That Young Cineast | Filmmaking Podcast

About That Young Cineast | Filmmaking Podcast

Are you YOUNG, and/or an ASPIRING ARTIST OR CREATIVE? Catch interviews with creative industry professionals and listen in on their advice and experience they offer towards the younger generation and the millions of aspiring artists. They delve into their unique pathways to which they've craft their careers and lessons they've learn along the way. The host, Matthew Buendia, dives into film, music, production design, sports, and the up and coming rising stars. Let these interviews serve as motivation and proof a career in the creative industry is possible, and is possible FOR YOU.

Publisher

Matthew Buendia

Category

tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

30 Jan 2025

Latest episode

6 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

27 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   6 Aug 2026

   John Tucholski | Rising Cineast | To the Fools Who Dream

   Matt connects back with an old friend from NSLC film camp back in 2025, John Tucholski. As he talks about growing up with a creative writing father, and exploring his early stages of creativity. He also talks about his newest and biggest project, RED LIGHTS, which got into the All American High School Film Festival and Mount Vernon Film Festival. John emphasizes reading and truly chasing telling a story.

2. 

   10 Jul 2026

   Rising Cineast: Carlos Lerma | To The Fools Who Dream

   Matthew speaks with Carlos Lerma, a well decorated 23-year-old filmmaker from Mexico who studied film in Chicago and Los Angeles. He's been submitting to film festivals since he was a teenager. He has also been featured in the Chicago Tribune, DayTime Chicago, Indie Wrap, The Guardian, and spoke at TEDx. He has some great advice for young filmmakers, especially since he began his film festival experience at 15.

3. 

   24 Jun 2026

   Oscar-Nom Producer: Christine La Monte | To The Fools Who Dream

   Matthew opens the newest season with a hidden gem from the 2026 Oscars Run: Viva Verdi. He sits down with the producer and writer of the Oscar-Nominated Documentary: CHRISTINE LA MONTE. She expresses her passion for music, and how she turned her imagination into a producing career. She takes her decades of experience in Hollywood and gives the youth an inspiring message of resilience.

Who has been a guest on That Young Cineast | Filmmaking Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Aaron Chang
• Liam Collins
• Matias Herrera
• Kaelin Mendez
• Emma Chavez

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Spotify

4.6 / 5

9 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 32 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

50

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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