Curt Willis is the Co-Founder/Director of Film Fest Knox - an international film festival in Knoxville, Tennessee, hosted by Visit Knoxville and the Visit Knoxville Film Office in partnership with Regal and The Public Cinema. The First Annual Film Fest Knox took place on November 9-11. I speak with Curt about the his first experience organizing a f…

Former Knoxville Film Festival Director Keith McDaniel gets in his undies. My reaction to the announcement from Film Fest Knox's Elev8or Pitch Film Competition

The Knoxville Comedy Film Festival takes place at Central Cinema on August 12th. It's FREE! Come hang out and watch some funny short films, make friends, be less lonely, find meaning in the meaninglessness.

Nick Crockett gets in his undies and talks about his new 4 part web series, Glass Valley. View the episodes on YouTube @nicholascrockettfilms Link to episode one: https://youtu.be/--pufjwYXWM

Knoxville filmmaker, Seth Young, talks about his experience in the Middle TN 54 Film Fest.

The Knoxville Film Festival closes its doors after 19 years of serving the viewing public. I speak with the Knoxville Film Festival's founder and director Keith McDaniel on his decision to end the festival and the wisdom he's gained over his years running a successful film festival. I also give Keith the opportunity to crown the greatest 7 day shoo…

I catch up with a couple friends at the Knoxville Horror Fest at the Parkway Drive-in Movie theater in Maryville, TN to discuss the 2022 Grindhouse Grindout trailers and the film festival in general. Featuring Daniel Fersner, Ronnie George and Tiffie Stalsworth.

Jeff Snell calls in via burner phone while on the run to discuss the beefs between him and Kevin Wines, and also Tyler Broadway vs Bing Fu. According to Jeff, Keith McDaniel's video addressing the drama within the community is layered with hidden messages which we break down in this episode.

Just saying Hi and talking some local film news and recent movies that I've seen.

A couple quick conversations with Knoxville Filmmakers Jamison Stalsworth and Gabriel Crutchfield about their entry's in the Knox Film Fest's 7 Day shootout. The Knoxville Film festival is taking place September 18-20. Visit Knoxfilmfest.com for more details.

A few BRIEF words about this Year's 7 Day Shootout for the Knox Film Fest.

I talk with Kevin Wines about his kidnapping at the hands of the MethGator movement.

Knoxville Filmmaker Jeff Snell is on his way to creating the greatest movie of all time. METH GATOR. I talk to him about it.

Kelly Burke talks his first entry into a Tennessee 10 "Best of the Best" Film Competition. And I ramble about the 11th year of the 7 Day Shootout. But I keep it BRIEF. Both local film screenings take place at the Knoxville Film Festival on September 13-15 at Regal Downtown West Cinema 8. Get tickets at knoxfilmfest.com…

Rose Marie Machario is an author, actress, model and Host of the web series DREAM BIG where she interviews aspiring creatives about their pursuits and also shares her own creative journey. Season 4 drops on February 18th. Learn more at: https://www.rosemariemachario.com And watch DREAM BIG on Youtube: Dream Big YouTube Channel Also learn more about…

The Southern Oasis Film Festival is planning it's first year in Knoxville in January. Fest Director Thomas Moore gets in his undies and discusses the origins and vision for the fest. We also address the controversy and resistance to a new film festival for Knoxville's film community. Go to Southernoasisff.com for more information about the festival…

I'm joined by fellow East TN filmmaker, Nicholas Crockett, to discuss the TN10 "Best of the Best" Filmmaking challenge that we both participated in earlier this summer. The screening for the TN10 is this weekend at the Knox Film Fest. Nick's movie is called "THE HERETIC IN LOWLAND" and mine is called "WE SAW A BRIGHT SPOT ON THE MOON." We discuss t…

After participating in the Knox Film Fest's 7 Day shootout filmmaking competition, I ramble some thoughts about it.

I talk 2018 Scruffy City Film and Music festival along with a few other News updates for Knoxville film Community folks. As always, I keep it brief.

In this episode I speak with Knoxville Filmmakers Jeff Delaney, Ginny Beld, Sam Comer and Jeremy Lowry about their entries into the 2018 54 Film Fest.

