1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:04,480 Speaker 1: Welcome to Truth Hounds, a production of My Heart Radio. 2 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:10,840 Speaker 1: I'm Anna and I've been unemployed for two years now, 3 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 1: so I really have nothing going on. And I'm Kyle 4 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:19,239 Speaker 1: and in middle school I received the ward most Enthusiastic 5 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:22,720 Speaker 1: to learn. So that makes me pretty special. And that 6 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:26,560 Speaker 1: is what makes us the perfect investigative duo. We are 7 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 1: two friends who love each other very much. What will 8 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:33,280 Speaker 1: we love even more is getting to the bottom of mysteries. 9 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:39,360 Speaker 1: All mysteries, sure, but small mysteries specifically. Trust me, No 10 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:42,239 Speaker 1: mystery is too small. No, no, no, Why don't you 11 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:45,040 Speaker 1: trust me when I tell you we are ready to 12 00:00:45,040 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 1: sniff around? We are the the Truth Hounds. Hello, Kyle, Yeah, Hey, Hey, 13 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:10,480 Speaker 1: it's Anna. Yeah. Are you Are you listening to that song? No? 14 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:14,600 Speaker 1: What song? Contemplating suicide? Are you listening to that right now? 15 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 1: Are you okay? No? No, I'm not not listening to it. 16 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 1: You're not listening, but you are okay? I mean kind 17 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:28,240 Speaker 1: of what's going on? I okay, I know you just 18 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:32,240 Speaker 1: got canceled. I'm I'm assuming this is you trying to 19 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 1: lay low, but we do actually really need to talk. 20 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:48,640 Speaker 1: I'll be right there. Hi, Hi, how are you? Um? 21 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 1: I I hope, I hope no one I got. I 22 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 1: gotta be I get hand on hear you at all. 23 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 1: I sorry, I'm just worried. It's amating to see me 24 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 1: that I can canceled. I gotta The ocean is really 25 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 1: much louder than you. I'm worried that I'm out in 26 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 1: it because I was canceled. Oh right, yeah, canceled. That's okay. 27 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 1: You're just re laying low or at the beach where 28 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 1: no one's here, but the coast looks made. I mean, 29 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 1: it makes me feel like I'm in Spain or something Lorca. Sorry, 30 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:31,520 Speaker 1: I can't hear you. Sorry, the waves are so loud, 31 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 1: but the waves are really loud, and I'm kind of 32 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:38,639 Speaker 1: talking quieter because I was canceled. I've been thinking about 33 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:41,120 Speaker 1: the beat Macroma investigation, and I think we need to 34 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 1: get back into it. Oh you'll kind of do anything 35 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:50,400 Speaker 1: to get away from being canceled. Huh yes. But also 36 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:53,160 Speaker 1: I just feel like I have I have some ideas 37 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:56,959 Speaker 1: of things we could do um one of which I'm 38 00:02:57,040 --> 00:02:59,520 Speaker 1: not really proud of, but it's something we could do. 39 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:06,519 Speaker 1: Were pertaining to the beat Back Romain investigation. Really, yeah, 40 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:11,960 Speaker 1: what is it? Is it bad? We'll talk about it later. Oh, 41 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 1: you don't want to talk about it here? Yeah, I 42 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:16,960 Speaker 1: just I kind of don't. We shouldn't talk about it 43 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 1: in public. Is it gonna get you canceled again? Maybe? Really? 44 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 1: I don't know. Damn you really want to get back 45 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 1: to this investigation? I do, don't you? Absolutely? It's all 46 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 1: I keep thinking about. Well, let's do it. Okay, let's 47 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 1: go Episode eight, What is Fear and Why Can't I 48 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:47,440 Speaker 1: Look Away? Part five? We had taken a lot of 49 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 1: time off from this investigation, but honestly it was too 50 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 1: hypnotizing to truly pull away. Where we were at was 51 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 1: We had found a horror film festival website run by 52 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:12,680 Speaker 1: this intriguing yet scary figure, the Macromay. We had decided 53 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:16,680 Speaker 1: to infiltrate his universe, but kept everything above for By 54 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:20,880 Speaker 1: creating our very own horror short film and applying to 55 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:24,280 Speaker 1: be a part of this film festival and therefore his world. 56 00:04:27,640 --> 00:04:31,240 Speaker 1: We encountered several hurdles aside from the headache of making 57 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:34,680 Speaker 1: the short film in the first place. Some of these 58 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:41,239 Speaker 1: hurdles included paying an unprecedented hundred fifty dollar submission fee 59 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:45,919 Speaker 1: to get into the festival and overcoming the shock of 60 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:50,640 Speaker 1: finding out that selected filmmakers were made to pay an 61 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 1: additional fifty dollars to attend the event the screening of 62 00:04:55,000 --> 00:05:03,120 Speaker 1: their own movie. But we held our heads high, reminding 63 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:05,240 Speaker 1: each other that this was just the price of meeting 64 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:11,560 Speaker 1: beat Macromy. But then we attended the festival and we 65 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:17,240 Speaker 1: didn't meet him because the event was on Zoom and 66 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:21,800 Speaker 1: beat Macromy's WiFi was so spotty that ultimately he wasn't 67 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:27,279 Speaker 1: even online half the time. By that, I mean for 68 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:30,640 Speaker 1: thirty seconds he would be there and then poof thirty 69 