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Hosted by Jessica Michael Davis · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 18 episodes
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The Next Film is a video and audio podcast following the real-time journey of making a second feature film. Each episode features honest, craft-focused conversations with filmmakers who have done it, are doing it, or are experts in the process. We dive into the practical lessons, creative challenges, and inspiration behind indie filmmaking.Hosted by award-winning filmmaker and actor Jessica Michael Davis, The Next Film is your backstage pass to the creative, financial, and collaborative realities of leveling up in scope, budget, and craft.
Jessica Michael Davis hosts The Next Film, a tv show with 18 episodes published.
What does it actually take to self-fund an entire feature film, shoot it on every format of film ever made, invent two new cinematic formats in the process— and make a movie so stunning that people think you spent millio
What does it actually take to level up as a director, and what can two days inside a room full of working directors teach you about making your next film? In this episode, The Next Film goes live! Jessica covered the All
Rejection is part of filmmaking. But what happens when it actually breaks you? In this solo episode, I get candid about a heartbreaking rejection I experienced just last week for my next feature— and what it took to come
What does it actually take to direct four indie features— and land Awkwafina, Anthony Ramos, and Ken Jeong for your most ambitious one yet? In this episode of The Next Film, Jessica sits down with Mercedes Bryce Morgan,
What does it actually take to shoot your first feature on 16mm film, get nominated for cinematography alongside Hoyte van Hoytema, and build a career as one of indie horror's most distinctive visual voices? In this episo
What happens when your short film goes viral, sparks a four-studio bidding war, Darren Aronofsky sends you a cold email, and you become the youngest filmmaker ever signed to a major studio— and then the film doesn't get
What does it actually take to write, direct, produce, and edit your debut feature for $86,000 — win the SXSW Audience Award — and then leap to a $10 million Sony Pictures studio film that opens at #1 at the box office? I
What does it actually take to go from writing and producing your first indie feature to directing a Netflix original—while starring in all of them? In this episode of The Next Film, Jessica sits down with filmmaker and a
I’m currently making my second feature film—and I’ve already made some mistakes along the way. In this episode, I break down the biggest lessons I’ve learned in real time—from getting ignored by press to approaching majo
What does it actually take to go from talking about movies to making one? In this episode of The Next Film, I sit down with James and Anthony Devaney, hosts of the Raiders of the Lost Podcast—a film podcast with over 1,0
If you’re waiting for funding to start your film… this episode is for you. In this second solo episode, I break down why funding shouldn’t be your first concern as a filmmaker—and what you should focus on instead if you
How do you go from making a micro-budget indie film to landing a 700-theater release—without getting into a single major film festival? In this episode of The Next Film, Jessica sits down with filmmaker John-Michael Powe
How does an indie film with a limited budget and schedule make it all the way to the Oscars? In this episode of The Next Film, Jessica sits down with with the Oscar-nominated artists behind 'The Ugly Stepsister', Thomas
In this episode of The Next Film, Jessica sits down with her own Executive Producer and film investor Jeffrey Weber to break down how independent films really get financed — and what makes an investor say yes to a projec
In this first solo episode of The Next Film, I break down the beginning of my next indie feature, 'Candy' — from securing the rights to a short story, negotiating contracts, and collaborating with the original author, to
In this episode of The Next Film, actor Will Madden joins Jessica Michael Davis for an in-depth conversation about indie filmmaking, directing actors, and what actually makes filmmakers successful.Will has starred in mul
In this episode, I sit down with the GOAT, Thom Kuo, to demystify shooting on film for an independent feature and help me best prepare for my next film on 16mm. About the Guest: Thom is a film scanner at Company 3 and ha
What does pre-production on an indie feature actually look like — just weeks before cameras roll? In this first full episode of The Next Film, we sit down with the producing team behind the upcoming Tribeca-backed indie
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