Indie Film Hustle Podcast
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Limbo and Changing Minds with Comedy | Ben Sharrock
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Today’s guest on the show is Scottish award-winning filmmaker, and writer, Ben Sharrock, known for his Cannes Official Selection 2020 feature film, Limbo, and Pikadero, among others.
Ben’s unique visually captivating films are inspired by middle eastern and northern European cinema. Interpreting middle eastern character in his films as he does in some of his recent work stems from an academic background in Middle East Cinema, Fine Arts, and working advertising in Dubai. The rooted connection --- learning and understanding these cultures carved a for Ben, a unique cinematic voice in the industry.
Sharrock and his producing and life partner, Irune Gurtubai founded their production company, Caravan Cinemas under which they premiered their first film, Pikadero at the 2015 San Sebastian International Film Festival.
A penniless, young couple has trouble consummating their fledgling relationship in their parents' homes, forcing their relationship into question as they try to break free from the shackles of a crumbling economy.
The film which had initially gone by Patata Tortilla was Sharrock and Gurtubai’s Screen Academy Scotland graduation film. They won two awards at the Zurich Film Festival in 2015, Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature Film at the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2016, and two BAFTA awards that year for new Talent Best Drama and Best Screenplay.
The recognition of Pikadero made it easier to get funding to write the screenplay for Limbo which came out in 2020.
Ben directed and wrote the original screenplay for Limbo---a wry and poignant observation of the refugee experience which follows Omar, a promising musician and Syrian refugee who is separated from his family, stuck on a remote Scottish island awaiting the fate of his asylum request.
Ben approaches the sensitive issues of refugees' dehumanization and orientalism in this film with absurd humor and honesty.
The film was nominated at this year’s BAFTA for Best British Film, Best debut and best international Feature Film for the GoldenEye.
I truly had a fun time geeking out on a tandem with Ben about film lenses, and cameras and learning of his film influences and transferred skills from his career in advertising to filmmaking.
Enjoy my conversation with Ben Sharrock.
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SVOD, TVOD, AVOD, Distribution Myths, and Film Markets | Linda Nelson
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Want to take a FREE Filmmaking or Screenwriting Course by Hollywood Pros? 👉 indiefilmhustle.com/free Subscribe to my CZcams Channel! ➡️ www.indiefilmhustle.com/youtube Today on the show we have returning champion Linda Nelson from Indie Rights. I wanted to bring Linda back to discuss how much the distribution game has changed in the three years since she was last on the show. We also discuss th...
Directing ACTION in the World of John Wick for Television | Albert Hughes
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Want to take a FREE Filmmaking or Screenwriting Course by Hollywood Pros? 👉 indiefilmhustle.com/free Subscribe to my CZcams Channel! ➡️ www.indiefilmhustle.com/youtube In today's show we have a returning champion Albert Hughes. Albert is a well-known American filmmaker. He is one half of the Hughes Brothers, a filmmaking duo consisting of Albert and his twin brother, Allen Hughes. The Hughes Br...
From Indie Films to Oscar Nominations | David Permut
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Want to take a FREE Filmmaking or Screenwriting Course by Hollywood Pros? 👉 indiefilmhustle.com/free Subscribe to my CZcams Channel! ➡️ www.indiefilmhustle.com/youtube David has produced almost 40 feature films in the course of his career. From Blind Date and Dragnet to Face/Off and the Oscar® Nominated Hacksaw Ridge. His new film, The Polka King starring Jack Black, just got released on Netfli...
Making an Epic and Impossible Sci-Fi Indie Film | Martin Villeneuve
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Want to take a FREE Filmmaking or Screenwriting Course by Hollywood Pros? 👉 indiefilmhustle.com/free Subscribe to my CZcams Channel! ➡️ www.indiefilmhustle.com/youtube Today on the show we have writer/director Martin Villeneuve. Martin is the filmmaker behind the impossibly epic Canadian sci-fi film Mars et Avril. Martin didn't have the $100 million budget needed to produce a film of this epic ...
Making the $6000 Feature Film | David Simpson
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Want to take a FREE Filmmaking or Screenwriting Course by Hollywood Pros? 👉 indiefilmhustle.com/free Subscribe to my CZcams Channel! ➡️ www.indiefilmhustle.com/youtube We have on the show this week, film director, bestselling futurist author, speaker, and actor, David Simpson. You’ve probably stumbled upon his 1.7 million views TEDx presentation ‘Our Post-Human Future’, on CZcams. If not, no wo...
Making an "El Mariachi" Style $7000 Indie Film | Josh Stifter
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Want to take a FREE Filmmaking or Screenwriting Course by Hollywood Pros? 👉 indiefilmhustle.com/free Subscribe to my CZcams Channel! ➡️ www.indiefilmhustle.com/youtube Today on the show we have writer/director Josh Stifter. Josh was chosen as one of the directors to attempt to make a $7000 feature film using the El Mariachi style made famous by legendary filmmaker Robert Rodriguez. The show was...
The State of Indie Film for Women Directors | Jen McGowan
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Want to take a FREE Filmmaking or Screenwriting Course by Hollywood Pros? 👉 indiefilmhustle.com/free Subscribe to my CZcams Channel! ➡️ www.indiefilmhustle.com/youtube Today on the show we have writer/director Jen McGowan on the show. We discuss the state of women directors in Indie Film, her new film Rust Creek and what it is really like to be a female director, from her perspective in today's...