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:34,039 Speaker 1: seconds he was gone. We could barely see him with 70 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:41,720 Speaker 1: the WiFi like this. We were disappointed, and honestly we 71 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 1: were piste. Sorry to the twelve year old fan, but honestly, 72 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:50,720 Speaker 1: pissed is kind of a nice entryway into the amazing 73 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:57,920 Speaker 1: world of curse words, so welcome, take your shoes off. Anyway, 74 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:00,040 Speaker 1: we didn't know what to do with our anger. It 75 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:07,480 Speaker 1: didn't feel constructive. Plus something came along and through a 76 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:16,480 Speaker 1: wrench into the investigation altogether. The law that's right. Kyle 77 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:21,640 Speaker 1: had given her lawyer friend Paul a call. That's right, folks, 78 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:25,400 Speaker 1: I made a pall call, and Paul told us that 79 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:28,160 Speaker 1: we needed to tread lightly and choose our words carefully. 80 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:33,159 Speaker 1: We were mad, but realistically we had just encountered a 81 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:42,040 Speaker 1: bad deal and nothing else. Anyway, we were mad, really mad, 82 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:46,359 Speaker 1: and we decided that the most constructive thing to do 83 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:50,160 Speaker 1: in this moment was to take some time off. Maybe 84 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:54,160 Speaker 1: time away would give us a clearer perspective. The next 85 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:59,280 Speaker 1: few weeks, we kept it light, We hung out, We 86 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:08,000 Speaker 1: got Kyle canceled. Plus I thought about my crush Chris Hi. 87 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:14,480 Speaker 1: Oh my god, I'm such an idiot. Anyway, the thing is, 88 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:19,400 Speaker 1: while we were attempting to get Kyle canceled, we found 89 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:27,400 Speaker 1: ourselves back where we had started investigating fear. It seemed 90 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 1: like the universe was nudging us and going, hey, you 91 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:36,240 Speaker 1: should really be looking into this. We had to get 92 00:07:36,280 --> 00:07:40,240 Speaker 1: to the bottom of the back from me, and arguably 93 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:46,080 Speaker 1: we were more equipped to do that now. Yeah only 94 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:49,720 Speaker 1: at my expense. Yeah yeah, it's really not about that. 95 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:56,360 Speaker 1: So that brings you up to date. And here we 96 00:07:56,400 --> 00:08:00,960 Speaker 1: were in a car on our way to a genuine 97 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:14,200 Speaker 1: steak out. Um, how how do we get here? I mean, 98 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 1: what what are we looking at? What's the e t a? Um? 99 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:20,440 Speaker 1: We're looking at about like minutes. Oh my god. Okay, 100 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:29,360 Speaker 1: we're definitely going to beat heart um uh and yeah 101 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:35,480 Speaker 1: it's this is this is where be Back May resides. 102 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:42,800 Speaker 1: That's right. We were doing something that we can't say 103 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 1: that we're proud of. We were about to steak out 104 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:54,280 Speaker 1: beat Macromys place of residents at night, and we are 105 00:08:55,320 --> 00:08:59,960 Speaker 1: going to stake it out. Yeah we are. I mean, lady, 106 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:06,559 Speaker 1: look it's late. Maybe this is when he thrives. Okay, 107 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:09,880 Speaker 1: but please keep in mind we were planning on staying 108 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:15,959 Speaker 1: inside the car. We weren't psychos, but I just want 109 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:19,200 Speaker 1: to drive by. I just want to see it. And 110 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:21,120 Speaker 1: I'm saying, like, you know, I don't want to be 111 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:25,360 Speaker 1: getting in there. Oh no, no, no, no, you have 112 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:27,680 Speaker 1: to be safe. No no, no, we can't. We can't 113 00:09:27,679 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 1: do that. We were just two girls on a drive 114 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:37,480 Speaker 1: room room. Nothing weird, definitely not psychos, and we were 115 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:41,680 Speaker 1: just going to drive by, not even stop. We definitely 116 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:47,480 Speaker 1: weren't going to park the car if there's a spot 117 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:53,160 Speaker 1: in front, just parking there and then we you know, 118 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:56,040 Speaker 1: I think it's weird. Have you ever like seeing people 119 00:09:56,080 --> 00:09:57,760 Speaker 1: in a car and you're like, why are they just 120 00:09:57,800 --> 00:10:00,400 Speaker 1: sitting there? Yeah, so we can maybe need a little 121 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:03,200 Speaker 1: bit of improvnce and we're having a heated argument. Oh 122 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:06,040 Speaker 1: my god, Oh my god, these cars are going so fast, 123 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:09,560 Speaker 1: Oh my god, is so scary. The point was that, 124 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:12,960 Speaker 1: no matter what, we were not going to get out 125 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:17,000 Speaker 1: of the car. Oh my god, Okay, this is we're turning. 126 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:23,360 Speaker 1: This is it? Oh okay, okay, okay, okay, this is 127 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:30,040 Speaker 1: And then we couldn't find a spot. I know, we 128 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:35,120 Speaker 1: said we wouldn't get out of the car, but you guys, 129 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:40,840 Speaker 1: the listeners, there was no parking spot right in front, 130 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:47,319 Speaker 1: and you know, we had to get a closer look. 131 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:57,360 Speaker 1: Um for you guys, the listeners. Okay, I'm parking. We're 132 00:10:57,360 --> 00:11:00,959 Speaker 1: gonna just walk over there. Okay, here, let me get 133 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:03,640 Speaker 1: can you my bucket? Hats down there? Broking that off? 134 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:09,600 Speaker 1: You don't want to extra? I have none. You didn't 135 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:17,240 Speaker 1: bring a hat, okay, but maybe else would be your Okay, Yeah, 136 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:35,040 