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Woodstock Film Festival LET'S TALK FILM! Podcast
Join us for discussions with WFF Alumni and friends of the festival about all things indie film! The WFF podcast is a platform for filmmakers to share their work and love of independent filmmaking. Every year the podcast is live-streamed for three days during the festival and we also publish a select number of the best panels from the annual festival.
The WFF is a non-profit that supports emerging and established filmmakers, sharing their creative voices through an annual festival and year-round programming to promote culture, diversity, community, educational opportunities, and economic growth.
Woodstock Film Festival LET'S TALK FILM! Podcast
Establishing Trust With Your Documentary Subjects with Oscar Nominated Filmmakers Smriti Mundhra + Maya Gnyp
In Episode 32, we talk with Smriti Mundhra and Maya Gnyp, the Director and Producer of the Oscar-nominated short documentary, I AM READY, WARDEN. Mundhra and Gnyp share the importance of establishing trust with the subjects of their documentary in creating an authentic representation of a death row prisoner seeking redemption.
Smriti Mundhra is a DGA Award-winning, Academy Award-nominated and three-time Emmy-nominated filmmaker. She created and directed Netflix’s “The Romantics,” a four-part documentary series about Bollywood’s history. Her 2019 Oscar-nominated documentary short “St. Louis Superman,” was acquired by MTV Documentary Films in a multi-studio bidding war. Her most recent short, “I Am Ready, Warden,” was nominated in the 97th Academy Awards.
Maya Gnyp is an Oscar and Emmy-nominated Producer of documentary film and television. This year, she is the Executive Producer of “Muslim Matchmaker” for HULU/ABC and was nominated for her short documentary film, “I Am Ready, Warden”. Her film, “Shelter,” was nominated for a News & Documentary Emmy, NAACP Image Award, and the Humanitas Prize.
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