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Bond on Cinema
by Ward W. Bond
Host Ward W. Bond brings you the in-depth interviews with the top visionary film directors, producers, screenwriters, editors, composers, actors and more. Learn about the art and beauty of filmmaking. Meet award winning film professionals as they tell their side of the creative journey of movie-making.
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Award-Winning Actor James Woods Discusses His Newest Album: The Killer's Wife (and some film too)
Multi-award-winning actor, producer, and songwriter James Woods is releasing “The Hearts of Men,” the first single from his upcoming album, The Killer’s Wife, available today. Produced by four-time GRAMMY Award winner Shooter Jennings, the album features vocals from James Woods and Bob Wayne and...
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Katey Lee Carson: Life Behind the Scenes of teh BAFTA-Qualifying short, 'The Secret Assistants'
Katey Lee Carson’s THE SECRET ASSISTANTS gives us the most unsettling question, it’s not simply who is right or wrong, but what happens when doing the right thing could cost you everything you’ve worked for. Sophie’s silence may be the most powerful voice in the film. Her silence is not…
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THE WITNESS: Emir Kumova’s Oscar-Qualified Short on the Responsibility to Confront Injustice
Emir Kumova’s THE WITNESS is a powerful reminder that some of the most devastating injustices are sustained not only by those who perpetuate them, but by the silence of those who know they are wrong. Through the haunting story of Ayşe and Fatma, Emir challenges us to look beyond tradition and ask...
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Inside the Oscar-Qualified Short NEVER GIVE UP! by Tamás Yvan Topolánszky
In Never Give Up!, Tamás Yvan Topolánszky reminds us that sometimes the smallest words carry the greatest weight. But what gives those words their power? Is it the person who speaks them, the love behind them, or the person who desperately needs to believe them? Through the eyes of a young boy...
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Kristian Lever's Oscar/BAFTA-qualified Film MINE FOR A MOMENT: Can a Line Crossed be Forgiven?
MINE FOR A MOMENT caused me to grieve for Cheryl—not because I could justify what she did, but because I could feel the unbearable weight of everything she had lost. Kristian Lever takes us into a place where grief becomes isolation, isolation becomes desperation, and desperation slowly erodes…
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Michael Bruce's Oscar-Qualified Short Film KILORAN BAY stars Alan Cumming | Bond on Cinema Interview
Michael Bruce has created something extraordinarily beautiful about what happens when we spend a lifetime running from the person we were afraid to be—and finally find the courage to come home. What moved me most about KILORAN BAY was not simply Torquil’s struggle for acceptance, but the…
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SAI KARAN TALWAR'S Powerful Oscar-Qualified Short: I AM THE PRIZE | Bond on Cinema Interview
Ladies and gentlemen, what makes I AM THE PRIZE so unsettling is that Sai Karan Talwar never allows us the comfort of believing that Anthony Selvon is simply a villain. In Russell Tovey’s remarkably layered performance, we see a man who has constructed an entire identity around certainty…
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HAI DAVAI Short Film - Black Cat Crosses the Road & Reveals What Nina is Leaving Behind
On the cusp of leaving her rural Moldovan village for a new life abroad, Nina is stopped, quite literally, by an old superstition: a black cat has crossed the road. Her worried Grandmother refuses to let her pass, citing bad luck. What begins as a petty standoff quickly spirals into a bizarre…
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Hayden Mclean's Oscar-qualified FAREYE: A Jamaican boy finds refuge in a Rastafarian Community
What happens when a child who has known pain and abandonment discovers a place where he is finally seen, heard, and loved? That is at the heart of FarEye, a visually stunning and deeply spiritual short film from British-Jamaican filmmaker Hayden Mclean. Through the journey of Khalil, a young boy...
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Natalie Schwan's Short - Last Stand at Butte City Explores the Grief that has Bound her for Decades
Natalie Schwan’s The Last Stand at Butte City is more than a story about a woman defending her home. It is a story about what happens when the place where we have buried our memories becomes the place we are afraid to leave. Charlotte has lost almost everything—a child, a husband, her sense of...
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Spike Lee-Written APART: Pola Maneli’s Oscar-Qualified Animated Short on Forbidden Friendship
Pola Maneli's newest animated short film, APART is about the harsh realities of South African apartheid, two boys – Themba and Joel – form a dangerous friendship. Written by Spike Lee, Tim Jones, Jeff Leisawitz and Lubabalo Mtati. As hate and fear threaten to pull them apart, their bond faces its...
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Oscar-Qualified Short RETRIEVING ROADIE: From Personal Story to Award-Winning Animation
Ladies and gentlemen, what begins as a rescue becomes something much greater—a 1,700-mile journey through snow, uncertainty, and determination, driven by the simple belief that one life is worth saving. Through the warmth of animation and the spirit of comedy, David Craig Williams and Luke Stone...
