Podcasts about Sidewalk Film Festival

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Gillian Harrill's films⁠ have been featured at various festivals, ranging from the Oscar-qualifying ⁠AmDocs Film Festival⁠⁠ ⁠to the esteemed ⁠Sidewalk Film Festival⁠ and the ⁠LA Independent Women Film Awards⁠. ⁠Her⁠ ability to craft compelling narratives and capture the essence of her subjects has earned her a reputation as a filmmaker with an eccentric sense of humor and unwavering dedication to her craft. She started as the lead assistant editor on⁠ Beyond the Straight and Narrow⁠, streaming on Kanopy. In 2022, Gillian embarked on a fellowship in documentary filmmaking at ⁠Southern Exposure,⁠ where she spent 6 weeks fully immersed in directing ⁠Taxing the Sun⁠,⁠ ⁠which exposed legislation that decreased access to renewable energy in Alabama. Currently, Gillian is actively engaged in curating and associate producing two archival films that will be showcased as permanent exhibits in a Presidential Center opening in 2025. Her involvement in this endeavor reflects her dedication to preserving and sharing pivotal moments in collective history. She has also been a researcher for PBS programs like ⁠Native America 2.0⁠ and ⁠Confluence⁠⁠ ⁠and a production assistant and costume designer for ⁠Realm of Satan,⁠ premiering at Sundance 2024. Gillian holds a Bachelor of Science in Communication from Cornell University, where she minored in Film, Anthropology, and Media Studies.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/experimentalfilmpodcast/support

In this special edition of AYCH, Wenzel talks with writer/director ERIKA ARLEE and actress/producer KRISTI RAY! They discuss their film A Song For Imogene (which Colt and Wenzel both saw at the Sidewalk Film Festival this year and talk about on Episode 360), the inspiration behind the film, the acting process, certain themes that stuck out, their film production company Honey Head Films and more including a SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT! Episode Art by Wenzel Wilkey ----------------------------------- Go follow Erika and Kristi on their socials and go follow the film page and their film production company's page! - Erika's IG: https://www.instagram.com/erika.arlee?igsh=OXFrY2RreXh1cmR5 - Kristi's IG: https://www.instagram.com/kristirayofsunshine?igsh=MWlsZGJpcjZ1cG9ocQ== - A Song For Imogene IG: https://www.instagram.com/imogenemovie?igsh=MXNicTJwbHo5bHE5bA== - A Song for Imogene website: https://www.imogenemovie.com - Honey Head Films IG: https://www.instagram.com/honeyheadfilms?igsh=MWhxcHpheDc2bG9mOQ== - Honey Head Films website: https://www.honeyheadfilms.com ----------------------------------- Consider making a donation to Operation Air Drop for Hurricane Helene Relief: https://operationairdrop.betterworld.org/campaigns/operation-helene?_gl=1%2A1g67mwo%2A_gcl_au%2ANjM0MzQyOS4xNzI3MjM0NDA0LjEyMzIyMTY0MjUuMTcyNzIzNDQxMS4xNzI3MjM0NjU2&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaYGbfsQFpsDtAxeqGHozND23XyJPjnPvND32ufqmZT_fttfiCDgmu34CTI_aem_j6ZoJAxLRNIAEWe_jvcNvg ----------------------------------- Catch up on all of Season 8's episodes here: soundcloud.com/aychpodcast/sets/aych-season-8-2024 ----------------------------------- Check out the entire AYCH Podcast Network! ► Caging Greatness - Nicolas Cage movie review Podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cagi…ss/id1553303334 Want even more AYCH shows? Check out our full catalog playlists! soundcloud.com/aychpodcast/sets ►►► Backlog BoyZ: Video Game Discussion Podcast! ►►► The Instruction Booklet: Video Game History Podcast! ----------------------------------- Twitch/Podcast Archive YT: www.youtube.com/@AYCHPodcast If you like what we're doing here, don't forget to leave us a review! You can also follow us on all of our social media below and tell us how we're doing: -- Twitter: @aychpodcast -- Instagram: aychpodcast -- Twitch: AllYouCanHear Leave us some suggestions in our Suggestion Box as well! goo.gl/forms/AHetCWQ2m7tHDigg1

The Lads went back to the Sidewalk Film Festival this year! This time it's Colt and Wenzel talking about their experiences at our local film festival's 26th year! For Colt, it's his first time and for Wenzel, his second! Tune in as they take you through each film they watched this year! Spoilers ahead! Timestamps below! Timestamps: 1. Exhibiting Forgiveness 17:17 2. S/He Is Still Her/e 34:58 3. A Song for Imogene 49:24 4. Starring Jerry As Himself 58:00 5. Sirocco and the Kingdom of the Winds 01:08:20 6. Sleep 01:18:15 7. Fight Like A Girl 01:29:40 8. Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person 01:39:35 9. Lady Parts 01:46:20 ----------------------------------- Where you can follow Sidewalk Twitter: https://x.com/sidewalkfilm?s=21&t=T_gmwJAKwuXRKJcQGGd5Mw Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sidewalkfilm?igsh=amphMnQ0ZG4xNXdo Website: https://sidewalkfest.com/ ----------------------------------- Catch up on all of Season 8's episodes here: soundcloud.com/aychpodcast/sets/aych-season-8-2024 ----------------------------------- Check out the entire AYCH Podcast Network! ► Caging Greatness - Nicolas Cage movie review Podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cagi…ss/id1553303334 Want even more AYCH shows? Check out our full catalog playlists! soundcloud.com/aychpodcast/sets ►►► Backlog BoyZ: Video Game Discussion Podcast! ►►► The Instruction Booklet: Video Game History Podcast! ----------------------------------- Twitch/Podcast Archive YT: www.youtube.com/@AYCHPodcast If you like what we're doing here, don't forget to leave us a review! You can also follow us on all of our social media below and tell us how we're doing: -- Twitter: @aychpodcast -- Instagram: aychpodcast -- Twitch: AllYouCanHear Leave us some suggestions in our Suggestion Box as well! goo.gl/forms/AHetCWQ2m7tHDigg1

Only a few weeks left as My Favorite Summer begins to wind down... we've laughed at the comedies, we've cried at the dramas, we've sweated over the action, we've fawned over our favorite actresses and fangirled on our fave actors... now, grab your blankets and hide your eyes, its the Horror and Suspense of it all. Mikey, d$, and #XTwitterlessDrEarl bring back Friend of the Show and Fan Fave The Burgler himself, Jeremy "Miss Independent" Burgess.  After giving the update on what to see at the upcoming Sidewalk Film Festival, the guys jump into their Top 10s of Suspense and Horror films all around. Stephen King makes several appearances, as does Bruce Campbell's Ash character, with ghosts, demon babies, chainsaws, creepy sci-fi, Hitchcock, classic John Cena, and of course, THE BEEEESSSSS. Here are the movies mentioned, and where to find them at time of recording:   Alien - Hulu; FXNow Army of Darkness - for rental The Cabin in the Woods - Peacock Premium Carrie - MAX Cat People - for rental Creepshow - for rental Cube - Amazon Prime; TubiTV Dead Again - for rental Diabolique - MAX Evil Dead II - for rental The Exorcist - for rental Fright Night - MAX Halloween - AMC+; Shudder The Hitcher - MAX Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person - for rental The Invisible Man - for rental Jaws - MAX Let the Right One In - Amazon Prime; Peacock Premium Phantasm - Peacock Premium Poltergeist - MGM+ Psycho - Amazon Prime Raw - for rental Rosemary's Baby - Amazon Prime; Paramount+ 78/52 -  Se7en - for rental The Shining - for rental The Silence of the Lambs - MGM+ Stephen King's IT - for rental Texas Chainsaw Massacre - Peacock Premium; TubiTV The Thing - for rental  Trick or Treat - for rental Videodrome - for rental The Wicker Man - Amazon Prime; Freevee

