Jenna spoke with director and producer of the documentary "Little Hero", Jennifer Medvin. "Little Hero" was a competitive shorts at the Bentonville Film Festival. Check out her interview below.
Little Hero is a documentary about a six year little boy's autism as seen through the eyes of his twin sister. Avery explains her unique relations with her twin. Directors: Marcus Mcdougald, Jennifer Medvin Writers: Jennifer Medvin, Marcus McDougald Starring: Avery Medvin, Alexander Medvin #BFF2017
We sat down with the cast and crew of "Nosh: Bite-Size Adventures". "Nosh: Bite-Size Adventures" was a Competition Episodic at the Bentonville Film Festival. Check out their interview below.
"Nosh: Bite-Size Adventure" is a funny educational series. It is a cooking show hosted by two kids and their young producer. They prepare their favorite foods and go on adventures through time and space to learn where the recipes come from.
We spoke with writer and director Joyce Wong about her film "Wexford Plaza". "Wexford Plaza" was a competition narrative at the Bentonville Film Festival.
"Wexford Plaza" is a film about a misunderstood encounter unravels the life of a lonely female security guard and her deadbeat paramour in a comedy set in a dilapidated strip mall.
Director: Joyce Wong
Writer: Joyce Wong
Starring: Reid Asselstine, Darrel Gamotin, Francis Mellin
Jenna sat down with filmmakers Marie Jamora and Jason McLagan to talk about their movie "Flip The Record". "Flip The Record" was a competition Short at the Bentonville Film Festival. Check out their interview below.
"Flip the Record" is a story about a Filipino American teen who discovers her identity through a talent fro turntablism.
Director Marie Jamora
Writer: Marie Jamora
Producers: Jason McLagan and Marie Jamora
Starring: Courtney Bandeko, Michael Rosete, Jon viktor Corpus
Director Remy Auberjonois talks about his film "Blood Stripe". "Blood Stripe" was a competitive narrative film in the Bentonville Film Festival. Check out his interview below.
"Blood Stripe" is a film is a psychological thriller about a female Marine veteran and the struggle to come.
Director: Remy Auberjonois
Writers: Remy Auberjonois, Kate Nowlin
Starring: Chris Sullivan, Rene Auberjonois, Tom Lipinski
Filmmakers director Daniel Maldonado and Cinematographer Boryana Alexandrova discuss their film H.O.M.E. H.O.M.E. was a competition narrative at the Bentonville Film Festival. Check out their interview below.
H.O.M.E. is a film about a young man with Asperger's Syndrome who journeys into the subway system of New York City. It is also about a delivery guy who offers a woman trying to get home to her sick child and how they discover their deeper emotional connections. Two stories woven through its subways and ethnic enclaves.
Director: Daniel Maldonado
Writer: Hector Carosso and Daniel Maldonado
Producer: Darren Dean, Ingrid Matias and Vanessa Verduga
Starring: Jeremy Ray Valdez, Jesus Ochoa, Angela Lin
We spoke with the filmmakers from the film "Letters from Baghdad". Director Sabine Krayenbuhl and Zeva Oelbaum sat down with us and told us about their documentary about the true story of Gertrude Bell and Iraq. "Letters from Baghdad" was a competition documentary at the Bentonville Film Festival. Check out their interview below.
"Letters from Baghdad" tells the dramatic story of one of the most powerful woman in British Empire in her day, Gertrude Bell. She helped shape the Middle East after World War I. She was even more influential than her friend and colleague Lawrence of Arabia. She also helped draw the borders of Iraq and established the Iraq Museum.
Director: Sabine Krayenbuhl
Director and Producer: Zeva Oelbaum
Co-Producers: Mia Bays, Christian Popp and Fabrice Esteve
Composer: Paul Cantelon
Starring: Ammar Haj Ahmad, Adam Astill, Tom Chadbon and Tilda Swinton as the voice of Gertrude Bell.
