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This week Liz and Alrik welcome writer, director, producer and actor, Larry Fessenden on the show to talk about his latest role in the new film Jakob’s Wife. Larry talks about how he got the role in the film, how he treats his acting work differently than when he is behind the camera and we dive into how he has produced over 80 projects and directed over 20, including ten feature films. This is a really great conversation to illustrate the struggles of an indie filmmaker and to see how a sustainable career can be achieved with a ton of hard work. We also have filmmaker AJ Starzak on the show to talk about his new short film, My Monster and I, which is currently raising money on indiegogo and we read a slew of new youtube comments!

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Jury Statement (Alex Smith, Katherine Dieckmann, Sabine Hoffmann)

“For its technical and political ambition, ability to compel and surprise, and inventive use of cinematic tools on a minimal budget, the jury awards the Ultra Indie Award to FOXHOLE, directed by Jack Fessenden. We appreciated the way Fessenden rotated his actors to create three different stories of military life in three distinct historical moments, injecting questions of race and gender into a genre that is too often all-white and all-male. This is a deft and accomplished piece of work.”

Jack Fessenden, Larry Fessenden and Meira Blaustein at the 2021 Woodstock Film Festival.
Photo by John Mazlish

Tom Efinger (sound mixer, associate producer), Cody Kostro (actor), Chris Ingvordsen (producer), 
Collin Brazie (cinematographer), Jack Fessenden (multi-hyphenate),
Eugene Lehnert (VFX) and Adam Scherr (producer)
attending the screening of FOXHOLE in Saugerties NY Oct 2

Q & A with Jack Fessenden (Foxhole), Beck Underwood, top right (There In Spirit), and Rigo Garay, bottom right (Size Up)

FOXHOLE director Jack Fessenden with friends and collaborators: (top) producers Chris Ingvordsen, Adam Scherr, STRAY BULLETS thesp Roger Peltzman; (bottom) Annie Nocenti, Beck Underwood and festival director Meira Blaustein.

Hollywood on the Hudson with Film Director, Jack Fessenden

Writer-director-actor-composer Jack Fessenden was born into the film industry, frequently visiting the indie-horror sets of his father, Larry Fessenden. He made his first feature film, Stray Bullets when he was just 15 years old and still in high school, causing Indiewire to name him one of “11 Filmmakers 30 or Under You Need to Know.” He most recently produced and directed Foxhole which will have its U.S. Premiere at the Woodstock Film Festival.  He is currently a student at Wesleyan University.

As part of our Hollywood on the Hudson series, we sat down with Jack Fessenden and Woodstock Film Festival Co-Founder and Artistic Director, Meira Blaustein, to discuss the draw of, and rebellion against, filmmaking in the digital age, what it was like to grow up surrounded by the film industry, and the real-life family story that inspired Foxhole, which was shot here in Woodstock, NY.

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CHOOSE YOUR OWN MISADVENTURE: THE LABYRINTH OF HORROR VIDEO GAME SCRIPTWRITING
a discussion with Graham Reznick and Fessenden
for the Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies
Tonight 28 September at 7:30 PST

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