In this episode of The Localist, Carrie Rollwagen chats with Kathy D'Agostino of Chocolatá about building a positive work environment and the journey of opening her own chocolate shop. Kathy shares her experiences from working in a chocolate shop as a teenager to starting her own business, detailing the challenges and triumphs of entrepreneurship, hiring and creating unique chocolate products. Mentioned in this episode: Chocolatá Website: https://www.chocolatachocolate.com/  Chocolatá Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chocolata_bham  Chocolatá Phone Number: 205-215-0416 Innovation Depot: https://innovationdepot.org/  Brombergs: https://brombergs.com/  Phoenix Building: https://thephoenixbuilding.com/  Sidewalk Film Festival: https://sidewalkfest.com/  Magic City Organics: https://magiccityorganics.com/  Magic City Organics Localist episode: https://carrierollwagen.com/podcast-episodes/surviving-regulations-rollercoaster-magic-city-organics/  Yellowhammer: https://yellowhammer-creative.myshopify.com/  Pepper Place: https://www.pepperplace.com/  Revival Antiques: https://revivalantiques.org/  General: https://www.facebook.com/generalbham?mibextid=ZbWKwL   Saturn (Domestique): https://www.domestiquecoffee.com/ Punch Love Coffee: https://www.instagram.com/punchlovecoffee?igshid=6qm4a079lw6q  MAKE Birmingham: https://www.makebhm.com/  Pizza Grace: https://pizzagrace.com/  Cannella Gelato: https://cannellagelato.com/  Lifelyles: https://www.facebook.com/lifelyles/ 

Let's burger. Featuring... Phone a Friend w/ Lisa: The Island of Dr. Moreau "Can I start with a few notes on Red Robin?" Show & Tell: Horror Films of the 1980s Volume 1: 1980 - 1984 - City of the Living Dead Audience Q&A Hosted by your own personal cinematic Britney Spears and.... Music by Splash '96 Recorded Live by Boutwell Studios

You're listening, let's go. Featuring... What's This Shit?!?!?! - This is for you! Oh my gosh, they're beautiful. Audience Q&A Hosted by your own personal cinematic Cracker Barrel Old Country Store & Margaritaville Gift Shop! Music by Splash '96 Recorded Live by Boutwell Studios

This is gold, why wouldn't we be recording it? Part one of the 2023 live podcast recording, featuring... Five. Minute. Fight. - Talk To Me An interview with Don't Die director Ben Stark "Did you know you can't un-meet people?" Music by Splash '96 Recorded Live by Boutwell Studios

That's right, this week on the show, Tanner and Wenzel give you their in-depth report from on the ground at the 2023 Sidewalk Film Festival! Come and enjoy the ride as they discuss over a dozen movies they saw, meeting a bird, being credentialed media for the first time and SO MUCH MORE this week on the show! ----------------------------------- Catch up on all of Season 7's episodes here: soundcloud.com/aychpodcast/sets/aych-season-7-2023 ----------------------------------- Check out the entire AYCH Podcast Network! ► Caging Greatness - Nicolas Cage movie review Podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cagi…ss/id1553303334 ► AYCH Xtra - Home for even more AYCH shows! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aych…ra/id1649106629 ►►► Backlog Boyz: Video Game Discussion Podcast! ►►► Muscle Orchestra: Wrestling Podcast! ►►► The Instruction Booklet: Video Game History Podcast! ----------------------------------- Twitch Archive YT: www.youtube.com/channel/UCIy_QGERcQFsU52SgUleyEQ If you like what we're doing here, don't forget to leave us a review! You can also follow us on all of our social media below and tell us how we're doing: -- Twitter: @aychpodcast -- Instagram: aychpodcast -- Twitch: AllYouCanHear Leave us some suggestions in our Suggestion Box as well! goo.gl/forms/AHetCWQ2m7tHDigg1

Today on Salt Lake Dirt I welcome filmmaker David Flores. His short film Likeness has been on the festival circuit playing at LA Shorts, Chattanooga, and Hollyshorts. It will screen at the Sidewalk Film Festival in Birmingham, Alabama on Saturday August 26, 2023. Great film, great chat! Thanks for listening. Kyler --- Logline: "A young woman works with a digital copy of her mom to investigate the sudden disappearance of her real mom." --- Episode Links: IG: @davidfloreswrites Twitter/X: @dfloreswrites IMDb page Sidewalk Film Festival --- SLD Podcast Info: www.saltlakedirt.com Radio Broadcast every Monday on KPCR 101.9 FM Santa Cruz - 6PM - 8PM PST Listen on APPLE Podcasts Listen on SPOTIFY Instagram: @saltlakedirt

Chloe Cook talks about her 15 years as executive director of Sidewalk Film Festival, including opening a cinema in downtown Birmingham, pivoting during the pandemic and this year's festival at the end of August.

We are straight film gazing with our Fantasia International Film Festival (20th July - 9th August 2023) coverage on today's @EchoChamberFP https://www.instagram.com/echochamberfp/ episode! There are two feature films, a documentary, and three very different Short films! Today we have: A Disturbance In The Force Watch Review: Here. https://youtu.be/ezUq0x8Gxq0 Fantasia International Film Festival Saturday, 29th July 2023 at 14:30pm Sidewalk Film Festival: 27th August 2023 - Info: Here. https://www.goelevent.com/Sidewalk/e/ADisturbanceintheForce Sitges International Film Festival - Info: Here. https://sitgesfilmfestival.com/en Director: Jeremy Coon, Steve Kozak Cast: Kevin Smith, 'Weird Al' Yankovic, Seth Green, Bonnie Burton, Taran Killam Running Time: 93 min Cert: 15 Trailer: Here. https://youtu.be/ggfLZyO72u8 Website: Here. https://www.holidayspecialdoc.com/preview-1 ------------ Pruning Watch Review: Here. https://youtu.be/IlkGS1vdepQ Fantasia International Film Festival Sunday, 30th July 2023 at 16:00pm, World Premiere, Part of 'Born of Woman 2023' programme Director: Lola Blanc Cast: Madeline Brewer, Peyton Kennedy, Akilah Hughes, Ben Gleib, Anjali Bhimani, Jeremy Radin Running Time: 14 min Cert: 15 Trailer: Here. https://vimeo.com/690674263 Website: Here. https://lolablanc.com/directing/ ------------- Hundreds of Beavers Watch Review: Here. https://youtu.be/gW5i-vV8HS0 Fantasia International Film Festival Friday, 28th July 2023 at 21:20pm Monday, 31st July 2023 at 11:45am Octopus Film Festival: 11th August 2023 Popcorn Frights Film Festival: August 2023 Cinequest Film Festival: August 2023 Charlotte Film Festival: September 2023 Hell's Half Mile Film & Music Festival: September 2023 Cine Underground: October 2023 Film Fest Gent: October 2023 Cine Horror Festival: October 2023 Sitges International Film Festival: October 2023 - Info: Here. https://sitgesfilmfestival.com/en Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival: October 2023 Toronto After Dark: October 2023 Director: Mike Cheslik Cast: Ryland Brickson Cole Tews, Olivia Graves, Doug Mancheski, Wes Tank, Luis Rico, Jay Brown, Stephen Cervantes Running Time: 108 min Cert: 15 Trailer: Here. https://youtu.be/m39iu2YW-oM Website: Here. https://hundredsofbeavers.com/ ------------- Only Yourself To Blame Watch Review: Here. https://youtu.be/ZXZev85VWB8 Fantasia International Film Festival Sunday, 30th July 2023 at 16:00pm, World Premiere, Part of 'Born of Woman 2023' programme Director: Noomi Yates Cast: Ash Dawn Clarke, Pete Picton, Megan Purvis, Severine Simone Running Time: 9 min Cert: 15 Trailer: Here. https://www.epikpictures.co.uk/only-yourself-to-blame?wix-vod-video-id=c201597a89ac46d09faeb2ea2dcfb31b&wix-vod-comp-id=comp-jduewqsf Website: Here. https://www.epikpictures.co.uk/only-yourself-to-blame ------------ With Love and a Major Organ Watch Review: Here. https://youtu.be/BYph6VfQtlo Fantasia International Film Festival Saturday, 29th July 2023 at 22:00pm Director: Kim Albright Cast: Anna Maguire, Hamza Haq, Veena Sood, Donna Benedicto, Arghavan Jenati, Laara Sadiq, Ryan Beil, Kerën Burkett, Enid-Raye Adams, Miho Suzuki, Linda Pollard, Jennifer Copping, Ken Godmere, Michael Daingerfield Running Time: 91 min Cert: 15 Trailer: Here. https://youtu.be/OH5p2iy7fqo Website: Here. https://www.withloveandamajororgan.com/ ------------ Nian Watch Review: Here. https://youtu.be/Ik_RwZj7_mI Fantasia International Film Festival Sunday, 30th July 2023 at 16:00pm, World Premiere, Part of 'Born of Woman 2023' programme Director: Michelle Krusiec Cast: Lauren Mei, Dawn Akemi Saito, Ava DeVoe, Sophia Zavala, Grace Briella Wilcox, John Walcutt Running Time: 6 min Cert: 12a Trailer: Here. https://youtu.be/QvGO9OHUVcE Watch via Hulu: Here. https://www.hulu.com/series/bite-size-halloween-2b6c50a7-535b-4a37-9bf5-e075ab26a68b Website: Here. https://www.michellekrusiecdirects.com/projects/nian ------------- *(Music) 'Fantastic Voyage' by Coolio - 1994 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eftv/message