If you would like to read more about when you can see this documentary or more information on the film go to: lettersfrombaghdadthemovie.com/
Dustin sat down with Co-Director/Writer/Actress Renee Felice Smith from the film "The Relationtrip". "The Relationtrip" was a Competition Narrative at the Bentonville Film Festival. Check out her interview below.
"The Relationtrip" is about two self proclaimed loners who bond over their mutual disinterest in relationships and decide to go away together on a "friend trip". And that is when everything gets weird!
Directors: C.A. Gabriel and Renee Felice Smith
Writers: C.A. Gabriel, Dana Scanlon and Renee Felice Smith
Producer: C.A Gabriel
Starring: Matt Bush, Floyd Foster Jr., Nelson Franklin, Linda Hunt, Brandon Kyle Goodman, Renee Felice Smith,
Director Ricardo De Montreuil sat down with Dustin to talk about his film "Lowriders". "Lowriders" was a showcase film at the Bentonville Film Festival. Check out his interview below.
"Lowriders" is a film about a young street artist caught in between his ex-felon brother, his father's obsession with lowriders culture and his need to express himself.
Director: Ricardo de Montreuil
Writers: Cheo Hodari Coker, Elgin James
Producer: Jason Blum
Starring: Gabriel Chavarria, Demian Bichir, Theo Rossi
Jenna sat down with Oscar nominated director Amanda Michele of the film "Vegas Baby". "Vegas Baby" was a Competition Documentary in the Bentonville Film Festival. Check out her interview below.
"Vegas Baby" is a film about countless Americans desperate to start a family believe a social media experiment is the only hope.
Director: Amanda Micheli
Editor: Greg O'Toole and Lisa Fruchtman
Producer: Serin Marshall and Morgan Spurlock
Starring: Athena Reich If you would like to know more about the film go to vegasbabyfilm.com
Dustin had an opportunity to speak with Scott Waugh the director of the film "6 Below". "6 Below" is a showcase film at the Bentonville Film Festival. Check out his interview below.
6 Below is about a adrenaline seeking snowboarder who gets lost in a massive snow storm in the the High Sierras. He is pushed to limits of human endurance and forced to face his own personal demons as he tries to survive.
Director: Scott Waugh
Writer: Madison Turner
Starring: Josh Hartnett, Mira Sorvino, Sarah Dumont
Producer and actress Virginia Newcomb sat down with Dustin to talk about her starring role in the film "Three Fingers". "Three Fingers" was a competition short in the Bentonville Film Festival. Check out her interview below.
"Three Fingers" is about a female combat vet struggles to navigate her life after returning from the Afghanistan war wounded. As her PTSD worsens, she is forced to make a life and death decision. Director: Paul D Hart Writer: Paul D. Hart Producer: Barrett J. Leigh Starring: Virginia Newcomb, Kim Kendall, John Winscher #BFF2017
Jenna spoke with the director and writer Dorie Barton about her film "Girl Flu". "Girl Flu" was a competition narrative film at the Bentonville Film Festival. Check out her interview below.
"Girl Flu" is about Bird, 12 who has become a woman in the worst week of her life. She is ditched by her mom and learns that you can never really go back to the Valley.
Director: Dorie Barton
Writer Dorie Barton
Producers: Jay Lowi, David K. Wilson
Starring: Katee Sackhoff, Jade Pettyjohn, Jeremy Sisto, Judy Reyes, Diego Josef and Heather Matarazzo
Jenna speaks with filmmaker Gloria Mercer about her film "Bombing". "Bombing" was a competition shorts at the Bentonville Film Festival. Check out her interview below.
"Bombing" is a film about a struggling comedian trying to adjust to take care of her estranged daughter.
Jenna sat down with director and writer Gail Gilbert to talk about her film "Lunch in Lima" "Lunch in Lima" was a competition shorts at the Bentonville Film Festival. Check out her interview below.
