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Varun Raman & Tom Hancock made the brilliant short film Transmission. It was a standout at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2017. Even though they live in the UK, we hopped on Skype for a few hours to record an interview and a DIF4Q. What is DIF4Q? It’s the Discover Indie Film Four Questions. Name …
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Transmission. Transmission is a film that you MUST SEE. This film is a brilliant work of art from Varun Raman & Tom Hancock; a young team out of Manchester, England (though they’ve moved since) who studied film on their own, wrote a pile of scripts and then managed to put together a team and a cast …
Jonah Mazer, Ethan Howard, & Jeff Howard at the Sherman Oaks Street Fair Jonah Mazer is a director and cinematographer whose filmography keeps growing and growing… and he’s in High School. His excellent short film Life After screened at Film Invasion Los Angeles in June 2018 and he approached me at that festival to ask if …
What is DIF4Q? It’s the Discover Indie Film Four Questions. Name your favorite film of all time (limit 3) Name a film you think is underrated Name a film you think is overrated Name a lesser-known film that you think people should seek out Nate Hapke wrote and directed One More, a great short films …
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 …