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My guest, Chelsea Christer, is being modest but you can't be just dream adjacent while turning out brilliant, touching, and culturally relevant films like OUT FOR DELIVERY (2025).

By premiering the film both at Sundance and SXSW Film Festival this year, it's clear Chelsea is at the top of her game...and closer to dream actualized than ever before.

In this episode, we discuss:

• how she got involved in filmmaking and the rise of female filmmakers, particularly directors;
• how she chose her path of narrative, docs, corporate work -- "in order to live in San Francisco, you have to make a bit of money to pay the bills";
• how she found herself "dream adjacent" -- making films and getting opportunities in documentary filmmaking that were not her passion;
• what did she learn from having her films at premiere film festivals (Sundance, SXSW, Slamdance, and more)?;
• the story behind her brilliant film, OUT FOR DELIVERY;
• how she made such a fully encapsulated short film and whether that was the intention;
• has she moved from dream adjacent to dream actualized?;
• what is she working on now?

Chelsea's Indie Film/Filmmaker Highlights: TOUCH ME (2025) dir. by Addison Heimann; DEATH OF A UNICORN (2025) dir. by Alex Scharfman; Sebastian Silva

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Chelsea Christer's Website

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