From $7K Film Red 11 to Making SPY KIDS: ARMAGEDDON for Netflix | Racer Max & Rebel Rodriguez
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Want to take a FREE Filmmaking or Screenwriting Course by Hollywood Pros? 👉 indiefilmhustle.com/free Subscribe to my CZcams Channel! ➡️ www.indiefilmhustle.com/youtube In this episode we have Racer Max and Rebel Rodriguez. The sons of the legendary filmmaker Robert Rodriguez and film producer Elizabeth Avellán. Racer, Rebel and I had an amazing conversation about what it was like being raised b...
Making Movies is Hard | Alrik Bursell
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Want to take a FREE Filmmaking or Screenwriting Course by Hollywood Pros? 👉 indiefilmhustle.com/free Subscribe to my CZcams Channel! ➡️ www.indiefilmhustle.com/youtube I have a treat for you today. On the show we have filmmaker and podcaster Alrik Bursell from the podcast Making Movies is HARD! I've had the pleasure on be on his show before and have another episode coming up in Nov where I talk...
From Short Film Script to Spielberg | Sacha Gervasi
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Want to take a FREE Screenwriting or Filmmaking Course by Hollywood Pros? 👉 indiefilmhustle.com/free Subscribe to my CZcams Channel! ➡️ www.indiefilmhustle.com/youtube Bulletproof Script Coverage Service 👉www.covermyscreenplay.com For links to today's guest - click below: 👉 www.bulletproofscreenwriting.tv/118 Being a podcaster now for over 600 episodes I've heard all sorts of stories on how peo...
Misadventures in Indie Filmmaking & Distribution | Anderson Cowan
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Want to take a FREE Filmmaking or Screenwriting Course by Hollywood Pros? 👉 indiefilmhustle.com/free Subscribe to my CZcams Channel! ➡️ www.indiefilmhustle.com/youtube Today on the show we have filmmaker Anderson Cowen. Anderson and I met through a mutual friend in Los Angeles. When I first met Anderson he was a deer in the headlights when it came to selling an indie film into the marketplace. ...
How to Attach a Bankable Movie Star to Your Indie Film | Steven Luke
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Want to take a FREE Filmmaking or Screenwriting Course by Hollywood Pros? 👉 indiefilmhustle.com/free Subscribe to my CZcams Channel! ➡️ www.indiefilmhustle.com/youtube Today on the show we have writer, producer, director, actor, and Filmtrepreneur Steven Luke. Steven and I discuss how he attaches bankable movie stars like Dolph Lundgren, Mickey Rourke, Chuck Liddell, James Cromwell, Thomas Jane...
Inside Cobra Kai & Its Domination of Netflix | Zack Arnold
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Want to take a FREE Filmmaking or Screenwriting Course by Hollywood Pros? 👉 indiefilmhustle.com/free Subscribe to my CZcams Channel! ➡️ www.indiefilmhustle.com/youtube Today on the show with have Zack Arnold, an award-winning Hollywood film & television editor (Cobra Kai, Burn Notice, Empire, Shooter, Glee), member of the American Cinema Editors, a documentary director GO FAR: The Christopher R...
The Wrong Kind of Women in Hollywood | Naomi McDougall Jones
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Want to take a FREE Filmmaking or Screenwriting Course by Hollywood Pros? 👉 indiefilmhustle.com/free Subscribe to my CZcams Channel! ➡️ www.indiefilmhustle.com/youtube Today on the show we have award-winning filmmaker, actress, author, speaker, women in film activist and force of nature Naomi McDougall Jones. Many of the IFH Tribe might remember Naomi from her first appearance on the show talki...
Releasing a Film In Drive-In Theaters During COVID-19 | Joshua Caldwell
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Releasing a Film In Drive-In Theaters During COVID-19 | Joshua Caldwell
Life after Corona and We say Goodbye to Film Trooper | Scott McMahon
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Life after Corona and We say Goodbye to Film Trooper | Scott McMahon
How to Shoot in an Impossible Location | Peter Bishai
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How to Shoot in an Impossible Location | Peter Bishai
Nicolas Cage and Jumping Into Willy's Wonderland | Kevin Lewis
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Nicolas Cage and Jumping Into Willy's Wonderland | Kevin Lewis
The Art of Epic Filmmaking | Oscar® Winner Edward Zwick
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The Art of Epic Filmmaking | Oscar® Winner Edward Zwick
Inside the Multi-Window Distribution Model | Simon Swart
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Inside the Multi-Window Distribution Model | Simon Swart
How to Be a Commercial Director | Jordan Brady
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How to Be a Commercial Director | Jordan Brady
How to make Money with your Films for 10 Years | Mike Dion
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How to make Money with your Films for 10 Years | Mike Dion
Clapboard Jungle: The Truth about Indie Film Making | Justin McConnell
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Clapboard Jungle: The Truth about Indie Film Making | Justin McConnell
Writing with Emotional Impact | Karl Iglesias
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Writing with Emotional Impact | Karl Iglesias
How to Sell Your Indie Film and Yourself | Alec Trachtenberg
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How to Sell Your Indie Film and Yourself | Alec Trachtenberg
How to Be a Screenwriter in Hollywood | Marshall Herskovitz
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How to Be a Screenwriter in Hollywood | Marshall Herskovitz
How not to get Ripped Of by a Film Distributor | Orly Ravid
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How not to get Ripped Of by a Film Distributor | Orly Ravid
Selling Palm Springs for $17.5 Million at Sundance | Max Barbakow
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Selling Palm Springs for $17.5 Million at Sundance | Max Barbakow
Will Netflix Destroy the Last Blockbuster | Taylor Morden
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Will Netflix Destroy the Last Blockbuster | Taylor Morden

