Anna Baumgarten & Laura Holliday came by to answer the Four Questions. Director Laura Holliday and writer/producer Anna Baumgarten collaborated to make Disfluency, a brilliant film (watch it now!) that cleaned up the awards a Film Invasion Los Angeles 2018.  After the interview about their backgrounds and their film, they took the time to answer the Discover Indie Film …

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Anna Baumgarten & Laura Holliday at DIF HQ. Disfluency.  There is so much to say about this short film.  From writer/producer Anna Baumgarten and director Laura Holliday, Disfluency tackles sexual assault and the aftermath with the perfect mix of realism, understanding, and maturity.  But the filmmaking here is so good that I jumped on a soapbox …

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Natasha Babenko at Film Invasion Los Angeles, June 7, 2018. Filmmaker Natasha Babenko answers the Four Questions in this episode.  Born in Ukraine, educated in France, and now getting an MFA at NYU in filmmaking, this global citizen has some movie recommendations you don’t want to miss! What is DIF4Q?  It’s the Discover Indie Film …

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Natasha Babenko & Jeff Howard at Film Invasion Los Angeles 2018 One of the most unforgetable films at Film Invasion Los Angeles in 2018 was Girl Eating Banana: Audition.  One part art film, one part comedy, one part drama, and completely original, filmmaker Natasha Babenko wowed the crowd with both her film and her amazing …

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This DIF4Q is with Sarah Prikryl.  Sarah’s documentary short film Family: A Love Story took home a Grand Jury Prize at Film Invasion Los Angeles in 2018. It is without a doubt one of the most wonderfully documentaries you could have caught on the festival circuit, and now it is available online.  (Watch it right now!) …

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