This week, we have the creative forces behind the made in North Texas film - Wayward Kin. After premiering in Archer City, the crew came through Dallas to celebrate and show their film at the Texas Theatre.

Adam Lowder has been acting, writing, directing, and producing independent films for over 14 years. His debut feature film, Wayward Kin, which he co-wrote with David Joseph Volino and directed and shot in North Texas with an incredible cast and crew.

David Joseph Volino has been acting for 15 years and co-wrote Wayward Kin.

Joy Walden is a UNT alumnus and producer for Wayward Kin.

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As always, we are grateful for South Side Studios being our sponsor for The Dallas Film Podcast. Want to learn more about South Side Studios? Visit: ⁠https://southsidestudiosdallas.com/

This week, we have Craig Whitney and Estefanía Bonilla Hernandez, creators of The Red Note!

Craig Whitney is the writer-director of The Red Note podcasts. His short film, The Garden and the Wilderness, was named one of 2013’s best Texas shorts by the Houston Film Commission’s prestigious Texas Filmmakers Showcase. Craig produced and directed the feature-length concert film Miranda Cosgrove: Live In Dallas, filmed music videos for artists including The Chicks’ Natalie Maines, and has directed and produced numerous stage plays.

Estefanía Bonilla Hernandez started her film career in 2016 as POC in Transformers 5, Cuba Unit and MGM’s Everything Everything, Mexico Unit in collaboration with the production houses Art In Motion. As a freelancer, she has been involved in the production team for TÓTEM, by Lila Avilés, Where the Tracks End by Ernesto Contreras, Almost Paradise by Edgar San Juan and Un Retrato de Familia by Adrián Zurita, this last one as Director of Production. Nowadays, is Co-CEO of the production house Blue Guitar; where she became Lead Producer for the podcast The Red Note, presented by Lydia Cacho -Nominated for Best Podcast in Spanish in the IHeart Radio Podcast Awards in 2021-. She is also the Producer for the podcast 10Mujeres, by Dudas Media and Amazon Music, and she is in charge of the development of the project The Red Note by Craig Whitney as Producer.

To learn more about our guests, visit: https://www.therednotemovie.com/filmmakers

As always, we are grateful for South Side Studios being our sponsor for The Dallas Film Podcast. Want to learn more about South Side Studios? Visit: https://southsidestudiosdallas.com/

Jeremy Inman is an American voice actor and ADR director, known for his work in anime English Dubs. He is known for his role as Android 16 in Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball Z Kai; along with Akitaru Obi in Fire Force.

You can follow Jeremy on Twitter, @inmanjeremy

Thanks to our sponsor, South Side Studios Dallas, for allowing us to continue this podcast. Interested in the studios? Visit their website to learn more: https://southsidestudiosdallas.com/

This week's guest is the incredible Elyse Willems! She is a writer, producer, and performer, born in Canada, now living in Los Angeles.

Elyse has co-written two video games, Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed (2022), and Arcadeggedon (2021). In 2019, Elyse served as showrunner, writer, and cast member of Arizona Circle, a 22-minute, 8-episode sketch series. A year later, she published her first children’s novel, “A Night in Halloween House” (2020), a nostalgic holiday adventure for young readers, which reached #1 in Children’s New Halloween Releases and Children’s Spine-Chilling Horror in Amazon Books.

Elyse is the host of PBS SoCal’s Won’t You Be My Gamer, an online series where she interviews a featured expert and plays video games related to their expertise. In 2024, she hosted reveal and launch content for Square Enix’s Life Is Strange: Double Exposure. Every other week, Elyse lets her spooky side show, investigating macabre topics as the creator, co-host, and writer of the 30 Morbid Minutes podcast. A movie fan and buff, Elyse was also the co-host of Warner Bros. Entertainment's official Popcorn & Shield podcast, which covered upcoming releases and classics pulled from the Warner vault.

Elyse got her start in the entertainment industry at GameTrailers as a production assistant on Spike TV’s GT.TV with Geoff Keighley. Her role evolved and Elyse was promoted to producer and cast member for the website. In 2015, her love for both video games and comedy brought her to the gaming entertainment group Funhaus, where she spent nine years developing and performing in thousands of hours of video and live content, earning the Funhaus YouTube channel over 1.6 billion overall views, and leaving a lasting legacy in gaming entertainment. She has a lifelong love for puppetry, and performs Barry the Beaver in PBS Austin's How Are We Today? premiering in 2025.

You can follow Elyse on Instagram and Bluesky @elysewillems

Watch Won't You Be My Gamer.

Listen to 30 Morbid Minutes today!

Read her book, A Night in Halloween House.

Visit her website: https://www.elysewillems.com/

This week, Tony is joined by Ian Loomer! Ian is the President of the Dallas Producers Association, and is the director of IT & Operations for the TXMPA. As we get deeper into this year's Texas legistlative session, consider joining the TXMPA! Visit their website to learn more: https://www.txmpa.org/If you're local to Dallas and want to get involved with the DPA, visit their website here: https://www.dallasproducers.org/To learn more about South Side Studios, visit their website right here: ⁠https://southsidestudiosdallas.com/⁠

This week, Tony is joined by Desmond Donahue! Desmond wrote and directed a feature in the Dallas area called "Mister Gates." Join Tony as we learn more about Desmond's career, his aspirations, and what's hopefully next!To learn more about South Side Studios, visit their website right here: ⁠https://southsidestudiosdallas.com/⁠

We're back! Welcome back to Season 2 of South Side Studios Presents the Dallas Film Podcast! To celebrate our new season, we chat with Dr. Rebekah Smith, The Film Festival Doctor. We discuss Dallas' new title as an Academy Award Qualifying City along with celebrating Dallas International Film Festival's new Academy Award Qualifying awards! So many things going on!

To learn more about Rebekah, please visit her website: https://www.thefilmfestivaldoctor.com/

To learn more about our sponsor, South Side Studios, visit their website right here: ⁠https://southsidestudiosdallas.com/⁠

This week, we're chatting with Katie Schuck, the new Dallas Film Commissioner! We discuss her journey to the industry, how she ended up in Texas, and so much more!

Want to learn more about the Dallas Film Commission? Visit our website, www.dallascreates.org!

To learn more about our sponsor, South Side Studios, visit their website right here: ⁠⁠https://southsidestudiosdallas.com/⁠⁠

This week on the Dallas Film Podcast - we are joined by Xalavier Nelson, Jr. who is the Creative Director of video game studio Strange Scaffold!

Join us as we discuss his hit game, "El Paso, Elsewhere" along with his creative journey to where he is today!

Follow Xalavier on Twitter: https://x.com/WritNelson

Buy "El Paso, Elsewhere" on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1546310/El_Paso_Elsewhere/

Visit https://www.strangescaffold.com/ for all of his games!

This week on the Dallas Film Podcast, we welcome Amber Ekleberry, Senior Programmer of DIFF, and James Faust, Artistic Director of DIFF. Join us as we discuss the new DIFF Shorts Festival, running from August 23 to 25, and a brief history of Film Festivals around the country!