIF Podcast Website – DIF Instagram – DIF BlueSky

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

Source: Discover Film

546. 4Qs with Michael Glover Smith

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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.

Chicago filmmaker Michael Glover Smith came on to the DIF podcast to chat about his career and specially his excellent  film Handle with Care that was an Official Selection: Short Film – Drama at Sherman Oaks Film Festival 2024 and took home the Programmer’s Prize – Exceptional Filmmaking.

I thoroughly enjoyed  the chance to moderate Michael’s Q & A at the festival and to have the chance to dive deeper with our chat posted Wednesday. If you know me or are a regular listener of this podcast, you know my journey with Michael could not be complete without the follow up 4 Questions!

You can find more about Michael on his IG @whitecitycinema

or Splittoothmedia.com

 

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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

Back To The Past

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2025 Official Selection: Immersive Short – AR/VR/MR/360

Rui Barbosa is a historic Brazilian who lived in the later 19th to the 20th century. Famous for being an abolitionist, jurist and politician, he is waiting for his wife to get dressed to go to a party. While he waits, help him fix a historic scanned car and find out more about his house that would become a museum. This experience uses only hands as controllers to give the viewers an incredible immersive experience using Meta Quest 3. Put your seat belt and come back to the past!

Director(s): Dario Melo Maciel
Writer(s): Dario Melo Maciel
Producer(s): Dario Melo Maciel

Country: Brazil

Back To The Past will be part of the VR Pavilion
at the FI-LA 2025 Opening Night Gala

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Source: FILA

Max Q

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2025 Official Selection: Immersive Short – AR/VR/MR/360

Max Q is an animated 6DOF virtual reality film about a deep space survey team that finds their relationships pushed to the brink when they embark upon a dangerous search and rescue mission on an unexplored alien world.

Director(s): Joel Benjamin
Writer(s): Brad Riddell
Producer(s): Joel Benjamin, Brad Riddell
Key Cast: Arti Ishak, Antonio Rodriguez

Country: United States

Max Q will be part of the VR Pavilion
at the FI-LA 2025 Opening Night Gala

Return to 2025 Official Selections – Films

Source: FILA

paSSive poWer

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2025 Official Selection: Immersive Short – AR/VR/MR/360

A sonic visual 8K 4D 360 VR collaborative experience. Wind, Lasers, Chanting.. “paSSive poWer” aims at putting focus on the more subtle energies of human co-existence otherwise deemed as meekness. Or as filmmaker / artist JB ghuman JR has dubbed them, the “paSSive poWers.” Combining breathing / chanting / sensory & cerebral exploration into a immersive cinematic experience. Shot on the incredible 11K Insta360 TITAN Camera.

Director(s): JB Singh Ghuman, Jr.
Writer(s): JB Singh Ghuman, Jr.

Country: United States

paSSive poWer will be part of the VR Pavilion
at the FI-LA 2025 Opening Night Gala

Return to 2025 Official Selections – Films

Source: FILA