Today, the “Horror Talk with Kristin West” team was notified that Los Angeles CineFest has advanced our show to the semi-finals of their competition. Congratulations to our team!
Category: Festival Fun
The Spirit Room Captures Best Horror Short at Silicon Beach FF
I always love to see projects I’ve been in succeeding, especially people who are talented and work hard. It was such an honor to attend the awards ceremony of the Silicon Beach Film Festival this past week to cheer on “The Spirit Room”, a horror short I had a supporting role in. “The Spirit Room” won Best Horror Short, its second award to-date.
For more info about this great film and the team behind it, check out the film’s IMDB.
There’s been a lot of development this past week for “Horror Talk with Kristin West”. After making its film festival debut at Direct Online Shorts Competition, “Horror Talk” will compete in the Miami Independent Film Festival’s monthly web series competition. In addition to the show’s exciting film festival run, Spotify and iHeart Radio now offer the show for streaming.
My fellow producers and I are actively planning season 2 and we have two more episodes for season 1 currently in post production. If you’ve ever wanted to get into producing a talk show, now is a great opportunity to get involved with our show. Check out our Patreon offerings!
Horror Talk with Kristin West
This weekend may be all Easter bunnies and egg hunts, but for those of you wanting a scare, check out Domain of Horror‘s “Horror Talk”, my newest collaboration. 
We interview top names in indie horror and TV in Los Angeles. Recent guests have included Tony Moran, Debra Lamb, Rena Riffel, Sheri Davis, Nikki Guzman and Armin Nasseri. Subscribe today! New episodes coming soon, including interviews with Bill Oberst Jr., dubbed the “king of indie horror” and folks from the creative team of the new movie “Corbin Nash“
“Horror Talk” videos are hosted on Domain of Horror and YouTube. Haven’t got time to watch? Listen wherever you want. Our episodes are available on Podomatic, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher and others–with more outlets being added soon.
PS: Tomorrow we have a special episode featuring Rena Riffel of “Mulholland Drive” and horror chef Nikki Guzman coming out. Subscribe today & don’t miss out!
The Spirit Room Garners First Award
Congratulations to the super-talented cast & crew of The Spirit Room, helmed by Adam J. Ung. The Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival awarded the short Best Horror Short. I was honored to play the role of Peggy Wily in this award winning film. Learn more here.
Hollywood Dreams Announces Nominees
I am very honored that Seeking Valentina, a short film which I produced with Armin Nasseri, has garnered two nominations at this year’s Hollywood Dreams International Film Festival, including BEST SHORT & BEST VISUAL EFFECTS. Our film screens later this week, in Las Vegas. Want to catch it in Vegas? See here.
Hollywood Dreams calls itself,
“A blend of new classic world film, hospitality, industry connections and of course a hearty brand of distributors, buyers, audience and special guests will round out what is sure to become a major stop in the vein of top U.S. and international film events.”
For a full list of nominees for this year’s Hollywood Dreams International Film Festival, click here. Congratulations to our cast and crew, whose talents and efforts continue to receive world-wide acclaim and many thanks to Del Weston and Theresa Weston, the founders of Hollywood Dreams Film Festival.
Why I Support Student Filmmakers
Today, I had the privilege of emailing back and forth Dr. Diane Dusick of the Inland Empire Media Academy, regarding their upcoming film festival. This year will be the third year in a row that I’ve been a judge of their student film festival.
I think student films are vitally important to the future of film making, perhaps not the individual films themselves, but the validation that young cinematic voices need to thrive in the very competitive film industry. How many times have I hears someone say, “It’s just a student film?” Often.
“It’s just a student film” negates the fact that the student has chosen a career path in film.
“It’s just a student film” negates the artistic voice of the student, even if that voice is still trying to find itself.
“It’s just a student film” lowers our expectations and does not explore the struggle all film students have in making their first works.
It’s a battle to make a film, even for a pro, even for someone who’s made hundreds. How do we create pros? How do we foster professionalism in filmmaking? Though schools, through mentoring, through sharing.
This is why I support student film.
Wild for Idyllwild!
Here’s a recap of my recent adventure to Idyllwild via PR LOG.
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