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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

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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

545. Michael Glover Smith “Handle with Care”

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Welcome back, Listeners!

Chicago filmmaker Michael Glover Smith’s superb film Handle with Care was an Official Selection: Short Film – Drama at Sherman Oaks Film Festival 2024 and took home the Programmer’s Prize – Exceptional Filmmaking.

I was thrilled to moderate Michael’s Q & A at the festival, and even more so, to dive back in to deeper with this talented and genuinely nice guy over zoom.

You can find more about Michael on his IG @whitecitycinema

or Splittoothmedia.com

 

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DIF Foundation – Sherman Oaks Film Festival – Film Invasion Los Angeles

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544. 4Qs with Donato De Luca

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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.

On the last episode I throughly enjoyed chatting with Donato De Luca, who I learned actually goes by Joe! Joe and his team brought their short film “Grand Romantic Gestures” to the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2024 and took home the Filmmakers Award for Outstanding Creativity – Drama.

I was definitely excited to follow up this interview with Joe’s 4 Questions.

You should definitely follow Joe’s work at @grandromanticgestures
and @donatojoedeluca

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DIF Podcast Website – DIF Instagram – DIF BlueSky
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Sherman Oaks Film Festival
Film Invasion Los Angeles

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543. Donato De Luca “Grand Romantic Gestures”

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Happy Friday, Listeners!

Donato De Luca and his team brought their short film “Grand Romantic Gestures” to the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2024 and took home the Filmmakers Award for Outstanding Creativity – Drama. Amusingly, the young gentleman who I thought of as “Donato” for the entire run of the festival hopped onto this podcast and told me that he goes by Joe!                                                                                       I’m not sure if I called him Joe during this podcast, but hopefully he will come to a Festival Mixer soon for me to try it out in person.

Joe is one of those filmmakers, in this case producer and lead actor, who we love to have at a festival.                                                                                                                                                                       He came to many screenings other than his own and when you listen to the interview you’ll hear of the interactions we had that led to our amusing rapport.

You should definitely follow Joe’s work at @grandromanticgestures
and @donatojoedeluca

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Discover Indie Film Podcast Links
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