For the past 30 years, John has built Big with smart and savvy local, regional and national brand strategy alongside a passion for Birmingham revitalization. A proven public relations and public affairs strategist with a hands-on approach to agency deliverables, he is also a proud pioneer of the Magic City's cultural renaissance. He and his team support local flagship events and work in concert with multiple city-based initiatives — as well as statewide economic development campaigns — to shape Alabama's national image. John has earned numerous awards and recognitions including Leadership Birmingham in 2010, American Ad Fed's Birmingham Chapter Silver Medal in 2011, the Birmingham Business Journal Top 40 under 40 in 1998, and Ad Age Small Agency of the Year 2013. He serves on the Board of Directors for the Birmingham Museum of Art and the Sidewalk Film Festival and is a past board member for REV Birmingham. Additionally, he is an active member of the Kiwanis Club of Birmingham.

Anna is an award-winning documentary and commercial filmmaker, whose work focuses on the dynamism of the female identity and worlds unknown. Using documentary-style storytelling techniques, Anna's unique approach bridges the gap between commercial and intimate storytelling. Her documentary work has been screened at DOC NYC, Florida Film Festival, and Sidewalk Film Festival and has been awarded multiple Grand Jury and Audience Awards. She has worked dozens of brands and streaming platforms and you can see her work in Global Citizen, NowThis, COMPLEX, Vox Media, New Lab, Amogy, Modern Meadow, and most recently, Fujifilm.Topics discussed in this episode:- Finding unexpected stories- Partnering with Fujifilm- Creating personal work- Placing value on experience- Learning empathy through personal experience ...and much moreEPISODE LINKS:Anna's Website: annalouiseimagery.comAnna's Instagram: @annalouiseimageryNina Films: ninafilms.comNina Films Instagram: @heyninafilmsMORE ABOUT “NO SET PATH” Website: nosetpath.com Instagram: instagram.com/nosetpath YouTube: youtube.com/@nosetpathFOLLOW DREW ENGLISH Instagram: instagram.com/drewenglishh LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/drewenglish Twitter: twitter.com/thedrewenglish Website: drewenglish.com

“And I parked my car, I jumped out of the car, and this happy dog is springing around, and I laid down on the sidewalk because I know that they want submissive approaches. So I sat down and then I laid down, and then kind of did stuff so he'd come over and sniff me, and then I lightly grabbed the pup named Jazz, which was funny, and right as I was, like, laying on the sidewalk sprawled out, sprawled out like I'd just been hit in the head with a bat, this cop drives by. And he looks out and he sees me and he sees this dog, and he just keeps driving by. He didn't even stop, didn't say nothing, was like ‘not today, mm mm, not dealing with that weirdness.'” -- Van Gunter This week's the second half of my interview with voice artist, DJ, and sound engineer Van Gunter as we talk about some of Van's spookier experiences with sound, the value of social media when it comes to building a brand, and why he always keeps emergency dog treats and leashes in his car.As always, if you have questions for my guests, you're welcome to reach out through the links in the show notes. And if you have questions for me, visit www.audiobrandingpodcast.com where you'll find a lot of ways to get in touch. Plus, subscribing to the newsletter will let you know when the new podcasts are available. And if you're getting some value from listening, feel free to spread that around and share it with a friend, along with leaving an honest review. Both those things really help – and I'd love to feature your review on future podcasts. You can leave one either in written or in voice format from the podcast's main page. I would so appreciate that. Keeping Everything MovingThe second half of our interview starts with Van's account of some of the spooky audio phenomena that the acoustics of his studio, a converted church, can create. “It creates a lot of silence and weird pockets of sounds. There's so many times that I thought there were people here in the building, and it's totally empty.” Van offers his voiceover advice as a sound engineer and how he works to ease anxieties and helps sessions go more smoothly. “It's the respect and the simplicity of keeping communication,” he says, “but that's also teamwork... it's just keeping everything moving and flowing.” A Puppy Studio“I am a firm believer,” Van says, “in the power of the puppies.” We talk about how he and his wife work with rescue dogs and some of his most memorable adventures when it comes to helping animals, and he shares their volunteer work has taught him about “speaking canine,” a skill that's just as useful with humans as it is with dogs. "I love to speak canine because it does sweet things and we're a puppy studio," he explains. "Things melt away, anxiety melts, and people become whole again." Teamwork With a VengeanceAs our interview comes to a close, Van tells us about his latest projects, including what he calls a dangerously catchy new jingle. “We need to remember this time right now,” he playfully warns us, “because in a few weeks when this hits the air, you're going to want to hit me with a bat.” We also talk about his work at the Sidewalk Film Festival, which he calls a "teamwork with a vengeance experience.” Van credits his wife and their sixteen years of marriage for keeping him sane and talks about the important role social media plays in this day and age when it comes to branding. “I think we all need to get a little bit more active, if you want to, on social media. I certainly need to.” Episode SummaryHow building acoustics can create unsettling audio effects and illusionsVan's advice as an audio engineer when it comes to voiceoverHow “speaking canine” can be a...