Speaker 1: we're gonna happy, Okay, Okay, yeah, I mean this has 137 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:43,640 Speaker 1: to be cool, this really has to be So we 138 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:47,480 Speaker 1: did get out of the car. But I told Kyle 139 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:51,800 Speaker 1: this had to be quick. I mean I didn't even 140 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:55,520 Speaker 1: have a hat, and if this was quick, it wouldn't 141 00:11:55,520 --> 00:12:07,760 Speaker 1: be weird, right, guys. Yeah, okay, no, no good actual, Okay, 142 00:12:08,679 --> 00:12:19,040 Speaker 1: you're gonna put on this house. It's gonna think, oh, 143 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:23,920 Speaker 1: we saw someone come out, but turns out it was 144 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:28,280 Speaker 1: just a woman walking her dog. But honestly, you don't 145 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:31,160 Speaker 1: need to hear the rest of the footage because he 146 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:34,840 Speaker 1: wasn't there and his place didn't give us any answers. 147 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:40,520 Speaker 1: It's just looked really normal, the kind of place where 148 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:45,760 Speaker 1: a normal guy would live. If anything, the steak out 149 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:49,600 Speaker 1: had left us with more questions, so we knew we 150 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:53,440 Speaker 1: had to do something else. We had to make contact 151 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:56,800 Speaker 1: in a different way. We went back to the drawing board. 152 00:12:57,960 --> 00:13:01,160 Speaker 1: There was only one place we had act actually definitely 153 00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:08,120 Speaker 1: seen beat macromy Film Festival. This guy was clearly a 154 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:13,520 Speaker 1: film head and the festival buff. Well yeah, he was 155 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:18,080 Speaker 1: there at his own festival. But anna, we went and 156 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:23,280 Speaker 1: didn't meet him because it was online. Okay, yes, but 157 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:27,920 Speaker 1: here's the thing. What if there was a different festival 158 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:33,840 Speaker 1: and he was in attendance and it wasn't online. I 159 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:38,240 Speaker 1: literally don't understand what you're talking about. What if we 160 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:46,840 Speaker 1: put together a festival not online. I mean that sounds awesome, 161 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:50,920 Speaker 1: but what does that have to do with beat macromy Kyle, 162 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:57,960 Speaker 1: we would invite him. Okay, I'm almost getting it. Wait, 163 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:02,560 Speaker 1: so we would put together our own festival and invite 164 00:14:02,640 --> 00:14:09,320 Speaker 1: him to it. Yes, we would put together our own 165 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 1: film festival and invite beat Back Ramy to it. And 166 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:18,360 Speaker 1: because it would be our festival, we would be able 167 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 1: to control whether or not it was online and make 168 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:30,480 Speaker 1: sure it wasn't. Okay, I'm like on board. But the 169 00:14:30,520 --> 00:14:34,240 Speaker 1: only thing is what will we call it? It's a 170 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:46,960 Speaker 1: really good question, um Son dan Son, dizzle, hhm, you 171 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:51,200 Speaker 1: don't like that. Wait, what is beat Back Remy's actual 172 00:14:51,240 --> 00:14:57,360 Speaker 1: festival called Again Film Festival? Okay, so why don't we 173 00:14:57,440 --> 00:15:14,920 Speaker 1: just call it the Beep Beep Film Festival? Bingo. I 174 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:17,640 Speaker 1: know things are getting really good, but we have to 175 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:21,800 Speaker 1: take a break for some ads, and the ad break 176 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:31,280 Speaker 1: is over. Back to it. Um, it's really early in 177 00:15:31,320 --> 00:15:34,920 Speaker 1: the morning, and I got in a uh to come 178 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:38,440 Speaker 1: over so we could just we're working on our Beat 179 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:42,000 Speaker 1: Beat Festival. So one thing I wanted to just write 180 00:15:42,040 --> 00:15:45,360 Speaker 1: down is like, what our description of the event is 181 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:55,080 Speaker 1: going to be. Okay, So we've never really put together 182 00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:58,760 Speaker 1: a film festival before, so we really didn't know where 183 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:03,320 Speaker 1: to start in fact, the only film festival we were 184 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:09,840 Speaker 1: familiar with was well beat Backer May's Film Festival. We 185 00:16:09,960 --> 00:16:12,760 Speaker 1: pulled up the website and looked through his festival description 186 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:16,760 Speaker 1: for reference. I'm not usually a copycat, so I definitely 187 00:16:16,760 --> 00:16:19,680 Speaker 1: didn't want to bite a style. I did my best 188 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:23,720 Speaker 1: to change some of the words around. But Anna, on 189 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:27,800 Speaker 1: the other hand, maybe if it came to it and 190 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:31,120 Speaker 1: he was to read our description of our festival and 191 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:33,960 Speaker 1: it was similar to his, it would feel kind of 192 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:37,720 Speaker 1: familiar to him. In that way, he'd be more likely 193 00:16:37,800 --> 00:16:41,960 Speaker 1: to accept our invite because he'd be like, mm hmm, 194 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:49,040 Speaker 1: something about this feels like home. Brilliant. We decided to 195 00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:53,760 Speaker 1: keep it close but change some keywords around. Beat beat 196 00:16:53,840 --> 00:17:00,400 Speaker 1: Festival is a direct portal to the universe of the unknown. Okay, 197 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:06,960 Speaker 1: it's a It's a festival primarily specializing horror. A festival 198 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:17,200 Speaker 1: film festival. Yeah, primarily dedicated to the horror genre, but 199 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:23,639 Speaker 1: open minded enough, but open minded enough to accept all 200 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:29,800 Speaker 1: genres except and celebrate other films. To clarify that last part, 201 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:33,840 Speaker 1: something that we found slightly irritating about the mccamy's Festival 202 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:37,680 Speaker 1: is that it purported itself to be a horror film festival, 203 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:41,680 Speaker 1: but then it actually had all genres