The NYWIFT Podcast

This week we are super excited to speak with Producer Shanna Riker and an award-winning Screenwriter, Director, and Producer Melissa Bronski. Shanna and Melissa talk with Penni Malloy-Harper about their production company Honey & Hemlock Productions and all the films they have created. Their newest film Speechless, the third and final short in their series, speaks about grief and has just been completed. In the film, the main character is moments away from giving the eulogy at his girlfriend’s funeral, goes to speak, and only letters - literal letters - come out. 

Jaime Engle is featured in our inspirations segment by Cassandra Seidenfeld and hosts Penni Malloy-Harper and Tammy Reese talk about highlights of this year’s episodes including Sundance Film Festival, Muse Awards, and films & television shows to watch this summer.

To be featured on the podcast email us at [email protected]. For more great content go to NYWIFT.org.

Special thanks to Elspeth Collard, the creator of our podcast theme song.

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NYWIFT: @NYWIFT / #NYWIFT

Shanna : IG @shannariker

Melissa: IG @melissabronski

Honey & Hemlock: IG: @honeyandhemlock_productions

Jaime: IG: https://www.instagram.com/jaimieengelewrites

Jaime FB : https://www.facebook.com/jaimieengelewrites

Jaime LI:  https://www.linkedin.com/jaimieengelewrites

This week we are excited to talk about the intriguing thriller/horror film ⁠Clock⁠ airing on Hulu and Disney+ international. Writer-Director ⁠Alexis Jacknow⁠ and Editor ⁠Alexandra Amick ⁠talk with Tammy Reese about this timely and thought provoking film that follows a woman desperate to fix her broken biological clock when faced with pressure from friends, family, and society to have children.

⁠Adriana Davis⁠ is featured in our Meet a Member segment and hosts Giovanna Aguliar and Janine McGoldrick highlight the ⁠NYWIFT Creative Workforce STEM Summit⁠ and the continuing resource webinars from ⁠The Mayor’s Office of Media & Entertainment⁠ for those affected by the ongoing writers strike – both happening this week!

To be featured on the podcast email us at [email protected]. For more great content go to NYWIFT.org.

Special thanks to ⁠Elspeth Collard⁠, the creator of our podcast theme song.

Social Media:

NYWIFT: @NYWIFT / #NYWIFT

Alexis: IG @alexisjacknow 

Alexandra: Twitter @alexlamick  

Adriana: IG @dsquaredmedia212 / Twitter @adriananyc

It’s Tribeca Festival time and we couldn’t be more excited to share with you three terrific conversations that preview festival events:

Hosts Tammy Reese and Katie Chambers bring us other Tribeca highlights and discuss NYWIFT’s Cannes announcement. 

To be featured on the podcast email us at [email protected]. For more great content go to NYWIFT.org. Special thanks to Elspeth Collard, the creator of our podcast theme song.

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NYWIFT: @NYWIFT / #NYWIFT

Angela: IG @im.angelabassett / Twitter @imangelabassett 

Patricia: IG @patriciafield / Twitter @pat_field 

Michael:  IG @selditch / Twitter @selditch 

Lizbeth: IG @holathisislizzo

Bonus Episode - Tammy Reese talks to NYU anthropologist and filmmaker Pegi Vail about her documentary They Measured Our Heads, currently in production and fundraising. 

To be featured on the podcast email us at [email protected]. For more great content go to NYWIFT.org.

Special thanks to Elspeth Collard, the creator of our podcast theme song.

Social Media:

NYWIFT: @NYWIFT / #NYWIFT

The Starz Power Universe comes to the podcast! Tammy Reese speaks with actress Paton Ashbrook about the latest season of Powerbook II: Ghosts. Penni Malloy Harper has Victoria DeMartin in the Women Crush Wednesdays Spotlight.  

We chat about some good news regarding female directors at Cannes, highlight a Brooklyn based short film Not Like The Other Girls by filmmaker Ginger Britt Daniels, which was selected for the upcoming New York Cinefest, and recommend The Diplomat, the latest Walking Dead spinoff and Throughline's "Everyone Everywhere All At Once" podcast episode.   

To be featured on the podcast email us at [email protected]. For more great content go to NYWIFT.org.

Special thanks to Elspeth Collard, the creator of our podcast theme song.

Social Media:

NYWIFT: @NYWIFT / #NYWIFT

Paton: IG @power_starz - @patonashbrook / Twitter @power_starz - @patonashbrook 

Victoria: IG @thecuttingroomfloor / FB https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1000894406981

Ginger: IG @gingerbrittdaniels @nltogthemovie

More Muse News heading your way! Tammy Reese and LaKisa Renee bring you red carpet interviews from NYWIFT’s 43rd Annual MUSE Awards!

Giovanna Aguliar spotlights makeup artist Jennifer Snowdon in our Meet a Member segment. 

Hosts Leah Curney and Janine McGoldrick discuss the possible WGA strike and recommend History of the World Part II, Cunk on Earth and Rye Lane. 

To be featured on the podcast email us at [email protected]. For more great content go to NYWIFT.org.

Special thanks to Elspeth Collard, the creator of our podcast theme song.

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NYWIFT: @NYWIFT / #NYWIFT

Jennifer: IG @jennifersnowdon / https://www.makeituptrue.com/

Continuing with the celebration of Women’s History Month, co-Hosts Janine McGoldrick and Tammy Reese are joined by Katie Chambers who previews NYWIFT’s upcoming  43rd Annual MUSE Awards!

The Whale Location Scout Jillian Fisher chats with Giovanna Aguilar. Jillian has provided the location for films such as I’m Thinking of Ending Things (2020) and Super Dark Times (2017).

To be featured on the podcast email us at [email protected]. For more great content go to NYWIFT.org.

Special thanks to Elspeth Collard, the creator of our podcast theme song.

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NYWIFT: Twitter @NYWIFT / IG @NYWIFT / #NYWIFT

Jillian: Twitter @jillifish7 / IG @jillifish7 / Tik Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@jillianfisherthefirst

Show notes

What better way to celebrate Women’s History Month than by chatting with former Co-Chair of NYWIFT’s Women’s Film Preservation Fund (WFPF) Ann Deborah Levy and filmmaker Ariel Dougherty about the WFPF special screening of Surviva at Anthology Film Archives. Ann and Ariel talk with Penni Malloy-Harper about how the 70’s artistic movement inspired the movie and why preserving films by women is so important.

Co-Hosts Janine McGoldrick and Tammy Reese give a shoutout to several female pioneers of film and television and spotlight avant garde filmmaker Abigail Child’s upcoming retrospective also at Anthology Film Archives.

To be featured on the podcast email us at [email protected]. For more great content go to NYWIFT.org.

Special thanks to Elspeth Collard, the creator of our podcast theme song.

Social Media:

NYWIFT: @NYWIFT / #NYWIFT

Ann: IG @nyimagesmith

WFPF: IG @nywiftwfpf  /FB Https://www.facebook.com / #WFPF #NYWIFTWFPF

Ariel: IG @MediaEquity / Twitter @MediaEquity / FB ArielDougherty.1  

This week we welcome Brownsville, Brooklyn-bred Puerto Rican multi-hyphenate filmmaker and storyteller Elaine del Valle. Elaine’s original one-hour procedural drama pilot, The System, was bought by the CBS network. As a writer-director, her short films, Me 3.769 and Princess Cut, went on to air on HBOmax.

Co-hosts Giovanna Aguilar and Penni Malloy-Harper discuss the latest controversy around AMC Theaters Sightline pricing. Hear all about NYWIFT’s upcoming events and programming in Katie’s Korner.

To be featured on the podcast email us at [email protected]. For more great content go to NYWIFT.org.

Special thanks to Elspeth Collard, the creator of our podcast theme song.

Social Media:

NYWIFT: @NYWIFT / #NYWIFT

Elaine: Twitter: @brownsvillebred / IG: @Elainedelvalledirector / LinkedIn