Man! I feel like that don't impress me much. The third and final live recording from the 24th annual Sidewalk Film Festival, featuring... Phone a Friend (Tin-can & String Edition) "Speaking of family, his wife owns a yogurt franchise" What We're Watching: Mack & Rita; Rashomon; Bicycle Thieves; The Clock; Tokyo Story; Make Way For Tomorrow; Paths of Glory; Orphan: First Kill Hosted by your own personal cinematic Glamburger and Chocolate Hurricane! Music by Splash '96 Sponsored by Revelator Coffee

LIVE at the Sidewalk Cinema during the 24th annual Sidewalk Film Festival! (Part 2). Featuring... What's This Shit?!?! - What the hell kinda bank did you rob? Reflections... on the resurrection of MoviePass Hosted by your own personal cinematic Jeff Lebowski and Don Henley! Music by Splash '96 Sponsored by Revelator Coffee

Live-er than ever. Featuring: Five. Minute. Fight. - Bodies Bodies Bodies Audience Questions "We can't all own 3,000 movies." Recorded live by Boutwell Studios Music by Splash '96 Sponsored by Revelator Coffee

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New friend of the show James Brown is here to discuss the penultimate episode of Better Call Saul, but first he reminds you to support the eclectic and long-running Sidewalk Film Festival, which runs from August 22-29 in Birmingham, Alabama—now for its 24th year! Meanwhile, Kim tries to mind her own business but Gene spins further and further out of control. Is the protagonist of this series too self-destructive to root for? How about that Jesse cameo? And what's up with Miracle Whip? Join us in wondering what happens next, for the very last time. Sidewalk Film Festival: https://www.sidewalkfest.com

From Michigan to Hollywood, Maegan Houang talks with Joshua and Ben to share her creative journey and pull back the curtain on what it's like to work in Hollywood, build a career in film, and share how much money you need to live as a writer and director. Maegan Houang is a writer/director interested in exploring the crushing absurdity of the human condition. She recently released two new music videos for Mitski. She is a story editor on Shōgun (FX) and previously served as a staff writer on Season Two of Counterpart (Starz/MRC). She also co-wrote the feature film Jamojaya directed by Justin Chon (Blue Bayou, Gook) starring Indonesian rapper Rich Brian. In 2018, she received a VSCO Voices Creator Grant from Access Ventures to direct a short film she wrote In Full Bloom starring Kieu Chinh (The Joy Luck Club). The film premiered online on Short of the Week and played at numerous film festivals including Fantastic Fest, Atlanta Film Festival, Oak Cliff, Hollyshorts, New Orleans, LAAPFF and Sidewalk Film Festival. She is currently in post on a new short film Astonishing Little Feet. Maegan has also directed music videos for artists such as Mitski, Vagabon, Charly Bliss, Hana Vu, Chastity Belt and Skylar Spence. Her videos have been recognized by SXSW, Noisey, Fact Magazine, UKMVAs, Stereogum, Pitchfork, Raindance Film Festival, Vimeo Staff Picks and Videostatic. Her work primarily focuses on the complexity of the Asian-American experience, intergenerational trauma and her own experience living as a mixed-race American. Watch some of Maegan's work here: https://maeganhouang.com/

Rachel DeCruz, Jeremy Levine and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new Sundance film The Panola Project, convenience stores, persistent grace, poverty and racism and real change, relationships, and the absence of shame and why community matters.For more info on the film and to WATCH it head here.Synopsis:The Panola Project highlights the heroic efforts of Dorothy Oliver to keep her small town of Panola, Alabama safe from COVID-19. Dorothy runs a makeshift vaccine coordination center from the convenience store she runs out of a mobile home. Today, nearly 99% of adults in her town have received the shot in a state with one of the lowest vaccination rates in the country. The Panola Project illuminates how an often-overlooked rural Black community comes together in creative ways to survive.About Rachel and Jeremy:Rachel DeCruz is a Black woman with a complex family history related to race, her work centers on how race impacts people's ability to navigate systems. Nine, her feature debut, will examine the deep bond between two men who met in prison and how their love gives them the strength to fight for justice. The film was an official selection of the 2021 Big Sky Pitch and received a development grant from the Ford Foundation.DeCruz is the director of The Panola Project, a short film highlighting the heroic efforts of Dorothy Oliver to keep her small town of Panola, Alabama safe from COVID-19. The film was released with The New Yorker, featured on MSNBC's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell and Morning Joe and written about in numerous publications including USA Today, The Los Angeles Times, and Business Insider. The film received hundreds of thousands of social interactions, with posts from figures like Margaret Atwood, Ibram X. Kendi, and Dr. Tom Frieden, the former director of the CDC during the Obama Administration. The Panola Project received Audience Awards at GlobeDocs and the Sidewalk Film Festival, where Dorothy was honored with the Spirit of Sidewalk award.Jeremy S. Levine's films explore race, class, and trauma, and seek to unearth buried tragedies in a society in active denial of its own past. An Emmy award-winning filmmaker and two-time Sundance Institute fellow, his work has screened at over one hundred film festivals around the world including the Berlinale, Tribeca, and Sundance, streamed on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Sundance Now, and Hulu, broadcast nationally in nine countries, and received over a dozen festival awards.In 2008, Levine co-founded the Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective (BFC), a community of professional filmmakers dedicated to collaboration and mutual support. He is currently developing projects exploring issues including the criminal justice system, the unresolved legacy of white supremacy, forced separation, and the representation of mental health in horror films.Image Copyright and Credit: Rachel DeCruz and Jeremy LevineF2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck's podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here.With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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In this episode we will introduce Regina Hoyles to you. We will discuss everything from women in film to different paths to making a dream a reality. Regina Hoyles was born and raised in the south suburbs of Chicago, IL, Regina Hoyles is an award-winning actor, writer, and producer who got her start in the entertainment industry as early as nine years old. She is a graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts where she received her BFA in Drama and minored in the Business of Entertainment. Regina created NAPS, an original web series which screened at festivals such as the NYC Webfest and NYU's Fusion Film Festival. Regina wrote, produced, directed, and starred in her first short film entitled ADULLAM which premiered as an official selection in the 2020 Bentonville Film Festival and is now airing on REVOLT TV's anthology series, “Short and Fresh”. Adullam was awarded Best Black Lens Film at the 2020 Sidewalk Film Festival as well as Best Narrative Film in the 2020 Argo's Untold Stories Short Film Awards. She is the Founder/Producer of her production company RLH Productions, which serves to highlight the work of emerging artists of color, particularly amplifying Black voices and all their complexities across genres. She produced the short film TENDER (dir. Felicia Pride) which received the Lionsgate/STARZ Producer Award at the Blackstar Film Festival. As an actor, she can be seen featured on shows such as THE MARVELOUS MS. MAISEL (Amazon), THE CHI (Showtime), ALL RISE (CBS) and  9-1-1: LONE STAR (FOX). Regina is currently based in Los Angeles, CA.Regina HoylesAdullamHosts: Layne Marie Williams & Kat GorospeShow Sponsor:Filmcraft Studio Gear Our partnerships and collaborations are at the heart of everything we do! We build premium chairs.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Graphics/Logo: Brynne WasselMusic By: Devin Delaney & Noisefloor LTD

Call it alchemy or magic or voodoo, it's a powerful thing when sound design meets amazing images to create kickass animation. As Senior Director / Animator at Big Communications, it's Ali Clark's job to create and execute killer animation for her clients. Ali came by for a visit with Lane McGiboney, Van Gunter and Kelley Buttrick to share some secrets about how she creates her magic.   Ali has executive produced documentaries, directed music videos and has worked with sound, video and animation for more than 10 years. She shares how she learned to harness the power of audio in the creative process. In a recent project for the Sidewalk Film Festival Ali worked with the Boutwell Studios team to create a Sponsor Trailer starting with audio and building the images around the sound.   Audio in animation projects is important as well because animation is so contingent on timing. Sometimes a piece of music influences the timing of the animation based on the BPM or rhythms and whatever might already currently be embedded to the music. You're animating to what already exists because it feels right. You can also create a soundscape and then animate to that and rather than creating timings and pacing around what's already existent in a piece of music.   Sound and music is incredibly powerful. It has the ability to take over our emotions and lead us in a direction. It paints a picture for you; it fills in the gaps. Sound design makes the visuals feel alive and real. You don't realize how amazing sound is until someone puts the right sound to the thing that you're working on. It tells a story all on its own. It gives you a bigger picture of the world and it fills in the gaps. Whether it's in advertising, creative projects, documentaries and animation, we're telling stories, communicating, emotions and feelings.   Ali and the Boutwell team are huge supporters of Birmingham's Sidewalk Film Festival. It brings diverse people from the community together every year for a weekend celebrating independent film and creativity. People from all over the world to experience the southern charm and creativity that is alive in Birmingham.   Read the full transcript here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/4bn1qk023weotb2/SOUNDS%20CREATIVE%20-%20ALI%20CLARK%20-%20MIX_REV2.mp3.docx?dl=0   You can see the Sidewalk Sponsor trailer that we talked about on the podcast on the Boutwell Studio's website, Boutwellstudios.com. Special thanks to Lane McGiboney and Van Gunter for being a part of this fun conversation. And of course, to Brad Lyons for creating the wonderful music that you hear.   For more on the world of audio branding and sound design, subscribe to the Sounds Creative podcast at https://soundscreative.libsyn.com/. If you liked this episode, please share it with your friends.  Boutwell Studios, Podcast Division. Your words. Our Expertise.  

