Luis sits down with writer Mustafa Kaymak and directors Scott Aharoni and Dennis Latos of the short film Leylak to discuss their film. The short film is up for contention at the 2022 Academy Awards. The team discuss the influence the pandemic had while creating this film. They also discuss the difficulties that came with having to film this while in the pandemic. Check out the interview and learn about this fantastic team!
Spooky season is here so time to bust out the horror films and rejoice in the scares to come! As always you all know that we do a horror month here at The Nerd Corps every October. Brad won the coin toss so this week we start this themed month with Jordan Peele’s Us. This is Brad’s first time watching this film and Raul’s second time. Listen to find out what both of them thought about the film!
IMDb Synopsis: “A family’s serene beach vacation turns to chaos when their doppelgängers appear and begin to terrorize them.”
We’ve had the wonderful opportunities to conduct a lot of interviews so far at the Nashville Film Festival. This time Luis is joined Zack and Jeremy Frost of Frost Studios to discuss their short films, The White Hill Syndicate and Porch Pirates. Frost Studios discuss their films and the influences behind them. They talk about the score and soundtrack used in the film and about the performances. Watch the interview to find out about what these two excellent filmmakers are all about!
We are continuing on with our coverage of the 52nd Nashville Film Festival. Today, one of our writers Luis had the chance to sit down and talk with Serhat Karaaslan, the director of the short film, The Criminals. Serhat and Luis discuss the film and how Serhat approached directing on this film. The Criminals will make its premiere at Nashville Film Festival on October 4th and the Belcourt Theater, and you can purchase tickets here. It is available to watch through Nashville Film Festival’s virtual cinema right now.
Luis joins Raul to talk about Nashville Film Festival. This has been five years in the making for the team and they are finally covering their first festival. Luis and Raul talk about what movies they are most looking forward. Raul also expresses his heartbreak over not being able to watch Spencer as it will be only in person. Listen to our precursor to our festival coverage of #NashFilm52! Keep up with all our coverage of the Nashville Film Festival here on the site!
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