Episode 2.07 features the Executive Producer, Writer, and Lead Actor of Shoudler Season, Anna Clare Kerr. We talk about understanding your weakness and writing what seem like the best ideas of all time in your notes app.

Film Synopsis: Mayellen, a lost and recently divorced woman in her 30s, has been tasked with packing up her late grandmother's beach cottage before it is listed for sale. When a neighbor with dementia brings up old memories, Mayellen has no choice but to confront her grief directly.

Shoulder Season screens Sunday, Jan 12, 2025 at 4:00pm in Norwalk, CT.

For full schedule and tickets visit NorwalkFilmFestival.org

Links:

Instagram: @annaclarekerr

@shoulderseasonfilm

https://www.annaclarekerr.com/

Episode 2.06 features the Writer/Director of Tea, Blake Winston Rice. We talk about the importance of seeing films as part of a film festival (belly fire) and how your career can(nes) change with a trip to France.

Film Synopsis: While rehearsing asking out the girl of his dreams, a lonely and highly allergic Circuit-Shack employee gets stung in the throat by a hornet.

Tea screens Saturday, Jan 11, 2025 at 4:00pm in Norwalk, CT.

For full schedule and tickets visit NorwalkFilmFestival.org

Links:

Blake:

FB: www.facebook.com/blakewrice

IG: www.instagram.com/blakewrice

x: www.x.com/blakewrice

website: www.blakewinstonrice.com

TEA:

FB: www.facebook.com/teathemovie

IG: www.instagram.com/teathemovie

X: www.x.com/teathemovie

website: www.teathemovie.com

Episode 2.05 has the Writer/Director Joey LaFrance & DP Brenden Mascherino joining us to talk about their film, The Next Bells. We talk about deciding to shoot a musical short film and choosing the right film to honor the classic musical films.

Film Synopsis: In this musical, Lily is waiting for an important phone call and navigates life assuming the worst, leading her down a dance-filled, spiraling path of self-discovery.

The Next Bells screens Saturday, Jan 11, 2025 at 10:00am in Norwalk, CT.

For full schedule and tickets visit NorwalkFilmFestival.org

Joey's socials:

Instagram
LinkedIn
Brenden's socials:

https://www.brendenmascherino.com/
Instagram

Episode 2.04 features an interview with Karen Turner, talking about her film, Even the Women Must Fight. We talk about her experience in Vietnam and the importance of telling the stories from these Vietnamese women.

Film Synopsis: Even the Women Must Fight, brings to film for the first time the voices of Vietnamese women who took up arms to support Ho Chi Minh’s armies after the US bombed their northern villages. These women’s narratives of war and homecoming and the rare historical footage from Northern Vietnamese combat photographers that documents their courage and competence under fire, challenge stereotypes of Vietnamese women as passive victims in the image of Miss Saigon.

Even the Women Must Fight screens Saturday, Jan 11, 2025 at 2:00pm in Norwalk, CT.

For full schedule and tickets visit NorwalkFilmFestival.org

Episode 3 of Season 2 of the Norwalk Film Festival Podcast features an interview with the writer & director of The Lake in the Sky, Caleb Reese Paul. We talk about upping the ante after each project and the magic of sound design.

Synopsis: An isolated teenager explores the past, his late father, and unstable memory through the use of celluloid on his 16th birthday.

The Norwalk Film Festival will be held January 10 - 12, 2025 in Norwalk, CT.

Visit NorwalkFilmFestival.org for ticketing and scheduling info.

Links:

https://www.instagram.com/calebreesepaul/

Thelakeinthesky.com

Episode 2 of Season 2 of the Norwalk Film Festival Podcast features an interview with the writer & director of The Interceptors, Jesse Torres Synopsis: A man stumbles upon a cabin in the woods where he meets a group who recruit people to work for them between death and the afterlife.

The Norwalk Film Festival will be held January 10 - 12, 2025 in Norwalk, CT.

Visit NorwalkFilmFestival.org for ticketing and scheduling info.

Links:

https://www.instagram.com/iamjessetorres/

Episode One of Season 2 of the Norwalk Film Festival Podcast features an interview with the writer & director of Nana, Hillary Carrigan. Synopsis: A standing Sunday lunch is born after Nana invites herself to her granddaughter’s fifth floor walk-up.

The Norwalk Film Festival will be held January 10 - 12, 2025 in Norwalk, CT.

Visit NorwalkFilmFestival.org for ticketing and scheduling info.

Links:

http://hillarycarrigan.com/

https://www.instagram.com/_hillarycarrigan

Episode Ten of the Norwalk Film Festival Podcast features an interview with the writer & director of Resurgence, Krushan Naik. Synopsis: Ryan De Vries, a professional canyoneer, encounters a near-death experience in the canyons of Southern Utah. Post the accident, his friends and family witness a changed person as Ryan battles with himself due to the trauma caused by it—crippling his everyday life. The documentary highlights Ryan's struggles after losing his identity, along with the disparity in his journey of physical recovery, mental healing, and emotional resurgence, and how they affect one another.

The Norwalk Film Festival will be held January 19 - 21, 2024 in Norwalk, CT.

Visit NorwalkFilmFestival.org for ticketing and scheduling info.

Links:

⁠Film's Website

Krushan's Instagram