Welcome back, Listeners!

I’m finally accepting the holidays are over and slowly crawling back to “the real world.” Luckily, my real world is largely talking about movies.

UK based filmmaker Derry Shillitto wrote and directed the indie feature “The Correction Unit,” a sci-fi thriller that you can watch right now on most streaming services!                                                                                (Visit https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the- correction-unit to see where.)                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Derry is the rare filmmaker on this podcast whose film did not play at either Sherman Oaks Film Festival or Film Invasion Los Angeles.                                                                                                                                 The film looks great and we had a tiny gap in the schedule, and rules were meant to be broken, no?

Derry rewarded us with a fantastic interview.
He’s a super nice person and it was a great conversation!

Follow Derry on Instagram – @DerryShillitto
Follow his production company Instagram – @FoyleRiverFilms

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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.

Filmmaker Kevin O’Brien brought his outstandingly creative short film “Hey HeLP-O! Let’s Go!” to both Sherman Oaks Film Festival  and FIlm Invasion Los Angeles in 2025 and took home the Filmmakers Award for Outstanding Originality, SciFi at each festival!

Follow the film on Instagram and make sure to catch a screening if you can! @heyhelpoletsgo

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Happy New Year, Listeners!

Filmmaker Kevin O’Brien brought his outstandingly creative short film “Hey HeLP-O! Let’s Go!” to Sherman Oaks Film Festival in December 2025 and took home the Filmmakers Award for Outstanding Originality, SciFi. But there’s more… in June the film was an Official Selection at FIlm Invasion Los Angeles.                                                                                                                                                                 We were unable to screen it due to scheduling conflicts, but it took home the same award!
“Hey HeLP-O! Let’s Go!” is a two-time winner of the Filmmakers Award for Outstanding Originality, SciFi!

Follow the film on Instagram and make sure to catch a screening if you can! @heyhelpoletsgo

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Discover Indie Film Links
DIF Podcast Website – DIF Instagram – DIF BlueSky
Discover Indie Film Foundation (nonprofit for the arts) Website
Sherman Oaks Film Festival
Film Invasion Los Angeles

Source: Discover Film