
ISA Insider News: Changing Network Upfronts & Do You Need a Pitch Deck
Network Upfronts for Ad Buying is changing & do you need a pitch deck for your screenplay? Plus, watching 1883, Yellowstone, Angelyne & Chip n' Dale. Topics:Top Story: Network Up-fronts Are Changing News & Sports Dominate...

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The Importance of Life Experience for a Writer with Leyla Kader Dahm!
This week, Alrik and Liz chat with writer and manager Leyla Kader Dahm about how she found her way into management and what she does in her day-to-day. After that, we discuss an article about making festival films more immediately...
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Therapeutic Films with Richard Ledes!
This week, Alrik and Liz chat with seven-time feature filmmaker Richard Ledes about his latest feature, Adieu Lacan. Richard talks about how he was able to shoot the film in ten days and his minimalist approach to indie filmmaking...
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Sana Soni - Director of Sales at 1091 Pictures
Today's episode involves interviewing Sana Soni, the director of sales at 1091 pictures, a huge distribution company. She delves into the world of distribution and how a first time filmmaker can grab the eye of some of the biggest...
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Shooting and Distributing a Genre Feature for $30k with Hudson Phillips and
This week Liz and Alrik welcome Writer/Producer Hudson Phillips and Director/Editor Jordan Noel on the show to talk about their feature film This World Alone which they made out in Atlanta on a budget of $30k. They talk about how...
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FSS 21: Telling Stories Through Board Games w/ Designer with Rob Daviau
There's more than one way to tell a story & sometimes you need a good dice roll before you can write, "the end." We speak with prolific game designer Rob Daviau. His resume is basically our game shelf, including Betrayal at the...

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Spider-Man, Chinatown 2 & Others Cannon Films Failed to Make in the '80s
At the 1986 Cannes Film Festival, the impresarios of Cannon Films — best known for movies like Breakin’, Superman IV and Over the Top — showed up in matching tracksuits, with a grand vision. They announced plans for 60...
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304: Selling Indie Films with 1091’s Sana Soni!
This week Alrik and Liz sit down with 1091 Senior Sales Manager Sana Soni who talks to us about the task of selling movies to Advertising-Based Video on Demand or AVOD companies and how the changing market has been effecting...

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Horror/Action Director, G.O. Parsons
Episode 376This Week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with G.O. Parsons.They talk about Willy's Wonderland (2021), a Horror/Action movie G.O. Parsons wrote and it stars Nicolas Cage.Other topics include how he got started after moving to...

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IFH 417: How to Make Indie Films That Make REAL Money w/ J. Horton
Today on the show we have filmmaker and Filmtrepreneur J. Horton. Jason has been in the film industry for as long as I have and has been making movies ever since. What sets him apart from other filmmakers is that he actually makes...

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Interview with James Di Martino, Marketing Shorts and Features
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Australian filmmaker James Di Martino.They talk about how he went from a marketing background into making shorts and now a feature film. James Di Martino is the writer/director of the Horror...

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IFH 407: The Million Dollar Self Distribution Experiment, "Monsters of Man"
When I wrote my book Rise of the Filmtrepreneur I hoped it would help filmmakers around the world. I never thought that a filmmaker halfway around the world would read it and change his entire marketing and distribution plan for...

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BPS 072: How to Write a Bad Ass Query Letter for Your Screenplay
After many requests, I decided to finally tackle the dreaded query letter. I bring back to the show screenwriter, author, and IFH Academy instructor Geoffery Calhoun. Below Query Letter Checklist and a few areas, we discuss in the...

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IFH 380: How to Raise Money for Your Film w/ Franco Sama
We have on the show returning champion film finance expert Franco Sama. His first episode is one of the most downloaded episodes in the history of the show. Franco and I joke that his last episode turned him into a celebrity at...

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Jason Kolinsky of Save The Cat: The Challenge Screenplay Contest
In this episode of “Just Click Submit,” we sit down with Jason Kolinsky from Save the Cat: The Challenge. You know the famed screenwriting book? Well, they’re also on the second year of a respected screenwriting...

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Founder and Director of the New Media Film Festival, Susan Johnston
Just Click Submit - Episode 4In this episode of “Just Click Submit,” we speak with Susan Johnston, who is the founder and director of the New Media Film Festival. The New Media Film Festival celebrates "Stories Worth Telling...

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IFH 342: Making Money By Self Distributing with Naomi McDougall
IFH 342Today episode is probably one of the most important shows I have released in some time. On the show is filmmaker Naomi McDougall Jones the writer, actress and producer behind the indie film Bite Me, a subversive romantic...

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BPS 52: Story$elling Your Screenplay w/ Heather Hale
Today on the show we have returning champion Heather Hale. Heather Hale’s new book Story Selling: How to Develop, Market, and Pitch Your Film & TV Projects helps you get your stories out of your head and onto the worldwide...

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The Imaginarium Convention, Celebrating Writers w/ Creator, Stephen Zimmer
In this episode of “Just Click Submit,” the ISA’s Scott Markus speaks with Stephen Zimmer, the creator of Louisville’s Imaginarium Convention, a festival celebrating writers and all things pop culture. The Imaginarium...

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Interview with Indie Drama Director/Writer/Actor, Christopher Bradley
Episode 287 This week on the podcast I talk with writer/director/actor Christopher Bradley about his new indie drama, The Trigger, which he shot in Arizona. We talk through his process making this film as well as his career and what...

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