Mutiny!

2022 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy Mutiny! is a swashbuckling, action-adventure comedy featuring a progressive Captain dealing with a crew that’s set in their old ways— all while confronting gender inequality and the lack of self-awareness of overt masculinity… but all seen through the eyes of 17th Century Pirates. Director(s): Matthew Gratzner Writer(s): Matthew …

Hallucinations

2022 Official Selection: Feature FIlm – Experimental/Arthouse Aliens descend in crystal spaceships to make contact with people through guitar amp distortion and glowing animal skulls. Director(s): M. Wild Writer(s): M. Wild Producer(s): Cast: Ifeoma Kpaduwa, Sierra Erika Taylor, Lary Muller Aliens are coming. Return to 2022 Official Selections – Films Source: FILA

259. Steven Smith’s Personal Experience with Long Covid

Filmmaker Steven Smith has “Long Covid.”  I know Steven from his collaboration on films that have been at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival and Film Invasion Los Angeles.  He expressed to his frequent collaborator and two-time DIF podcast guest Hayden Croft that he’d like to share his Long Covid experience publicly.  When Hayden asked me …

258. 4Qs with Dylan James Amick

What are the 4Q’s?  1. Favorite films (limit 3) 2. An underrated film 3. An overrated film 4. A lesser-known film people should seek out Award winning filmmaker Dylan James Amick hopped onto Zoom for a DIF interview, so of course I had him answer the 4Qs for this episode.  Dylan brought his short horror film …

257. Dylan James Amick “Clean Cut”

Dylan James Amick brought his short horror film “Clean Cut” to Film Invasion Los Angeles in 2022 and took home both the Filmmakers Award and the Audience Award for Best Short Film – Horror.  “Clean Cut” is great horror because it is great, inventive filmmaking.  And I’m proud to say that this film is part …