Listen "Independent Filmmaker Focus: Saverio"
Episode Synopsis
What's it like to direct a short film and take it on the festival circuit? This episode of Screenplaying features Screenwriting Director James Napoli from Western Colorado University's Graduate Program in Creative Writing in conversation with Writer/Director Ellen Ancui, whose terrific film SAVERIO was screened at The Crested Butte Film Festival and uses a seriocomic approach to look at the issue of elder abandonment. Ellen shares insights into the directing process, how her film came together, how her background in theater played into the realization of her first film project, and lots more. Find out more about Ellen and the film at saveriothefilm.com. Our theme music is by Levgen Poltavasky at Pixabay and our audio wizard is Mike Janowski. Thanks for listening to our podcast about the art of movies and the lost art of conversation!
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