{"id":3292,"date":"2025-06-06T09:00:27","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T09:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3292"},"modified":"2025-06-06T09:00:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T09:00:27","slug":"543-donato-de-luca-grand-romantic-gestures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3292","title":{"rendered":"543. Donato De Luca \u201cGrand Romantic Gestures\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy Friday, Listeners!<\/p>\n

Donato De Luca and his team brought their short film \u201cGrand Romantic Gestures\u201d to the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2024 and took home the Filmmakers Award for Outstanding Creativity – Drama. Amusingly, the young gentleman who I thought of as \u201cDonato\u201d for the entire run of the festival hopped onto this podcast and told me that he goes by Joe! \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\u2019m not sure if I called him Joe during this podcast, but hopefully he will come to a Festival Mixer soon for me to try it out in person.<\/p>\n

Joe is one of those filmmakers, in this case producer and lead actor, who we love to have at a festival. \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 \u00a0 He came to many screenings other than his own and when you listen to the interview you\u2019ll hear of the interactions we had that led to our amusing rapport.<\/p>\n

You should definitely follow Joe\u2019s work at @grandromanticgestures<\/a>
\nand @donatojoedeluca<\/a><\/p>\n

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Discover Indie Film Podcast Links
\nDIF Podcast Website<\/a> – DIF Instagram<\/a> – DIF BlueSky<\/a><\/p>\n

Discover Indie Film Foundation (nonprofit for the arts) Links
\nDIF Foundation<\/a> – Sherman Oaks Film Festival<\/a> – Film Invasion Los Angeles<\/a><\/p>\n

Source: Discover Film<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Happy Friday, Listeners! Donato De Luca and his team brought their short film \u201cGrand Romantic Gestures\u201d to the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2024 and took home the Filmmakers Award for Outstanding Creativity – Drama. Amusingly, the young gentleman who I thought of as \u201cDonato\u201d for the entire run of the festival hopped onto this … <\/p>\n

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