On the twenty- fourth episode of ATFT, I talk with artist Bernardo Goya!
Bernardo is a Jacksonville- based artist and filmmaker with an experimental style. He has directed several films, many of them shorts, including Goodbye Channel 99, Sweet Temptation, and, his latest short being, In Eros We Trust. Bernardo’s films have been featured at several film festivals including Sleeping Giant and Creative Veins. Goodbye Channel 99 actually earned the award for “Best Use of Music” Award at the Hysteria Film Festival in St. Louis the day we recorded this episode! Bernardo is keeping his next project under wraps but if it is anything like his previous films, it is sure to be creative, artistic, and something you’ve never seen before.
I first met Bernardo on the set of our mutual friend, Craig “ienne!” Pedroza’s, new short film We Dream of Eden! Several months later, Bernardo reached out to ask me if I’d record a voice narration for his short, In Eros We Trust (so if you listen closely you may hear a familiar voice!), which then led me to ask him if he and his brother Freddy would like to be guests on the Killers of the Flower Moon episode (Episode 13), an episode which nearly didn’t happen without their help! This time around, Bernardo is back six months later for an interview after my original plans for Episode 24 fell through… it was a good one and will be rescheduled! This episode was recorded on June 29, 2024.
To watch Bernardo’s films, subscribe to his Gumroad account under the username IvoryTower333. Here is the link to his Gumroad channel!: https://ivorytower333.gumroad.com/l/phrtj?_gl=1*qncfq1*_ga*MTY0MTg4MDg2MC4xNzA0MzQwMjk5*_ga_6LJN6D94N6*MTcxOTU0MDMzMi42NC4xLjE3MTk1NDAzMzguMC4wLjA. Bernardo is planning to release a Blu- Ray DVD of his shorts towards the end of this year or the beginning of next year. He will be selling this DVD around Jacksonville and on his website, https://theboysfrombohemiangrove.godaddysites.com/, so stay tuned for that forthcoming announcement!
In this episode, Bernardo’s passion and knowledge for film is on full display as he discusses his appreciation for certain prominent figures like Martin Scorsese and Ingmar Bergman, his DVD collection, and love for the beloved Jacksonville theater, SunRay Cinema, which unfortunately just recently closed down. Bernardo also talks about his encounter with John Waters, how he crafts his films both in production and in post- production, and the different eras he has laid out for his work in film, which tends to come with a name change! All this and more on the latest episode of All the Film Things!
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