Podcast Past Present Feature with Marcus Mizelle

E58 • Inside the Mind of a Festival Gatekeeper • Thom Powers, Lead Documentary Programmer of the Toronto International Film Festival	Past Present Feature with Marcus Mizelle	54:39
E57 • From Collab’ing With Coppola to Creating ‘The Purge‘: 30 Years in Hollywood • James DeMonaco, dir. of ‘The Home’ starring Pete Davidson, now in Theaters via Miramax	Past Present Feature with Marcus Mizelle	52:54
E56 • The More Specific, The More Universal • Madeline Gavin, dir. of ‘Beyond Utopia’ now on Hulu following the Sundance Audience Award	Past Present Feature with Marcus Mizelle	72:55
E55 • How to Build a Nightmare, and the Art of Letting Go • Julia Max, dir. of ‘The Surrender’ Now on AMC+ following SXSW	Past Present Feature with Marcus Mizelle	70:17
E54 • Genre Blending: Creating a Hilarious Horror • David Joseph Craig & Brian Crano, dirs. of ‘I Don’t Understand You’ Now in Theaters following SXSW	Past Present Feature with Marcus Mizelle	60:58
E53 • Making Films Without Fear • NATESH HEGDE, dir. of ‘Tiger’s Pond’ at Berlinale	Past Present Feature with Marcus Mizelle	37:47
E52 • Making a Feature Film Over 52 Years • VIBEKE LØKKEBERG, dir. of ‘The Long Road to the Director’s Chair’ at Berlinale	Past Present Feature with Marcus Mizelle	43:14
E51 • Making An AI Feature in 6 Days (On No Sleep) • YIWEN CAO, dir. of ‘What’s Next?’ at Berlinale	Past Present Feature with Marcus Mizelle	40:30
E50 • Navigating the Film Ecosystem • PHIL COX, co-dir. of ‘Khartoum’ at Berlinale following Sundance	Past Present Feature with Marcus Mizelle	46:40
E49 • The Power of Real-Time Documentary • NAYIBE TAVARES-ABEL, dir. of ‘Colossal’ at Berlinale	Past Present Feature with Marcus Mizelle	51:16
E48 • Adapting Literature, and Grief, to Film • DYLAN SOUTHERN, dir. of ‘The Thing With Feathers’ starring Benedict Cumberbatch at Berlinale + Sundance	Past Present Feature with Marcus Mizelle	49:18
E47 • Preparation, Meet Adaptability • SARAH MIRO FISCHER, dir. of ‘The Good Sister’ at Berlinale	Past Present Feature with Marcus Mizelle	41:03
E46 • Navigating Death and Legacy as Themes • BEN HETHCOAT, dir. of ‘Coroner To The Stars’ - AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER at Slamdance	Past Present Feature with Marcus Mizelle	51:03
E45 • The Humanitarian Crisis Through a Filmmaker's Lens • NATHANIEL LEZRA, dir. of ‘Roads of Fire’ - BEST DOC WINNER at the Santa Barbara Int. Film Festival	Past Present Feature with Marcus Mizelle	52:49
E44 • Make It, Move on, Make Another • GABY DELLAL, dir. of ‘Park Avenue’ at the Santa Barbara Film Festival	Past Present Feature with Marcus Mizelle	30:20
E43 • Environmental Awareness Through Cinema • DANIEL & AUSTIN STRAUB, dir. of ‘Out of Plain Sight’ - AUDIENCE WINNER at the Santa Barbara Film Festival + Slamdance + DOC NYC	Past Present Feature with Marcus Mizelle	47:15
E42 • The Subtle Art of Portraiture • BRIAN CASSIDY & MELANIE SHATZKY, dirs. of ‘A Man Imagined’ at the Rotterdam Int. Film Festival	Past Present Feature with Marcus Mizelle	47:32
E41 • Embrace The Unforeseen • AARON ROOKUS, dir. of ‘Idyllic’ at the Rotterdam Int. Film Festival	Past Present Feature with Marcus Mizelle	44:35
E40 • Dreaming Your Sub-Concious Film Into Reality • GALA DEL SOL, dir. of ‘Rains Over Babel’ at Sundance + Rotterdam Film Festival	Past Present Feature with Marcus Mizelle	48:17
E39 • The Burden and Privilege of Legacy • TAD NAKAMURA, dir. of ‘Third Act’ at the Sundance Film Festival	Past Present Feature with Marcus Mizelle	48:14
E38 • Meta Absurdism Explored Through Docu-Fiction • PASQUAL GUTIERREZ & BEN MULLINKOSSON, dirs. of ‘Serious People’ at the Sundance Film Festival	Past Present Feature with Marcus Mizelle	51:57
E37 • Finding Humanity in Diverse Perspectives • GIANLUCA MATARRESE, dir. of ‘GEN_’ at the Sundance Film Festival	Past Present Feature with Marcus Mizelle	56:11