of film, which 204 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:44,960 Speaker 1: is totally fine, but it felt like it kind of 205 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:50,840 Speaker 1: misadvertised itself. So we wanted to get ahead of that 206 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:54,680 Speaker 1: same critique and just say we Kyle and Anna love 207 00:17:54,760 --> 00:17:59,160 Speaker 1: horror films, but all films are welcome. Let's be clear 208 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:04,760 Speaker 1: about that. Documentary. Come right in short form animation. I 209 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:08,000 Speaker 1: got a spot for you right there. It's the best 210 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:13,119 Speaker 1: seat in the house. The final factor was the submission fee. 211 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:19,480 Speaker 1: Film Festival had a hundred fifty dollar submission fee, a 212 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:23,000 Speaker 1: number you are well acquainted with by now. In the 213 00:18:23,040 --> 00:18:27,240 Speaker 1: spirit of staying true to the film Festival's ethos, we 214 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:31,520 Speaker 1: decided to also have a submission fee. In the spirit 215 00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:34,600 Speaker 1: of wanting to be better than them, we added an 216 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:40,200 Speaker 1: extra fifty dollars, so our submission fee was a modest 217 00:18:41,760 --> 00:18:47,960 Speaker 1: two hundred dollars. Once we finished writing the festival description, 218 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 1: it was time for the most difficult, the crucial part, 219 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:59,879 Speaker 1: inviting the man, the myth, the legend himself, Deep macromy 220 00:19:01,080 --> 00:19:03,400 Speaker 1: We figured that we couldn't invite him to just sit 221 00:19:03,440 --> 00:19:08,480 Speaker 1: in the audience. Who knows if he'd accept No. We 222 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:10,560 Speaker 1: needed to make sure that this guy felt like v 223 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:14,120 Speaker 1: I p all the way, so we decided to make 224 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:18,240 Speaker 1: him an offer he couldn't refuse. We would invite him 225 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:22,800 Speaker 1: to be a speaker on our horror panel. We didn't 226 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:25,960 Speaker 1: know what a panel was exactly, and we had no 227 00:19:26,040 --> 00:19:28,879 Speaker 1: idea who else would be on it. I mean, he 228 00:19:28,880 --> 00:19:31,920 Speaker 1: couldn't be on it alone. That's not a panel, that's 229 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:35,960 Speaker 1: just a guy. But Anna assured me that those details 230 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:39,679 Speaker 1: we would figure out later. I drafted an invitation and 231 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:49,159 Speaker 1: showed it to Anna. Okay, here's um, here's my the 232 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:53,680 Speaker 1: email going to send if you wanted to check it out. Hi. Wow. 233 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:56,639 Speaker 1: I was a participant in the Shock Horror From Festival 234 00:19:56,720 --> 00:19:59,600 Speaker 1: this year with me from Core. The experience was very 235 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:02,000 Speaker 1: inspired one and maybe decide to put on my own 236 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:06,399 Speaker 1: film festival with my friend Anna, the co creator. Truthfully, 237 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:09,880 Speaker 1: participating in your festival made me appreciate my own film community, 238 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:11,919 Speaker 1: and I wanted to commemorate the occasion with a kind 239 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:14,520 Speaker 1: of celebration in the form of my own film festival. 240 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:18,240 Speaker 1: After talking over with Anna, we realized we wanted to 241 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:21,679 Speaker 1: host a horror film Festival panel. Having said that, we 242 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:23,840 Speaker 1: wanted to extend the offer to you to come be 243 00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:28,040 Speaker 1: a participant on the panel that is italicized, so he 244 00:20:28,119 --> 00:20:33,120 Speaker 1: knows that part of series. You made the experience very 245 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:36,520 Speaker 1: interesting and we would love to hear your insight on 246 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:39,400 Speaker 1: the horror film community. Well, disclosure is our first time 247 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:41,480 Speaker 1: doing this sort of thing, so we're definitely kind of 248 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:44,440 Speaker 1: waiting at you. Yeah, I mean I think that that's 249 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:54,879 Speaker 1: I think that's awesome. Okay, that a side name Bingo. Now, 250 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:57,639 Speaker 1: what we had to do was just figure out how 251 00:20:57,640 --> 00:20:59,520 Speaker 1: to put together a festival with a horror panel that 252 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:04,040 Speaker 1: seemed it. In a week, we thought about what we needed. 253 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:09,240 Speaker 1: We definitely needed a venue, things to screen, and a 254 00:21:09,320 --> 00:21:14,040 Speaker 1: poster so it seemed official. And don't forget the other 255 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:18,000 Speaker 1: guests for a panel. Yeah, yeah, we'll get to that. 256 00:21:19,119 --> 00:21:23,720 Speaker 1: So we found a venue that was easy. We made 257 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:29,800 Speaker 1: a poster, it was awesome. We were halfway there. Now 258 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:34,840 Speaker 1: we just needed films to screen. We did what we 259 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:41,840 Speaker 1: do best and posted on Instagram. We said, do you 260 00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:44,960 Speaker 1: have a horror film or literally any other film under 261 00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:50,200 Speaker 1: five minutes submitted to our festival now? And by the way, 262 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:58,640 Speaker 1: the cost of submission is two dollars. And then when 263 00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:01,639 Speaker 1: Kyle wasn't looking, I added that if you use a 264 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:05,320 Speaker 1: code word, you could submit and receive two dollars off 265 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:11,640 Speaker 1: the submission fee. The code was David Scary one. Hey, 266 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:15,160 Speaker 1: I hear you. I'm just worried that no one could 267 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:20,600 Speaker 1: afford that. Have you seen gas prices lately? It's outrageous. 268 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:26,360 Speaker 1: The films came flooding in and we got to watching 269 00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:38,240 Speaker 1: and programming. Oh this is powerful, this is good. Whoa 270 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:44,120 Speaker 1: whoa Okay, So let's see if we're thinking the same thing. 