Norwalk Film Festival Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

The final episode of this season's Norwalk Film Festival is with Brian Russell! Brian has TWO films in the festival this year - "Sit With Me While I Die" and "Rain Was Not in the Forecast." 

Sit With Me While I Die plays March 21st at 2:00pm
Rain Was Not in the Forecast plays March 22nd at 4:00pm

Episode 5 of this season of the podcast features an interview with Hilary Flores, the director of Becoming a Queen. The short documentary that explores the transformative power of drag as a means of self-expression, resilience, and belonging.

We chat with Hilary about drag culture, what she learned, and what she wants to work on next!

Episode 3 of Season 2 of the Norwalk Film Festival Podcast features an interview with the writer & director of The Lake in the Sky, Caleb Reese Paul.  We talk about upping the ante after each project and the magic of sound design.

Synopsis: An isolated teenager explores the past, his late father, and unstable memory through the use of celluloid on his 16th birthday.

The Norwalk Film Festival will be held January 10 - 12, 2025 in Norwalk, CT.

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Links:

https://www.instagram.com/calebreesepaul/

Thelakeinthesky.com

Episode 2 of Season 2 of the Norwalk Film Festival Podcast features an interview with the writer & director of The Interceptors, Jesse Torres Synopsis: A man stumbles upon a cabin in the woods where he meets a group who recruit people to work for them between death and the afterlife.

The Norwalk Film Festival will be held January 10 - 12, 2025 in Norwalk, CT.

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Links:

https://www.instagram.com/iamjessetorres/

Episode One of Season 2 of the Norwalk Film Festival Podcast features an interview with the writer & director of Nana, Hillary Carrigan. Synopsis: A standing Sunday lunch is born after Nana invites herself to her granddaughter’s fifth floor walk-up.

The Norwalk Film Festival will be held January 10 - 12, 2025 in Norwalk, CT.

Visit NorwalkFilmFestival.org for ticketing and scheduling info.

Links:

http://hillarycarrigan.com/

https://www.instagram.com/_hillarycarrigan

Episode Ten of the Norwalk Film Festival Podcast features an interview with the writer & director of Resurgence, Krushan Naik. Synopsis: Ryan De Vries, a professional canyoneer, encounters a near-death experience in the canyons of Southern Utah. Post the accident, his friends and family witness a changed person as Ryan battles with himself due to the trauma caused by it—crippling his everyday life. The documentary highlights Ryan's struggles after losing his identity, along with the disparity in his journey of physical recovery, mental healing, and emotional resurgence, and how they affect one another.

The Norwalk Film Festival will be held January 19 - 21, 2024 in Norwalk, CT.

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Links:

⁠Film's Website

Krushan's Instagram

Episode Nine of the Norwalk Film Festival Podcast features an interview with the writer & director of Into the Thicket, Devany Greenwood. Synopsis: A young woman struggles with her fractured home life, failing to find common ground with her volatile yet emotionally repressed mother. Longing for a maternal figure, she continues to be haunted by visions of a mystical woman, and soon, dream intertwines with reality as she discovers a deeper connection to the mysterious lady of the woods.

The Norwalk Film Festival will be held January 19 - 21, 2024 in Norwalk, CT.

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Links:

Film's Instagram

Devany's Instagram

Episode Eight of the Norwalk Film Festival Podcast features an interview with the writer & director of The Librarian, Serkan Aktas. Synopsis: It’s a film about a man named Mazhar, who is obsessed with language, stories, and books. After he loses his job, he finds an unlikely partner to help him move to the next stage in his life.

The Norwalk Film Festival will be held January 19 - 21, 2024 in Norwalk, CT.

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Episode Seven of the Norwalk Film Festival Podcast features an interview with Katie Goodman (Director & Actor) and Soren Kisiel (Writer) of The Moms. Synopsis: 5 Moms. 7 minutes. One Prius. And 432 opinions they will die for. Welcome to Moms night out.

This film is about parents, and the period of time in which we shouldn’t be allowed to communicate with others.

Parents have opinions. Opinions that they’re willing to lose friends over. Opinions they’re willing to hold life-long grudges with family members about. Opinions that they’re willing to shout at strangers in the baby aisle at Target.

This film is for the parents out there who know they are right.

Because being right is really what this is all about. The Norwalk Film Festival will be held January 19 - 21, 2024 in Norwalk, CT.

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Links:

Katie Goodman

Soren Kisiel

Broad Comedy

Episode Six of the Norwalk Film Festival Podcast features an interview with Writer & Director D. Mitry talk about his film, The Hedgehog. Synopsis: As the war starts in Ukraine, six years old Nina is sent to her grandma’s remote village. In the shack outside, Nina discovers a badly wounded Russian soldier. The Norwalk Film Festival will be held January 19 - 21, 2024 in Norwalk, CT. Visit NorwalkFilmFestival.org for ticketing and scheduling info.

The Hedgehog Instagram