Episode 69: Nate Hapke

At the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2017, we played one of my favorite blocks of all time and that block started off with the incredibly well-directed and touching One More.  At the Q&A I wasn’t surprised that this film came from a filmmaker as thoughtful and intelligent as Nate Hapke. At the Q&A all we …

SOFF is an Award Winning Festival

SOFF has been giving awards to filmmakers for the last few years, but last week we were delighted to be on the other side and win an award. The Sherman Oaks Chamber of Commerce held a vote and the winner of the the Golden Oaks Award for “Ground Breaker” was the Sherman Oaks Film Festival!  …

Tech Project

My hosting plan was so old…. how old was it? Over a decade, so I have to migrate all of my websites to a new hosting plan so that I can use the latest version of PhP. I’m just typing this to test if I can still upgrade this site after migrating. Dig it?

Episode 67: Aletha Shepherd

Aletha Shepherd (on left) and friend at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2016. One of my favorite films at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2016 was Safe Bet, a beautifully made film about a memorable evening in a young woman’s life.  Safe Bet was the brainchild of Aletha Shepherd, a Londoner living in Los Angeles …