271 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:49,800 Speaker 1: That movie is say in in or out on one 272 00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:58,040 Speaker 1: to three, one two three in wow, page okay, send 273 00:22:58,119 --> 00:23:08,240 Speaker 1: the is that does? Wow? Okay? So really really interesting. 274 00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:12,760 Speaker 1: And so when it comes to me, this movie is 275 00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:23,800 Speaker 1: one two three and okay, great perfect congratulations one two 276 00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:34,560 Speaker 1: three and one two three and okay. Great programming at festival, 277 00:23:35,359 --> 00:23:39,399 Speaker 1: it's turning out to be pretty easy. In no time, 278 00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:43,440 Speaker 1: we had a bang in lineup and soon it was 279 00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:45,760 Speaker 1: time to spread the good news and send out the 280 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:51,000 Speaker 1: acceptance letters. We remembered how excited we were when we 281 00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:55,560 Speaker 1: received our acceptance letter from B. Macromy. It was an 282 00:23:55,600 --> 00:24:02,200 Speaker 1: all different font sizes, fonts, colors, part were highlighted. One 283 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:06,119 Speaker 1: word was huge, while the others were very small. It 284 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:11,000 Speaker 1: made no sense, but there was no denying it. It 285 00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:15,200 Speaker 1: was art. So that's what our acceptance letters looked like too. 286 00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:21,760 Speaker 1: Everything was in place, and now we waited patiently for 287 00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:29,280 Speaker 1: beat macromay to respond, and waited and waited. What was 288 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:33,359 Speaker 1: the hold up? The festival was literally four days away. 289 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:37,040 Speaker 1: To get our minds off the drama, we decided to 290 00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:40,480 Speaker 1: treat ourselves and go see a movie. We chose that 291 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:45,280 Speaker 1: Nicolas Cage movie, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent and 292 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:50,919 Speaker 1: get this. On our way into the movie theater, Kyle 293 00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:58,919 Speaker 1: noticed she had an email. Oh my god, are you okay? 294 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:04,080 Speaker 1: With the name in a Hello Kyle, and you need 295 00:25:04,119 --> 00:25:05,720 Speaker 1: to come back. You need to come back to the 296 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:08,120 Speaker 1: gree We need to okay, we need to go somewhere five. 297 00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:11,880 Speaker 1: Oh my god, it's okay. We're literally about to see 298 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:14,960 Speaker 1: a movie. It is eight oh five, Cam. Okay, we're 299 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:20,960 Speaker 1: gonna dip into this little enclave. We're dipping. Come here, 300 00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:30,240 Speaker 1: come here, come here, Oh my god, like we're going 301 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:34,320 Speaker 1: to read it together. Oh hello, Kaleena, Thank you for 302 00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:37,760 Speaker 1: your patients. With my response, I have been away from 303 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:40,520 Speaker 1: my desk for longer. You know, you see a guy 304 00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:42,880 Speaker 1: like that, I don't think he has a desk. No offense, 305 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:47,439 Speaker 1: No offense. I'm very glad to hear your organizing a show. 306 00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:53,320 Speaker 1: I'm unfortunately out of town and and I am unable 307 00:25:53,359 --> 00:25:56,760 Speaker 1: to attend. I would love to hear how it goes. 308 00:25:57,600 --> 00:26:00,919 Speaker 1: It's really nice, it's actually very friendly. Nice. Keep you 309 00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:03,600 Speaker 1: posted to sure photos. I look forward to hearing from 310 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:11,120 Speaker 1: you soon. Good luck. That just sounds really nice. It's 311 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:17,639 Speaker 1: really nice. Three things jumped out at us. First and foremost, 312 00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:23,919 Speaker 1: he had a desk. Second, he wasn't always at this desk. 313 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:30,040 Speaker 1: And third, and perhaps the most surprising, he seemed really nice. 314 00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:34,800 Speaker 1: But you know, who knows it was an email. Everyone 315 00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:37,879 Speaker 1: knows it's hard to gauge tone and text. Sure, he 316 00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:41,040 Speaker 1: seemed nice, but maybe he was writing that email while 317 00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:47,880 Speaker 1: snarling or petting his pet spider. Once the excitement wore off, 318 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:55,280 Speaker 1: he started to process the news he wasn't going to 319 00:26:55,359 --> 00:27:01,400 Speaker 1: be there. Should we even still do the festival? I mean, 320 00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:03,600 Speaker 1: wasn't the whole point of the festival to put us 321 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:11,440 Speaker 1: in a room with him offline so we could confront him? 322 00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:18,360 Speaker 1: But Kyle, it was too late. The venue was already rented. 323 00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:27,159 Speaker 1: The Instagram posts posted, the acceptance letters sent out. You 324 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:31,320 Speaker 1: know what I actually loved the films we were screening. 325 00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:38,280 Speaker 1: If anything, maybe this was our chance to rewrite history. 326 00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:46,159 Speaker 1: You see, Film Festival it left us feeling disappointed, So 327 00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:49,879 Speaker 1: maybe this was our chance to treat others how we 328 00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:54,399 Speaker 1: ourselves had wanted to be treated. You know what, Kyle, 329 00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:59,680 Speaker 1: I'm calling an audible Our festival would go on right 330 00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:08,080 Speaker 1: his or He's wrongs, and you know what, it would rock. Also, 331 00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:12,720 Speaker 1: we should point out that our short film Choir, which 332 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:16,400 Speaker 1: we had made to get into Film Festival to meet 333 00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:20,440 Speaker 1: beat macromy had never been screened outside of that festival, 334 00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:26,240 Speaker 1: meaning it had only been screened online. So this was 335 00:28:26,280 --> 00:28:30,200 Speaker 1: our shot to screen it offline and show some love 336 00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:33,879 Speaker 1: to our beautiful cast and our brave director Clay. Plus, 337 00:28:34,920 --> 00:28:38,760 Speaker 1: I would invite my crushed Chris and hey, maybe he 338 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:44,600 Speaker 1: could be on the horror panel. It's so annoying. We'll 339 00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:48,160 Speaker 1: figure it out later, Kyle, he was in the movie. 