Film & Beyond

Clara is an actress hailing from Wisconsin. She has made the most of her last 18 months since she has taken on acting focused on working in Minnesota in various short films to writing and directing her first short film. Listen now to hear all about it.

Josh Stifter has been a filmmaker through various paths and has animated for Kevin Smith and also created a feature film as apart of "Rebel Without a Crew" with Robert Rodriguez's series in Austin Texas. Join us as we learn more about Josh's journey and how Film in Minnesota continues to be a force that is recognized nation wide.

We're having our semi-annual sale, buy something!  Just kidding, but it is our mid-year review.  We make mention of the following:  

Conduit Sound, Melodie Bahan, Tiffany Cornwell, Kendra Alaura, Ira Livingston, Z-Fest, being a workaholic, Amanda Day, Rachel Weber, Ira Livingston IV, January film, Abisha Uhl, Leon Hiland, Wendy's, Female filmmakers, Peter Groynom, As good as it gets, Game of Thrones, Jay Ness, Dark Cloud, sponsors, #metoo, Amazon Prime Video, polar vortex, graduation.

Tiffany and Kendra have been friends for a year, but are like old friends, from writing, producing, and acting in their outstanding comedy "Girl Stuff" at Z-fest 10.  

Benjamin Roembach-Clark has a turned pro sound mixer and boom operator. He has worked on countless short and feature films and has carved out a place for himself in the local film scene in Minnesota and beyond.

Oni Sakti has provided the music for our podcast from day one.  Now we get a chance to talk about where his inspiration and how he does what he does. Scoring films with music.

Elora Riley is an actress from Minnesota, she came up through stage theatre. She now has a slew of film work and plays behind her as she enters web series work.

Alex Galick as a mixed actor that came up through stage & theatre acting. Hear about his process and what keeps him in Minnesota.

Taylor Scott Olson is a filmmaker hailing from Minnesota, however, he also spent time in Los Angeles, so we discuss his time spent there and his feature film triumphs and trials from festivals to distribution.

Melodie Bahan is the Executive Director of Minnesota Film & TV. We discuss a little about her roots, along with film and TV and the incentives that we are currently fighting for in Minnesota to revitalize the industry in the state.