Happy Hump Day , Folks!

One thing I’ve been noticing for the last few decades — hey, I first got involved in indie film in the late 90’s — is that scripts with two names on them are almost always better than those with one.
No offense to the infinite number of solo writers out there, but I cannot help but notice that the maxim “two minds are better than one” especially applies to screenwriting.
It just might apply to film directing as well.
Writing and directing team Mike Sorce and Matthew Kic sat down with me at the DIF mic’s and shared the very interesting story of how these two came out to L.A. from Arizona and
Texas, ended up in the same mail room, teamed up to write together, and then reached the pinnacle of their careers when the Sherman Oaks Film Festival presented the World Premiere of their short film “Manifesto” in 2023.
Mainfesto took home the Grand Jury Award – Best Screenplay – Short Film, and the Filmmakers Award – Outstanding Short Film – Drama.

Sarcasm aside, Mike and Matt have accomplished a lot of great things since their arrivals in L.A. and it was an absolute delight to have them onto the podcast to share their stories.

During the podcast I promised to share these links:
Manifesto on VIMEO https://vimeo.com/764023999/449d167551?share=copy
One Day Notice on Omeleto: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qj3s1vnyMQ&t=19s
Mike’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mikevsorce/
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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.

Josh Baker and Chevy Knight brought their film “Dry” to the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2024 and took home the Filmmakers Award forOutstanding Cast Performance – Horror. Not only are these two incredibly talented, they are just wonderful people and I think we had a pretty great conversation that was posted on Wednesday. Tune in here for their 4Qs!

You can watch “Dry” right now at https://vimeo.com/1043187492

You can follow the social media for “Dry” at https://www.instagram.com/dry.movie/

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A fantastic Friday to Everyone. I’m excited to start the weekend off by sharing this great chat.

Josh Baker and Chevy Knight brought their film “Dry” to the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2024 and took home the Filmmakers Award forOutstanding Cast Performance – Horror.
They produced the film together with Josh writing and directing while Chevy handled a rather challenging role as the lead actor in this dark, authentic film.
As you can tell by our conversation I am a big fan of this film.

Chevy and Josh each took a very interesting and even unique path into filmmaking. And who knew that this filmmaking duo who made an engaging and unique film about neighbors met as neighbors.
I hope that you enjoy listening to this conversation as much as I did having it.
Josh and Chevy and not just talented people, they’re good people.

You can watch “Dry” right now at https://vimeo.com/1043187492

You can follow the social media for “Dry” at https://www.instagram.com/dry.movie/
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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.

Brazilian filmmaker Tôka wrote and directed the film “Nauru,” a remarkable film that took home the Grand Jury Award for Best Featurette, Sci-Fi at Film Invasion Los Angeles 2024 as well as Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, and Best Supporting Performer.

We have to love technology because I was able to have a fantastic chat with Tôka all the way from London via Zoom that aired on Monday. Here’s our trusty follow-up with his 4 Questions!

Learn more about Tôka at https://www.instagram.com/toka.filmes/

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Happy Monday, Film Friends! That’s right, we are trying on a Mon-Wed-Fri schedule because we have so many exciting talks to share with you all!

Brazilian filmmaker Tôka wrote and directed the film “Nauru,” a remarkable film that took home the Grand Jury Award for Best Featurette, Sci-Fi at Film Invasion Los Angeles 2024.
In fact, the film took home five awards, including Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, and Best Supporting Performer.
“Nauru” is a proof of concept for a feature script that Tôka wrote, which is good news because the world he created in “Nauru” deserves to be explored much further.

Tôka lives in London today and hopped onto Zoom to have this conversation with me. After seeing a film as well-written and visually stunning as “Nauru,” I had been looking forward to this talk for most of 2024.
We managed to get on Zoom together in December and now you get to listen to it in 2025!

Learn more about Tôka at https://www.instagram.com/toka.filmes/
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