340 00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:52,320 Speaker 1: It's just you know, it makes sense to invite him. 341 00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:57,920 Speaker 1: I'm just inviting the cast, that's all, okay, fine whatever. 342 00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:04,160 Speaker 1: Before we knew it, the Beepy Festival, our festival was here. 343 00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:09,560 Speaker 1: As festival directors, our worries were twofold. Would people come 344 00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:15,760 Speaker 1: and would they feel taken care of. Luckily they came, 345 00:29:17,720 --> 00:29:19,719 Speaker 1: and as far as making them feel taken care of, 346 00:29:21,320 --> 00:29:27,520 Speaker 1: we spared no expense. We didn't know much about festivals, 347 00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:31,640 Speaker 1: but after some light googling, you saw that film festivals 348 00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:34,760 Speaker 1: would typically have a backdrop thing that attendees could take 349 00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:38,080 Speaker 1: a photo in front of, which I guess was called 350 00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:42,840 Speaker 1: a step and repeat. We wanted our festival guests to 351 00:29:42,960 --> 00:29:49,280 Speaker 1: feel fabulous as they walked in. So Kyle, she painted 352 00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:55,640 Speaker 1: a little sign. It looked amazing. Let me try to 353 00:29:55,680 --> 00:30:05,280 Speaker 1: paint a picture. Words splattered a rugged butcher paper with 354 00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:08,640 Speaker 1: a texture so callous you could almost feel it with 355 00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:14,680 Speaker 1: your eyes. Red and black paint coming together violently to 356 00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:20,320 Speaker 1: form the words Beep beep festival, and yet in a 357 00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:25,920 Speaker 1: delicate twist. Once the words married to the paper, strange 358 00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:31,560 Speaker 1: elegance emerged. The words suddenly looked like they were written 359 00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:40,360 Speaker 1: with a delicate quill. I made a good sign. The 360 00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:42,360 Speaker 1: only thing about the sign was that there was nowhere 361 00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:45,480 Speaker 1: to hang it in the venue, but above a little 362 00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:49,120 Speaker 1: unmovable bench. People had to sit in front of it 363 00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:52,880 Speaker 1: in order to take a photo. So instead of it 364 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:57,600 Speaker 1: being a step and repeat, it was more like a 365 00:30:57,760 --> 00:31:02,720 Speaker 1: sit and repeat, and also, oh, we didn't hire a photographer, 366 00:31:03,760 --> 00:31:08,640 Speaker 1: but we figured we could take people's photos if we 367 00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:20,960 Speaker 1: had time. And now an ad break. The ad break 368 00:31:21,040 --> 00:31:31,000 Speaker 1: is over. The festival was upon us, people trickled in, 369 00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:36,600 Speaker 1: lights went down, and then it was time for a 370 00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:50,880 Speaker 1: very special scary intro. Welcome to the BP Festival, A 371 00:31:51,080 --> 00:31:58,120 Speaker 1: Pathway to Pandora's Box. It is my terrifying pleasure to 372 00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:10,560 Speaker 1: introduce the festival directors, Kyle Mazzono and Enna Sarah Gina. 373 00:32:11,920 --> 00:32:15,760 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for coming out film festival. Wow. 374 00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:17,520 Speaker 1: They don't tell you until you get up here how 375 00:32:17,560 --> 00:32:26,640 Speaker 1: bright it gets you guys the listeners, have you ever 376 00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:30,840 Speaker 1: been on the stage before those lights that they use? 377 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:36,240 Speaker 1: Good luck out there. Honestly I could kind of see 378 00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:41,720 Speaker 1: why beatmacromy did his festival at home. Yeah. Maybe next 379 00:32:41,720 --> 00:32:44,000 Speaker 1: time we can put this festival on at our homes 380 00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:48,520 Speaker 1: so I can also be hanging out with my dog. Kyle, 381 00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:52,160 Speaker 1: are you kidding me? We were hosting the event of 382 00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:56,280 Speaker 1: a lifetime. Before we could get to the actual screening, 383 00:32:56,880 --> 00:33:00,560 Speaker 1: there was some light housekeeping. This is a first year 384 00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:04,239 Speaker 1: doing this festival, and we had an overwhelming amount of 385 00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:10,080 Speaker 1: apple kinds uh and decided upon these sixteen films that 386 00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:12,280 Speaker 1: you're going to see today. And when I tell you 387 00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:15,080 Speaker 1: that it was a painful experience to be able to 388 00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:17,680 Speaker 1: choose the sixteen out of the eighteen or so that 389 00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:22,520 Speaker 1: we're submitted, I do not tell a lie. Um, it 390 00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:25,840 Speaker 1: was so thank you so much for everybody paid a 391 00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:29,160 Speaker 1: submission for you have two Thank you, Thank you for that. 392 00:33:29,280 --> 00:33:30,960 Speaker 1: And then the last thing we wanted to mention and 393 00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:33,160 Speaker 1: we said it this to few people. But there is 394 00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:36,720 Speaker 1: a step and repeat outside. But it's um to sit 395 00:33:36,720 --> 00:33:39,360 Speaker 1: down and to sit down one. Um, we don't have 396 00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:40,960 Speaker 1: a lot of festivals aren't doing We don't have a 397 00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:43,560 Speaker 1: photographer on hand, but where have we to take the photos? 398 00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:46,600 Speaker 1: If we're not doing something, if we're not doing other things. 