TGIF!

Ty Clancey is a returning champion! Ty was on episode 366 to talk about his short film “Thank You For Staying,” an Official Selection at Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2021.                                                     After the podcast, he sent me his hilarious human-puppet hybrid comedy “Support.com and You!” and I loved it so much that we instantly threw it onto The Indie Channel.

Ty came back to the podcast because in 2023 his beautiful, stylistic horror short “Drawn” was an Official Selection in Sherman Oaks Film Festival.                                                                                                 In In classic Ty fashion, he didn’t realize that “Drawn” won the Grand Jury Award for Best Featurette, Horror and Best Cinematography for Stephen Tringali until I told him on the
podcast! (If memory serves, he didn’t know about the awards “Thank You For Staying” won until he came onto the podcast.

Not gonna lie. I enjoy my conversations with Ty so much that I may have to think of an excuse to bring him on again even before he makes another film.                                                                                        He was on episode 366 in March 2023 and here he is, back on episode 504 in March 2025.
Maybe I should that he come back for a March 2027 episode?

You can more about Ty’s work at victorhousefilms.com and tyclancey.com , or hit Ty’s instagram at @tyclancey

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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.

Writer/director Gavin Gaitan brought his film “Down Town” to SOFF 2024 and took home four awards:                                                                                                                                                                     Best in Fest – Feature Film
Grand Jury Award – Best Feature Film – Comedy
Grand Jury Award – Best Director – Feature Film – Gavin Gaitan
Grand Jury Award – Best Screenplay – Feature Film – Gavin Gaitan

I was truly blown away with Gavin’s film and I because I was not able to moderate his Q&A at the festival, I was thrilled to for the chance to have him on the podcast. And his follow-up 4 Questions didn’t disappoint either!

If you want to follow Gavin’s feature film on Instagram, he’s @downtownmovie

(https://www.instagram.com/downtownmovie/)

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A beautiful March Monday to you all!

What I am about to type is the absolute truth. The first time I watched “Down Town,” the crime-comedy-adventure feature film from writer director Gavin Gaitan,                                                                                I said out loud, alone in front of the TV, “Holy f***ing sh*t.” And I probably said it three to four times in a row, because Gavin’s film simply blew me away.                                                                                                                                                                     I wasn’t alone! The selection jury for the Sherman Oaks Film Festival gave “Down Town” the Best In Fest award!
In fact, at SOFF 2024, Gavin’s film took home four awards:
Best in Fest – Feature Film
Grand Jury Award – Best Feature Film – Comedy
Grand Jury Award – Best Director – Feature Film – Gavin Gaitan
Grand Jury Award – Best Screenplay – Feature Film – Gavin Gaitan

By the way, I was extra excited that Gavin was among the first of the SOFF 2024 alumni to jump onto the podcast.                                                                                                                                                         I was moderating the Q&A’s in theater 7 when “Down Town” was playing in theater 8, so that I was not able to moderate Gavin’s Q&A and tell him all of the things that I admire about his film.
That’s what I love about the Discover Indie Film podcast; it gives me a second chance to have a conversation the filmmakers whose Q&A’s I did not get to moderate.
If you want to follow Gavin’s feature film on Instagram, he’s @downtownmovie
(https://www.instagram.com/downtownmovie/)

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