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Meet the Filmmaker: Charles Cash, “The Passionate Man to His Love”

Q: Why did you become a filmmaker?
CC: because i like to create things like photos, films and food and share it with other people.

Q: What are we going to see at the EFP? Has it screened elsewhere and what are your plans for it?
CC: i am showing a short poem called, “a passionate man to his love.” i showed it at the february 2023 peak film forum in the springs

Q: What else are you working on?
CC: i am currently finishing up another short poem which has a memorial day theme

Q: Tell us one weird thing about you and/or your movies?
CC: i don’t own a camera other than my cellphone.

Q: Where can people go to find out more about you and your work?
CC: i am still working on uploading some of my work on youtube, but it’s not finished yet.

Q: Is there anything you’d like to say about The Emerging Filmmakers Project?
CC: thanks. it’s a nice venue to show your work to the public.

The Passionate Man to His Love will screen during The Emerging Filmmakers Project on Thursday, April 20th, 2023 at The Bug Theatre.

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Meet the Filmmaker: Maggie Hart, “Ghost Story: A Modern Fairy Tale”

Q: Why did you become a filmmaker?
MH: I saw Jurassic Park when I was five and realized it was the only way to make dinosaurs real 🙂 Over the years, though, I’ve found stories to be a profound way to cultivate empathy and make the world a better place.

Q: What are we going to see at the EFP? Has it screened elsewhere and what are your plans for it?
MH: Ghost Story: A Modern Fairy Tale is a short film my producing partner Brittany Zampella and I released on YouTube during Covid. It was the first film we made after we formed our company, Farsighted Creative. We’ve actually never played to a live audience before, so we’re pretty darn excited.

Q: What else are you working on?
MH: I’m hard at work on a shooting script for a feature RomCom shooting in Vancouver in May/June. For Farsighted Creative (our production company), we just finished a documentary called A Good Neighbor about environmental justice in Commerce City. We’re also working on a big initiative to help Colorado filmmakers have more sustainable and eco-friendly sets – stay tuned!

Q: Tell us one weird thing about you and/or your movies?
MH: I suppose it’s because Jurassic Park was my inspiration for filmmaking, but I always put a Jurassic Park reference in my scripts. It’s probably the most obvious in Ghost Story out of all my films.

Q: Where can people go to find out more about you and your work?
MH: FarsightedCreative.com or @Farsighted.creative (IG) are the best places to find what our production company is up to next, or watch some of our past work. There are some more fun shorts on there!

Q: Is there anything you’d like to say about The Emerging Filmmakers Project?
MH: I’ve been coming to the Emerging Filmmakers Project FOREVER and I’m so thankful to show our work here. It’s a staple of the wonderful Colorado film community.

Ghost Story: A Modern Fairy Tale will screen during The Emerging Filmmakers Project on Thursday, April 20th, 2023 at The Bug Theatre.

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Meet the Filmmaker: John Williams, “On Your Left”

Q: Why did you become a filmmaker?
JW: To help me learn to cope with rejection…no honestly I’ve always loved working with cameras and am awed by the power of a good story to shake the norm out of you. After walking out of a good film, everything looks, feels and sounds different—it’s a complete reset.

Q: What are we going to see at the EFP? Has it screened elsewhere and what are your plans for it?
JW: “On your Left” The story of one man on a bike trying to correct disorderly pedestrian behavior. It was the audience choice at the Nederland Int’l Film Festival and the “Bike Shorts Film Fest” in Virginia. It also won awards at Longmont Public Media and at the Boulder Adventure Film Fest at Vision Quest Brewing

Q: What else are you working on?
JW: I’ve been chased by moose three times and am planning a short doc about these menacing stompers. I’ve a few other silly shorts I’m working on

Q: Tell us one weird thing about you and/or your movies?
JW: When we were filming “On Your Left”, we had three instances of bystanders trying to intervene during filming. Though the cameras, tripods and mics on booms should have made it obvious that it wasn’t real, these do gooders jumped into the fray. I’m still kicking myself for not letting the cameras run to catch it all.