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ONCE UPON A TIME IN HARLEM: The Groundbreaking Historical Film Documentary | Bond on Cinema Interview
We’re stepping into a remarkable piece of cinematic history with two filmmakers carrying a very personal legacy forward — director David Greaves and producer Liani Greaves, the son and granddaughter of legendary filmmaker William Greaves. Their award-winning documentary, Once Upon a Time in…
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Jimmy Buffett Occupational Hazard: The First Coral Reefers - Interview with John H. Cunningham & Ted E. Haynes
Ladies and gentlemen, what John H. Cunningham and Ted E. Haynes has given us with OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD: THE FIRST CORAL REEFERS is more than a documentary about a band. It is a love letter to a moment in time—a moment when music was still being discovered, friendships were forged on the road, and...
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Marialuisa Ernst's Award-Winning Documentary A PLACE OF ABSENCE | Bond on Cinema Interview
Marialusia Ernst's feature debut, the Oscar-qualified documentary feature film, A PLACE OF ABSENCE premiered at DOC NYC and went on to screen at many festivals internationally winning multiple awards. The film brings us two stories that intertwine with hope, grief and yes, loss, yet fueled by…
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How Christine Handy's Breast Cancer Battle Became a Feature Film in HELLO BEAUTIFUL
Writer and executive producer Christine Handy and the feature film based on her life, HELLO BEAUTIFUL starring actress Tricia Helfer. Christine Handy is a passionate advocate, keynote speaker, author and model who champions women to realize their power and inner beauty amidst adversity. As a…
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Max Fisher's Short RULE, BRITANNIA: Two Furious Brits Come Face to Face with the Refugees
RULE, BRITANNIA is one of those rare films that doesn’t simply ask us to watch a story—it asks us to step inside it. MAx Fisher take us into the darkness of the English Channel, where fear, anger, nationalism and prejudice collide with something far more powerful: human vulnerability. And I kept...
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Amir Zargara's Short Film VITAL: Exploring Organ Harvesting that Tests Ethical Dilemmas
VITAL is the kind of film that doesn’t end when the screen goes black. It lingers. Amir Zagara has created something far more unsettling than a story about the desperate lengths a mother will go to save her daughter. This is a film about the price of love when poverty, privilege, morality and...
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Short Film LUNCH BOX: 80s Vibes of The Breakfast Club and The Holdovers: Bond on Cinema Interview
Ladies and gentlemen, there’s something beautifully nostalgic about filmmakers Romeo Okwara and Sean Billings-Almendarez's short film LUNCH BOX—a time when a lunch box could feel like a trophy, recess could feel like a championship, and losing today simply meant coming back tomorrow to try again....
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The Second Life of Freddie Nole: Hope, Dignity, and a path to Permanent Freedom
The Second Life of Freddie Nole is a vérité short documentary film that follows Freddie, a magnetic and deeply compassionate man, who spends his days meeting newly released citizens at the prison gates, offering not just a ride but a shot at redemption. Part buddy movie, part road trip film, the...
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Marchelle Bradanini & Emily Alpren's Comedic Short FLOORED: It's More Than the Pelvic Floor, but Identity too
What stayed with me after watching FLOORED wasn’t simply its humor, its gorgeous 50s-inspired visual style, or even the wonderfully unexpected idea of turning pelvic-floor therapy into the doorway to a much larger conversation. What stayed with me was the women let me explain. As I watched this...
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Johnny Russell's A SCENT: Parkinson's & the Power of the Unseen
There are some films you watch, and then there are films that make you stop and think about what you may have been missing all along. A SCENT, written and directed by Johnny Russell, is one of those films. What I found so fascinating about this story is that Russell never turns Nancy’s...
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James Arden Breaks Down His Short Film 'Black Cab'
What makes BLACK CAB so compelling is that beneath the story of a London cab driver struggling to compete with driverless technology is something far more universal: the fear of becoming obsolete in a world that seems to value convenience over connection. James Arden places us firmly inside…
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Nikolay Sysuev's Short Film CREATORS: When a Creator Becomes Someone Else's Content
Nikolay Sysuev’s CREATORS is a sharply observed and timely short film that takes aim at our increasingly complicated relationship with social media, recognition and the pursuit of relevance. What begins as a seemingly calculated attempt to manufacture a viral moment gradually becomes something…
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KING OF THE IRON WILL: Behind the Scenes with Liam James Collins & Scott Vickers
Ladies and gentlemen, There is a rare confidence to KING OF THE IRON WILL that elevates it far beyond the expectations of a short film. Liam James Collins has crafted an ambitious work that embraces Shakespearean language not as an artistic novelty, but as a powerful vehicle for exploring…
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Rhys Chapman's Short Film RYAN CAN'T READ: In-Depth Discussion of One of the World's Greatest Shorts
Ladies and gentlemen, we at Bond on Cinema consider the RYAN CAN’T READ as one of the greatest short films ever created. This is a film I can honestly say is my favorite short film of all time and for many reasons. One can spend all day and talk about the technical aspects about the creation of…
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Hannah Beach & Phoebe Campbell-Harris' Tension-Filled Short A MATTER OF MINUTES
There are films that entertain us, films that challenge us, and then there are films that make us acutely aware of just how fragile life can be. A Matter of Minutes, directed by Hannah Beach and written by Phoebe Campbell-Harris, belongs firmly in the third category. What begins as a familiar...
