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Month: February 2018
Episode 42: DF4Q with Alex Merkin
What is DF4Q? It’s the Discover Film Four Questions.
- Name your favorite film of all time (limit 3)
- Name a film you think is underrated
- Name a film you think is overrated
- Name a lesser-known film that you think people should seek out
Alex Merkin has been directing like crazy for over a decade, completing four shorts, a cable series, and seven features. (Feature #8 is about to begin.) Alex’s short This Modern Man Is Beat won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2016.
Let’s find out what kind of films Alex is, and isn’t, into.
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Episode 41: Alex Merkin
This Modern Man Is Beat won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2016, and I never stopped thinking about how beautifully cinematic it is. I knew from working with the filmmakers that there would be a good story behind it, and director Alex Merkin did not disappoint. What I didn’t know is how many fils Alex has behind him and ahead of him. I couldn’t be happier for this talented young man.
As always… watch the film and then listen to the interview. The link to This Modern Man Is Beat on Vimeo is right here.
And if you want to go deeper into Alex’s catalog, here is his earlier short film Across The Hall. We discuss this one quite a bit on the podcast, too.
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Grand Jury Prize Winner Jean-Marie Marbach on Discover Film Podcast
FILA 2017 alum Jean-Marie Marbach, whose music video Fiebre en la Disco won the Grand Jury Prize, sits down with festival programmer Jeff Howard for a discussion about independent filmmaking from start to finish, including distribution. Listen to the podcast at the Discover Film website or on iTunes, Google Play, SoundCloud, or Stitcher.
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Episode 40: DF4Q with Jeff Simpson
Jeff Simpson is a director, writer, and actor… and he has worked at both Film Invasion Los Angeles and the Sherman Oaks Film Festival. Besides being a great help at the festivals, Jeff is a film lover who takes the time to watch most of the festival’s films. I invited him to come do a DF4Q.
If you want to see some of Jeff’s work, check out May God Forgive and Kingfisher.
What is DF4Q? It’s the Discover Film Four Questions.
- Name your favorite film of all time (limit 3)
- Name a film you think is underrated
- Name a film you think is overrated
- Name a lesser-known film that you think people should seek out
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You can listen to the podcast using the media player below or on iTunes, Google Play, SoundCloud, or Stitcher.
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