460. Gerrit Van Woudenberg “Quantum Suicide”

Welcome back to our Discover Indie Film community. I’m very excited to share this interview with Gerrit Van Woudenberg!

Gerrit  brought his feature film Quantum Suicide to Film Invasion Los Angeles in 2024 and took home two Grand Jury Awards;
Best Feature Film – SciFi and Best Production Design – Feature Film.

I rarely mention awards from other festivals, but Quantum Suicide also won Best Science Fiction Feature at the Philip K Dick Film Festival and that’s too cool to not mention.

Made in the excellent tradition of SciFI Indies such as Pi and Primer, I can honestly say that in many ways Gerrit exceeded the standard set by those amazing SciFi pioneers. How? Well, you just have to watch the film and you can because it gets released the day after this podcast!

To find out where you can see it, just go to https://quantumsuici.de/ but, personally, I hope that you find it on VOD and pay to see it without commercials.

If you want to find the film on social media, use the handle @quantumthefilm

APPY THURSDAY, FILM LOVERS! This week I chatted with Nathan Tape via Zoom from New Orleans. Nathan brought his feature film “Off Ramp” to the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2023 and it is fair to say the film cleaned up the awards, taking home six! In other words, you should watch “Off Ramp” as soon as possible by going to www.offrampfilm.com/watch.

Quantum Suicide Instagram – @quantumthefilm

Gerrit’s Instagram- @gerritvanwoudenberg

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Director(s): Gavin Jeffrey Gaitan
Writer(s): Gavin Jeffrey Gaitan
Producer(s): Gavin Jeffrey Gaitan, Ty Carlin, Dylan Skye
Key Cast: Cheyenne Marie Washington, Donnevan Tolbert, Seth Aguirre

Los Angeles Premiere
Country: USA

A means to an end.

Source: SOFF

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2024 Official Selection: Featurette – Documentary

In a world longing for human connection, imagine gathering a diverse group, providing them with unexpected financial means, and asking them to focus on a single mission – to spread kindness.

Director(s): T.C. Johnstone
Producer(s): Kristen Johnstone

World Premiere
Country: USA

Spread Kindness – One Small Act at a Time

Source: SOFF

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Director(s): Matt Mazany
Writers(s): Matt Mazany
Producer(s): Ross Buran
Key Cast: Mike Mitchell, Eddie Pepitone, Jesse Klein, Leroy Patterson, Winston Carter

Country: USA

Source: SOFF

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2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama

Tasha, an enthusiastic secondary school student is deeply infatuated with her older boyfriend, Jamie. She finds herself trapped in a tumultuous web of love and manipulation.

Director(s): Damien Nembhard
Writers(s): Damien Nembhard
Producer(s): Kasima Whittingham, Matt Nelson, Damien Nembhard, Paul Maynard, Harriet Mckean, Laura Duffy
Key Cast: Kudzai Mangombe, Jeremie Kuyu Tshiobi, Miles Davis

Los Angeles Premiere
Country: United Kingdom

There are five love languages, what’s yours?

Source: SOFF