What are the 4Qs? (1) Three favorite films. (2) An underrated film. (3) An overrated film. (4) A lesser-known film people should seek out.

What’s up everyone and welcome back! This week I had Brooklyn Braaten on the podcast and we had a wonderful time talking film, festival circuits, and so much more. Brooklyn brought her incredible short film, “V Card” to the Film Invasion Los Angeles festival in 2024 where it won Outstanding Short Film and Outstanding Originality in the comedy categories and you know I wasn’t going to wrap up the interview without having her answer the 4Qs!

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Welcome back, everybody! This week I sat down virtually with the incredibly brilliant Brooklyn Braaten. Brooklyn brought her incredible short film, “V Card” to the Film Invasion Los Angeles festival in 2024 where it won Outstanding Short Film and Outstanding Originality in the comedy categories. Brooklyn and I have a wonderful chat about her journey as a filmmaker, the film industry, and so much more. You won’t want to miss this! 

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What are the 4Qs? (1) Three favorite films. (2) An underrated film. (3) An overrated film. (4) A lesser-known film people should seek out.

Hello Everyone! I know you all have been eagerly anticipating the 4Qs with Sean Dube and Patrick Quinlan and I am so happy to have it for you here! Sean and Patrick brought their film “Bro Code” to Film Invasion Los Angeles in 2023  and won a Programmer’s Prize! We wrapped up an amazing episode in the studio and you know I couldn’t let them leave without answering the 4Qs!

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Welcome back, everyone! Sean Dube and Patrick Quinlan brought their film “Bro Code” to Film Invasion Los Angeles in 2023  and won a Programmer’s Prize! Sean and Patrick are a great comedic duo in this script written by Sean. The pair co-produced the film with director Presley Paras, making them a trio of sorts!

Thanks to a few hurdles back in 2023 we did not get to do an interview about “Bro Code” at the festival, making this podcast my first opportunity to hear the story behind this funny, heartfelt short.

You will soon be able to watch Bro Code on the DIF TV series and TVHi. Keep your eyes on these show-notes for its release!

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This was Hayden Croft’s fourth appearance on this podcast because it represents his fourth film that has screened at either Film Invasion Los Angeles or Sherman Oaks Film Festival. In March 2018, he came by with actor/producer Jay Eftimoski to discuss their film “New Age, Olde English” which screened at SOFF 2016. In July 2021, he came by to discuss “Last Wish” which screened at FILA 2018. In September 2021, he came by to discuss “Four Junkies” which screened at SOFF 2019. And today he came in to discuss… The short film “Tax Time” that screened at FILA 2023 and, almost more importantly, his self-published short story anthology “Kisses from Strangers in the Dark” that he gave me in 2018, and his currently unpublished novel “Sand Ramsey is a Dick” aka “Oh No, NoHo” aka “No Way, NoHo.”

We had a LOT to talk about!

You can learn more about Hayden and his work at haydenlcroft.com and, to get a little high art on y’all, below is the poem Hayden recited on this podcast!

“Combustible Criteria”

By Hayden Croft

Contending with the coarseness, current culture

calls “connection,”

Confers a change – of course – on once

conventional conceptions.

Collective condescension can oft condemn the

callous,

And the cover-up contenders, who conceal their

constant malice.

They concoct a coalition of compelling

conversations,

To consort with the contentious, and contort all

condemnations.

Coercion is a construct used to codify

contrivance,

And by condoning corporate conduct, one

corroborates connivance.

Crude, continual conjecture on the concept that

is class,

Is both critical, and cynical, and caters to the

crass.

In conscripting crowds to conquest, your charm

must be contagious,

Your commands be uncontested; your charisma

be courageous.

To capture the chaotic, then condemn it to

confinement.

The combative must be concrete; any comfort’s

by consignment.

The conditions of convection are conveyed

through circulation,

And constricting coalescence, can’t constrain

the conflagration.

Contained within this charter, is the credible

collusion,

Of contro-versy contagions, meant to

counteract confusion.

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I knew it would happen someday. Lily, my kid, recorded a 4Qs podcast for Episode 13 on September 22, 2017. For some reason, she said to me today that it was time for her do the podcast again. How could I say no? I confess that it is pretty cool to have a record of her on this podcast at age 9 and now age 16. Who knows when the next one will be… but as you will know after listening to this she still has pretty damn good taste in movies. And… If you appreciate amazingly painted nails, check out @nails.by.ljd on Instagram.

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This was Fr3deR1cK’s sixth time as a guest on this podcast and the third time that he came by to “shoot the s**t” with no specific project to discuss. He came into L.A. from ATL for a screening of “The Third Country” at Dances With Films. By the way, everyone should check out the series Fr3deR1cK’ produced that is on TVHi, “Hot Girls Getting High.” Catch this smart and hilarious series at https://www.watchtvhi.com/hggh

One last note… if you look at the DIF Website you will see that Fred has achieved a new honor… for the first time ever the selfie on the DIF website has been taken by the guest, not the host. Talk about significant! Learn more about Fr3deR1cK Taylor at these links: Fr3deR1cK.com tomorrowpictures.com and @fr3der1ck on Instagram

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What are the 4Qs? (1) Three favorite films. (2) An underrated film. (3) An overrated film. (4) A lesser-known film people should seek out.

I just had Jaime Saginor in the studio with and we just wrapped up an amazing interview. Jaime’s film “Black Creek Trail” won the programmer prize at the 2022 Sherman Oaks Film Festival and rightfully so. After the interview was over you know I couldn’t let her leave without answering the 4Qs!

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Welcome back everyone! This week I had Jaime Saginor in the studio with me and it was an absolute blast. Jaime’s film “Black Creek Trail” won the programmers prize at the 2022 Sherman Oaks Film Festival and rightfully so. We go over her story of becoming a filmmaker, advice for aspiring filmmakers, and so much more! I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did recording it.

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What are the 4Qs? (1) Three favorite films. (2) An underrated film. (3) An overrated film. (4) A lesser-known film people should seek out.

I had the pleasure of having a whole team with me in the studio today. Their film “Back Home” came to the 2023 Film Invasion LA Festival where it took home the Programmers Award! We just wrapped up a jam-packed interview and you know I was going to have them answer the 4Q’s before leaving!

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@veritribeproductions

@backhomeshortfilm

@davecameli

@julesandthehowl

@castle_______

@jeremyschaye

@delicateconditionseries

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