Hello to all my DIF Listeners and Friends!<\/p>\n
For me, one of the highlights of the 2024 Sherman Oaks Festival was writer\/producer\/artist Jess Paul using the All Access Pass that she got for her film \u201cBurying Baby\u201d being a Official Selection to attend many
\nscreenings throughout the festival. Obviously I started this podcast because I love indie films and talking about them, and every time I ran into Jess at the festival we would have a great
\nchat about the films she had seen and about the festival in general.<\/p>\n
\u201cBurying Baby\u201d is a touching, authentically surprising short film about loss that is very close to my heart and it took him the Programmer\u2019s Prize for Exceptional Filmmaking. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 I will not go into it too much, but Jess and I did email about her film prior to the festival and this classy, kind person gave me a lovely gift that is hanging on my All Access Pass as I type.<\/p>\n
We had a great chat on this podcast and Jess\u2019s intelligence and perspective struck me so that when I had to give podcast producer Karina Wolfe a list of potential interviewers for DIF Episode 500 in February, I added her to this list!
\nI did not want to choose my interviewer and left that up Karina. This is my way of saying that Jess is now a part of Discover Indie Film history.
\nThat\u2019s right. Jess will forever be the person who interviewed the interviewer.<\/p>\n
You can follow Jess on Instagram @thisisjesspaul \u00a0 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _<\/p>\n Discover Indie Film<\/a><\/p>\n Website\u00a0\u2013 Instagram\u00a0\u2013 Facebook\u00a0\u2013 X\/Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n The INDIE Channel<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/discoverindiefilm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_8896-300x300.jpg\")
\n(https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thisisjesspaul<\/a>\/) and
\nif you should also check out her supercool
\nwebsite https:\/\/jesspaulart.com<\/a> and, if you want
\nto be even cooler, check out her Etsy site
\nhttps:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/JessPaulArt<\/a><\/p>\n