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The Witches of Pool Bottom: Ava Bounds on Her Latest Film
THE WITCHES OF POOL BOTTOM may be absurd, outrageous and wonderfully over-the-top, but beneath the laughter is a message that feels remarkably relevant. Ava Bounds takes the insecurities so many young people carry—about acne, body size, hair, appearance and the impossible standards they encounter...
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Tanguy Pichon's Dark Comedy PLASTER: A Mother is Worried about Her Dead Son
PLASTER may run only four and a half minutes, but Tanguy Pichon uses every second to explore something profoundly human: what happens when grief becomes too painful to accept, and what we do when we are confronted with someone else’s unbearable loss. A grieving mother arrives at a doctor’s...
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Joe Bongiovanni's THE TURTLE is a Lesson in Listening and Showing Appreciation for Your Efforts
THE TURTLE may begin with the familiar friction of a husband and wife, but Joe Bongiovanni’s film gradually reveals something far more complicated beneath the surface. Barbara wants to be heard, while Tony wants to be seen—not simply as a husband, but as a man struggling to prove that he is...
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Francesco Costabile's FAMILIA: Francesco Costable's FAMILIA Film: A young man Joins an Extremist Group as his Father Returns
Francesco Costabile’s feature film FAMILIA is based on the true story and memoir of Luigi Celeste. FAMILIA follows a young man in Rome struggling to overcome a childhood marked by domestic violence. Searching for identity and belonging, Luigi is drawn into a skinhead group that becomes his...
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Olivia Ormond's CALL ME CRAZY: When Chronic Pain is Real and No One Believes You
CALL ME CRAZY ultimately reaches beyond the language of chronic pain to examine something more universal: the damage that occurs when a person’s reality is repeatedly questioned. Olivia Ormond’s Emmy is funny, vulnerable, sexually complicated and fiercely human, and that complexity keeps the film...
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The Extraordinary Phenomenon becomes the Heartbeat of director Phil Dunn's FIRE LILY
Is it a narrative film? Is it a documentary? Is it a social impact film? FIRE LILY is an artistic masterpiece. The South African Fire Lily is one of nature's most extraordinary miracles. Hidden beneath the earth, the flower lies dormant until wildfire sweeps across the landscape. Remarkably,...
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Gregory JM Kasunich's Explains MEETING YOUR MAKER: A Feel Good Film Where A Puppet Kills Himself
Ladies and gentlemen, after watching Meeting Your Maker multiple times, what stays with me isn’t simply the film’s darkly comic premise—it’s the profoundly human question hiding underneath it: What happens when the thing that once gave our lives meaning becomes the very thing that makes us…
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Efosa Osaghae's PHANTOM CAROUSEL: Spying on Remote Workers Has Just Become Real
Ladies and gentlemen, Efosa Osaghae’s PHANTOM CAROUSEL is a sharp, unsettling look at what happens when survival and morality collide. Through one gig worker’s impossible choice, the film asks us to consider how far we might go when keeping a job means compromising our values—and what happens…
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Nouel Riel's Short CARPET BLUE: Breaking Down Unprocessed Trauma and Moving Forward
CARPET BLUE is a haunting, beautifully controlled portrait of a woman confronting the ghosts of a life she never got the chance to finish. Through Ida, Nouel Riel transforms personal loss, addiction and isolation into something far more universal: the painful realization that healing often begins...
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Legendary Singer/Actress Debby Boone Discusses Her Role in SIX DAYS OF EVERGREEN Movie
Many of you know her as a multiple cross-over artist who has enjoyed Top 10 successes on the Pop, Country, Adult Contemporary, and Contemporary Christian charts. She became a household name thanks to her record-breaking debut single You Light Up My Life in 1977, charting #1 on Billboard for ten...
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How a Soviet Space Dog Helps Heal a Broken Father-Daughter Relationship | LITTLE BUG
Ladies and gentlemen, there are some films that ask us to look at history, and then there are films that ask us to look at ourselves. LITTLE BUG does both. Set against the extraordinary reality of 1957 and the Soviet Union’s decision to send the dog, Laika into space, the film finds something...
