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530. 4Qs with Kevin Lee

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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.

Kevin Lee brought his Horror-Rom-Com short film “Aly” to the 2024 edition of the Sherman Oaks Film Festival and took home the Programmer’s Prize for Exceptional Filmmaking!

I truly enjoyed my chat with this unique and talented filmmaker and was eager to get to his 4 Questions.

Use these links to follow Kevin and his film and, importantly, check out Aly on Letterboxd at https://letterboxd.com/film/aly/.

Aly on Instagram @aly.shortfilm
Kevin on Instagram @kleeplusfilms
Kevin on Twitter/X @klee_filmreview

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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

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More Dead Than Living

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2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama

Death comes for a bitter, depressed widow who doesn’t fight back – he’s happy to die but before he goes he wants to have one last “magic” adventure with the daughter he never got it right with.

Director(s): JT Doran
Writer(s): JT Doran
Producer(s): Hao Li
Key Cast: Joe Chan, Emily Fan, Dominic Wong, Xiao Ping Wang, Mia Yu

Country: United States

Los Angeles Premiere

Did you know there are more dead people than living people here in Queens?

 

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Source: FILA

Last Exit Gran Canaria

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2025 Official Selection: Feature Film – Documentary

With his drag look grotesquely sexualized at 64, filmmaker Tim Lienhard describes his sexual self-development in this autofictional film essay. The journey in the film goes from Berlin to a porn festival in Torremolinos to Pride Week in Gran Canaria.

Director(s): Tim Lienhard
Writer(s): Tim Lienhard
Producer(s): Tim Lienhard
Key Cast: Robert Royal, Rosa von Praunheim, Jonas Lawitzke, Enrico Wohlfahrt, Rüdiger Fuck, Timo Opalla, Roy Gerwenat

Country: Germany

World Premiere

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Source: FILA

529. Kevin Lee “Aly”

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Happy Cinco de Mayo to those who celebrate!

Kevin Lee brought his short film “Aly” to the 2024 edition of the Sherman Oaks Film Festival and took home the Programmer’s Prize for Exceptional Filmmaking!                                                                               I love this film for several reasons, but it truly comes down to the originality of its story and the authenticity of the characters he wrote in a genre that is best known for cheap thrills.                                               In fact, just its genre alone, Horror-Rom-Com, says it all!

Use these links to follow Kevin and his film and, importantly, check out Aly on Letterboxd at https://letterboxd.com/film/aly/.

Aly on Instagram @aly.shortfilm
Kevin on Instagram @kleeplusfilms
Kevin on Twitter/X @klee_filmreview

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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

528. 4Qs with Enrique A. Mendoza

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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.

Enrique A. Mendoza brought his film “Fervor” to Sherman Oaks FIlm Festival in 2024 and took home the Programmer’s Prize for Exceptional Filmmaking. I’m assuming you already listened to our fantastic conversion and enjoyed it so much you rushed back for Enrique’s 4 Questions!

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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