E36 • Story First, Jokes Second • DELANEY BUFFETT, dir. of ‘Adult Best Friends’ - Golden Key Winner at KWFF following Tribeca	Past Present Feature with Marcus Mizelle	67:34
E35 • Expand Your Horizon, Stand With the Misfits • WANNES DESTOOP, dir. of ‘Holy Rosita’ - BEST FILM Award at the Torino Film Festival	Past Present Feature with Marcus Mizelle	42:16
E34 • Directing Live-Action VFX: Story Comes First • JEFF FOWLER, dir. of ‘Sonic The Hedgehog 3’ from Paramount Pictures	Past Present Feature with Marcus Mizelle	44:44
E33 • You Must Fight to Make Your Film • PIA MARAIS, dir. of ‘Transamazonia’ at the New York Film Festival, Chicago International, TIFF	Past Present Feature with Marcus Mizelle	44:15
E32 • Inspiring Action Through Activist Filmmaking • BEN RUSSELL, co-dir. of ‘Direct Action’ at the New York Film Festival + Berlinale	Past Present Feature with Marcus Mizelle	44:49
E31 • The Serious Business of Effective Comedy • EGIL PEDERSEN, dir. of ‘My Father’s Daughter’ at TIFF + Reykjavik Int. Film Festival	Past Present Feature with Marcus Mizelle	45:17
E30 • Creating Controversial Characters • ERIK POPPE, dir. of ‘Quisling - The Final Days’ at TIFF following the Norwegian Film Festival	Past Present Feature with Marcus Mizelle	47:41
E29 • Shoot First, Ask Questions Later • AFOLABI OLALEKAN, dir. of ‘Freedom Way’ at the Toronto Int. Film Festival	Past Present Feature with Marcus Mizelle	34:09
E28 • The Healing Power of Film • SUBHADRA MAHAJAN, dir. of ‘Second Chance’ at AFI following Busan + Karlovy Vary	Past Present Feature with Marcus Mizelle	52:59
E27 • Navigating Cultural Sensitivity Through Magical Realism • JASON JACOBS & DEVON DELMAR, dirs. of ‘Carissa’, Best Film Nom at the Venice Film Festival	Past Present Feature with Marcus Mizelle	29:42
E26 • Leveraging Life’s Limitations • VOJTĚCH STRAKATÝ, dir. of ‘After Party’ at the Venice Int. Film Festival	Past Present Feature with Marcus Mizelle	38:04
E25 • The Right Way Is Usually The Hard Way • VALERIO MASTANDREA, dir. of ‘Feeling Better’ at the Venice Int. Film Festival	Past Present Feature with Marcus Mizelle	28:58
E24 • Transforming Adversity into Powerful Storytelling • SCANDAR COPTI, Oscar-nominated dir. of ‘Happy Holidays’, Best Screenplay Winner at the Venice Int. Film Festival + TIFF	Past Present Feature with Marcus Mizelle	34:04
E23 • Documentary as Profound Poetry • PETER KEREKES, dir. of ‘Wishing On A Star’ at the Venice + Toronto Int. Film Festival	Past Present Feature with Marcus Mizelle	40:49
E22 • Crafting Complex, Culturally Authentic Characters • DEEPAK RAUNIYAR, dir. of ‘Pooja, Sir’ at the Venice Int. Film Festival + Busan	Past Present Feature with Marcus Mizelle	42:25
E21 • Taking The Off Ramp: From Gaffer to Director • NATHAN TAPE, dir. of ‘Off Ramp’ in Cinemas following Splat!FilmFest + New Orleans Film Festival	Past Present Feature with Marcus Mizelle	69:52
E20 • Casting & Collaborating with A-List Talent • ELLIOTT LESTER, dir. of ‘The Thicket’ in Cinemas following the Deauville Film Festival	Past Present Feature with Marcus Mizelle	36:23
E19 • Directing Your Destiny • VINCENT GRASHAW, dir. of ‘Bang Bang’ at Deauville Film Festival + Locarno	Past Present Feature with Marcus Mizelle	48:10

E58 • Inside the Mind of a Festival Gatekeeper • Thom Powers, Lead Documentary Programmer of the Toronto International Film Festival

Past Present Feature with Marcus Mizelle

54:39

E57 • From Collab’ing With Coppola to Creating ‘The Purge‘: 30 Years in Hollywood • James DeMonaco, dir. of ‘The Home’ starring Pete Davidson, now in Theaters via Miramax

Past Present Feature with Marcus Mizelle

52:54

E56 • The More Specific, The More Universal • Madeline Gavin, dir. of ‘Beyond Utopia’ now on Hulu following the Sundance Audience Award

Past Present Feature with Marcus Mizelle

72:55

E55 • How to Build a Nightmare, and the Art of Letting Go • Julia Max, dir. of ‘The Surrender’ Now on AMC+ following SXSW

Past Present Feature with Marcus Mizelle

70:17