Film Festival Doctor Podcast Trailer

[gentle music] First thing always is story.

I feel like after years and years of doing this, there are intangibles that are hard to explain.

I always use the word authenticity.

Somehow even if it, you know, we can feel it.

Yes.

Uh, somehow you feel the authentic storytelling when it's happening.

Mm-hmm.

You can watch a movie, and now you can say, "Oh, that's an OCFF film."

Yes, yes.

Because it might be just r- weird and zany-

Yes

... or really push some boundaries that no other local film festivals will touch.

I never want to discourage filmmakers from making the film that they want to make.

Yeah.

If a story is important to you, if it matters to you, don't listen to what a festival director or frankly even agents and managers and all them.

Go make the film that's important to you.