Film Forward

Natalie Rodriguez discusses her feature film debut, "The Extraordinary Ordinary" which has it's World Premiere at the Los Angeles Diversity Film Festival on August 23rd.

Carly Usdin's latest short film "Misdirection" touches on unrequited love, obsessive compulsive disorder and... magic! The film sells itself but Carly does a pretty damn good job of selling it as well.

Join us as we chat with Carly about the making of her film and how her work in comic books helped influence this film getting made.

You can see "Misdirection" at the Los Angeles Diversity Film Festival on Opening Night, August 22nd. Tickets on sale at LADFF.com

We conclude our series on the LAdies Night films with Tayo Amos, director of the film On The Clock.

We talk with Tayo about she captured an authentic depiction of East LA and the important subject of period poverty.

Disfluency director, Laura Holliday joins Film Forward to the power of their film and her transition from comedy to drama.

This episode is part of our series on the films of LAdies Night - a special pop up screening hosted by LADFF on May 18th.

Comedic writer/director Emily McGregor joins us to discuss her film Café Abundance, a film that poses an important question - is everything bullshit?

This continues our series on the films of LAdies Night - a special pop up screening hosted by LADFF on May 18th.

Tickets available LADFF.com

Sara Karimipour joins us to talk about her film Hasti Joon and what is it was like growing up in the south as the only brown kid in her town.

Hasti Joon will be playing at LAdies Night - a special pop up screening hosted by LADFF on May 18th.

Tickets available at LADFF.com

We continue our series on the films of LAdies Night - a special pop up screening posted by LADFF on May 18th.

Tickets available at LADFF.com

Alexandra Hsu, the writer/director of the film Our Way Home chats with us about why she chose the 1960s as the backdrop for her film, and some of the more challenging elements of shooting a period piece.

This episode kicks off our series which highlights the films of LAdies Night - a special pop up screening hosted by LADFF on May 18th.

Tickets are available at LADFF.com

Adamma and Adane Ebo discuss their film Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. We do a deep dive of the film, discuss the wonders of praise miming and what it’s like making a movie with your twin.

Jeremiah Zagar "We The Animals" by Los Angeles Diversity Film Festival

Filmmaker Sebastien Paquet joins us to discuss the release of his award-winning documentary "Mind Over Matter." The film profiles Brandon Mendenhall, who was born with cerebral palsy and overcame the disease to fulfill his dream of becoming a rock guitarist.

The film won the Audience Award at last year's Los Angeles Diversity Film Festival and will be available on iTunes and Amazon through Sumerian Films on January 25th, 2019.