{"id":929,"date":"2019-12-05T20:05:47","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T20:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=929"},"modified":"2019-12-05T20:05:47","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T20:05:47","slug":"episode-136-kristen-gerweck-the-wind-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=929","title":{"rendered":"Episode 136: Kristen Gerweck \u201cThe Wind Phone\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The first time that I saw The Wind Phone<\/em>, I was simply blown away.\u00a0 It is a masterful work of art in every way.\u00a0 Set in Japan and subtitled in English, I assumed that this incredible film had been submitted to Film Invasion Los Angeles from a brilliant filmmaking team based in Tokyo that would not be able attend the festival and whom I would never meet.<\/p>\n

The film was submitted by an agency based in Berlin, so you can imagine my surprise when I found out that the film was made by a Los Angeles based team!\u00a0 Not only that, but when we screened the film in June 2019 the entire Japanese American cast joined writer\/director Kristen Gerweck onstage for a wonderful Q&A.\u00a0\u00a0The Wind Phone,\u00a0<\/em>by the way, went on to receive SIX AWARDS from FILA 2019.\u00a0 Not too shabby.<\/p>\n

I had Kristen over for a podcast interview in August and we put it in the vault.\u00a0 Kristen had high hopes for the film’s chances to compete for an Oscar and my hopes were nearly equal to hers.\u00a0 Every year I go watch the Live Action Short category of Oscar Nominees and every year I think of films that screened at Film Invasion L.A. and the Sherman Oaks Film Festival that deserved that honor.\u00a0\u00a0The Wind Phone<\/em> is on that list in my head.\u00a0 And you know what?\u00a0 It might happen!\u00a0 Cross your fingers and your toes, because Kristen and her producer Linda Christina Riedmann (whose interview will get posted in week or so) let me know that\u00a0The Wind Phone<\/em> cleared the first hurdle and is eligible to make the Oscar’s short list of ten live action short films that compete for the Best Live Action Short Oscar!<\/p>\n

So look… SPREAD THE WORD!\u00a0 Got friends in the Academy?\u00a0 Got friends who have friends in the Academy?\u00a0 Tell them to watch\u00a0The Wind Phone.<\/em>\u00a0 They will know how.\u00a0 It is really about the right people actually seeing the film, because if they see it then I have no doubt they will support it.\u00a0 But they have to take the time to see it.\u00a0 They have to now that this one is special.<\/p>\n

Ok.\u00a0 That was a lot of rambling.<\/p>\n

Maybe you should just listen to my interview with Kristen which is about how she became a filmmaker via law school, the film that she made before\u00a0The Wind Phone<\/em>, and more.<\/p>\n

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

The first time that I saw The Wind Phone, I was simply blown away.\u00a0 It is a masterful work of art in every way.\u00a0 Set in Japan and subtitled in English, I assumed that this incredible film had been submitted to Film Invasion Los Angeles from a brilliant filmmaking team based in Tokyo that would … <\/p>\n

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