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There’s a great new short out there available NOW for free at the New Yorker’s website (www.newyorker.com) called ECO-HACK! and a more unique film about saving the world (or at least a cross-section of it) you might never see. Filmmakers Brett Marty and Josh Izenberg have captured the work of Tim Fields, taking unusual steps to save the desert tortoise. They talk about their path to distribution, challenges making the film and more!

Friend of The Movie Guys Mark Elias returns to The Admiral’s Club with a new project - Boy Makes Girl, a new sci-fi drama/romance/comedy about a computer programmer who builds a female companion to cope with a challenging world. There’s all manner of good indie film talk here as Mark reflects on taking the reins of writer, producer and star of the film.

Actor Michael Filipowich returns to The Movie Guys to catch us up on his career and he brings fire and brimstone, energy, and outrageous stories with him. Can he be contained? Tune in to find out as the guest from one of our top ten most popular interview videos on YouTube is back.

Fresh off of her award-winning screening at The Phoenix Film Festival, writer/director Vivian Kerr joins Paul Preston to talk about her new drama (or comedy?) Scrap. Joining her is the co-lead in the film, Anthony Rapp. They talk about indie film, why making it is important, how the characters of the film are relatable and, of course, a quick check-in on Vivian and Anthony’s favorite movie of all time.

Among the more anticipated shorts at the 2022 Hollyshorts Film Festival is The Errand, directed by Amanda Renee Knox. Paul talks to Knox and actors Ezekiel Bridges and Naya Johnson about the film, their careers and how they’ll spend the fest. Plus, as ever, talk about their favorite movies of all time and a chat about Knox’s first film, Night Call.

After his feature film, Surge, director Aneil Karia returned to a short film project and it seems to have paid off in terms of exposure and reward as The Long Goodbye, Karia’s collaboration with Riz Ahmed, is now nominated for Best Short Film at the 94th Academy Awards. Paul talked to Aneil about packing so much content into a short film, working with Riz, navigating the virtual festival circuit and much more!