Breaking Indie

Recorded at the 2025 Santa Fe Film Festival, join host Brenden Roberts on an exploration through filmmaking and what it takes to break into the entertainment industry today. Buckle your seatbelts, because here’s another episode of Breaking Indie.

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Krassimira Belev & Tony Belev, “The Therapy”

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Blake de Pastino is an award-winning actor, model, and co-creator of educational YouTube channels including Crash Course, SciShow, and PBS Eons, of which is also co-host. He has appeared in feature films including “The Fear of It,” “Slant Streets,” and “Blood for Dust,” as well as short films including “Come Out, Wherever You Are,” for which he has won multiple Best Actor awards, “Fracture,” for which he won Best Actor in the Montana 48 Hour Film Project and “Me, Myself & I,” for which he won Best Actor in the Wyoming 48 Hour Film Project. He works as an actor, advocate for disability rights, and educational content creator in Montana.

IG: @westerndigs

Dan Burns is an award-winning screenwriter, author, and independent filmmaker dedicated to telling character-driven stories that blend emotional depth with cinematic precision. His short film Come Out, Wherever You Are—adapted from his acclaimed story collection No Turning Back: Stories—has been an official selection at more than seventy festivals and has earned twenty-five awards, including Best Short Film, Best Screenplay, and Best Director. As the founder of 136 Productions, he develops original content for screen and stage, drawing on his experience as the author of seven books.

www.comeoutwhereveryouarefilm.com 

www.danburnsauthor.com

IG: DanBurnsAuthor

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In this episode we talk to Rodrigo Tactaquin and his work with the show Longmire as well as in part two, Claire Sandberg about her film “The Ramba Effect” winner of Best Documentary at The Santa Fe Film Festival.

The Ramba Effect follows the powerful and inspiring journey of Ramba, the last circus elephant in Chile, as she travels 2,550 miles to her new home at Elephant Sanctuary Brazil. After five decades of captivity, Ramba must summon extraordinary strength for one final quest: freedom. During her long journey by plane and truck, she faces daunting obstacles that test her spirit. Her story becomes a moving symbol of the broader fight for animal liberation, offering hope for all creatures still living in captivity. Intimate and profound, The Ramba Effect is a celebration of resilience, a protest against cruelty, and a tribute to the enduring spirit of a soul nearly forgotten by the world.

Pt. 1

Rodrigo Tactaquin  @rodrigotactaquin

Pt. 2

Claire Sandberg, The Ramba Effect  

www.therambaeffect.com 

IG: Claire.intheworld

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Eddie Velez (Traffic) talks about directing Target Jeremy and his strategy as a first time filmmaker. We also talk with Antonio Weiss who shares his journey with an upcoming film, and how he intends to make his next project in Paraguay.

Learn more about Target Jeremy at https://targetjeremy.com/

Recorded at the 2025 Santa Fe Film Festival, join host Brenden Roberts on an exploration through filmmaking and what it takes to break into the entertainment industry today. Buckle your seatbelts, because here’s another episode of Breaking Indie.

Don’t forget to subscribe. We NEED you support.

Follow our guests on Instagram at:

@weissfineartssantafe

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Ep. 14 Zoe Dunay & Aris Federman

Meet the team behind the award winning film “Tin Soldiers” and Blue Oak Productions. In this fun and lively conversation, we talk about our mutual love for Christopher Nolan, the hometown of the atomic bomb (Los Alamos), and this charismatic couple’s journey into filmmaking. 

Winner of the Jury Award for Best Cinematography at the 2025 Santa Fe Film Festival, “Tin Soldiers” delves into the journey of a child navigating the complexities of mental health treatment at a time when he’s still discovering what ‘normal’ is.

Contacts available on Instagram and Linkedin:

Zoe Dunay IG @zoedunay

Aris Federman IG @arisfederman

Blue Oak Productions IG  @blueoakproductions

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I was born on this planet, why do I pay to exist here? That’s one question proposed by Hossein in today’s podcast episode. Additionally, we discuss how his political asylum has affected his career as a documentary filmmaker, and dive further into a philosophical discussion, while learning more about his latest award winning film “I Am Gitxsan” which explores a recent high school graduate reconnecting with his Indigenous heritage in Hazelton, British Columbia, Canada.

Visit his production website: www.fazelifilms.com

or for his latest film “I am Gitxsan” on the web: www.iamgitxsan.com

Hossein Martin Fazeli has been an A-List director in North America for many years. He has been producing, directing, and writing fiction and non-fiction television and film for more than two decades and has extensive international experience, having worked on location in a dozen different countries.

His films have been broadcast around the world, including on CBC, BBC, ARTE, and Canal+, winning 45 international awards in the process.

Throughout the years he has collaborated with organizations such as UNDP, European Commission, and Nonviolence International on a wide range of film and television projects, including national and regional campaigns, exploring issues such as human rights, women's rights, and minority rights.

His 2007 production, "The Tale of Two Nazanins", about a teenage girl imprisoned on death row in Iran, was broadcast on major international networks such as the BBC and CNN and is credited with igniting an international campaign that saved her life.

In 2008, Fazeli was chosen by the Sundance Institute to take part in their International Filmmakers Award. He has lectured around the world on the ever changing face of film production and has held workshops with students at various educational institutions such as SFU (Canada), SOAS (UK), Aarhus University (Denmark) and the European Film Academy.

For more info, please visit: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3347515/

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Catch our exclusive excerpt with Ari Aster about his latest film, Eddington. For more juicy content, enjoy our full episode on youtube!

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Ari Aster brings his new film back to New Mexico with the help of A24.

We take a look behind the scenes of Eddington, talk to the director Ari Aster, as well as NM actors: @josephortega_ and @racheldelatorreofficail as well as the brains behind the drone show, 

A BIG ASS thank you to A24 and all the people behind this premiere in Truth of Consequences. 

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In this episode we talk to the filmmakers behind “What Tomorrow Brings” a family drama created by Matt Engelbert. During this two part interview we speak with the cast and creators behind this family affair. We will also learn how Matthew created two national syndicated shows “Ariel, Zoey, & Eli, Too” as well as “Steal The Show” with no Hollywood connections, and the journey behind his family’s legacy in mainstream entertainment.

Recorded at the 2025 Santa Fe Film Festival, join your host Brenden Roberts on an exploration through filmmaking and what it takes to break into the entertainment industry today. Buckle your seatbelts, because here’s another episode of Breaking Indie.

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Follow our guests on Instagram at:

@whattomorrowbrinsmovie

@therealjoelyengelbert

@arielZoeyandEil

@zoeyrebecca_

@yourbelovedyeti

@santafefilmfestival

@BRW_Digital

@BreakingIndie

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The legend, Danny Trejo, opens up with us about his past and how he broke into the film business. He speaks about  training Eric Roberts on "Runaway Train", to getting his big break in Michael Mann's "Heat" with Al Pachino, Robert De Niro, and Val Kilmer. 

Danny also talks about his restaurant business, Trejo's Tacos, and leaves more to be desired mentioning Robert Rodriguez and the Machete franchise. 

Checkout another great episode of Breaking Indie, with your hosts Brenden Roberts and Cole Finney. 

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