Insights by Jasmina Nevada

Cast:-Valerie Azlynn (Tropic Thunder, Poseidon, Surrogates), Kevin Sorbo (Hercules and Xena, Kull the Conqueror), Alicia Leigh Willis (National Treasure, How High, American Heiress), Joel David Moore (Avatar, Dodgeball), Ving Rhames (Surrogates, Pulp Fiction, Mission Impossible).Courtney Rawls (debuts) Director: PJ Pettiette (The General, If I Die Before I Wake, Jennifer’s Shadow) Music composer: Akira Yamaoka (Silent Hill-Movie & Video games, Rumble Roses) Interview with P.J Pettiette Director,Writer, Claudine Viguerie, Producer & Courtney Rawls Actress, Producer. Interview by Jasmina Nevada Two sisters devise a wicked game of cat and mouse after one is abducted on a blind internet date gone wrong. Julia (Valerie Azlynn) meets 'The Stranger ' on her third internet date. However all is not what it seems and is abducted by 'The Stranger' (Kevin Sorbo) and branded with an X. An action packed cat and mouse game ensues in var...

Directed & Written by Jim Hemphill Producers Daniel Farrands, Thommy Hutson Cast- Lea Thompson, John Shea, Danielle Harris, Keri Lynn Pratt  Q& A session after the screening some questions from myself Jasmina Nevada. This film centers on a divorced couple who meet up and have a long conversation on the eve of their daughter's wedding and discover that there are still plenty of unresolved issues with their relationship... (Audience member) -What was it like working with Jim Hemphill ? (John Shea) This was an amazing accomplishment Jimmy wrote the script and we were going through the timeline and this is a road wrecker. This film is from page to screen in 2 years. Jimmy wrote this film, raised the money shot edited it did all the stuff. That is a miracle as most films take longer (John Shea) I loved working with Jimmy (Jim Hemphill) (Lea Thompson) Jimmy had this really strong vision when I read the script and I was like rea...

Empty Sandbox  Interview with Melissa Marie Gibson - Director/Writer and Janay Lee Casting Director Starring Jeremy Batiste, Ser'Darius Blain & Melissa Marie Gibson This short film centered on the difficulties posed by the the Iraq war and the social consequences of that when returning home from duty. -Obviously this short film had an 'Iraq' theme? Why did you decide to incorporate this as the main theme to your film? It was kind of something I was going through at the time as I guess a little auto-biographical (Melissa) -So it was a true to life experience that you wanted to bring to screen from your thoughts and feelings that you wrote about? Yes you said it I am more of a writer (Melissa) -When did you decide that you were going to put pen to paper? About 2 years ago and we shot and filmed last June (Melissa) - How did you find the casting process for this? Well I did LA Casting.I did the b...

Directed and Written by Brett Pierce & Drew T. Pierce Starring - Michael Mc Kiddy, Ross Kidder, Markus Taylor, Thomas Galasso, Natalie Victoria, Eden Malyn, Benjamin Webster, Greg Dow, Harry Burkey and Leonard Kelly Interview by Jasmina Nevada Deadheads is about two zombies who awaken from the dead after a zombie outbreak.One of them discovers an engagement ring in his pocket and persuades his friend to help him search for his lost love, whilst being pursued by a team of zombie killer bounty hunters......and a full scale adventure ensues combining horror, action, comedy &  love.... Drew Pierce The writer and director of Deadheads together with brother Brett Pierce -How was it for the casting process for this? Extensive, we spent a year and a half casting our movie and we really wanted to get it right we started from the point where we were raising funds like picking out our favorite actors and holding auditions. Also,...