399 00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:51,920 Speaker 1: We urge them to not take advantage of our kindness 400 00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:55,040 Speaker 1: and keep in mind that we are this festival directors, 401 00:33:55,040 --> 00:33:57,760 Speaker 1: so we do have other stuff to do. Thank you 402 00:33:57,800 --> 00:34:00,320 Speaker 1: so much. Okay, so this we have a first film. 403 00:34:00,360 --> 00:34:03,920 Speaker 1: Did you want to introduce that? I would love to introduce. Um. 404 00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:08,240 Speaker 1: So yeah, thank you so much. Cinema lovers left and right, UM, yeah, 405 00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:12,080 Speaker 1: this is honestly beautiful that all bring us together in 406 00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:16,920 Speaker 1: our room. It would be tricky to show you the 407 00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:21,759 Speaker 1: next part of us screening the films. As an absolute 408 00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:25,160 Speaker 1: film lover, I can attest to the fact that cinema 409 00:34:26,160 --> 00:34:31,160 Speaker 1: it really speaks more in a visual language. But something 410 00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:33,600 Speaker 1: you should know is that we really did want people 411 00:34:33,640 --> 00:34:36,840 Speaker 1: to feel taken care of. So in between most films 412 00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:41,040 Speaker 1: we asked whether the attendees needed to use the bathroom. 413 00:34:41,080 --> 00:34:44,000 Speaker 1: That's something that is always hard about the movie going experience. 414 00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:48,239 Speaker 1: And again, to pipe in as a film lover, I 415 00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:52,200 Speaker 1: felt really strongly about this. Um, does anybody need to 416 00:34:52,200 --> 00:34:57,840 Speaker 1: go to the bathroom? Okay? Okay, very nice? Um okay, great, 417 00:34:59,760 --> 00:35:02,880 Speaker 1: net It was time for something we were really excited for, 418 00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:06,839 Speaker 1: a screening a choir, the short film we had made 419 00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:20,160 Speaker 1: to get into film festival in the first place. Yeah. Wow, 420 00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:25,520 Speaker 1: I mean I was going to get some food, but 421 00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:29,719 Speaker 1: I think fridges are a little scary for me right now. 422 00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:34,160 Speaker 1: I love that he went back into the fridge after 423 00:35:34,360 --> 00:35:42,239 Speaker 1: checking the fridge. Yeah, but what is it? Ah, it's 424 00:35:42,239 --> 00:35:46,680 Speaker 1: an Amazon package. I know, I know I shouldn't be 425 00:35:46,760 --> 00:35:50,799 Speaker 1: ordering from Amazon. Can you lock the door? No, It's 426 00:35:50,840 --> 00:35:54,680 Speaker 1: just it's just it's really convenient, And I mean, personally, 427 00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:57,319 Speaker 1: in hot take, I do think that we should be 428 00:35:57,320 --> 00:36:18,200 Speaker 1: paying more taxes. Where are you going in want anything? Wow? 429 00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:24,440 Speaker 1: The audience really loved it. Well, we had their attention. 430 00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:27,720 Speaker 1: We gave them a little insight into how this movie 431 00:36:27,840 --> 00:36:32,840 Speaker 1: was made. Wow, we wanted this is kind of a premiere. 432 00:36:33,080 --> 00:36:38,200 Speaker 1: It actually did premiere somewhere, yeah, another at different festival, 433 00:36:38,880 --> 00:36:42,319 Speaker 1: but this is kind of the in person premiere. So 434 00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:44,399 Speaker 1: thank you so much for being Thank you so much. 435 00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:47,799 Speaker 1: I'll just speak to the film quickly. To me, it 436 00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:50,080 Speaker 1: was really important for it to be very scary. Yeah, 437 00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:52,720 Speaker 1: and the way that Kyle and vision that is for 438 00:36:52,760 --> 00:36:55,759 Speaker 1: there to be people who are running backward. I don't 439 00:36:55,800 --> 00:36:59,319 Speaker 1: know if you guys caught that moment. I almost wanted. 440 00:36:59,400 --> 00:37:01,759 Speaker 1: I know it's not proper in a film screening to 441 00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:04,799 Speaker 1: pause something, but do you guys see I didn't want 442 00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:07,040 Speaker 1: to kind of pause it, so just to make sure 443 00:37:07,080 --> 00:37:10,480 Speaker 1: you cap out and and just a little insider things. 444 00:37:10,560 --> 00:37:16,200 Speaker 1: That actually was Anna and I that's us. I brought 445 00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:19,000 Speaker 1: up what was important to me and then for me, 446 00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:21,200 Speaker 1: it was really fun to have a social message. And 447 00:37:21,239 --> 00:37:26,839 Speaker 1: when we um we asked our friend and uh filmmaker 448 00:37:27,239 --> 00:37:30,000 Speaker 1: Zone Accord Alex Koutski, who could not be here today, 449 00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:33,080 Speaker 1: Um to write the screenplay. We said, anything with the 450 00:37:33,160 --> 00:37:37,359 Speaker 1: social message. Um, maybe taxes maybe, And so he was able. 451 00:37:37,360 --> 00:37:38,719 Speaker 1: I don't know if you guys were able to catch 452 00:37:38,719 --> 00:37:46,200 Speaker 1: that a little eastern Amazon Amazones. Yeah. Next thing we knew, 453 00:37:47,280 --> 00:37:50,759 Speaker 1: questions were pouring in from the audience. I was still 454 00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:54,560 Speaker 1: able to go to the bathroom. Great question, Um, yes, 455 00:37:54,600 --> 00:37:56,279 Speaker 1: would you like to go to the bathroom right now? Yeah, 456 00:37:56,320 --> 00:37:59,440 Speaker 1: you can go to the bath Oh okay, very interesting, 457 00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:05,120 Speaker 1: interesting twist. Okay, thank you so much. Yes, anybody can 458 00:38:05,160 --> 00:38:08,680 Speaker 1: go to the bathroom anytime they want. We even got 459 00:38:08,719 --> 00:38:12,520 Speaker 1: some challenging questions which we ended up throwing to our 460 00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:17,000 Speaker 1: brave director Clay. Who we expect the sequel? I think 461 00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:34,640 Speaker 1: not at all. Finally, the main event, our horror panel. Okay, 462 00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:39,960 Speaker 1: let's talk about the panel. It's sole purpose was to 463 00:38:40,040 --> 00:38:42,360 Speaker 1: provide beat back from me with a reason to be 464 00:38:42,480 --> 00:38:47,040 Speaker 1: a part of our festival. And you probably noticed by 465 00:38:47,080 --> 00:38:52,200 Speaker 1: now he wasn't a part of our festival. But regardless 466 00:38:52,200 --> 00:38:57,319 Speaker 1: of Beep's absence, he selected a small group all rock 467 00:38:57,360 --> 00:39:00,840 Speaker 1: stars and experts within their respective film genre risk to 468 00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:05,680 Speaker 1: be a part of our panel. They were Chris Cricket, 469 00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:12,120 Speaker 1: Tipper and David and we let them introduce themselves. I 470 00:39:12,200 --> 00:39:16,560 Speaker 1: was thank you, thank you, I was I directed the Egg, 471 00:39:17,360 --> 00:39:23,680 Speaker 1: I made Necronomicon, I made three Love Beautiful for them. 472 00:39:23,920 --> 00:39:30,680 Speaker 1: For them. Even though we were a little disappointed that 473 00:39:30,719 --> 00:39:34,560 Speaker 1: Beat Macromay wasn't there, we decided to take advantage of 474 00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:37,799 Speaker 1: this opportunity and to ask our panelists some questions that 475 00:39:37,840 --> 00:39:40,239 Speaker 1: were on our mind. Well, we just want to know, 476 00:39:40,320 --> 00:39:42,440 Speaker 1: what is the