Two Notable Shorts from Nashville Film Festival
About this episode
The episode features interviews with directors Amanda Young and Vicente Manzano about their notable short films showcased at the Nashville Film Festival.
My podcast coverage of Nashville Film Festival continues in this short-films episode where I interview the directors for two different short films that got my attention at the festival. One has more of a documentary feel while the other one is a more stylized film with elaborate production design, so I paired the two interviews to explore how shorts can come together and the creative possibilities they can offer. The first interview is with Amanda Young , one of the directors behind Every Two Minutes, a compilation of stories relating to human trafficking. The short was done through StoryGive, which partners filmmakers in Nashville with non-profits that tackle various social issues. For Every Two Minutes , StoryGive connected local filmmakers with End Slavery Tennessee, a non-profit dedicated to caring for survivors of human trafficking and tactically addressing the issue. The second interview is with Chilean director Vicente Manzano . His experimental short Bubble uses bubble framing in a novel, story-driven way. Virtually everything in the film was custom-designed for the film, which involved careful planning to pull off. Some of the things we discuss include Using film to…
Topics covered
- Nashville Film Festival
- short films
- documentary
- stylized production design
- human trafficking
- collaboration in filmmaking
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