I ramble about Post Retro Productions' Alt History 7 Day shootout submission titled, THE OFFERING. And also few short words about conspiracy theories and a new Knoxville filmmaking podcast called "4 Reels" Hosted by filmmaker Kelly Burke and yours truly. The Offering Short film https://vimeo.com/234270620 4 Reels podcast http://4reels.libsyn.com TN…

I'm joined via telephone with Jeremy Lowery and Chuck Morgan from Twin Pines Pictures Gabriel Crutchfield from Atomic Oasis Productions Edy Recendez from Far Films We discuss our experience of creating a short film for Knoxville's 54 Film Fest. The screening is April 22nd at 4pm at Downtown West Movie theater in Knoxville. More info can be found at…

Legendary Burlesque performer Laura Mullaney (AKA Hellcat Harlowe & Miz Kitty) joins to talk fringe arts and UFO's. Knoxville 54 Film Fest organizer Jamison Stalsworth talks this years festival. See more info and sign up at 54filmfest.com Thanks to Jeff Delaney for the dream audio and knoxgothic.com for the poetry. Contact your host @jacobpostretro…

In this episode we break down the short Film AURA that I created for the 2016 Knoxville Film Festival's 7 Day Shootout. Check out the short film here: https://vimeo.com/177499879

So the 7 day shootout went down last week. We were successful in turning in a short film on time. (praise the heavens) In this episode I discuss a few details about that short film. Then I reminisce about all the 7 day shootouts that i've participated in since 2009. This was a late night episode, so it's extra dreamy for my dreamy friends. Music in…

As you may have noticed, I'm taking a step back as your favorite Knoxville filmmaking podcast. The Knoxville Film Festival's organizer, Keith McDaniel, has started a new podcast called "Tennessee Filmmaker." This will be the place where you can find news and info regarding East Tennessee filmmaking. I talk about this transition in this brief 4 minu…

In this episode I discuss many aspects of my experience at the2016 54 Film Fest creating a musical short film called, RONNIEJOINS A ROCK BAND. Check out the movie: https://vimeo.com/162081462 A link to the soundtrack byDeconbrio: https://soundcloud.com/deconbrio/sets/ronnie-joins-a-rock-band-original-scoreAt the 11:40 mark of the podcast I address …

A few brief words about the 2016 54 Film Fest happening this weekend. (4/1-4/3) I reveal a few of my teammates for this year's competition. (Still keeping a few close to the chest tho)Learn more at 54filmfest.com @jacobpostretro

Mike Stanley is something of a local legend in Knoxville's film community. He's been a working actor for the past 20 years. In this episode we get in our undies and discuss some of the pitfalls that actors can stumble into. Mike does a great job of educating my brain on many aspects of an actors life, which I consider valuable information for anyon…

We start this episode with a few words about the East TN Film Gala event with Knoxville Filmmaker, Gabriel Crutchfield. Then around 7:00 minutes in to the show, I speak with Danny Rendo, Singer/songwriter of the Knoxville based electronic/industrial rockband, Deconbrio. He educates my brain on the value and responsibility of live performance while …

The Ghost Motel is an online web series out of Knoxville, Tn by professional sound wizard, Dylen Terflinger. I sitdown with Dylen to discuss his new web series, which is a multi tracked and multi camera live music showcase and can be viewed at theghostmotel.comHolla at yo host @jacobpostretro

Drew Corl (Bone) and Jason Esty (Arkady) are two of the founding members of Knoxgothic.com and the club event, Sanctus. As Knoxville's alternative dance night Temple celebrates it's 11th year I sit down and speak with Bone and Arkady about the history of the alternative scene starting in the early 90's. We talk about the venues and attitudes which …

Mitch Moore's East Tennessee web series STATE OF FRANKLIN is starting it's second season, so I invited Mitch to talk with me about the new episode and the previous eight from season 1. Check out the series on youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/user/Gluhhhfilm Gala at TN Theatre info at knoxvillefilms.com…

'Storyboarding Essentials' Authors David Harland Rousseau and Benjamin Reid Phillips enlighten my brain about storyboarding.David Harland Rousseau is an American actor, writer, and director. "The award-winning illustrator teaches drawing and design courses in the School of Foundation Studies at Savannah College of Art and Design." Benjamin Reid Phi…

This is the first live podcast. Cassidy Graves and Ben Neal talk about their new short film, EIGHTEEN. Chad Cunningham stops by to talk about plans for using his $20k winnings from the 7 Day Shootout to translate his short film SPACE CADET into a feature. Kelly Burke screens GASOLINE and we talk filmmaking. The screened short films are edited out o…

The Knoxville Film Festival 7 Day shootout Screening and award show happened this weekend. A $20k grand prize was up for grabs to the winning filmmakers. Get the story... I promise to keep it brief. Live show September 30th from 7-8pm at Scruffy City Hall, Downtown Knoxville.