most amount of money you have ever 477 00:39:42,480 --> 00:39:44,960 Speaker 1: paid to get your film into a film festival, Like 478 00:39:45,040 --> 00:39:49,120 Speaker 1: a lot of people aren't open about that. Sixties seventy 479 00:39:50,360 --> 00:39:56,680 Speaker 1: is that? Oh my gosh, probably it was supposed to 480 00:39:56,719 --> 00:40:00,399 Speaker 1: be a hundred, but I got a voucher and then 481 00:40:00,480 --> 00:40:04,480 Speaker 1: fifty actual dollars. Once the problem if you wait to 482 00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:07,000 Speaker 1: let you know they have these different deadlines, it goes up. 483 00:40:07,320 --> 00:40:09,840 Speaker 1: So am I started out at forty and then you're like, oh, 484 00:40:09,880 --> 00:40:16,240 Speaker 1: I waited too long. Now at seventy guys, I'm sorry, 485 00:40:16,280 --> 00:40:19,120 Speaker 1: but I had to really drive this next point home. 486 00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:24,759 Speaker 1: Our reasons for wanting to meet Beat Macromay becoming as 487 00:40:24,760 --> 00:40:30,640 Speaker 1: complicated as the investigation itself. Yes, Beat Macromay was fascinating, 488 00:40:30,920 --> 00:40:38,920 Speaker 1: sometimes mortifying, sometimes disarmingly nice, but also he were still 489 00:40:39,080 --> 00:40:44,120 Speaker 1: mad about forking over two hundred dollars. We wanted to 490 00:40:44,160 --> 00:40:47,680 Speaker 1: know why he had charged us that much money. No, 491 00:40:48,680 --> 00:40:53,560 Speaker 1: we needed to know. Frankly, it had become a bit 492 00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:56,799 Speaker 1: of an obsession, so much so that I needed to 493 00:40:56,840 --> 00:41:00,440 Speaker 1: address it to the panel. Um, let me ask you, Paul, question, 494 00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:03,360 Speaker 1: if you paid a hundred and fifty dollars to submit 495 00:41:03,400 --> 00:41:05,960 Speaker 1: your film into a festival, Um, and that was a 496 00:41:06,040 --> 00:41:09,920 Speaker 1: hundred fifty one five zero dollars, which is three times 497 00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:12,359 Speaker 1: more than a submission to the Sundance Film Festival, which 498 00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:18,560 Speaker 1: is fifty dollars. Obsessed, Um, if you paid one hundred 499 00:41:18,640 --> 00:41:21,560 Speaker 1: fifty dollars to submit your films, plus then when you 500 00:41:21,560 --> 00:41:24,960 Speaker 1: actually get accepted, they ask you to pay to actually 501 00:41:24,960 --> 00:41:28,840 Speaker 1: attend the festival. So you're actually looking at approximately and 502 00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:32,239 Speaker 1: that ticket is fifty five zero dollars, and you want 503 00:41:32,239 --> 00:41:35,439 Speaker 1: to bring your whole crew to the festivals, so that's 504 00:41:35,440 --> 00:41:39,360 Speaker 1: going to run you fifty ahead. So crew like ours, 505 00:41:40,320 --> 00:41:43,000 Speaker 1: you know, we're rolling five deep, so kind of you 506 00:41:43,040 --> 00:41:45,440 Speaker 1: do the math? So anyway, so if that's how much 507 00:41:45,440 --> 00:41:47,680 Speaker 1: you paid, would you say that that festival is a 508 00:41:47,719 --> 00:41:55,959 Speaker 1: bad deal? Yes? Yes, that was all we needed to hear. 509 00:41:57,040 --> 00:42:01,600 Speaker 1: The answer we were waiting for thinked. Our panelists profusely 510 00:42:02,080 --> 00:42:05,120 Speaker 1: encouraged the attendees to use the bathroom one last time 511 00:42:05,120 --> 00:42:08,279 Speaker 1: for the road and snap a sit and repeat on 512 00:42:08,360 --> 00:42:12,560 Speaker 1: their way out. I just wanted to say, give it 513 00:42:12,640 --> 00:42:15,960 Speaker 1: up for yourselves and all the other people in the 514 00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:20,440 Speaker 1: audience who are part of films, made, films, submitted films, 515 00:42:20,560 --> 00:42:26,440 Speaker 1: film lovers through time. We'll see you next year, and 516 00:42:26,480 --> 00:42:29,160 Speaker 1: thank you to our panel thank you, thank you guys, 517 00:42:29,320 --> 00:42:36,640 Speaker 1: thank you, thank you. So let's assess where we stood. 518 00:42:37,880 --> 00:42:41,040 Speaker 1: We had just successfully thrown our own film festival, which 519 00:42:41,080 --> 00:42:46,239 Speaker 1: guests and filmmakers and panelists alike raped about, but all 520 00:42:46,280 --> 00:42:49,840 Speaker 1: of the success couldn't shake the feeling within us that 521 00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:56,440 Speaker 1: something was missing. Meeting beat macromy we were just dancing 522 00:42:56,480 --> 00:42:59,960 Speaker 1: around the issue. We weren't going to have the answer 523 00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:04,120 Speaker 1: as we were seeking until we met him, looked him 524 00:43:04,160 --> 00:43:11,120 Speaker 1: in the eyes and asked him, who are you? Why 525 00:43:11,160 --> 00:43:14,680 Speaker 1: can't we look away? And why did you charge just 526 00:43:14,800 --> 00:43:19,760 Speaker 1: so much money? We didn't have the closure we needed. 527 00:43:21,280 --> 00:43:28,560 Speaker 1: We headed to the beach to talk. Hi, Hi, thank 528 00:43:28,560 --> 00:43:31,360 Speaker 1: you for meeting me here. Oh my god, there's like 529 00:43:31,360 --> 00:43:37,080 Speaker 1: a beautiful woman walking down the Wow. She's absolutely beautiful. 530 00:43:38,040 --> 00:43:42,800 Speaker 1: She really is. I want this woman was walking really 531 00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:47,400 Speaker 1: towards us. Well, so, what did you think about the festival? 532 00:43:47,880 --> 00:43:51,680 Speaker 1: I I love the festival. I had a great time. 533 00:43:51,719 --> 00:43:53,160 Speaker 1: I think we did a great job. I think we 534 00:43:53,200 --> 00:43:57,319 Speaker 1: did a great job, and I, you know, for the 535 00:43:57,320 --> 00:44:00,680 Speaker 1: sake of being like getting to refly and getting to 536 00:44:00,719 --> 00:44:07,040 Speaker 1: really think about how lucky we are. Um, I don't know. 537 00:44:07,080 --> 00:44:11,080 Speaker 1: I'm just I feel really humbled that it was such 538 00:44:11,120 --> 00:44:13,400 Speaker 1: a success and so many people came out and is 539 00:44:13,400 --> 00:44:20,880 Speaker 1: that a dog? Why? Bye? But but the thing is, 540 00:44:22,520 --> 00:44:24,759 Speaker 1: I don't know about your thinking. And when I'm thinking, yeah, 541 00:44:24,760 --> 00:44:30,840 Speaker 1: I felt like it was a little anti chlimactic. Huh unclaimactic? 542 00:44:30,960 --> 00:44:33,920 Speaker 1: Is that? No? No, no, it's anti climactic. You're right, 543 00:44:34,040 --> 00:44:37,319 Speaker 1: I do. I just felt like we we have to 544 00:44:38,600 --> 00:44:43,799 Speaker 1: meet him, and anything other than that is not going 545 00:44:43,880 --> 00:44:46,800 Speaker 1: to feel like we got to the bottom of anything 546 00:44:47,080 --> 00:44:51,439 Speaker 1: until we actually meet this person. Like, no matter how 547 00:44:51,520 --> 00:44:53,600 Speaker 1: good of a job we did and how much of 548 00:44:53,600 --> 00:44:58,200 Speaker 1: a dream come true it was, he wasn't there. Well, 549 00:44:58,239 --> 00:45:03,640 Speaker 1: I just don't think the investigation is over. Yeah, I 550 00:45:03,680 --> 00:45:15,440 Speaker 1: think you're right. Next time on Truth Hounds, I literally 551 00:45:15,520 --> 00:45:19,080 Speaker 1: just saw the craziest, scariest thing on Instagram and I 552 00:45:19,120 --> 00:45:20,520 Speaker 1: have to show you why I think it's going to 553 00:45:20,600 --> 00:45:23,839 Speaker 1: blow the lid off this case. We're doing this, We're 554 00:45:23,840 --> 00:45:27,920 Speaker 1: finishing the investigation, finishing the investigation. Yes, oh my god, 555 00:45:29,400 --> 00:45:33,160 Speaker 1: this was it. There was no way we wouldn't beat 556 00:45:33,160 --> 00:45:38,319 Speaker 1: Macromay because this event was in person. 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