The writer and director of the 2024 Oxford Film Festival Best Horror Short Marbles sits for an exclusive conversation to discuss his entry and his love of filmmaking. 

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This exclusive interview with Kenya Gillespie features conversation about his LGBTQ short entry titled Give. Gorgeous images combined with a lush orchestral score provide a brief glimpse into the mind of a composer.

https://kenyagillespie.com/give

Hear from student filmmakers about their experience shooting on location at the University of Mississippi and getting accepted into the 2024 Oxford Film Festival.

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Learn more about J. M. Kallet's Show and Tell, a horror short set in the 1950s in this exclusive interview. From location to set design to VFX used to hide anachronistic costuming, J. M. shares his thoughts and plans for a future horror short expanding on some of the elements presented in this short.

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Listen to the filmmakers behind the winner of the Best Narrative Feature A Song for Imogene as they share about their experiences and how they intend on centering southern stories told by female southern voices.

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Hear this exclusive conversation with Derek Franzese who shares about his independent sci-fi film When Unfettered. Shot in the city of Austin, TX, this short film shows impressive promise if Franzese is able to expand on it.

https://www.instagram.com/whenunfetteredfilm

On the red carpet at the 2024 Oxford Film Festival we get an exclusive interview with filmmakers Bryan W Carpenter and Spencer Mills to hear about upcoming productions from their creative networks and their festival entry, LITTLE BROTHER OF WAR.

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Tune in for a Jackson Film Club exclusive interview with director and editor Allison Waid to discuss her PLEASE ASK FOR IT, which won Best Mississippi Made Short and Best Documentary Short at the 2024 Oxford Film Festival.

Learn more by visiting https://pleaseaskforitfilm.com or follow the film on Instagram @pleaseaskforit

Douglas Morgan Sumner joins the podcast to discuss his top 20 favorite films -- a task he resented but committed to. His love and knowledge of film is extensive and we reach into a lot of special moments in his life connected to cinema.

Find Morgan's top 20 list on Letterboxd

Quentin Jones joins Michael to discuss his top 20 films. Quentin works in medical cannabis and asked to be featured on the podcast to promote his new event series called Rootdown Reefer Reels. He partnered with a few other cannabis companies and our friends at the Mississippi Film Society to put this together! Find more details below

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Rootdown Reefer Reels Presents The Big Lebowski and Friday at Duling Hall on November 21.

DOORS – 6:00PM | SHOW – 6:30PM

For more information about Rootdown Mississippi, visit their website www.rootdownms.com