This week we welcome our producer Eric Toms to interview Alrik and I all about fundraising for our films, including my successful crowdfunding campaign for Best Friends Forever After that we play another round of THE GAME, enjoy!

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On this Thursday bonus episode we are going to play the interview from episode 173 from September 2018 with stunt coordinator/actor and stunman Tony Vella who talks about everything that goes into pulling off stunts. Alrik thought this was a nice pairing for JJ because Tony talks about stunts from an indie perspective and we get to hear about stunts from JJ at a studio level and it makes for a fun comparison. After that we play another round of You’re the expert, enjoy!

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This week we welcome director, 2nd unit director and stunt man JJ Perry on the show to talk about his latest film The Killers Game, how he made the jump from stunts to 2nd unit directing and how he made the jump from 2nd unit directing, to directing. After that we play another round of THE GAME, enjoy!

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On this Thursday bonus episode we are going to play the interview from episode 436 from about a year ago in August 2023 with producer Melanie Miller who talks about finding her way in the industry, from being a VP at Samuel Goldwyn to starting her own production and winning an Oscar! I thought Mel was a good match for Pinky Promise because they feel like they are at similar levels and making movies on their own terms. After that we play another round of You’re the expert, enjoy!

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This week we welcome Producers, EPs and the team behind Pinky Promise Films Jessamine Burgum and Kara Durrett on the show to talk about their latest film I Don’t Understand You starring Nick Kroll, how they got their production company started and how they manage a film finance company and a production company at the same time. After that we play another round of THE GAME, enjoy!

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On this Thursday bonus episode we are going to play the interview from episode 344 from November 2021 with the team at the Film Festival Alliance who talks about what the film festival alliance is and how they help film festivals grow and stand out in the sea of thousands of film festivals. Alrik thought this was a good match for Spades episode because they both focus on film festivals and how important they are to the growth of indie filmmakers. After that we play another round of You’re the expert, enjoy!

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This week we welcome writer, producer and director Spade Robinson on the show from the Rogers Short Film Festival in Arkansas to talk about filmmaking in Arkansa, the film festival and her upcoming feature. After that we play another round of THE GAME, enjoy!

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On this Thursday bonus episode we are going to play the interview from episode 407 from January 2023 with director Roxanne Benjamin who talks about establishing a career as a genre director and her latest movie at the time, There’s Something Wrong with The Children. I thought this was a good match for Audrey because they are both female genre directors who focus on directing rather than writing/directing and producing. After that we play another round of You’re the expert, enjoy!

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This week we welcome director Audrey Cummings on the show to talk about directing her latest feature, Place of Bones, how she picks her projects and why she enjoys being a genre filmmaker. After that we play another round of THE GAME, enjoy!

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On this Thursday bonus episode we are going to play the interview from episode 316 from May 2021 with producer Andrew Carlberg who talks about his life as a producer, how he got started, how he picks his projects and finds his budgets and why he still produces short films. Alrik thought Andrew was a good match for Cameron because they are both full time producers who make a living producing films. After that we play another round of You’re the expert, enjoy!

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