Komentáře

  • @turboparadise
    @turboparadise Před 6 hodinami

    Great interview great story, I had found about Bloodsport being a true story(not anymore) many years after I had seen it. I had seen it today to give myself a break from the daily footage of genocide being committed. You can only watch so much of kids being murdered right.

  • @barefootandindependent
    @barefootandindependent Před 20 hodinami

    He said “crap”

  • @gargamelito
    @gargamelito Před 2 dny

    3min of advertising right away, then lit of fluf. I stopped watching your videos. I tried again with this one and i gave up after 5 min

  • @pierresdesk
    @pierresdesk Před 3 dny

    I wonder if all of this info is still relevant post Covid mid 2024

  • @chestercopperpot7897

    Omg! How long has it been ? Before this interview or after that he got caught with a 15 year old?

  • @talentvaadcinema
    @talentvaadcinema Před 4 dny

    Where can I watch it

  • @FilmPunk
    @FilmPunk Před 6 dny

    Look up Nighty Night. It's British and Dark. Just do it and don't ask questions.

  • @sfb1219
    @sfb1219 Před 7 dny

    THIS MAN LOVE STRIKING A MINOR CHORDS

  • @sfb1219
    @sfb1219 Před 7 dny

    WHOSE COMING HERE AFTER THIS Z PEDO EXPOSED

  • @user-wh4lx9by2o
    @user-wh4lx9by2o Před 7 dny

    Thanks, I enjoyed this interview. If I may, here's how I would've enjoyed it even more. 1) Talk less. Much less. You are clearly as knowledgeable as some of your guests, but use that knowledge to draw useful information from your subjects. Watch the pros, the best interviewers on network TV. That's what they do. Instead of showing us that they know the answer before they ask the question, they play dumb (hyperbole) and let their subject shine. 2) Don't finish your subject's sentences. It's irritating to the viewer, not to mention to your subject. 3) Laugh less. It makes you look frivolous.

  • @kasperwabinski
    @kasperwabinski Před 8 dny

    Please script ur videos they are repetitive comments in a circle.

  • @dthill96
    @dthill96 Před 8 dny

    The Erwin Brothers (especially in the last 6 years) have been able to transcend past their core demographic/target audience. They were the first filmmakers to have a Christian themed 🎥 be shown on IMAX screens with “I Still Believe”. They do the smart thing of not beating you over the head with their messages/beliefs. An additional reason they’ve transcended past their target audience is how their work looks visually. Their experience in music videos helps them immensely because a bunch of their work visually looks gorgeous. And as someone who’s agnostic/borderline atheist I can watch their work and not feel like I’m being preached to.

  • @ccarrera951
    @ccarrera951 Před 11 dny

    Herschel Weingrod . Hollywood .PDF File . JEWISH GATEKEEPER of THE CHILDREN . can't help himself , exertion waiting to happen .

  • @LobsterFishingAdventures

    Pizza gate

  • @gavinritchie649
    @gavinritchie649 Před 12 dny

    Brooks was here

  • @mikebeats3281
    @mikebeats3281 Před 12 dny

    It is extremely hard to make a movie that you can get anyone to watch for two hours. 😂🎉

  • @chrizdee9021
    @chrizdee9021 Před 13 dny

    what the ??? an 74 old grandpa with 15 years old girl😂😂

  • @MODERNVAMPIRE100
    @MODERNVAMPIRE100 Před 14 dny

    Usual suspect

  • @MustardSkaven
    @MustardSkaven Před 15 dny

    Hey this the dude with the 15 year old!

