Today in conversation with a talented young filmmaker from Kent, UK Mollie Leivars. She is the founder of Spirit Production Company. She has been making short films since 2019, mostly surrounding youth issues, that have been used in schools and colleges as an educational resource in partnership with local police forces. Whilst filming 'Brooke' in February 2020 she was interviewed by BBC Oxford about her experience of bullying and passion behind filming. In March 2020, she was interviewed by the Abingdon and Witney College marketing team about my films and working with the police. In March 2020, she was featured on BBC South where my interview with BBC Oxford was shown. In March 2020, I she interviewed by Kat Orman live on BBC Radio Oxford in the studio, about her experience with bullying, filmmaking and the Trauma films. In June 2020, she was part of the BBC Radio Oxford's 'Pause for Thought' which was aired during their breakfast show. 

Highlights of the Show:

Experience as a young film maker

Filmmaking related to sensitive topics on youth - Bullying, School Violence, The Importance of Consent

How does Mollie tackle trolls and negative talk

Sessions and talks on youth subjects in colleges, schools and working with the Police to create awarness'

Spirit Productions filmmaking class and acting sessions

Final Message 

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Today in conversation with maverick film director Phil Hawkins. He rose to fame with multiple award winning sci-fi fan film Star Wars: Origin Pitched to Universal and made the heart warming Christmas story - Prancer A Christmas Tale starring Oscar-nominee and Emmy award-winning legend James Cromwell (LA CONFIDENTIAL, BABE). We talk about his phenomenal journey as a filmmaker. 

Synonpsis - Ten-year-old Gloria and her recently widowed grandfather Bud befriend a mysterious reindeer when the family gather for Christmas. Bud comes to believe that Prancer may actually be magical, but Gloria fears his theory will send him straight to a retirement home.

Phil has directed six rather eclectic feature films including a comedy satire (shot in just two days), a psychological thriller with a horror legend and even an YA adaptation of a Philip Pullman novel. The movies have been released by the likes of Sony Pictures, Lionsgate and Netflix.

Episode Highlights:

Beginning as a filmmaker

Star Wars Obsession and Making of the Star Wars: Origin fan film

Filming in the Sahara Desert

Pitching Prancer A Christmas Tale to Universal 

Managing Live Animal on the Sets and CGI 

Future Projects

Advice to future filmmakers

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Today in conversation with actor, director and writer John Mossman about his new #film Good Guy with a Gun. We discuss the controversial #guncontrol and #gunviolence in the US. The film is an intense drama/thriller and provokes the question "what side of the aisle does the film land on?" 

A rural noir thriller following a boy and his mother’s arrival into a small town where their fractured relationship is widened by his deepening journey into gun culture. Amidst the increasingly dangerous path he finds himself on, he and his mother struggle to repair their fractured family. But at what cost?

John is a well-known Chicago-based actor/director who connection to the Chicago theater community runs deeps - so there are many familiar faces in this film. Producer Kevin Cooper is a military veteran, served active duty as an army interrogator.  As an executive in Hollywood, he helped make other movies about the military:  Men of Honor, Thin Red Line, Armageddon.  He has other films in development that revolve around the military and Veteran issues. He has written and directed numerous award-winning films, including the acclaimed Feature Into The Wake, winner of the Industry Choice Award at Dances With Films. His work has screened at the DGA, the Egyptian Theater as part of the American Cinematheque Series, and has won top awards at fests worldwide. His groundbreaking documentary on teen mental illness, There's No Such Thing As Crazy, received Telly and Voice awards.

John Mossman is a hunter (aka “responsible gun-owner”) and an ardent Democrat. Enclosed is John's director’s statement, which I think says a lot about how he’s tackled this subject:

With this film I hope to explore the danger and at times the appeal of going down this path, and the extraordinary difficulty of turning back - and ultimately the enduring power of family to see us through dark times.”

AMAROK PRODUCTIONS (Kevin Cooper & DeAnna Cooper) is pleased to announce the world premiere of A John Mossman Film GOOD GUY WITH A GUN at the Dances With Films Festival (DWF). Mossman is a DWF alum having won the Industry Choice Award for INTO THE WAKE. " GOOD GUY WITH A GUN will play on Friday, December 2, 2022 at 9:30 pm as part of the festival at Regal Union Square (850 Broadway, NYC 10003).

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