"Clown In A Cornfield" had its world premiere at the 2025 SXSW Film Festival, where it received positive reviews for its adaptation of the 2020 novel by Adam Cesare, the performances from the cast, and the bloody fun direction from filmmaker Eli Craig. Craig and stars Katie Douglas and Kevin Durand were all kind enough to spend some time speaking with us about their work and experience making the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which will open in theaters on May 9th from RLJE Films and Shudder. Thank you, and enjoy!

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Interview With "Clown In A Cornfield" Stars Katie Douglas, Kevin Durand & Director Eli Craig

The US live market is probably the most competitive, with fierce pressures - competing with
corporate giants, securing funding and managing high costs. Independent players must
innovate, build strong local networks, and constantly present captivating programs to survive in
this industry. What’s it like to navigate this? What are the biggest issues? And for European artists
wanting in on this massive market, strategic partnerships and the understanding of regional
audiences is essential. How possible is it to get there? And what’s a good starting point to attract
venues, promoters, and festivals to start building an audience?

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Songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and founder of Austin, Texas-based Alt-Rock band Arctic Wave, who have been releasing lots of new music in the first months of this year.  Having worked with a GRAMMY-winning producer, the band just last week released a new music video.  He is also the founder of a nonprofit, serves on the board of a different nonprofit, and helps fund education programs through his church.  The band’s top five songs on Spotify alone have a combined total of approximately 328 thousand streams and their official YouTube channel has well over 200 thousand combined video views.

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Liveset during the opening of New Dutch Wave at SXSW London 2025

Grooves 3: Liveset @ SXSW London 2025

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Austin, Texas-based singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, model, actress, and even a painter and photographer!  She is finishing up an album project while also navigating a Monday night open mic residency and numerous other initiatives.  She is known for her performances with the Guy Forsyth Band, the Hot Nut Riveters, and the Honeysuckle Rage Riders.  Among the various projects she’s involved with is the Harmony Sisters, which is a group for females that work within the Austin and surrounding areas music industry.  She also serves as Community Leader for an organization called Austin Texas Musicians, consisting of musicians advocating for musicians on city, state, and federal policy and providing education and opportunities to improve their quality of life.  She is also putting together Musician Market Days, which starts next month.

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"The Baltimorons" is an independent American comedy film directed by Jay Duplass, who co-wrote the screenplay with Michael Strassner. Strassner, Liz Larsen, and Olivia Luccardi star in the movie. It premiered at the 2025 South by Southwest Film & TV Festival and received positive reviews for its writing, chemistry between Strassner and Larsen, and Duplass's understated but effective direction, making this a heartfelt holiday comedy. Duplass, Strassner, and Larsen were all kind enough to spend time speaking with us about their work and experiences making the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, now playing in theaters from Independent Film Company. Thank you, and enjoy!

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Interview With "The Baltimorons" Stars Michael Strassner, Liz Larsen & Filmmaker Jay Duplass

An interview, David Jobling with indi Filmmaker/Director/Creative Rory Pippan 

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Jo Lotto is an artist from Austin,Tx.Versatile in different styles of hip hop and rap gives him a wide range.Being a serious song writer may attribute to the fact.

Varmt välkommen till Kulturakademins podcast! 
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Kulturakademin är en resurs för kompetensutveckling inom Scenkonst, Audiovisuella medier, Musik och Bild & Form. Kulturakademin bidrar till utökad kunskap och kompetens genom riktade och innovativa insatser för att möta branschernas kompetensbehov.

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Now Hear This is a Tampa, Florida-based agency specializing in management, publicity, and related services.  The company president, Bruce Wawrzyniak, hosts a weekly podcast called "Now Hear This Entertainment," featuring interviews with guests who are having success in entertainment (primarily music), with the content presented in a way that not only entertains fans of that guest and fans of good music (interviews) in general, but in a manner that educates musicians, singers, songwriters – entertainers who want to learn from those who are being interviewed.  The guests come from a wide array of genres and locales.

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