Jeff & Alex at the 2016 Sherman Oaks Film Festival. 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 …
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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. Source: FILA
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 …
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Jean-Marie Marbach is a Paris-based filmmaker who won the Grand Jury Prize for Music Video at Film Invasion L.A in 2017. I was blown away by his vision and could not wait to hear his DF4Q. What is DF4Q? It’s the Discover Film Four Questions. Name your favorite film of all time (limit 3) Name a …
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Is your film or script ready? Then submit it to Film Invasion Los Angeles before the February 15 deadline! Source: FILA