Woodstock Film Festival LET'S TALK FILM! Podcast

May 21 2024

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Hosts Adam Shartoff and Katy Mejia chat with WFF Alumni and friends of the festival about all things indie film! The WFF podcast is a platform for filmmakers to share their work and love of independent filmmaking. We also publish a select number of the best panels from the festival each year. Every year the podcast is livestreamed for three days from the filmmaker lounge during the festival and we also publish a select number of the best panels from the annual festival.

The WFF supports emerging and established filmmakers, sharing their creative voices through an annual festival and year-round programming to promote culture, diversity, community, educational opportunities, and economic growth.

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Dream Team Collaborators + Film Festival Submission Tips with Djaka Souaré and & Anthony Lalor

May 21 2024 27 mins

LET'S TALK FILM! Podcast Episode #23In this episode, we talk with Actor/Producer Djaka Souaré and Actor Anthony Lalor about their new short film CUT ME IF YOU CAN, a satire about the racist and sexist tropes we see in horror films. Djaka and Anthony talk about creating black characters in non-stereotypical roles, meeting dream collaborators, and the festival circuit + Djaka recomm

The Power of Short Films & Creating a Successful Film Festival Strategy | Julie Sharbutt & Anastasia Rykova

Apr 19 2024 28 mins

LET’S TALK FILM! Podcast Episode #22In this episode, we chat with filmmakers Julie Sharbutt and Anastasia Rykova, whose shorts SCAM and THE TALE OF TWO CRUEL RULERS were featured at the 2023 Woodstock Film Festival. Julie Sharbutt is a Genre and Comedy filmmaker and writer based in LA. Her 2023 short film SCAM has screened at Woodstock, Fantaspoa and more. The 2021 short CUPIDS s

The Impact of the Environmental Health Movement in the film FEEDING TOMORROW with Oliver English

Mar 21 2024 36 mins

LET’S TALK FILM! Podcast Episode #21In this episode, we chat with filmmaker and food advocate Oliver English about his recent film, FEEDING TOMORROW. Oliver talks about the impact of his solutions-oriented film, from regenerative farming, growing food on rooftops at Brooklyn Grange, the first farm built inside of a hospital that provides healthy food to patients, and much more! O

Addressing Immigrant and Disability Rights in the film UNSEEN with Set Hernandez & Pedro

Feb 02 2024 22 mins

LET’S TALK FILM! Podcast Episode #20In this episode, we discuss with 2023 WFF filmmaker alumnus Set Hernandez and his close friend, Pedro, the subject of his most recent film, UNSEEN. Together they explore the creative approaches to documentary filmmaking that assist in representing Pedro’s intersectionality as a disabled, immigrant social worker. They simultaneously discuss th

Chelsea Bo & Ava Ava Acres | Improvisation & the Making of the Indie Film NO RIGHT WAY

Jan 19 2024 34 mins

LET’S TALK FILM! Podcast Episode #19In this episode, writer/director Chelsea Bo and actor Ava Acres talk about making the narrative film NO RIGHT WAY by improvising the script, which brings a totally fresh and new kind of realism to an indie film about single motherhood. Chelsea Bo is a writer/director with a theater and improv background. She graduated from Loyola Marymount Univ

The Nikki Giovanni Documentary & Film Fests vs Community Screenings with Michèle Stephenson & Joe Brewster

Dec 21 2023 31 mins

LET’S TALK FILM! Podcast Episode #18In this episode, we chat with Filmmakers Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson about their latest award-winning films GOING TO MARS: THE NIKKI GIOVANNI PROJECT, the short film BLACK GIRLS PLAY: THE STORY OF HAND GAMES, and the importance of communal viewing and how film festivals contribute to that experience. Producer and Director Joe Brewster

Genre FiIms & How They Can be Used to Address Social Issues with Larry Fessenden

Nov 29 2023 29 mins

LET’S TALK FILM! Podcast Episode #17In this episode, we chat with Actor and Director Larry Fessenden about his independent horror films and how they showcase the impending doom of present societal issues. Fessenden is an actor, writer, director, and producer and the head of the NY-based independent production shingle Glass Eye Pix with the mission of supporting individual voices

Uncovering Untold/Improperly Told Stories with Filmmaker Yoruba Richen

Nov 20 2023 20 mins

LET’S TALK FILM! Podcast Episode # 16In this episode, we chat with Director, Producer, and Screenwriter Yoruba Richen about her work on uncovering never-before-told, or otherwise improperly told, stories through her many films. Yoruba Richen is an Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker whose work has been featured on multiple outlets, including Netflix, MSNBC, FX/Hulu, HBO, and PBS

Making the film IN THE SHADOW OF BEIRUT with co-director Stephen Gerard Kelly

Nov 09 2023 30 mins

LET’S TALK FILM! Podcast Episode #15In this episode, we chat with Director and Cinematographer Stephen Gerard Kelly about his latest film IN THE SHADOW OF BEIRUT. Stephen Gerard Kelly is an Ireland-raised artist with a sensitivity around post-colonial power structures and a background in development and conflict research. He spent five years living in Beirut, listening, understan

Kim Jackson | A.I. vs Human Creativity and Building Community through Cinema

Nov 06 2023 31 mins

Kim Jackson is a critically acclaimed producer and production manager. Some of her work includes DOWN WITH THE KING (2021), TRUST MACHINE: THE STORY OF BLOCKCHAIN (2018), and BLUE CAPRICE (2013). She currently serves as the VP of development for New York Women in Film and Television (NYWIFT). Among other things, she is also a co-founder of the creative studio Evotion.Topics discuss