Q: Where can people go to find out more about you and your work?
JW: They will have to contact me—john@fishmountain.net

Q: Is there anything you’d like to say about The Emerging Filmmakers Project?
JW: I love the EFP. My film GNUMS screened here last summer and I signed up to pour the beer and pop the corn at this monthly party. Tip generously!

On Your Left will screen during The Emerging Filmmakers Project on Thursday, April 20th, 2023 at The Bug Theatre.

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Meet the Filmmakers: Shane Crosland and David Hungerford, “The Chieftain of the Pudding Race”

Shane Crosland (Director/Writer)
Q: Why did you become a filmmaker?
SC: I became a filmmaker after starting out skateboarding with friends growing up. I absolutely loved the beauty of motion and what light could do to an image and shortly after starting falling in love with cinema. Through learnings and teachings, I was further able to seek more knowledge and more interest in the world entirely, driving me to write and create films based on first hand experience.

Q: What are we going to see at the EFP? Has it screened elsewhere and what are your plans for it?
SC: You will be seeing The Chieftain Of The Pudding Race, a short film following our lead Sunny who floats through different social circles of diverse travellers and affluent locals while acting as the vessel for social ideals and contradictions that are instigated upon him throughout his life growing up in a tourist town.

It has screened at other festivals including IndieX Festival, New Renaissance Film Festival London, Byron Bay International Film Festival, and many more.

Q: What else are you working on?
SC: Currently, I am working on branded content pieces to further create stories with forward thinking brands and companies and have just finished a second short film which will be active in festival circuits soon titled, ‘The M Word’. This film is essentially a monologue to camera from the perspective of a nihilistic bartender based on a handful of stories and experiences from myself, friends, and peers working in the hospitality industry.

Q: Tell us one weird thing about you and/or your movies?
SC: I guess one weird thing is I think I’m the only person I know that can’t stand Bruce Springstein and I always catch heat for it.

As for my films, I like to play with the concept of ‘truth is stranger than fiction’, capturing reality while also giving it a surrealistic twist.

Q: Where can people go to find out more about you and your work?
SC: You can check out my website at shanecrosland.com or follow a production company I have helped build in Byron Bay, Australia called Byron Film at byronfilm.com.

Q: Is there anything you’d like to say about The Emerging Filmmakers Project?
SC: I think this project is a great way for young and emerging filmmakers to really voice themselves. I think it is an excellent forward thinking idea that thrives on the essence of giving artists a chance and shows that anyone really has the ability to create pieces that are beautiful, raw, honest, and genuine.


David Hungerford (Writer)
Q: Why did you become a filmmaker?
DH: The love of going to the movies as a viewer first and seeing the power of the moving image. If I had to pinpoint it, somewhere between seeing Minority Report and Waking Life.

Q: What are we going to see at the EFP? Has it screened elsewhere and what are your plans for it?
DH: You’re going to see a young man named Sunny live a wild cultural life in Australia with an experimental narrative form guiding the way.

It has screened in Colorado, LA, Austin, Portland, Australia, London and many, many other film festivals across the globe.

Q: What else are you working on?
DH: I am currently working as Executive Producer with Shane on a film he wrote and directed titled: The M Word, which is in post-production and due to premiere later this year.

Q: Tell us one weird thing about you and/or your movies?
DH: This film, The Chieftain of the Pudding Race was filmed around the time of all of the Australian covid-19 laws and it halted the production at times.

Q: Where can people go to find out more about you and your work?
DH: Instagram is my usual place to post work: @davidhpictures. You can find my full portfolio at davidhpictures.com

Q: Is there anything you’d like to say about The Emerging Filmmakers Project?
DH: It’s one of the only places in Denver keeping the Colorado experimental and contemporary film culture alive.

The Chieftain Of The Pudding Race will screen during The Emerging Filmmakers Project on Thursday, April 20th, 2023 at The Bug Theatre.