Happy Labor Day, Listeners!

I hope everyone is kicking back today, firing up the bbq and popping on your favorite indie film podcast while you flip burgers for your friends and family. It’s a good one too!

Sweden-based Henrik Larsson co-directed, co- wrote and co-produced the film “Pierre West” with Jakob Arevärn.                                                                                                                                                            A drama about hope & darkness spanning 17 years, this remarkable film took home two awards at Film Invasion Los Angeles in June, 2025 (Grand Jury Award – Best Lead Performer – Featurette – Tomas

Henke, his preferred name just as I prefer Jeff to Jeffrey, hopped onto Zoom for an extended chat about his career and “Pierre West.”                                                                                                                      The film is still on the festival circuit, so that you cannot catch it online yet, but as soon as it is we will provide links here.

But you CAN catch “Pierre West” on the big screen at the Silicon Beach Film Festival on Friday, Sept 5 in Block H. https://www.siliconbeachfilmfestival.com/tickets

You should also follow Henka on Instagram to catch other festival screenings near you! @fotohanke

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Discover Indie Film Podcast Links

Discover Indie Film Foundation (nonprofit for the arts) Links

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.

Jesseca Ynez Simmons had her film “Heaven in a Wild Flower” at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2024 and took home the Filmmakers Award for Outstanding Cinematography – Arthouse/Experimental.

I was thrilled for the chance to finally sit down (virtually) and have a chat with Jesseca since she was not able to attend the festival and, of course, that included the 4 Questions follow up.

Website: https://www.jessecaysimmons.com/

Personal Instagram: @jessecaynezsimmons

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Discover Indie Film Links

A Wonderful Wednesday to everyone listening!

Jesseca Ynez Simmons brought her film “Heaven in a Wild Flower” to Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2024 and took home the Filmmakers Award for Outstanding Cinematography – Arthouse/Experimental.

Microscope Cinematography for The WIN!

I could not have enjoyed this conversation more. My only regret is that Jesseca does not live in SoCal and cannot come to all our festival-centric mixers.                                                                                           I hope that you enjoy listening to our chat as much as I enjoyed having it!

Become as fascinated by Jesseca’s work as I am at these links:

Website: https://www.jessecaysimmons.com/

Personal Instagram: @jessecaynezsimmons

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Discover Indie Film Podcast Links

Discover Indie Film Foundation (nonprofit for the arts) Links

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.

Graham High directed “The Housesitters,” a smart and hilarious film that played at Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2022 and took home Best Lead Actress – Short Film – The Housesitters – Erin Pineda and Best Lead Actor – Short Film – The Housesitters – Matt McConkey.

I had such a fantastic time chatting with Graham that I was thankful for the excuse to keep it going with the 4 Questions!

Link to Housesitters: https://youtu.be/FmLgR1lXsak

@instagrahamhigh

https://www.youtube.com/@Grahamihigh

http://grahamhigh.me

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Discover Indie Film Links

TGIFF! (Film Friday)

Graham High directed a film that will forever live in my heart, “The Housesitters,” because not enough people make wonderfully acerbic comedies. Written by lead actors Erin Pineda & Matt McConkey,

Thankfully Graham kept in touch over the years and thanks to a little prodding from Karina, this podcast’s producer, we managed to finally record this interview. Yay!

Link to Housesitters: https://youtu.be/FmLgR1lXsak

@instagrahamhigh

https://www.youtube.com/@Grahamihigh

http://grahamhigh.me

Bloody Bites (https://tubitv.com/series/300009135/bloody-bites)

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Discover Indie Film Podcast Links

Discover Indie Film Foundation (nonprofit for the arts) Links

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.

Filmmaker Lindsay Nyman returns to the podcast to chat about her new film, “They Call Me The Tattoo Witch.”                                                                                                                                                         This remarkable documentary,  directed and produced by Lindsay, screened at Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2024 and took home the Grand Jury Awards for Best Short Film – Documentary and Best Cinematography – Short Film for Katie Eleneke and the Filmmakers Award for Outstanding Direction – Documentary!

Lindsay is an outstanding filmmaker and citizen of the world and I was very excited to hear what films she had up her 4 Questions Sleeves!

Learn more about Lindsay and Leading Woman Films at https://www.leadingwomanfilms.com/

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Discover Indie Film Links

It’s a great day today because Filmmaker Lindsay Nyman returns to the podcast! And she was zooming in from Berlin!

Back in April, 2018, Lindsay appeared on Episode 57 to talk about her pilot, “The Blind Center.”                                                                                                                                                                                  That wonderful film played at Film Invasion Los Angeles 2017 and took home the Grand Jury Award for Narrative Short Film.

Thanks to Instagram I was able to keep up with Lindsay over the years and then she returned with a new film in 2024, “They Call Me The Tattoo Witch.”                                                                                       This remarkable documentary,  directed by Lindsay, screened at Sherman Oaks Film Festival and took home the Grand Jury Awards for Best Short Film – Documentary and Best Cinematography – Short Film for Katie Eleneke.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Lindsay’s peers on the Filmmakers Board also awarded her with the Filmmakers Award for Outstanding Direction – Documentary!

Lindsay directed and produced the film, working side by-side with cinematographer Katie Eleneke and assembling an all-female crew local to Hanoi.                                                                                            Lindsay always credits the heart and authenticity of the film to this extraordinary Vietnamese team, who brought their talent, care, and cultural insight to the process and became like family.

Learn more about Lindsay and Leading Woman Films at https://www.leadingwomanfilms.com/

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Discover Indie Film Podcast Links

Discover Indie Film Foundation (nonprofit for the arts) Links

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.

Vincent Salvano’s film Crosby was at FI-LA 2018 and he has been such a busy young person — graduating college, working PA jobs at fantastic places like Pixar and such — that it took us SEVEN years of scheduling and rescheduling this podcast before we managed to record this!

That means seven years eagerly anticipating what his 4 Questions might be!

Vincent’s IG: @vincent_salvano

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Discover Indie Film Links

A Wonderful Wednesday, Friends!

Vincent Salvano’s film Crosby was at FI-LA 2018 and he has been such a busy young person — graduating college, working PA jobs at fantastic places like Pixar and such — that it took us SEVEN years of scheduling and rescheduling this podcast before we managed to record this!

I’m so impressed with Vincent’s filmmaking journey and it was definitely worth the wait to chat with him.

Vincent’s IG: @vincent_salvano

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Discover Indie Film Podcast Links

Discover Indie Film Foundation (nonprofit for the arts) Links

Happy Monday, Discover Indie Film Folk!

Fr3deR1cK has been a staple guest on the podcast and when he recently came to LA for an extended visit, I obviously agreed to pick up our musings on film and the universe.

LINKS THAT Fr3deR1cK mentions:

tomorrowpictures.com

tomorrow pictures.tv

Fr3deR1cK.com 

jonesfoundation.com 

IG- @fr3der1ck

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Discover Indie Film Podcast Links

Discover Indie Film Foundation (nonprofit for the arts) Links