"Lunch in Lima" reveals the dark side of privilege with no conscience with elegant ladies lunch in Peru. #BFF2017
Filmmaker Nancy Cartwright speaks about her film "In Search of Fellini". This film was a spotlight film at the Bentonville Film Festival. Check out what she had to say below.
"In Search of Fellini" is a film about a shy ohio girl who loves movies but dislikes reality and she discovers the bizarre films of Federico Fellini and sets off on a journey across Italy to find him. The writer Nancy Cartwright is best known for her part in the voice of Bart Simpson from the Television series "The Simpsons".
Director: Taron Lexton
Writer: Nancy Cartwright, Peter Kjenaas
Producers: Nancy Cartwright, Monika Bacardi, Kevin J. Burke
Dustin got the opportunity to sit down with Producer Marlene Sharp about the animated series Sonic Boom and the upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog movie. Check out the interview below!
"Sonic the Hedgehog: Just a Guy" showcase film at the Bentonville Film Festival. When Sonic insults his friend Mike the Ox by calling him "just a guy" the village teaches Sonic a lesson about not labeling anyone.
Dustin sat down with "Little Pink House"film director and writer Courtney Balaker along with one of the stars of the film Jeanne Tripplehorn . Their film "Little Pink House" was a Competition Narrative at the Bentonville Film Festival. Check out their interview below.
"Little Pink House" is based on a true story...A small town nurse emerges as a reluctant leader of her working-class neighbors in their struggle to save their homes. There is a political and corporate interest trying to seize their land. The battle goes all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The 5-4 decision giving government officials the power to bulldoze a neighborhood for the benefit of a multibillion-dollar corporation outraged Americans and fulled reforms that help curb eminent domain abuse. Director: Courtney Balaker Writer: Courtney Balaker Producers: Courtney Balaker, Ted Balaker, Arielle Boisbert Starring: Catherine Keener, Jeanne Tripplehorn, April Telek, Callum Keith Rennie, Miranda Frigon, Colin Cunningham, Aaron Douglas and Garry Chalk. #BFF2017
We spoke with writer Bonne Bartron from the film "Unbridled". "Unbridled" was a Narrative film at the Bentonville Film Festival. Check out her interview about the film below.
Based on a true story, this Narrative film was inspired by a healing ranch for troubled girls in North Carolina. "Unbridled" is a story that exposes abuse, neglect and sex trafficking. It shows the healing and redemption experienced by the girls and horses who have suffered the same type of abuse with a message of unconditional love. Director: John David Ware Writer: Bonne Bartron, Christy McGlothlin Starring: Eric Roberts, T.C. Stallings and Tea Mckay #BFF2017
Dustin spoke with cast members Bailey Noble, Jeanine Mason and director Valerie Weiss from the film "The Archer". Their film "The Archer" was a Narrative film at the Bentonville Film Festival. They talk about their passion for the festival and their film. Check out their interview below.
A high-school Tri-state Archery Champion (played by Bailey Noble) and her teammate Emily go to celebrate, upon returning to their hotel room they are interrupted by Emily's abusive boyfriend. Lauren snaps and brutally beats Daniel. Lauren is sentenced to a girls reform camp Paradise Ridge. This reform camp isn't what it seems and turns out to be corrupted and twisted prison. Lauren befriends Rebecca (played by Jeanine Mason) and together they escape into the Utah wilderness. This is a film about the journey of growth, acceptance and resilience of what they believe is right. Bailey Noble has had rolls in "Timeless", "The last Tycoon", "The Good Neighbor", "True Blood" to name a few. Jeanine Mason is starring in the new CW Network pilot "Searchers" .
Director: Valeri Weiss Producer: Ruth Du Writer: Casey Schroen Starring: Bailey Noble, Jeanine Mason, Michael Grant Terry, Bill Sage, Dendrie Taylor and Kyanna Simone #BFF2017
