Married filmmaker couple Jack Gravina & Diliana Deltcheva of Gravina Films talk about how they work creatively both together and apart, family planning while climbing the career ladder and more!

Today's episode we chat with filmmaking duo Jack Gravina & Diliana Deltcheva. Separately, they've been successful filmmakers working for Discovery Channel and marketing/branding production company Framework Studio, and together they're a powerhouse couple running Gravina Films, their own production company. This conversation took place before Covid, so while we don't discuss the effects of a…

Actor and producer Tanna Frederick joins us to talk about her new film, Two Ways Home, and how important it was working with the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) to portray the characters’ struggles with authenticity and compassion.

Microbudget filmmaker Evan Kidd joins us to talk about the emotional challenges of making a feature for $500 and how to be authentic when portraying mental health issues on screen.

Filmmaker & entrepreneur Alex Ferrari joins us to discuss how he overcame his own mental obstacles to build his Indie Film Hustle empire.

Microbudget filmmaker Liz Manashil gives us the unvarnished truth behind the struggles of choosing an unconventional career path for a director, working closely with your significant other, and how to best deal with other challenges that arise along the way.

Director Cat Rhinehart from the documentary What’s Eating Ralphie May, currently playing in the Atlanta Film Festival, joins us to talk about proving your worth, working full time while working on a film, and getting married while working on a film.

Director Chelsea Christer joins us to discuss the multi-year commitment required to work on a feature documentary, and coping with a festival run that was upended by the pandemic right in the middle of their world premiere at Cinequest 2020.

Season 2 of Head Above Water rolls on! This week's episode is a Dances With Films festival special! On today's show, we talk with Megan Petersen & Hannah Black from the film Drought about being first-time feature filmmakers, the excitement and subsequent pressure of winning crowdfunding platform Seed & Spark's Hometown Heroes contest, working with…

First-time feature directors Megan Petersen & Hannah Black from Drought talk about winning Seed & Spark’s Hometown Heroes contest, working with the Duplass brothers, and adjusting to life on the “virtual” film festival circuit in the time of Covid.