This year’s Indie Short Film Festival runs from March 20 – 22 in Charlottesville. Two directors from the festival talk about their films.
Jamal Hodge has 2 films: “Take it to the Grave” and “Mourning Meal”
Kelsey Nerrie is premiering her first short “Repurcussion(s)”
They’ll give us insight into their backgrounds, their inspirations and the challenges for their projects.

LINKS
Indie Short Film Festival
Jamal Hodge website
Kelsey Nerri’s social media link: @repercussionsfilm2025
The doc on Terry O’Neill of Penny Lane Pub

Andy Edmunds, Director of the Virginia Film Office, is back for this 5th year to talk about the activity in Virginia’s production industry last year. This also includes a discussion of the film that Andy wrote and directed here.

LINKS
Virginia Film Office
“The Cashier” on Insta
“The Cashier” on Facebook
The Byrd Theatre

Previous podcasts mentioned
Griffin in Summer
Bird in Hand
Daphne Reid
Bunt Young
Rex Teese

This year’s RVA Environmental Film Festival runs from 2/21 to 3/7 in venues all over town. Today’s show features 2 locally made docs. CATCHING PINECONES tells the story of Jan and Herb Conn, who were pioneering rock climbers, cavers and nature preservationists. Director Chad Heddleston discusses:
– The 10-year journey to get this made
– Inspiration from the lives of the Conns
– The meaning of the title
– Using jaunty jump cuts instead of pan and zoom
– Jan’s music in the soundtrack

ALL FORWARD profiles an intensive training program for river rafting guides in Richmond, which has the nation’s only class III/IV urban whitewater. Director Justin Black returns to talk about his new short:
– An update on “Headwaters Down”
– Being a raft guide
– Using a GoPro in his mouth
– Things that went wrong

LINKS
RVA Environmental Film Festival
Catching Pinecones website
Chad’s Mockumentary “Almost Alpine”
Headwaters Down website
Podcast with Justin Black about “Headwaters Down”
The Richmond Film Network (upcoming meeting)
My podcast with the creator of the SONG SUNG BLUE documentary