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Shane Chung made “Check Please”, a FI-LA 2026 Official Selection that impressed our jurors, winning it:

🏆 Grand Jury Award for Best Director – Short Film to Shane Chung

🏆 Filmmakers Award for Outstanding Short Film – Comedy

Shane Chung is a Korean-American filmmaker who enjoys challenging mainstream narratives around Asians and Trojan-Horsing thorny emotions and complex topics into genre films.                                                                                                I certainly hope that you enjoy listening to our conversation as much as we enjoyed recording it!

Shane Chung’s links:

Click here for the Shane’s Website

Click here for the Shane’s Instagram

Click here for the Check Please Trailer

Click here for the Check Please Instagram

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What are the 4Qs? (1) Three favorite films. (2) An underrated film. (3) An overrated film. (4) A lesser-known film people should seek out.

Joseph Wesley’s film Supplemental, was a FI-LA 2026 Official Selection and earned the Grand Jury Awards for Best Supporting Performer – Featurette to Marcuis Harris AND for Best Sound Design – Featurette to Jacob Proctor.

If you’re here, I imagine you already listened to Joseph’s terrific interview and can’t wait to hear his answers to the 4 Questions!

Joseph Wesley’s links:

Click here for the Supplemental Trailer

Click here for the @supplementalfilm Instagram

Click here for the @hitmakersmedia Instagram

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Discover Indie Film Links

DIF Podcast Website – DIF Instagram – DIF BlueSky

Discover Indie Film Foundation (nonprofit for the arts) Website

Sherman Oaks Film Festival

Film Invasion Los Angeles

Film Invasion Lima, Peru

Joseph Wesley made Supplemental, a FI-LA 2026 Official Selection that impressed our jurors, winning it:

🏆 Grand Jury Award for Best Supporting Performer – Featurette to Marcuis Harris

🏆 Grand Jury Award for Best Sound Design – Featurette to Jacob Proctor

Joe Wesley is a Director and Director of Photography based out of Los Angeles CA and Kalamazoo MI. His narrative work focus on absurd surrealism, and dark comedy, heavily influenced by his rural midwest upbringing. I certainly hope that you enjoy listening to our conversation as much as we enjoyed recording it!

Joseph Wesley’s links:

Click here for the Supplemental Trailer

Click here for the @supplementalfilm Instagram

Click here for the @hitmakersmedia Instagram

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Discover Indie Film Links

DIF Podcast Website – DIF Instagram – DIF BlueSky

Discover Indie Film Foundation (nonprofit for the arts) Website

Sherman Oaks Film Festival

Film Invasion Los Angeles

Film Invasion Lima, Peru

 

What are the 4Qs? (1) Three favorite films. (2) An underrated film. (3) An overrated film. (4) A lesser-known film people should seek out.

David Ambrose directed and co-wrote “Tomorrow’s Bandits” which was a FI-LA 2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy and deservedly earned the Programmer’s Prize for Exceptional Filmmaking.

David and I had a terrific chat (posted Wednesday) and the only way I know to wrap a good chat is to ask the Four Burning Questions.

Instagram: @films.dxa

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Discover Indie Film Links

DIF Podcast Website – DIF Instagram – DIF BlueSky

Discover Indie Film Foundation (nonprofit for the arts) Website

Sherman Oaks Film Festival

Film Invasion Los Angeles

Happy Wednesday, Listeners!

David Ambrose directed and co-wrote “Tomorrow’s Bandits” which was a FI-LA 2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy and deservedly earned the Programmer’s Prize for Exceptional Filmmaking.

I was honored David joined me on the podcast so I could pick his talented brain.

Instagram: @films.dxa

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Discover Indie Film Links

DIF Podcast Website – DIF Instagram – DIF BlueSky

Discover Indie Film Foundation (nonprofit for the arts) Website

Sherman Oaks Film Festival

Film Invasion Los Angeles