Bradford Thomason is one half of the filmmaking duo, Window Pictures. They’ve made several feature length documentaries over the years which have played at Birmingham, Alabama’s Sidewalk Film Festival, and Park City, Utah's Slam Dance.  Bradford was co-director for the movie, Jasper Mall, and has edited all of their films. In this episode I chat with Brad about his documentary work, his music, and how he and his creative partner transitioned from working as Deejays to becoming documentary filmmakers. 

When I asked the founders of the Atlanta Actors Collective what they hoped the future of their organization would be, Kevon Pryce didn’t hesitate, “I want to take over the world. I want us to be THE Actors Collective.” It is clear throughout our conversation that it isn’t for any kind of self-aggrandizement purposes that he says this. He, along with Sarah Toran and Rashal James, started the AAC to create a community for actors and creatives based in the Atlanta market. Their goal was, and still is, to strengthen the sense of community and to provide the resources and help that they didn’t have when they moved to Atlanta. It is clear when talking to these young people, they believe that in helping each other we all succeed. As they say, “There’s power in collaboration. There’s power in community.” Sarah Toran is a model, actor and voiceover artist from Chicago, IL; where she trained at Second City. She moved to Atlanta to continue to pursue her acting career in a warmer climate. She has met so many other talented creatives in the tv & film industry through classes, intensives, workshops, events and of course on-set. She has been in numerous short films and television shows and is excited about the new projects she is working on. Kevon Pryce is a writer and filmmaker based in Atlanta, Georgia. He writes film news, short stories, poems, and screenplays. His films have screened at festivals across the southeast such as Atlanta Film Festival, Rome International Film Festival, and Sidewalk Film Festival. Rashal James is a trained Actor/Voice Actor from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Originally starting out in the music industry as a rapper he then decided to pursue a career in film. He trained with a few instructors and soon found like-minded individuals who shared his enthusiasm for acting and helping other actors find resources to hone their skills. Catch Rashal’s work on Disney +, The CW, and Lifetime Movie Network. Together they co-founded the Atlanta Actors Collective. A group focused on building relationships between tv & film industry creatives and is an informational resource for the acting community in Atlanta. If you want to find out more about the Atlanta Actors Collective: Follow them on IG @atlantaactorscollective https://www.facebook.com/atlantaactorscollective If you want to chat or ask questions about the episode go to FB: https://www.facebook.com/tarmeydanielle/ and visit the group site. Follow me on IG @tarmeydanielle on Twitter @TarmeyDanielle

In this special Episode, Dayna sits down with award winning director Ondi Timoner, to talk about her latest documentary film, Coming Clean, which addresses the opioid crisis happening in the country right now. Coming Clean recently premiered at the Bentonville Film Festival, and is will be making it's way through other film fests this year. Learn more about those dates and other details on the film by visiting the movie website: ComingCleanMovie.comCheck out the full cast Q&A special at the Sidewalk Film Festival on Facebook Live this Friday, August 28, at 12p PT/3p ET. Follow the link here. Coming Clean is brought to by Interloper Films. --If you're just tuning in, or haven't listened in a while, Radio Rehab is a Podcast Show hosted by Radio Personality Dayna Keyes. Each Episode, Dayna has a wide variety of conversations. She shares stories, welcome Guests, and discuss topics around her experiences with addiction and recovery. Along with occasional RR Entertainment Entertainment Drop, talking movies, television, music, comedy & everything in between.--To contact Dayna & Radio Rehab:Email - RadioRehab@Go-ToProductions.comFacebook, Instagram & Twitter - @RadioRehabDaynaText & Voicemail - 415-496-9511Radio Rehab is brought to you by Go-To Productions, for more information visit www.Go-ToProductions.com

Sidewalk Film Festival creative director and lead programmer Rachel Morgan on how the festival's new drive-in format works, if they will include drive-in screenings at future festivals, how artists have responded to the change and what the future holds for the festival and the Sidewalk's new art house theater. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week's Deuce, Dayna & Producer Char talk about their takeaways from their guest, Filmmaker Ondi Timoner. And they give their thoughts on her film Coming Clean. Learn more about upcoming screening dates and other details on the film by visiting the movie website: ComingCleanMovie.comCheck out the full cast Q&A special at the Sidewalk Film Festival on Facebook Live this Friday, August 28, at 12p PT/3p ET. Follow the link here. Coming Clean is brought to by Interloper Films. --If you're just tuning in, or haven't listened in a while, Radio Rehab is a Podcast Show hosted by Radio Personality Dayna Keyes. Each Episode, Dayna has a wide variety of conversations. She shares stories, welcome Guests, and discuss topics around her experiences with addiction and recovery. Along with occasional RR Entertainment Entertainment Drop, talking movies, television, music, comedy & everything in between.--To contact Dayna & Radio Rehab:Email - RadioRehab@Go-ToProductions.comFacebook, Instagram & Twitter - @RadioRehabDaynaText & Voicemail - 415-496-9511Radio Rehab is brought to you by Go-To Productions, for more information visit www.Go-ToProductions.com

George Chen spoke with directors Puloma Basu and Rob Hatch-Miller about their 2019 film, Other Music.Other Music was a record store in New York for twenty years and a played a central role in the life of the city’s music scene. The store closed in 2016 and this documentary captures the last month and a half of the store’s activity, with former employees, fans, and musicians all showing up to pay their respects. There are interviews and guest appearances from Martin Gore of Depeche Mode, Jason Schwartzmann, Regina Spektor, William Basinski, Tunde Adebimpe, Cornelius, and Benicio Del Toro. More than the famous talking heads, this feels like a vital reminder of the before-times, a celebration of community. The film's release plans had to be altered with the COVID19 quarantine, so instead Other Music has a special online release for a limited time starting April 17th. A "Virtual Cinema release" through Factory25, part of the profitsare being channeled to record stores, book stores, movie theaters, and other retailers shuttered due the the pandemic. Each partner has a custom URL to rent through; find a store you want to support here!Puloma Basu was born in Buffalo, NY and raised in Kolkata, India. She began her career in film working on Mira Nair's The Namesake and has since worked on numerous TV shows including Bored To Death and Flight Of The Conchords and feature films such as St. Vincent and The Meyerowitz Stories. She and her husband Rob Hatch-Miller directed and produced season one of the standup comedy TV series Night Train With Wyatt Cenac for NBCUniversal's digital platform Seeso. Together they've also directed music videos for artists including Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings and Aimee Mann. This is Puloma's first feature film as a director.While studying Film & TV at NYU's Tisch School Of The Arts, Rob Hatch-Miller began a life-changing job as a staff member at Other Music. Rob has worked on numerous documentary features including Laura Poitras' The Oath and Eugene Jarecki's The House I LiveIn. He directed and produced the soul music documentary feature Syl Johnson: Any Way The Wind Blows, which won the Best Documentary Jury Prize at the 2016 Sidewalk Film Festival and the Best Documentary Audience Award at the 2015 Indie Memphis Film Festival. Rob has also produced numerous music videos, an episode of Adult Swim's Infomercials TV series and dozens of web comedy shorts for Funny Or Die including Hillary Clinton: Between Two Ferns With Zach Galifianakas.Follow Other Music on:Twitter: @OtherMusicDocInstagram: @othermusicdocFollow Sup Doc on:Twitter: @supdocpodcastInstagram: @supdocpodcastFacebook: @supdocpodcastsign up for our mailing listYou can support Sup Doc on Patreon.

