OV136 - HeartlandFF 2015: Part I - Best of the Fest with Filmmakers Patricia Riggen, Dave Manougian, Heather Jack, and Eshom and Ian Nelms

In part 1 of our Heartland Film Fest episode, Tiny and I recount our experiences at the festival. I also go into detail about the best films I saw out of the 21 features and 23 shorts I watched during Heartland’s 10-day run. This episode also includes interviews with filmmakers Patricia Riggen (The 33), David Manougian (The Big Lonely), Heather Jack (Let’s Not Panic), and Ian & Eshom Nelms (Waffle Street). Timestamps Interview: Director Patricia Riggen (The 33) - 00:00 Show Start - 01:03 About Heartland Film Festival - 01:55 Matt’s Stats for HeartlandFF - 08:39 Interview: Director David Manougian (The Big Lonely) - 15:30 Tiny’s review of Under Construction - 24:38 Tiny’s review of The Champions - 30:49 Interview: Writer/Director Heather Jack (Let’s Not Panic) - 38:12 Best Short Films of HeartlandFF The Gnomist - 44:53 The Way of Tea - 46:28 World of Tomorrow - 48:37 The Leap - 49:28 Let’s Not Panic - 50:52 Interview: Writers/Directors Eshom & Ian Nelms (Waffle Street) - 51:14 Best Feature Films of HeartlandFF Raiders! - 58:17 Peace Officer - 1:00:18 Fourth Man Out - 1:02:33 Sunny in the Dark - 1:04:03 Homeless - 1:05:40 To Be Continued… - 1:07:50 Pre-Recorded Outro - 1:09:58 Show Notes Heartland Film Festival Matt’s Heartland Film Festival Coverage - Here’s where you’ll find my reviews of all the 25 screenings (44 total films) I watched at this year’s Heartland Film Festival. Obsessive Viewer - Check out plenty of reviews of movies, TV shows and industry commentary at the blog that started it all. Obsessive Book Nerd - Our “sister site” where you can find book reviews and commentary on the evolving world of reading. r/ObsessiveViewer - The official Obsessive Viewer subreddit! Obsessive Viewer Presents: Anthology - Matt’s solo podcast exploring science fiction anthology storytelling in television’s golden age starting with The Twilight Zone. The Secular Perspective - Check out Tiny’s side project podcast that explores the concepts of faith, religion and existence from the perspective of secular hosts. Mike’s Band: As Good As It Gets - Check out Mike’s band and download the “Something New E.P.” for free! Loudlike Facebook Page - Like the band that gave us our theme song on Facebook! Loudlike “Mistakes We Must Make” EP on iTunes - Our theme song is “An Eclipse of Events.” Grab Loudlike’s EP and hear the full version of our theme. TurboRooDesigns.com - My brother has a business where he and his girlfriend sell carts to disabled dogs.   Let us know what you think! Like us on Facebook: The Obsessive Viewer Tweet us: @ObsessiveViewer, @ObsessiveTiny, @IAmMikeWhite Email us: Matt, Tiny or Mike at ObsessiveViewer.com Check out the blog: http://ObsessiveViewer.com Find past episodes of the podcast: http://OVPodcast.com RSS Feed: http://obsessiveviewer.libsyn.com/rss The official OV Subreddit: r/ObsessiveViewer Subscribe to us on iTunes and leave us a review.