My guest, writer, director, and actor Guillaume Campanacci made a film, THE SILENT SINNER (2025), for $2000 and then released it at his favorite film festival, the Oldenburg Film Festival. That topic alone would make for a great podcast. But then add in his rich sense of humor and ability to critique everything -- including himself -- and you've got an all-time episode.
It'll help if you read this Hollywood Reporter article before listening.
In this episode, Guillaume and I talk about:
Guillaume's Indie Film Highlights: SUMMER HIT MACHINE (2025) dir. by Jérôme Vandewattyne; HARAKIRI, I MISS YOU (2025) dir. by Alejandro Castro Arias
Memorable Quotes:
“It was very selfish to make this one because I made it for nothing. So I could do whatever I want.”
“I started as a French man.”
“I think Sundance used to be like that back in the day, and now it’s this big machine like an independent film is a $25 million film with Ben Affleck. No, it’s not independent film.”
“If you’re a festival and the only thing you do is take films from other festivals, are you really a festival?”
“I don’t think there is really independent filmmaking in France.”
“We spoke about French New Wave before and it’s gone because these films would not get made today.”
“Right now, I’m going to be writing the miniseries, and I love it. It’s just me with my notepad and the universe of possibilities that’s around me.”
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