Episode 34 of the official Sidewalk podcast, hosted by your own personal Chris, Liam, and Luke! Recorded, edited, and mixed by the audio wizards of Boutwell Studios in Birmingham, Alabama. 00:00 Intro 00:37 - 5 Minute Fight - Johnny Depp 07:25 - What We're Watching Charlie - Narcos Season 5 Rachel - Joker / Judy 12:50 - Film History Minute with Charlie Brown - TOTAL RECALL "This is the way Sharon Stone is in real life, too" 18:20 - QUEEN OF LAPA directors Carolina Monnerat and Theodore Collatos at the 2019 Sidewalk Film Festival - interview by Brighid Wheeler 40:25 - Outro Cover image: Gettyimages | Albert L. Ortega

Grace Kim is a Korean-American filmmaker and writer who uses absurdist and surrealist premises in film as a vehicle for sowing empathy. Dropping audiences into the otherworldly circumstances of her characters, she seeks to reflect to viewers their own humanity. If one is able to resonate with the loneliness of say, a man desperate for love after hearing a woman's voice on the other side of a banana phone, could human empathy not transcend arbitrary boundaries of race, gender, class, and beyond? ​Currently, Grace is in development for an animated TV series about climate change, The Grand Tammy, which was a second rounder for the Sundance Episodic Lab. She is a Viacom Viewfinder Program fellow and recently shadowed director/executive producer Dime Davis on the Paramount TV series Boomerang, executive produced by Lena Waithe and Halle Berry. In addition to television, Grace is a Picture Farm Directing Program fellow for female commercial directors. Grace's award-winning short films have screened at the Hamptons International Film Festival, Tall Grass Film Festival, and Sidewalk Film Festival amongst others. Her debut short Loveseat was a finalist for the Horizon Award at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and the Loveseat script was a quarterfinalist for the Screen Craft Short Film Fund. The script for her latest project Fissura was a finalist for the Cascadia International Women's Film Festival Script Studio as well as one of the top 100 submissions for the Shift Creative Fund. Grace was also a part of Ghetto Film School's EMERGE8 semi-finalists for their inaugural emerging directors program. Her work has been supported by the NYC Women's Fund funded by the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment and NYFA. Her upcoming projects include Heart Tick Kaboom, a short film commissioned by Atlanta Film Society for the Hartsfield-Jackson Airport which will screen on the 500 screens throughout the airport starting in April 2020 and a narrative dance film, Fissura, which is slated to shoot in September 2020 and is supported in part by the Brooklyn Arts Council. ​Grace currently splits her time between the brownstones of Brooklyn and the sunny shores of Los Angeles. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coronachronicles/support

Episode 32 of the official Sidewalk podcast, hosted by your very own cinematic Chandler and Joey! Recorded, edited, and mixed by the audio wizards of Boutwell Studios in Birmingham, Alabama. 00:49 - 5 Minute Fight - Timothée Chalamet 08:09 - What We're Watching: Rachel: Punch Drunk Love + PTA Surprise Q&A Corey: Charlie Chaplin's Monsieur Verdoux 14:55 - Phone a Friend with Lisa 23:11 - Film Minute History w/ Charlie Brown Sanders III - BERNIE 27:04 - "Jeremiah" Filmmaker Kenya Gillespie Interviewed at the 2019 Sidewalk Film Festival - interview by Melodie Sisk 32:15 - Fast Film Terms - Day player 33:00 What's This Shit?? - Jamie Foxx wearing Dahmer glasses, Tom Cruise with beautiful silver daddy hair

Episode 30 of the official Sidewalk podcast, hosted by your very own cinematic... Greta? Lulu? ...Quentin? Uma? Recorded, edited, and mixed by the audio wizards of Boutwell Studios in Birmingham, Alabama. 00:53 5 Minute Fight - BOMBSHELL 07:50 What We're Watching Corey - FOR SOMA Rachel - WAVES 16:15 What's This Shit?! Kevin Costner, baseball, lots of close ups, John C. Reilly #thighcruncher 21:24 Fast Film Term - Room Tone 23:36 Reflections - 2020 Oscar Nominations 40:50 MAPPLETHORPE director Ondi Timoner live from the 2019 Sidewalk Film Festival - interview by Melodie Sisk 1:00:28 Film History Minute with Charlie Brown: NETWORK 01:05:27 Outros

LIVE from the Sidewalk Film Festival PT. 2 - Did Kate take off all her clothes and attack our guests at the door? Join us and find out as Ladies Horror Night presents *The 2019 LADIES HORROR NIGHT HORROR HOTTIES WET DREAM CHAMPIONSHIP* a March Madness bracket they actually give a shit about, featuring all your favorite crushes, Gary Oldman, Tim Curry, Devon Sawa, Jennifer Tilly and fucking AALIYAH! *** SIDEWALK FILM FESTIVAL - www.sidewalkfest.com LEAH SHORE - www.leahshore.com OUTRO SONG, RA "CRAZY LITTLE VOICES" - www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS3tJeASgvQ

In this episode of In and Out of Frame we discuss all the movies we saw at the 21st annual Sidewalk Film Festival and spotlight two of our favorite movies- Jennifer Kent's The Nightingale and Peter Strickland's In Fabric.

In this very special episode, we are coming to you LIVE from the Sidewalk Film Festival in Birmingham, Alabama. Joining us is filmmaker and general freak of the week, Leah Shore as we recap Katt Shea’s THE RAGE: CARRIE 2. We’re talking rape culture, soft-butch jocks, White Zombie locker flare, and the least hot brother on Home Improvement. What is overlooked by many as a throwaway teen slasher from the 90s, THE RAGE proves to be a timely comment on rape culture and the insidious institutions that protect the men that commit these crimes, all while having a killer soundtrack, epic 90s fashion, and some very sweet revenge. *** SIDEWALK FILM FESTIVAL - https://www.sidewalkfest.com LEAH SHORE - https://www.leahshore.com OUTRO SONG, RA "CRAZY LITTLE VOICES" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS3tJeASgvQ

Sammy Chester and Will Seamon are joined by Av Sinensky to discuss new releases of August 2019 and Blinded by the Light, as well as their favorite box office bombs. 1:50 Sidewalk Film Festival (incl. The Nightingale) 14:00 New Releases (incl. Good Boys and Ready or Not?) 25:33 Luce 35:55 Blinded by the Light 59:46 […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Sammy Chester and Will Seamon are joined by Av Sinensky to discuss new releases of August 2019 and Blinded by the Light, as well as their favorite box office bombs. 1:50 Sidewalk Film Festival (incl. The Nightingale) 14:00 New Releases (incl. Good Boys and Ready or Not?) 25:33 Luce 35:55 Blinded by the Light 59:46 […]

Sammy Chester and Will Seamon are joined by Av Sinensky to discuss new releases of August 2019 and Blinded by the Light, as well as their favorite box office bombs. 0:00 Intro 1:50 Sidewalk Film Festival (incl. The Nightingale) 14:00 New Releases (incl. Good Boys and Ready or Not?) 25:33 Luce 35:55 Blinded by the Light 59:46 Favorite Box Office Bombs 1:10:29 Classics Corner

In which our heroes highlight some shorts worth checking out at this week’s Sidewalk Film Festival. [w/ special guest Lily Siegel]Plus: Rugrat Roundtable on “Unicorn Store!”

Sidewalk Film Festival features programmer, Corey Craft, drops by Corey Craft drops by to preview the 21st Sidewalk Film Festival and discuss the opening of the organization's new movie theater. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Talking about what films I would like to see. What the festival is all about and learning about and enjoying our local area.

