Tribeca Shorts Film Roundtable panel "Love Fictionally" Part 2 with Blake Winston Rice and Jess McLeod
About this episode
The episode features a discussion with filmmakers Blake Winston Rice and Jess McLeod about their works showcased in the 'Love Fictionally' Shorts film block at the Tribeca Festival.
I had the pleasure of speaking with two more of the filmmakers of the 'Love Fictionally' Shorts film block at the 25th Anniversary season of the Tribeca Festival. This is part 2! The link to Part 1 is here. These films premiered at Tribeca on Friday, June 25th, with additional screenings on Saturday, June 13th at 8:30pm and Sunday, June 14th at 2:00pm. I moderated a Q&A after the screening on June 13th. The description for this block is: Take a humorous, heated and heartfelt journey through love and relationships. Blake Winston Rice is a writer-director from New Jersey and a graduate of Rowan University. His breakout short Tea (2024), a 1990s dramedy starring Michael Gandolfini and executive produced by Patty Jenkins, premiered in competition at the Cannes Film Festival. His most recent short, DISC, premiered at the 50th Toronto International Film Festival and continues its festival run in competition at the 2026 Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival and Tribeca Film Festival. DISC was also highlighted by IndieWire as one of the “Best New Films That Premiered at the Fall Festivals.” Blake was recently named a 2025 Vimeo Breakout Creator for his emerging body of work and also…
People in this episode
Host: Michelle Simone Miller
Guests: Blake Winston Rice, Jess McLeod
Topics covered
- film
- short films
- Tribeca Festival
- filmmaking
- interviews
- love and relationships
Keywords
- Tribeca Festival
- short films
- Blake Winston Rice
- Jess McLeod
- filmmaking
- love stories
- film interviews
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Tribeca Festival
Books & works: Tea, DISC, DTF?, The Empty Lot
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