Podcasts

Animation, Filmmaker, Podcast

Animation Rauch Brothers StoryCorp EP065

Tim and Mike Rauch are the animators behind German In The Woods, a Best in Show Winner at ASIFA East. Their illustration style has a rhythm and pace of an orchestrated composition, nuances of physical gestures with the grain.

Film Festival, Podcast

BeFilm Underground FF Stereoscopic Stories EP061

BeFilm The Underground Film Festival (BeTuff) is the first film festival in the world exclusively dedicated to short films with a 3D stereoscopic category.

Filmmaker, Music, Podcast

The English Surgeon EP060

A documentary film by Geoffrey Smith, The English Surgeon, winner of Best International Feature at Hot Docs, Toronto, follows Dr. Henry Marsh going to Kyiv, Ukraine for 15 years with suitcases full of slightly-used equipment that would ordinarily be thrown out after one use. Nick and Warren Cave wrote and performed the original score.

Documentary, Podcast

Man On Wire- Artistic Crime of the Century EP058

The "Artistic Crime of the Century," in Man On Wire, a story revolving around Philippe Petit and his daring aerial walk on a wire illegally rigged between the World Trade Center's twin towers in 1973.

Award Winner, Filmmaker, Podcast

Sophie Barthes on film Happiness EP064

What if "Happiness" was literally for sale? A Short film in an unusual setting: a condom factory where a disgruntled worker, played by renowned Polish-American actor Elzbieta Czyzewska, spends days testing the product for leaks.

Award Winner, Performance, Podcast

Lake Placid FF Melissa Leo and Frozen River EP054

Writer/director Courtney Hunt wrote the short, then the feature Frozen River, then Melissa Leo and Misty Upham brought the narrative home, winning the Sundance Grand Jury Prize for Dramatic Competition.

Christina Kotlar

writer | podcast producer

Merging the art of film marketing strategy with the film festival experience

Merging the Film Festival Experience Part I

Nothing can replace the shared experience with an audience.

Cannes Short Film Market

Most filmmakers squander a golden opportunity in Cannes without a plan.

Art of Festival Experience Part II

During film festivals, a perfect alignment of powerful connections is born under the stars.