Tom Koch's Oscar-Qualified Short Film About Memory & an Endearing Love

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My guest today is filmmaker and actor Tom Koch. Raised between the South of France and London, Tom Koch turned childhood struggles with asthma into a creative drive that ultimately led him to New York, where he founded Mes Films en Couleur, a production company dedicated to telling true stories with a twist. His Oscar-qualified short film OLIVE, starring Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning actress Lesley Ann Warren, is making waves on the festival circuit that examines the fragility of memory and the enduring power of love through the disorienting lens of Alzheimer’s. OLIVE has already garnered international recognition, winning the Silver Screen at the Young Director Awards in Cannes and Best Short Film at Sidewalk 2025, while earning a nomination for Best Live Action Short at Flickers Rhode Island International 2025. The film has appeared at prestigious festivals including Hollyshorts, Walla Walla Movie Crush, Cordillera International, New York Shorts International, as well as the Global Drama Project. Ladies and gentlemen, Tom Koch’s short OLIVE examines the fragility of memory and the enduring power of love through the disorienting lens of Alzheimer’s. There are so many adjectives I could place on this film. It’s beautiful, surreal, heartbreaking, brilliant, stunning, what can you say? OLIVE is an award winning film that truly represents the millions of caregivers around the world taking care of a loved one with Alzheimer’s. It’s never-ending around the clock care and Tom’s film OLIVE expresses every important element of that caregiving and he shows it with great love. We all need to keep our eye on this film this Oscar season. #filmmaker #shortfilm #interview #cinema #film #bondoncinema #filmmaking #cinematography #dementia #alzheimer #lovestory

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