Birmingham’s First United Methodist Church will screen “Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone” episode June 15 as part of the Sidewalk Film Festival and the SHOUT LGBTQ festival. Alabama Public Television will not air the episode. Joining the podcast to discuss is Rev. R.G. Wilson-Lyons, pastor at Birmingham’s First United Methodist Church.

Born to a Nigerian father and Ivorian mother in Guymon, Oklahoma, Gladys Edeh has always been a lover of the arts right from the age of 13. Her love affair for film blossomed after watching the 1980’s movie classic, "The God's Must be Crazy" with her dad. Her dream was to attend film school and begin her life as a filmmaker, but her father had other plans and wanted her to pursue a degree that would provide better job prospects. She moved from Kano State, Nigeria to Atlanta, GA in 1995 and attained a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems with a minor in Film Studies at Kennesaw State University. Upon graduation, even though she worked in IT full time, she became an active member of the film community in the Atlanta area and participated in every film or video project she could find and performed in several roles such as a boom operator, background actor, production coordinator., production manager, etc. But in 2008, she formed KokoAtDawn Productions and produced her very first short film, ‘But Mamah’ which was screened at the Landmark Midtown Art Cinema in Atlanta, GA during the 48 Hour Film Project that year. In 2009, the film got selected to be part of the ION Film Festival which was hosted in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.   In subsequent years, she went on to produce fictional short films such as A Day in A Life, Go Fish, Lost Memory and Solemates. In 2012, she began to focus more on the documentary style of filmmaking which led to her directing, producing, filming and editing short form content for the web. This led to opportunities to capture celebrities such as Afrobeats singer and songwriter Lagbaja, AfroJazz/Folk Soul artist, Tosinger, British-Nigerian actor Wale Ojo, and Deyemi Okanlawon, a Nollywood Actor, and a host of other artists. Her latest short film, Mr. Gele: The Man.The Story.The Craft gave her access to profile the talented African headgear mastermind, Mr. Hakeem Oluwasegun Olaleye, also referred to as Segun Gele. “Mr. Gele” which is currently in the film festival circuit has been an official selection in the Sidewalk Film Festival, Cleveland Film Festival, African World Film Festival, CineOdyssey Film Festival, African New York Film Festival and the BronzeLens Film Festival where it received a nomination for Best Short in the Short Documentary category. It is also now airing on the Africa's first Global Black Entertainment & Lifestyle network, EbonyLife TV to over 49 countries in Africa.   As a filmmaker with an African heritage, one of her goals is to produce documentaries that showcase the multifaceted lifestyles and untold stories of Africans living in the diaspora. Her films are meant to capture, celebrate and share these stories that normally do not get the light of day on the global stage. She is currently working on creating a 13-episode documentary TV series, a fictional short film and a feature documentary. Gladys Edeh has been a resident of Atlanta, Georgia for over 20 years and currently lives with her husband and two kids.  

Nance Klehm, Radical Ecologist — Eiren Caffall is a writer and musician based in Chicago, born in New York, and raised in New England. She has been the recipient of a Social Justice News Nexus fellowship in environmental journalism at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism and a Frontline: Environmental Reportage residency at The Banff Centre for the Arts, studying with Naomi Klein. Her work on loss and nature, glaciers and extinction has appeared in The Rumpus, The Chicago Reader, Tikkun Daily, The Nervous Breakdown, The Manifest Station, Punk Planet, the book The Time After, and the forthcoming collection 21/21Chicago. She has also released three albums of original music, Prairie Music, Civil Twilight, and Slipping the Holdfast. Her work has been adapted into the short film Become Ocean, which was accepted into the Sidewalk Film Festival and the Wild and Scenic film festival in 2018.

SPECIAL HALLOWEEN EPISODE: Boston-based filmmaker and photographer J.P. DISCISCIO, director of the spectacular horror short BLOODY HENRY, joins the show for a lively discussion of the horror genre.    BLOODY HENRY was an official selection at the Independent Film Festival Boston, The Another Hole in the Head Film Festival, the Sidewalk Film Festival and PostMortem Short Film Fest.    Visit www.overduefilms.org for a generous selection of J.P.’s short films, music videos, and other work.    Soundtrack excerpts from NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD: Public Domain   Also contains excerpts from the theatrical trailers for HOMICIDAL (1961), CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST (1980), and MARTIN (1978)   Opening instrumental music: “Nea Praxis - Frank Riddick” by Lloyd Rogers, performed by the Cartesian Reunion Memorial Orchestra. Creative Commons License: Public Domain Mark 1.0. freemusicarchive.org   "Bye Bye Celluloid" theme by Brad Glanden   All original content: Copyright 2018 Brad Glanden. All rights reserved

Two stories from our most recent live event with the Sidewalk Film Festival, each deserving to be a movie in its own right. A young man goes on a wilderness adventure with his best friend, and a young girl hits the high seas with her dad.Learn more about Justin Fisher: Justin’s Twitter | Justin’s Instagram | Justin’s WebsiteLearn more about Emily Best: Emily’s Twitter | Emily’s Instagram | Seed and SparkLearn more about Chris Kinsley: Chris' Twitter | Chris' Instagram | Chris' FacebookGet tickets and info for our next live event: Humiliated: Stories of EmbarrassmentRate and Review: Apple PodcastsSubscribe to Episodes: iTunes | AndroidFollow Us: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

In which our heroes sing the praises of Stanley Kubrick's sci-fi masterpiece on the 50th Anniversary of its release, briefly discuss "Leave No Trace," and give a rundown of favorite films from the 20th Sidewalk Film Festival. [w/ special guest Jeremy Burgess]Plus: "Mile 22" gets the Blakesploitation treatment!

Jon got a chance to experience the Sidewalk Film Festival this past weekend.  He talks about his experience there and the guys also touch on some of the more tragic events of this past weekend and talk about how much they wish they had a silky, smooth radio voice. This is unscripted, real conversation. This is what happens off the air. This is Off the Record. 0:48 - Jon talks about the pros and cons of his first Sidewalk Film Festival. (the picture from today's podcast is from the documentary "Wrestle") 4:12 - Tim talks about wanting to attend South by Southwest and Jon is skeptical of some of the screenings there. 5:19 - Jon and Tim discuss the shooting in Jacksonville at a Madden 19 tournament and how ignorant people are that blame video games for the world's problems. 10:05 - Jon talks about the start of the high school football season and how cool it is that Alabama was prominently featured on ESPN. 13:47 - Jon and Tim talk about the work that goes in to making JoxPreps happen each day and how it's used as a way to make high school football more visible to the casual sports fan. 16:18 - Tim doesn't see how Jon keeps things kept up with JoxPreps. Jon just says he does what he loves with high school sports. 17:55 - Our "AJ Question of the Day": **Most people can't stand to hear their own voice. Have you ever had a moment where you heard yourself and thought 'Oh my word, that's my voice?'** 24:31 - Jon talks about how the first weekend of college football is actually much more relaxing than the weekends before football. The intro song today is "Together" by Marshmello.

In which our heroes grill a Sidewalk Film Festival feature programmer for assistance as a cat mercilessly prowls in the background. [w/ special guest Corey Craft]

In which our heroes sit down with the brains behind new experimental short, "Space Wind," premiering August 26th at Sidewalk Film Festival, and then talk Spike Lee's new wild ride, "BlacKkKlansman." [w/ special guests Véronique Vanblaere & Rebecca Pugh]Plus: Poppy Take on "Honey, I Shrunk The Kids!"