  • @saylosrelyks8645
    @saylosrelyks8645 Před 15 dny

    Matrix is cool and all but Dark City is just a whole 'nother level cool and i hate how Matrix got all the credit, not to mention the theatrical narration that spoils the entire film the studio forced in because they didn't trust the audiences intelligence and yet Matrix didn't have to do that, why? I doubt Alex will see this comment but i can watch Dark City anytime and always enjoy it and no matter what, that final boss fight is still the best, it's like DBZ with epic music.

  • @rwlwrestlingleague2975

    Hey Boris!

  • @JRMajewski-dc8ct
    @JRMajewski-dc8ct Před 17 dny

    This didn’t age well 💀💀💀💀

  • @victoryak86
    @victoryak86 Před 17 dny

    Just trying to figure out when this interview occurred? In one place it’s says May 2022 but in the description it appears to be around 2018 or 2019?

  • @CadenButera
    @CadenButera Před 18 dny

    No offense, but I don’t I agree with the majority of what he’s saying here. Furthermore, his suggestions on how to change Dan in real life would’ve made that movie less interesting

  • @warlockofwordschannel7901

    Cool anecdotes, we love to see it.

  • @warlockofwordschannel7901

    Great conversation, from the outside it seems like he odds are random and stacked against us newbies. A really good script is still the pivot.

  • @RealDreamofDrea
    @RealDreamofDrea Před 18 dny

    Great episode!

  • @getawaydreamer2724
    @getawaydreamer2724 Před 19 dny

    Enter the fail dragon sucks. The biggest fuck up in Enter the Dragon was no fight between Bruce and Bolo. BloodSport is the best martial arts movie ever made.

  • @M3hdii01
    @M3hdii01 Před 19 dny

    Prolly a Minoooor !

  • @EvanBPeters
    @EvanBPeters Před 19 dny

    Rest in peace, Mr. Toia. I wish we could have seen what you had in store for us. Thank you for capturing this, Alex.

  • @iSkillM0re
    @iSkillM0re Před 19 dny

    CZcams hella covering for this guy when you search for him, funny how they protect their own but smear others... disgusting

  • @peterjessen7594
    @peterjessen7594 Před 19 dny

    He talked about Denmark in the beginning. We’re it’s legal to meet 15 years kids🤔

  • @crayon5475
    @crayon5475 Před 19 dny

    Another demboyz caught in the act 🤑🤑🤑

  • @LongerLasting
    @LongerLasting Před 19 dny

    The Matrix stole more from “Ghost in the Shell” (manga and anime) and The Terminator movies. Aesthetically, it has some Dark City vibes.

    • @wayneklein2474
      @wayneklein2474 Před 3 dny

      They also used many of the same sets used for Dark City in The Matrix as well.

  • @Zarathustra-rj4yz
    @Zarathustra-rj4yz Před 19 dny

    NONCE

  • @garethburch2735
    @garethburch2735 Před 20 dny

    Nonce

  • @kingjunkyview
    @kingjunkyview Před 20 dny

    PDF file

  • @FLIGHT.1
    @FLIGHT.1 Před 20 dny

    Probably a minorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

  • @TeDynef
    @TeDynef Před 20 dny

    Is anybody able to find the connection to maxwell?

  • @matthewb2052
    @matthewb2052 Před 20 dny

    Bro did alot of kids movies... guess we know how much he cared

  • @albo2591
    @albo2591 Před 20 dny

    Pizza lover

  • @QuarkyFilms
    @QuarkyFilms Před 20 dny

    Very informative and helpful. Thanks!

  • @oooops8883
    @oooops8883 Před 20 dny

    PDF file!

  • @balkannewsdaily
    @balkannewsdaily Před 21 dnem

    boris just wanted a pizza 😂😂

  • @scottcpan68
    @scottcpan68 Před 21 dnem

    CREEPY

  • @martaferguson-dun645
    @martaferguson-dun645 Před 21 dnem

    Also her break down of elements in Tootsie is masterful.

  • @martaferguson-dun645
    @martaferguson-dun645 Před 21 dnem

    Always love & follow your sessions. A great service to writer/directors.

  • @SonnyGraal.
    @SonnyGraal. Před 21 dnem

    Predator send em to jail

    • @scottcpan68
      @scottcpan68 Před 21 dnem

      Unfortunately this guy has a certain protection so he will get a pass.

  • @garethburch2735
    @garethburch2735 Před 21 dnem

    Nonce

  • @ufcfighter3005
    @ufcfighter3005 Před 21 dnem

    lol