Slamdance First Film Podcast

Slamdance now offers a weekly podcast exploring how to make, premiere and distribute your first feature film. Each week, hear the origin stories of today's great filmmakers as they share their tips and tricks in these intimate interviews. With an aim to give back and support independent filmmakers, Slamdance's First Film Podcast demystifies process and the first feature film. Featuring Slamdance alumni Sean Baker & Shih-Ching Tsou ("Take Out"), The Russo Brothers ("Pieces"), Azazel Jacobs ("Nobody Needs to Know"), Dana Nachman ("Witch Hunt") and many more. Created and hosted by fellow Slamdance alumni filmmakers and festival programmers Michael Gallagher & Jana Gallagher ("Funny Story"). For advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com    We wanna make the podcast even better, help us learn how we can: https://bit.ly/2EcYbu4   Privacy Policy: https://www.studio71.com/terms-and-conditions-use/#Privacy%20Policy

  1. Joe Penna: On filming in the 'Arctic', Working with Mads Mikkelsen, and Premiering at Cannes

    MAY 29

    Joe Penna: On filming in the 'Arctic', Working with Mads Mikkelsen, and Premiering at Cannes

    Today's guest is filmmaker Joe Penna, whose debut feature film ARCTIC premiered at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. Joe got his start making videos on YouTube as MysteryGuitarMan, where Joe honed his skills behind the camera, earning commercial directing opportunities while attracting millions of subscribers and racking  up hundreds of millions of views. Joe's pivot to make his first feature film ARCTIC was filled with trial and error, experimentation, consulting with experts, and building a stellar team. Learn how Joe convinced Mads Mikkelsen to sign on, how to survive a punishing shoot in the arctic, and how getting something special in the "can" led him to premiere in Cannes! His second feature film, STOWAWAY, starring Anna Kendrick and Toni Collette, is now streaming on Netflix.Links: Arctic (Amazon)Stowaway (Netflix) Slamdance First Film Podcast is created & hosted by Michael Gallagher and Jana Gallagher. Produced by Peter Baxter. Edited by Daniel Angarita. Music by Kevin MacLeod. Special Thanks to Paul Rachman and the entire Slamdance Team. Follow the Slamdance First Film Podcast: Instagram (@SlamdanceFirstFilm) X (formerly known as Twitter) (@FirstFilmPod) YouTube (/Slamdance) Please share, rate, and review! For sponsorship, booking, and business inquiries, email us at: TheSlamdanceFirstFilmPodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    54 min
  2. Blake Robbins: The Masterclass in Micro-Budget Filmmaking

    MAY 22

    Blake Robbins: The Masterclass in Micro-Budget Filmmaking

    Today's guest is writer-director Blake Robbins, talking about his debut feature film THE SUBLIME AND BEAUTIFUL which premiered at the 2014 Slamdance Film Festival. It went on to win the Jury Prize for Best Feature, Best Actor and Best Director at the 2014 Newport Beach Film Festival. Having never directed before (not even a short film), Blake followed his passion, rolled up his sleeves, and crafted a truly beautiful piece of indie cinema on a $30,000 budget. Incredible insight on how to film in 12 days, why you should think like a businessman, the importance of treating your crew with love and respect, and how he parlayed his micro-budget indie on the festival circuit to get his next film— THE SCENT OF RAIN AND LIGHTING — a $2 million dollar feature starring Maika Monroe and Maggie Grace. You can support Blake's new feature, MICKEY BRASCH, which will be filming in the fall of 2025. Link: The Sublime and Beautiful (Tubi)The Scent of Rain and Lightning (Tubi) Slamdance First Film Podcast is created & hosted by Michael Gallagher and Jana Gallagher. Produced by Peter Baxter. Edited by Daniel Angarita. Music by Kevin MacLeod. Special Thanks to Paul Rachman and the entire Slamdance Team. Follow the Slamdance First Film Podcast: Instagram (@SlamdanceFirstFilm) X (formerly known as Twitter) (@FirstFilmPod) YouTube (/Slamdance) Please share, rate, and review! For sponsorship, booking, and business inquiries, email us at: TheSlamdanceFirstFilmPodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    1h 2m

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Slamdance now offers a weekly podcast exploring how to make, premiere and distribute your first feature film. Each week, hear the origin stories of today's great filmmakers as they share their tips and tricks in these intimate interviews. With an aim to give back and support independent filmmakers, Slamdance's First Film Podcast demystifies process and the first feature film. Featuring Slamdance alumni Sean Baker & Shih-Ching Tsou ("Take Out"), The Russo Brothers ("Pieces"), Azazel Jacobs ("Nobody Needs to Know"), Dana Nachman ("Witch Hunt") and many more. Created and hosted by fellow Slamdance alumni filmmakers and festival programmers Michael Gallagher & Jana Gallagher ("Funny Story"). For advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com    We wanna make the podcast even better, help us learn how we can: https://bit.ly/2EcYbu4   Privacy Policy: https://www.studio71.com/terms-and-conditions-use/#Privacy%20Policy

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