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As an actor, Hugo De Sousa had breakout leading roles in We Used to Know Each Other, Mister Limbo, and Everything in The End. I was introduced to his work as an actor/filmmaker, with the celebrated shorts he made in collaboration with Frank Mosley—The Event and Good Condition. On this episode he talks extensively about the making of those films, and his latest, which might be of particular, cathartic interest to listeners of this podcast, the absurdist short Je Ne Suis Pas Une Star De Cinéma. Plus he discusses the importance of feeling “out of balance in front of the […]

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As an actor, Hugo De Sousa had breakout leading roles in We Used to Know Each Other, Mister Limbo, and Everything in The End. I was introduced to his work as an actor/filmmaker, with the celebrated shorts he made in collaboration with Frank Mosley—The Event and Good Condition. On this episode he talks extensively about the making of those films, and his latest, which might be of particular, cathartic interest to listeners of this podcast, the absurdist short Je Ne Suis Pas Une Star De Cinéma. Plus he discusses the importance of feeling “out of balance in front of the […]

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We’ve all seen those videos online of famous auditions where an actor reveals themselves and offers up a vulnerable performance in front of a dingy handheld camera. More often than not they show a moment of pure talent in its rawest state and give us, the audience, an insight into what led them to be selected for a renowned role. What we don’t see is the countless other auditions that are being taped every day where actors have to expose themselves for opportunities that may or may not be worth it. Hugo De Sousa captures the strange, exploitative nature of these scenarios in his latest short Je Ne Suis Pas Une Star De Cinéma, which sees an actor audition for an undisclosed project. It’s a tense, difficult watch but raises some fascinating questions about the nature of the entertainment industry and how much you should (or shouldn...

Good Condition is an eight-minute meditation on loneliness, technology and new beginnings. It marks the second collaboration between filmmakers Frank Mosley and Hugo De Sousa after their 2022 comedy short film, The Event, in which a filmmaker wakes up his roommate in the middle of the night to ask why he hasn’t watched his short film. This time, they embark on an eerie trip to the suburbs, following a melancholy man named Barry (Hugo De Sousa) trying to complete a transaction with a ghostly figure who keeps evading him. Good Condition premiered at Aspen ShortFest and Fantasia earlier this year, and […]

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Good Condition is an eight-minute meditation on loneliness, technology and new beginnings. It marks the second collaboration between filmmakers Frank Mosley and Hugo De Sousa after their 2022 comedy short film, The Event, in which a filmmaker wakes up his roommate in the middle of the night to ask why he hasn’t watched his short film. This time, they embark on an eerie trip to the suburbs, following a melancholy man named Barry (Hugo De Sousa) trying to complete a transaction with a ghostly figure who keeps evading him. Good Condition premiered at Aspen ShortFest and Fantasia earlier this year, and […]

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Good Condition is an eight-minute meditation on loneliness, technology and new beginnings. It marks the second collaboration between filmmakers Frank Mosley and Hugo De Sousa after their 2022 comedy short film The Event. This time, they embark on an eerie trip to the suburbs, following a melancholy man named Barry (Hugo De Sousa) trying to complete a transaction with a ghostly figure that keeps evading him. Good Condition premiered at Aspen ShortFest and Fantasia earlier this year, and will finish its run this November at the Cucalorus Film Festival. Click here to read Mosley and De Sousa’s interview with Patrick […]

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Good Condition is an eight-minute meditation on loneliness, technology and new beginnings. It marks the second collaboration between filmmakers Frank Mosley and Hugo De Sousa after their 2022 comedy short film The Event. This time, they embark on an eerie trip to the suburbs, following a melancholy man named Barry (Hugo De Sousa) trying to complete a transaction with a ghostly figure that keeps evading him. Good Condition premiered at Aspen ShortFest and Fantasia earlier this year, and will finish its run this November at the Cucalorus Film Festival. Click here to read Mosley and De Sousa’s interview with Patrick […]

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Chances are, if you’re scrolling through the pages of Directors Notes, you are either a filmmaker who has shown their work to friends and family or are said friend or family member who has had to watch a film made by a filmmaker friend or relative. The awkwardness of that slightly obligatory social transaction is brilliantly explored in Frank Mosley and Hugo De Sousa’s tight comedy drama The Event, in which a filmmaker wakes up his roommate in the middle of the night to question him as to why he hasn’t watched his new short film yet. It’s a witty and acerbic comedy short, and incredibly relatable for anyone in the vicinity of the film industry. Dn invited Mosley and De Sousa for a conversation about the construction of The Event, breaking down everything from the sharp screenwriting to the heightened, locked-off camerawork.

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A full Free Movie of the Day is posted on the JoBlo Movies YouTube channel every day of the week – but on Fridays things get a little freakier and a little more fun. Get your weekend started the right way by indulging in Friday Fright Nights! Every Friday, we’ll be taking a look at another genre movie you can watch in its entirety, free of charge, either on the YouTube channel linked above or in the video embed here.