Director, Producer of Love Hacking Winner 2011 Outstanding Documentary Award Director, Producer of Love Hacking Winner 2011 Outstanding Documentary Award Jenni Nelson is a Producer, Director, Cinematographer, Editor. Jenni Nelson recently graduated from the MFA Documentary Film and Video Program at Stanford University. Her films investigate a range of topics, from mental illness and poverty, to quirky character portraits of knitters and robot inventors. She has filmed internationally in countries such as India and Turkey, most recently working on a project about human rights education that will screen for the United Nations. Jenni’s work has been recognized in numerous film festivals including Love Hacking, which won the Outstanding Documentary Award at the Angelus Student Film Festival 2011. Her short documentary Tightly Knit premiered at the 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival and screened in over 100 venues across the country with Lunafest. She is cur...

Alexander Gaeta Winner Directors Choice Award 2011 Alexander Gaeta attended the University of Colorado at Boulder, combining passions for photography with natural abilities for storytelling as a documentary filmmaker. He transferred to the Chapman University Dodge College of Film and Media Arts to further his knowledge in film production, graduating in a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Film Production with a particular emphasis on directing, he wrote and directed 3 short films. As a recipient of the 2010 Destination Africa Scholarship he went to record the life of abandoned orphans living in the streets of Botswana. In Gaeta's senior year he was selected to be mentored by prestigious producer Jonathan Sanger (100 Feet, Vanilla Sky, The Elephant Man). This esteemed scholarship provided Gaeta to gain invaluable insights when developing his thesis film, Shoot the Moon. This film has also been chosen as an official selection at New Orleans Film Festival, Cucalorus Film ...

Interview with Max Zahle -Hamburg Media School Writer, Director & Editor of Raju which won the 2011 Excellence in Filmmaking Award Interview by Jasmina Nevada Max studied and graduated in Audio and Visual Communication at the HAMM in Hamburg, Germany in 2002, meanwhile had various jobs as a video operator, location manager, and first assistant director on various sets. Then, he completed an apprenticeship as a film editor at the Handelskammer, Hamburg. He graduated also in a Film Directing graduate program in 2010. This film documents a true to life issue that came to the attention of Max Zahle and immediately touched his heart, prompting him to research, and make a film highlighting and bringing to life the circumstances in today's world of the international illegal adoption of children The story centers on a German couple who adopt a young Indian boy in Calcutta, and then without warning the boy disappears without trace...... with complicated and ethical...

Burbank International Film Festival 2011 September 15th -18th 2011 Interview by Jasmina Nevada My name is Bill Plympton. I am an independent animator from New York City. I am out here for the Burbank Film Festival I have a number of projects involved in the festival I have 3 or 4 shorts : - -Special Screening Guard Dog Global Jam -A Summer Bummer -The Flying House also a film that I did some design on – Into the Woods it's a little documentary about Ingrid Pitt who is a famous actress who was in a concentration camp (Ingrid Pitt: Beyond the Forest). Then also there is a Feature film about me called Adventures in Plymptoons by Alexia Anastasio. I also received the Lifetime Achievement Award here so I am sort of multi-tasking while I am out here. You can find out more information at http://plymptoons.com/ I am a totally independent and I am proud of that. My films make money and people are astounded that my films make money but I will tel...

Dahveed Kolodny-Nagy – Director, Animator, Character designer, Co-author Steve Sievers- Co-creator, Writer also the Voice- over of 'Daniel the Turtle' in the series Burbank Film Festival Award Winners – in the following categories:- Best Writing (Animation/Original) Best Voice Acting -Spike Spencer Best Character Design Best Production Design Best Art Direction Best Sound Editing (Animation) for episode Nurse Boobies Please Burbank International Film Festival September 15 th -18 th 2011 Interview by Jasmina Nevada -Where did you get this concept from to write 'Supa Pirate Booty Hunt? (Steve)....It started off as a skit in 2004 on a college radio show, pirates, turtles, super heroes & music. Kind of combined it all and then this concept was born. I moved out here and I teamed up with Dahveed and he cleverly came up with the name Supa Pirate Booty Hunt (Dahveed)..I wanted to come up with something catch...