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CELESTE IN THE SUMMER : A Romance We Want, but Comes with Something Unsettling
Some films tell you exactly what to feel. CELESTE IN THE SUMMER does something far more intriguing—it invites you into a beautiful world and then quietly asks you to question everything you’re seeing. Hobby Holmes has crafted a haunting and visually poetic meditation on love, memory, identity…
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THE LONG SPRING: A Film that Behind Every Refugee is a Family, a Dream, & an unshakable Hope
THE LONG SPRING is more than a beautifully crafted short film—it is a deeply human story that gives voice to people whose struggles are too often reduced to headlines. This powerful and compelling film reminds us that behind every refugee is a family, a dream, and an unshakable hope for safety.…
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New Short Film, STILL LIFE: The personal story behind its creation | Bond on Cinema Interview
Writer Kate Radcliffe and director Sophie King discuss their new film, Still Life, and the personal story behind its creation. This conversation explores the making of Still Life, an official selection of the Holly Shorts Film Festival. Kate Radcliffe shares how she channeled her personal...
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Jeremy Max's BLEEDER: 16mm Short Film MASTERPIECE: Bond on Cinema Interview
Jeremy Max's BLEEDER is a striking example of how the short film format can carry the emotional weight of a feature while saying more in twenty minutes than many films accomplish in two hours. Shot with breathtaking authenticity on 16mm, every frame possesses a raw, tactile beauty that mirrors…
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The Dystopian Thriller CERTAIN THOMAS Shows Us the Future is Already Here: Interview with Henry K. Hwang
In an era when artificial intelligence promises to answer every question before we have the chance to ask it ourselves, CERTAIN THOMAS arrives as one of the year's most intellectually provocative short films. Henry K. Hwang crafts a dystopian thriller that doesn't rely on spectacle or…
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The Cinematically Crafted Short: THE DARTMOOR COWBOY - Wij Travers Discusses His Film
There is a quiet confidence that defines THE DARTMOOR COWBOY, the kind of filmmaking that doesn't ask for attention—it earns it. With his impressive narrative debut, writer and director Wij Travers crafts a richly textured period drama that is as emotionally resonant as it is visually striking....
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THE LAST MULLET: An Outlawed Hairstyle Becomes a Cut Above the Rest
Ladies and gentlemen, inspired by true events, The Last Mullet takes one of the most unbelievable stories imaginable—a government outlawing a hairstyle—and transforms it into a deeply human film about identity, individuality, and quiet resistance. Selected for the 2026 LA Shorts International…
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The Documentary WARRIOR: A Battle Against Trauma - Horses Healing Humans
Learn how the Warrior Ranch Foundation is helping people heal from trauma. See the powerful story behind their new documentary.In this discussion, Eileen Shanahan, founder of the Warrior Ranch Foundation, joins storyteller Danielle Altibrando to talk about their film, Warrior: A Battle Against...
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Emmy Winning Actor Kim Estes Discusses His Career and the Acting Profession
My guest today is actor Kim Estes. Received the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series - 2017 - "Dicks" His television credits include . "How To Get Away With Murder”, "Brooklyn 99”, "Pitch," "Secrets and Lies,"…
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Roddy McDowall: An Actor's Life by Author Samuel Garza Bernstein - In-Depth Discussion
Roddy McDowall wasn't simply one of Hollywood's greatest actors—he was one of its greatest human beings. Through the pages of Roddy McDowall: An Actor's Life, Samuel Garza Bernstein reminds us that a lasting legacy isn't measured by fame alone, but by kindness, loyalty, friendship, and a life…
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Javid Rezai's Burlesque Psycho-glitter THE BELLADONNA is a MUST SEE: Bond on Cinema Interview
Javid Rezai's award-winning short film THE BELLADONNA a the story that follows Stella, a burlesque dancer haunted by visions of her late mother, whose growing paranoia convinces her that another performer is determined to steal her crown as Queen of the Belladonna Club. Javid calls it a...
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Alexander Sharp's Short THANK YOU: When One Choice Affects the Lives of Four Strangers
Ladies and gentlemen, kindness is one of those gifts that costs nothing to give, yet its value can echo through a lifetime. Alexander Sharp's THANK YOU is a beautiful reminder that every decision we make—whether driven by compassion or selfishness—creates a ripple that reaches far beyond…
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Host Ward W. Bond brings you the in-depth interviews with the top visionary film directors, producers, screenwriters, editors, composers, actors and more. Learn about the art and beauty of filmmaking. Meet award winning film professionals as they tell their side of the creative journey of movie-making.
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