Figuring out a way to depict the afterlife on screen may be one of the biggest challenges a filmmaker could take on. How do you live up to the images people have of these places in their minds? The places so many hope to go to on one side, and fear going to on the other. How can a camera capture the glory of one, and the eternal nightmare of another?...

(Welcome to SlashClips, a series where we bring you exclusive clips from hot new Digital, Blu-ray, and theatrical releases you won't see anywhere else!)

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First up, 1091 Pictures has provided us with an exclusive clip from the supernatural horror drama "When I Consume You," the third feature from award-winning Brooklyn-based indie filmmaker Perry Blackshear. Starring Evan Dumouchel and Libby Ewing, the film is now available on digital platforms.

Here is the official synopsis:

Ewing and Dumouchel play brother-sister duo Daphne and Wilson Shaw. Troubled since childhood, the two have struggled to find stability as they've grown older, and while Daphne seems to have finally gotten her life together, the darkness that's followed their family all along begins to close in more aggressively than ever before. A unique urban folktale set and filmed in Brooklyn, "When I Consume You...

Some experiences are so terrifying that people have to resort to humor to find a sense of comfort and security in the situation. That’s certainly the case for actors Hugo de Sousa and Vig Norris’ characters in the upcoming horror comedy, ‘Mister Limbo.’ Terror Films is set to distribute the feature digitally in North America […]

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Starring Cameron Dye From ‘Valley Girl’ And ‘The Last Starfighter Mister Limbo Terror Films have acquired directed horror/comedy Mister Limbo, starring Valley Girl’s Cameron Dye, for North American release. Hugo de Sousa and Vig Norris also star in the film, the tale of two strangers that wake up in the middle of the desert with no memory …

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"How long you said you been out here?" "A while… a long while." Terror Films has revealed an official US trailer for an indie film titled Mister Limbo, from filmmaker Robert G. Putka. This premiered at a few film festivals last year and will be out on VOD to watch in September. Here's one synopsis: A young man in a parachute lands in the middle of a desert. He does not remember who he is or how he got there. As he tries to find his way home, he'll come across several people who also seem to wander through this wasteland. Another synopsis adds that it's: "A warm buddy film at heart - but hopefully also a rumination on existential themes such as regret, cynicism, faith, and empathy." The film is inspired by the director's own breakdown in 2016, which he is still healing from. So he wrote this story, "that...

‘Blonde’ Star Ana De Armas To Be Feted At Deauville

Andres Dominik’s buzzed about Marilyn Monroe picture Blonde will head to France’s Deauville American Film Festival (September 2-11) after its Venice world debut, where lead actress Ana de Armas will be feted with its Hollywood Rising Star Award. Cuban-born De Armas’s star has been steadily rising over the past few years on the back of performances in Blade Runner 2049, Knives Out, No Time To Die, and most recently The Gray Man. Past recipients of the Hollywood Rising Star Award include Ryan Gosling (2011), Jessica Chastain (2011), Paul Dano (2012), Robert Pattinson (2015), Elizabeth Olsen (2015), Chloé Grace Moretz (2016), Daniel Radcliffe (2016), Shailene Woodley (2018), Elle Fanning (2018), Sophie Turner (2019) and Dylan Penn (2021). Dominik is also set to attend the festival for the film’s French premiere.

Indie Horror ‘Camp Pleasant Lake’ Heads Into Production; Michael Pare & Devanny Pinn Among Leads

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"What is it? Just say it... I'm here..." Caterpillar Event has released an official trailer for an indie romantic drama titled We Used to Know Each Other, the latest from up-and-coming filmmaker Robert G. Putka. Amid the dried out-and-dead desert oasis of suburban Las Vegas, and after three years of living apart, a young couple decides it's finally time to move in with each other and take their relationship to the next level. It's another of these raw, touching, honest looks at modern relationships and how much strain and stress there is. It also takes a moment to try and remind us where all the real love originates from anyway, a bit like Baumbach's Marriage Story. We Used to Know Each Other stars Essa O'Shea and Hugo De Sousa as the main couple, Amanda & Hugo, with a cast including Sandra Cóias, Ashley Lenz, Clare McNulty, and David Norris. It seems fairly authentic and moving,...

Slamdance and SXSW alumni filmmaker Robert G. Putka follows up his critically-acclaimed family clusterfuck Mad with the post-romance drama We Used To Know Each Other. With the strain of long distance weighing on them, Hugo (Hugo De Sousa) and Amanda (Essa O'Shea) make a last ditch attempt to save a relationship in free fall. Willingly, if uncomfortably, jumping into domesticity, we watch as they awkwardly reunite and attempt to reconnect, and learn they might no longer be the people each fell in love with in the first place. Shot amidst the desert shadows of Northern Las Vegas in an impressive ten days, Putka cites influences for his new feature film as far ranging as Valley Girl and Chasing Amy, but finds its true origins much...

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