A Wonderful Wednesday to you all! Filmmaker Adam Linkenhelt should have been on this podcast a loooooong time ago. Why do I say that? Because not only did Adam have two films in the festivals that I run in 2024, way back in 2016 a film that he co-directed was in the first ever festival that our team presented when Film Invasion Los Angeles (FILA) debuted. Time for the list? In 2016, Adam’s film “Passports” was at FILA. Then in 2024 his film “The Unreliables” was at FILA 2024, earning Adam and his co- writer Jen Robyn Jacobs the Filmmakers Award for Outstanding Screenplay - Drama. And get this. Adam directed two films that were submitted to FILA’s sister-festival, Sherman Oaks Film Festival, also in 2024. We had to pick one, even though both were great, but right now I will just give a shoutout to both “Rattled” and “A Close Encounter.” Not only does Adam always do great work, but he told me at FILA 2024 that he had accepted the role of festival runner at the Anchorage Film Festival in Alaska! I was delighted that he wanted to pick my brain a little bit for it and I could not have been happier to see the great things happening up in Anchorage while I was busy at SOFF. Needless to say, we spent more than a little time talking “festival running” in this podcast. Consider this a chance to see behind the festival curtain a little! @AdamLinkenhelt anchoragefilmfestival.org _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Discover Indie Film Website – Instagram – Facebook – X/Twitter The INDIE Channel The INDIE Channel Website – Instagram – Facebook – X/Twitter – TikTok