This week I speak with new school filmmaking savages Chad Cunningham and Nick Grahl. Nick brought two teammates into the conversation and it was great to meet Brandon Bell and Michael Twombley. The Knoxville film festival is going down THIS WEEK. Check out details at knoxvillefilmfestival.com and don't miss any of the fun. $20k is on the line... in…

Trying something new.... there is a guest host today, folks! Filmmaker Kelly Burke speaks with Keith McDaniel, Director of the Knoxville Film Festival. Keith breaks the silence with his reactions to the 7 Day Shootout Films and gives great information about the 2015 Knoxville Film Festival. Big thanks to Kelly Burke for conducting the interview.Lea…

Today I talk with 3 filmmakers from Knoxville TN about their entry into the 2015 Knoxville Film Festival's 7 Day shootout. Todays guests are Sam Comer, Michael Golebiewski, and Jeff Delaney.

Today I speak with 3 seperate filmmakers who just completed short films for Knoxville's 7 day shootout. They give their experiences as I get even more excited about the screening of the films on September 18th 2015.Todays guests are Ronnie George, Michael Samstag, and Jamison Stalsworth.

I'm sure there will be much more to come on next month's Knoxville Film Festival, but we just turned in our entry last night for the 2015 7 Day Shootout. Here are a few words on that process.

Coming up with an idea for a short film that could be expanded into a feature length film is a tough task. I chime in with a few thoughts and updates. More Enigmatic Foe music at http://enigmaticfoe.bandcamp.comhttp://www.knoxvillehorrorfest.comhttp://www.templeknox.com@jacobpostretro

The Knoxville Film Festival's Keith McDaniel had an unprecedented announcement to make reguarding this year's seven day shootout. He invited dozens of Knoxville's filmmakers to is home and I brought a mic. I spoke with Keith about the new GRAND PRIZE this year. Also, I get reactions from a handful of film fest participants, including Mike Stanley, …

This is my conversation with Knoxville filmmaking extraordinaire, Luke Dye. We travel back in time to the early days of the filmmaking supergroup, REPLY ALL. Then Luke raps bars of fire as we spiritually navigate the unknowns of the future.Check out some of Luke's short films at https://vimeo.com/igbaproductions…

Is live streaming video the future of entertainment? Let's find out... Joe Grossmans a Knoxville Filmmaker and human encyclopedia of gaming knowledge. He streams live video games on twitch.tv under the alias of 8BitHero. We explore this new medium of entertainment, and the filmmaking techniques used while performing to audience. Check it out here. …

Knoxville's Film Commisioner, Curt Willis, stops by to discuss the state of filmmaking in East Tennessee. Check out the Visit Knoxville Film Office website at http://www.filmknoxvilletn.com

Knoxville's own Kelly Burke has been making no-budget films since the early 2000's and he swings by to discuss his new film projects. While he's here I get his experienced take on Knoxville's film community and festivals. Check out Kelly at skyshotfilms.com

"Is DIY equipment that much worse than the real thing?" "Why do Indie film writers feel the need to make these overly dramatic pieces? Where's the humor?"Podcast listener Chuck Morgan sent two questions which I attempt to answer in this episode. I promise to keep it brief.

Dr. Moon Rat AKA Jamison Stalsworth talks with me about his 54 Hour Film Fest project, "The Straw Man." We talk his success at the KHFF's Grindhouse Grind Out competiton.Find Jamison's youtube page at https://www.youtube.com/user/drmoonratMore info for the screening of THE STRAW MAN at 54filmfest.com…

I speak with Michael Golebiewski, Jeremy W Lowery & Chuck Morgan, and Gabriel Crutchfield about their experience with the 2015 54Film Fest in Knoxville, TN