Mutt Director and Actor Unpack Career-Launching First Feature
Vuk Lungulov-Klotz is a transgender filmmaker, cinematographer, and director of short films such as Still Liam and River Fork. Vuk\u2019s feature film, Mutt, premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. The film\u2019s leading actor, Lio Mehiel, won the Special Jury Acting Award at the festival. The film is set to release in theaters across the United States starting August 18.\xa0\n\nIn this episode, No Film School\u2019s GG Hawkins speaks with director Vuk Lungulov-Klotz and actor Lio Mehiel to discuss:\xa0\n\nWhy Vuk included a few jokes early on in the story\n\nThe frustrating process of finding actors\xa0\n\nHow Lio immediately related to the script\xa0\n\nBonding at a summer camping festival before shooting the film\n\nAll the difficulties of shooting a film in NYC\n\nThe process of finding locations and what they should have done differently\n\nCoordinating ADR sessions during edit\n\nThe surreal feeling they felt at the world premiere\n\nFeeling stressed and anxious by people hyping up the movie\n\nThe difference between screening a film in the US versus Europe\n\nWorking alone as an actor versus working with an agency\n\n\n\nMemorable Quotes\n\n\u201cIt was the perfect vehicle to showcase the portrait of a trans man today.\u201d [3:55]\n\n\u201cIf you can\u2019t laugh about something, then we\u2019re really screwed.\u201d [6:48]\n\n\u201cI have never read such a beautiful slice of life that represents this experience.\u201d [10:00]\n\n\u201cAnytime you can get practice in front of the camera, do it.\u201d [39:58]\n\n\u201cBy the end of the film, I could hear the theater crying.\u201d [46:12]\n\n\n\nResources:\nMutt \n\nMore No Film School coverage on MUTT\n\nIn the Summers\n\n\n\n\nFind No Film School everywhere:\nOn the Web\nhttps://nofilmschool.com/\n\nFacebook\xa0\nhttps://www.facebook.com/nofilmschool\n\nTwitter\xa0\nhttps://twitter.com/nofilmschool\n\nYouTube\xa0\nhttps://www.youtube.com/user/nofilmschool\n\nInstagram\nhttps://www.instagram.com/nofilmschool\n\nSend us an email with questions or feedback: podcast@nofilmschool.com!\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices