F IS FOR FILM is an intimate insiders look at the art and craft of filmmaking.
Hosted by Hollywood veteran, Steven Adams, this podcast takes a close up look
at the challenges, inspirations and the unique visions of both emerging and
established filmmakers
When a drowned deep-sea diver is given another chance at life, he discovers a new home. A compelling story about the changing underwater world and the precarious connection between man and nature.
15 Nov 2020
Episode 12: My Brother is a Mermaid by Alfie Dale
My Brother is a Mermaid is a social realist fairytale about a trans-feminine teenager, as seen through the eyes of their 7 year old brother. Set in a desolate and prejudiced coastal town, the film examines how a child's unconditional love can be a powerful and disruptive force for good.
15 Nov 2020
Episode 15: The Recordist by Indianna Bell & Josiah Allen
Sound recordist Andrew operates from the fringes of film sets, unseen and often forgotten. Using his sound equipment, he regularly listens to and records private conversations between crew and cast members. When Andrew tunes into a young actress having an affair with a film director, he uses the recording to blackmail her into submitting to his perverted desires.
14 Nov 2020
Episode 11: Eagle by Jose Acevedo
Edgar, a high school senior in Brooklyn, gets good news
Jose Acevedo is a writer, director and producer who works as Head of Development at Phoebe Robinson's production company Tiny Reparations. He makes short films under his own banner Angel's Brother's Productions. In his free time he looks for the perfect hairless cat to adopt.
14 Nov 2020
Episode 10: Sweet Potatoes by Rommel Villa
1951, Mexico City. After synthesizing the main component of the contraceptive pill, young scientist Luis Miramontes deals with the religious and personal consequences of his groundbreaking invention.
Rommel is a director, producer, and writer born and raised in Sucre, Bolivia. His interest in telling stories started when he was a kid, creating fictional stories about his family having superpowers and fighting poverty and corruption. Rommel has a Bachelor’s Degree in Systems Engineering, a minor in Psychology, and he recently graduated from the MFA in FIlm and TV Production program at USC with an emphasis in Directing, where he directed over 8 films and wrote more than 10 scripts.
Winner of best director in several theater festivals in Bolivia, Rommel received the Lionsgate and Televisa fund for Latinx filmmakers at USC. In addition, he was awarded two directing grants: one of them being TEDDY MATE, fully funded by USC, and the second one, SWEET POTATOES, which was funded by the Sloan Foundation and won a Student Academy Award. Rommel’s next project will be a psychological film based on the experience of Latino young adults in San Fernando Valley who suffer from psychotic disorders
14 Nov 2020
Episode 13: Kapaemahu by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer, & Joe WIlson
Kapaemahu reveals the healing power of four mysterious stones on Waikiki Beach – and the legendary transgender spirits within them.
Long ago, four extraordinary individuals of both male and female spirit brought the healing arts from Tahiti to Hawaii. Beloved by the people for their gentle ways and miraculous cures, they imbued four giant boulders with their powers. The stones still stand on what is now Waikiki Beach, but the true story behind them has been hidden – until now. Narrated in an ancient Hawaiian dialect, Kapaemahu brings this powerful legend back to life in vivid animation, seen through the eyes of a curious child.
13 Nov 2020
Episode 9: The Orchard Girl by Nicholas Dunlevy
A fashion photography crew heads to a remote ranch house to shoot, only to get terrorized by a pair of ghoulish strangers.
Nicholas grew up in Southern California and attended California State University Northridge. There he completed his senior thesis, "Minor Cuts & Major Abrasions" and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Film Production and a Minor in Business Management.
Throughout high school and college Nicholas often worked on-set production assistant jobs on various commercials and independent features, as well as for United Talent Agency (UTA) in their agent trainee program. After college Nicholas worked for several years as an executive assistant to Peter Rice the former president of Fox Searchlight Pictures and was closely involved in such productions as "Napoleon Dynamite", "Last King of Scotland", "Sideways", "Notes On A Scandal", "Little Miss Sunshine", and "Juno".
