Tag: emerging filmmakers
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My Heart: A Powerful Love Story of Sacrifice, Voice, and Humanity
My Heart, from Relax and Chill Entertainment, written and directed by Saarrh Kkashyap is a deeply moving film that explores love beyond physical and emotional limitations. It is written and directed by This poignant story follows Vijay, a blind man, and Priya, a woman living with Aphasia, a language disorder that affects her ability to…
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Blood, Guts, and Idiots Review: A Slasher Spoof With Big Laughs
Blood, Guts, and Idiots, written and directed by Drew Hodson, is a clever horror-comedy that lovingly spoofs the classic slasher formula. Blending the home invasion dread of Halloween (1978) with the fast, silly humor of Airplane! (1980), the film turns familiar horror setups into laugh-out-loud chaos. The premise is simple and effective. A masked killer,…
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Champions of the Mic: Andre Roberson on Producing a Reggae Doc in Hawaii
Champions of the Mic isn’t just a music project, it’s a quasi-documentary love letter to reggae, built around the challenge of turning a festival-sized vision into something audiences can actually watch. On The Emergent Lens, Episode 11, host Tim Russ sits down with producer Andre Roberson to unpack what it took to shape the project.…
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James Moore on The Emergent Lens: From PA to Stephen King’s “In The Death Room”
On The Emergent Lens, host Tim Russ sits down with writer-producer James Moore to trace a journey that began with a cooler full of bottled water and led to producing a Stephen King adaptation. Moore’s first Hollywood job was as a PA on Upbeat, sprinting across set to hand Russ a cold bottle of water…
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Scream or Cry? Jessica Brown on COVID Filmmaking, Carriers, and Being a Disruptor
When filmmaker Jessica Brown sits down with Tim Russ on The Emergent Lens, the vibe is equal parts funny, honest, and razor-sharp. After screening her eerie lockdown short Carriers and her father-penned psychological piece Damn You!, Brown breaks down what it really takes to make compelling work when resources are thin and the world is…
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The Emergent Lens Episode 8 – Zach Valdry Talks Horror Craft with Tim Russ
Horror filmmaker Zach Valdry joins Tim Russ on The Emergent Lens for a conversation that’s equal parts creepy, thoughtful, and packed with real craft lessons. After screening two shorts, his post-apocalyptic desert story Waste and the demon-driven thriller Broken Iris, Valdry breaks down what it actually takes to make horror work on screen. Making Waste…
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The Emergent Lens – Episode 5: Asha Chai-Chang on Comedy, Short Films, Resilience, and Filmmaking
Pants or No Pants? It is more than a playful question. It sets the tone for a conversation that is honest, funny, and deeply human. Filmmaker and musician Asha Chai-Chang sits down with Tim Russ following screenings of her wildly inventive music video No Pants On and her satirical short film Spoiler Alert, and the result is a…
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The Guest House – A Psychological Thriller Short Film Review
At Fancy A Movie, we’re always drawn to short films that understand how to do more with lessand The Guest House fits squarely in that category. Written and directed by Vince Kumar, this psychological thriller short film drops two women into an isolated guest house as a violent storm rages outside, immediately establishing an atmosphere thick with…
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Tehana Weeks on Finding Truth, Humor, and Grit in Indie Filmmaking
In this episode, filmmaker Tehana Weeks sits down with Tim Russ for a candid, grounded conversation about creativity, resilience, and the realities of making independent films. Following the screening of her debut short Coin, Weeks reflects on how lived experience fuels authentic storytelling and why problem-solving is one of a director’s most valuable skills. Turning…
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POWER OR FAME? Micole Williams on 365 Days in LA and the Urgency to Create
If you’ve ever wondered what pushes a storyteller to bet on themselves, the 365 Days in LA documentary conversation on The Emergent Lens lands like a deep breath and then a wake-up call. Host Tim Russ welcomes documentarian Micole Williams after screening her film 365 Days in LA, a personal, reflective documentary about moving across…