The Power of Short Films & Creating a Successful Film Festival Strategy | Julie Sharbutt & Anastasia Rykova

LET’S TALK FILM! Podcast Episode #22

In this episode, we chat with filmmakers Julie Sharbutt and Anastasia Rykova, whose shorts SCAM and THE TALE OF TWO CRUEL RULERS were featured at the 2023 Woodstock Film Festival. 

Julie Sharbutt is a Genre and Comedy filmmaker and writer based in LA. Her 2023 short film SCAM has screened at Woodstock, Fantaspoa and more. The 2021 short CUPIDS she co-wrote premiered at Tribeca. Her short film 3 DAYS is on ALTER, her feature MOVED on Amazon. Julie is a Warner Bros Discovery OneFifty New Storytellers Initiative alumni, and member of Film Fatales and Alliance of Women Directors. Her humor writing can be seen in The New Yorker and McSweeneys. MFA: Acting from NYU, BA: Vanderbilt. She loves hiking, volunteering, and ghost stories. 

Anastasia Rykova is an award-winning animation filmmaker, visual development artist, and art director. With over 9 years of experience in Fine Arts, she came to the United States in 2019 to study Computer Animation. She believes that every message and emotion has its perfect storytelling form, and she fell in love with animation because of the multitude of storytelling tools it encompasses. She finds her mission in healing through creation and in reminding everyone that animation is one of the most powerful forms of art.

Julie Sharbutt
https://www.instagram.com/jcsharbs

Anastasia Rykova
https://www.instagram.com/xaosart/

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