12 Nov 2020
Episode 7: Louey & Bri TV with Bri Smith
A sketch comedy web series starring Luis Guzman and Bri Smith where every episode is standalone and packs a punch!
12 Nov 2020
Episode 8: I Want To Be Like You by Caitlyn Sponheimer & Robert Montcalm
Two women fall into a cycle of changing their appearance in order to find happiness.
"I Want To Be Like You" is a science-fiction inspired, thriller short about body image and the pressures young women place on themselves to meet societally-imposed beauty standards. It examines the internal conflict that women face in a world inundated with media overly critical of female beauty and form. Through this, we follow two young women seeking satisfaction through altering their appearances.
Ultimately, the theme is about happiness or the lack thereof; where we seek it and how illusive it can be if we place it outside ourselves.
11 Nov 2020
Episode 5: Jamie by Esmé Creed-Miles
A struggling nineteen year old is contemplating ending her life. On the train to her nan’s, her journey is interrupted by another young woman’s death.
11 Nov 2020
Episode 4: Thompson Farm by Jackson Lewis Lee
THOMPSON FARM tells the story of a quiet young man, compelled by his lucid dreams, to stand up to the extreme discipline of his adoptive father, who runs an illegal moonshine business. Directed by Jackson Lewis Lee, THOMPSON FARM was written by Jackson Lewis Lee and Julius Pryor. Produced by Jackson Lewis Lee, Julius Pryor and Marttise Hill of Pryor Hill Productions.
11 Nov 2020
Episode 6: Snake Dick by David Mahmoudieh
Jill's got the snake. Julia's got the flute. Alone, they have nothing. But together, they have a secret weapon to fight the darkness...
David began his career as a trainee AD on productions including “X-Files”, “The Outer Limits” and “Batman Begins”, where he was lucky enough to learn from some of the best directors in the business.
Almost a decade ago, David made the step-up from AD with his directing debut for Coldplay’s “Lost”, and has since become an award-winning director of commercials for brands including Google, Lego and Samsung. He now owns, and directs through, his production company Alpha Wolves, with clients including Yahoo, Universal Music and Porsche.
10 Nov 2020
Episode 3: Freeze by Maya Albanese
When Joy’s fairytale romance crashes and burns on the eve of her 35th birthday, the TICK-TOCK of her biological clock pushes her into a series of romantic misadventures and provokes wild hallucinations. Pressures stack up against her, and just about everybody seems to have an opinion about what she should do with her dwindling egg count. Joy ends up at Dream Life Lab & Clinic where an angry mob battles to get inside to see an eccentric egg freezing doctor who offers women peace of mind in exchange for their life savings.
9 Nov 2020
Episode 2: Meats by Ashley Williams
Ashley Williams directed, wrote, produced, and starred in MEATS, a short film shot by Roman Vasyanov (the D.P. for SUICIDE SQUAD and FURY). Ashley also wrote and starred in the short film STUD BOOB which is in post-production now with director Shaina Feinberg. She’s shadowing major television directors, developing a series with producer-director Pamela Fryman, and developing feature and television projects for herself to direct, as well as continuing to produce projects for Hallmark, where she conceived of, developed, executive produced, and starred in LOVE ON A LIMB.
4 Nov 2020
Episode 1: Umama by Talia Smith
Talia Smith is a filmmaker born and raised in South Africa. Her country's rich heritage inspired her storytelling aspirations from a young age and at 8 she decided she would one day move to New York to pursue a career in film and share these stories with the world. 10 years later she followed her dreams and studied Film and TV at NYU's Tisch School of the arts. Throughout her four years at NYU, she made South African and female-focused pieces. Since moving to New York she has worked for award-winning production companies such as Smuggler, Hungryman, The Mill, Radical Media and Di Novi Pictures. No matter the genre, all her films are created in pursuit of justice.
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