{"id":3675,"date":"2026-05-04T09:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T09:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3675"},"modified":"2026-05-04T09:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T09:00:12","slug":"686-leo-berkeley-dark-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3675","title":{"rendered":"686. Leo Berkeley \u201cDark Matter\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

May the 4th be with you, Listeners!<\/p>\n

Leo Berkeley wrote, directed, produced and is the sole performer in the film \u201cDark Matter,\u201d a brilliant film that will forever be the first to film to ever win awards at Film Invasion Los Angeles, Sherman Oaks Film Festival, and Film Invasion Lima in succession. (I don\u2019t get to say, \u201cDuring a single calendar year,\u201d because SOFF was held in December 2025 and FI-Lima was held in January, 2026.)\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 Needless to say, Leo\u2019s film has won more awards than I have time to list here!<\/p>\n

Leo is a filmmaker and a retired academic, who has looked at interesting ways to combine these two roles.\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 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0He has had a 40- year career as an independent filmmaker and, before retiring in 2018, he taught and researched in film, television and video production at RMIT University in Melbourne for 20 years.<\/p>\n

You can see much of Leo\u2019s work by visiting LeoBerkeley.com<\/a>
\nI highly recommend ALL OF IT!<\/p>\n

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Discover Indie Film Links
\nDIF Podcast Website<\/a> – DIF Instagram<\/a> –\u00a0DIF BlueSky<\/a>
\nDiscover Indie Film Foundation (nonprofit for the arts) Website<\/a>
\nSherman Oaks Film Festival<\/a>
\nFilm Invasion Los Angeles<\/a><\/p>\n

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

May the 4th be with you, Listeners! Leo Berkeley wrote, directed, produced and is the sole performer in the film \u201cDark Matter,\u201d a brilliant film that will forever be the first to film to ever win awards at Film Invasion Los Angeles, Sherman Oaks Film Festival, and Film Invasion Lima in succession. (I don\u2019t get … <\/p>\n

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