When Eyes Can't See
@pastorsidga wrote, directed, and stars as the guiding voice in this faith-driven thriller about a skeptical attorney stranded alone in a cockpit, forced to trust a stranger he cannot see.
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Remembering The Tufts
Len MacKeigan on Remembering The Tufts, a mockumentary about a Halifax sketch comedy troupe reuniting 30 years after their peak, when one of the founders has died and the old grievances have nowhere left to hide.
Ask Delphi
Director Gabriel Rhenals (@grhen001) on the formative experience that sparked Ask Delphi, what Excalibur has to do with AI, and why he threw out continuity editing entirely:
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Prof Blood: Basketball's First Great Coach
Director Eric Nemoto on the man who invented the fast break, the platoon system, and modern basketball itself, and whose 159-game winning streak still stands after more than a hundred years.
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Locked In
@comicrobbanks wrote the character, played the character, and shot the whole thing in his own pandemic apartment. Locked In is a darkly comic portrait of what happens when getting out of prison turns out to be worse than staying in:
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The Dark One's Hand
@AJCooperwriter on The Dark One's Hand, a solo-made fantasy film adapted from his own novel series, set in the world of Varda where a boy of uncertain origins stands at the center of an ancient prophecy and a growing war:
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American Deadbeats
Conrad Faraj on American Deadbeats, a black-and-white comedy about broke dreamers trying to make a sci-fi movie, told from a director who has lived a version of that exact scenario.
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.@TigerFireRose_ on Pile of Rubbish, a Nigerian story about an 8-year-old whose habit of saving empty bottles looks like a problem to his struggling family and like the answer to him:
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Melvin Cotton III on he-Motions, a two-part documentary about Black men, mental wellness, and the cost of being taught to keep your emotions silent. Co-directed with Treston Mayo. The tagline says it: My Vulnerability Is Not Weakness.
Interview here: blog.relay.fan/post/he-motio…
Masquerade Match
A college student builds a flawless dating profile out of lies, meets her ideal match, and walks straight into a romance built on hidden things. Producer Chiharu Morinaga on the swipe-era anxiety behind Masquerade Match:
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Close Encounters TV
Mark Christopher Lee on running a UFO talk show from his actual garage, getting Avi Loeb into the chaos, and why British humor is the right container for the paranormal.
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Q&A: Connor Etter on The Lost Camp
Three boys sneak away from summer camp and find an abandoned town. What they don't know is that the town has a reason to be empty, and something still living there has a reason to be angry.
The Lost Camp runs 16 minutes. It earns its scares.
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The Mystery of Dipyramidion
Nathan Head made The Mystery of Dipyramidion because an April Fools joke got out of hand.
The original plan was a fake "lost episode" of his paranormal documentary series, something that would start normal, introduce a mysterious artifact, and end with him stepping through a portal and vanishing.
But the idea kept growing. The prank became a feature film.
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Q&A: David Santo on MoonFu
Before it was an animated film, MoonFu was a bestselling book. Before that, it was a conviction: that kids are carrying bigger feelings than most entertainment gives them credit for.
The Kids: A Conversation with Danny Blanco
Danny Blanco made The Kids in Corpus Christi for roughly $1,200, in locations from his own neighborhood, with real people from those same streets. A conversation about making it:
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Course Correction: A Conversation with Jonny Martinez
Jonny Martinez is building a supercar and an automotive brand from scratch, in real time, without investors. A conversation about what that actually takes.
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Q&A: Mark Vanda on The Magic Herb
Mark Vanda's father told him, while dying of pancreatic cancer, that he wished he'd found something other than beer to take the edge off. That's part of why this documentary exists.
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Q&A: Ryder Larson on The Stephanie Problem
A high school junior walked into a mall and came out with the idea for a feature film. A year later, he wrote, directed, composed, and starred in it.
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