Shasha and I talk about her new film Take Light, the power crisis in Nigeria, poverty, corruption, Illegal electricians, suffering and smiling, hope and the legacy of colonialism. Watch the Trailer here. Synopsis Over 50 per cent of Nigeria's nearly 200 million citizens don't have access to electricity. For Africa's largest energy producer and most populous nation, that number is shocking. Those dependent on the unreliable grid are limited to a few hours of power a day at best. Taking matters into their own hands, many households illegally and dangerously wire their homes by tampering with transformers. While a bungling bureaucracy attempts to privatize the electrical system, an electrician risks his life on power poles, trying to provide for his daughter's education. His colleague in customer service has the more difficult task of going door to door collecting fees from disgruntled customers. The problems are complex and systemic, but director Shasha Nakhai delicately balances the big picture of a country trying to advance its development with the compelling stories of blue-collar workers attempting to make better lives for their families.  Biography Shasha Nakhai is a filmmaker based out of Toronto with Compy Films and Storyline Entertainment. Her award-winning films have screened at festivals and aired on TV worldwide, been released on iTunes, gone viral and been awarded Vimeo Staff Pick and Short of the Week. Her last film with partner Rich Williamson, Frame 394, was shortlisted for the 2017 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short and was part of the CBC’s new Digital Doc Shorts initiative. It had its world premiere at the 2016 Hot Docs Film Festival, and went on to win Best Canadian Short at NorthwestFest, Best Documentary Short at the Rhode Island Int’l Film Festival, Best Documentary Short at the Sidewalk Film Festival, the Audience Award for Best Documentary Short at the New Orleans Film Festival, and Best Documentary at the Charleston Film Festival. It was named one of TIFF’s Top 10 Films of 2016, and was nominated for 2 Canadian Screen Awards. Shasha was 1 of 8 emerging producers selected for the DOC Institute’s Breakthrough Program in 2015, and was awarded Telefilm Canada’s Pay It Forward Prize as part of the Hot Docs Film Festival’s Don Haig Award. Take Light is her first feature documentary. She also has a deep love for interactive storytelling, working as a brand ambassador for PlayStation for 8 years, and having been selected as the inaugural recipient of WIFT's Ubisoft Toronto Producer Mentorship program. She recently collaborated with DimensionGate on her first virtual reality project, Take Light VR. Having graduated from Ryerson University's Broadcast Journalism program, Shasha was born in the Philippines, grew up in Nigeria and came to Canada as an international student in 2003 To learn more about the film visit the site here. ---------- Image Copyright: Storyline and Shasha Nakhai. Used with permission. For more information about my podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit my site here. With thanks to producer Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In which our heroes seek answers about the festival's 20th anniversary and the forthcoming Sidewalk Cinema, an arthouse haven for troubled film addicts. [w/ special guest Rachel Morgan]Plus: Mommy/Poppy Take on "My Little Pony: The Movie!"

In which our heroes gush over the 40th anniversary re-release of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and share some of the highlights of their 2017 Sidewalk Film Festival experience.Plus: Poppy Take on "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them!"

In which our hero (one is sick!) talks this week's news about MoviePass, and receives scheduling help from a Sidewalk Film Festival feature programmer. [ft. Corey Craft]Plus: Ultra Mega Poppy Take on "Song of the Sea," "Fantasia," "Fantasia 2000," and "The Princess Bride!"

Fur Ball, Theater, Movies and Politics all in Two Hours Today -2016-10-30 Nathan made his feature film debut with “Nate & Margaret” (Co-Wrote/Produced/Directed). It sold for worldwide distribution prior to completion. It also received a commendatory review from Roger Ebert. Nathan acted in Joe Swanberg’s early films and IFC series, “Young American Bodies” and appeared in Frank V. Ross’s “Audrey the Trainwreck”, in addition to making a handful of award-winning short films. He also co-created and directed a TV pilot, “Bad Sides”, which was a finalist in the Chicago Comedy TV Pilot Competition. His first leading role in the film, “Blackmail Boys”, won various film festival awards and sold for worldwide distribution. His short film “Cock N’ Bull” was selected to screen in the 2013 Outfest Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival, which he also acted in. In 2014, his short “Grown This Way” won a best film award in Outfest’s Fusion Lab. In April of 2015, Nathan wrapped up directing his second feature film, “Miles”. The story centers around a high school senior who joins the girls volleyball team in hopes of winning a college scholarship after his father’s untimely death. It stars Molly Shannon, Paul Reiser, Missi Pyle, Tim Boardman, Annie Golden, Yeardley Smith and Stephen Root. In 2016, “Miles” has won Audience Choice Awards at both Outfest and the Sidewalk Film Festival.   ———————   Our 16th Annual FurrBall Auction, Dinner and Dance is going to be at the new Grand Davenport Hotel on Saturday, November 21, 2015- from 6-11pm. This elegant but fun event brings together community and animal lovers to raise funds to help our homeless animals and celebrates the human-animal bond that the Spokane Humane Society has been cultivating in Spokane since 1897. · Social Hour · Silent Auction · Dinner · Live Auction of Fully Decorated, Themed Christmas Trees · Two Parades of Adoptable Animals · Dance to Jazz Northwest The Spokane Humane Society is a non-profit organization that provides love and a temporary home for unwanted pets that have been surrendered by their owners as well as abandoned animals and strays transferred from other shelters. The average cost of caring for one animal is $468 monthly. This cost includes spaying or neutering, micro-chipping, current vaccinations/medications, food, shelter, and sometimes a toy. We rely solely on community support to help us care for these animals. Seating is limited. Buy your tickets now – $125 per guest. This event sold out in 2014. Please call Jennifer Anderson for tickets and more information. 509-467-5235 ext. 212 or purchase online at www.spokanehumanesociety.org ————————- Stacy Cossey is currently the volunteer Spokane Organizer for WAmend.  She was an active signature gatherer in last year’s campaign and this year is organizing volunteers as well as signature gathering.  She is a member of the Steering Committee and Executive Committee. Stacy was a Financial Consultant for 27 years at a major Wall Street firm.  It was the  sub-prime crisis that helped her see the game behind Wall Street’s hype which inspired her to get all of her clients out of the market before the 08-09 crash.  Coming to terms with a reality that was significantly different than the story Wall Street has told was personally and professionally profound. Now she feels political activism and her personal spiritual journey is the best therapy for the world we live in.Initiative 735 will make Washington the 18th state to ask Congress to overturn Citizens United. — We are a local grassroots movement with no big out-of-state donors. Initiative 735 doesn’t change the tax code and won’t affect your wallet. It’s about taking a principled stand to take power over elections back from the federal government. in 2010, the US Supreme Court ruled in Citizens United v FEC that corporations, unions and special interests can spend unlimited amounts of money to advocate for or against political candidates. It has led to obscene amounts of money being poured into elections. It’s part of the reason why the amount spent on elections by campaigns and outside groups grew 555% from 1984 to 2014!

Ben talks to Sidewalk Film Festival lead programmer Rachel Morgan about what people can expect from the Birmingham-based event in its 16th year. Morgan talks about how the festival has changed after nearly two decades, what films people should not miss and how the the less-seasoned moviegoer can enjoy a festival format. Read more about […]

Ben talks to Sidewalk Film Festival lead programmer Rachel Morgan about what people can expect from the Birmingham-based event in its 16th year. Morgan talks about how the festival has changed after nearly two decades, what films people should not miss and how the the less-seasoned moviegoer can enjoy a festival format. Read more about […]

After a two-week hiatus thanks to the Sidewalk Film Festival and Labor Day, Ben and Corey catch Steven Soderbergh’s CONTAGION, starring an A-list cast taking on a deadly worldwide virus in what Ben calls one of the year’s best so far. The guys also step into the octagon for Gavin O’Connor’s mixed martial arts family […]

After a two-week hiatus thanks to the Sidewalk Film Festival and Labor Day, Ben and Corey catch Steven Soderbergh’s CONTAGION, starring an A-list cast taking on a deadly worldwide virus in what Ben calls one of the year’s best so far. The guys also step into the octagon for Gavin O’Connor’s mixed martial arts family […]