🎙️ Int. w/Writer & Director Gregory J.M. Kasunich | Meeting Your Maker | HollyShorts Film Fest. 2026

🎙️ In This Interview: I sit down with writer-director Gregory J.M. Kasunich to discuss his award-winning dark comedy Meeting Your Maker, screening at the Oscar-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival. We talk about the inspiration behind Otis' existential crisis, collaborating with acclaimed puppeteer Amanda Maddock to bring the character to life, and balancing comedy with themes of burnout and artistic purpose. Gregory also discusses building the film's colorful world while exploring questions every creative person eventually asks themselves: Why do we create, and how do we keep going when inspiration begins to fade? 🎬 About This Film: Meeting Your Maker follows Otis, a beloved children's television puppet who suffers an existential crisis on the eve of his 300th episode. Blending inventive puppetry, dark comedy, and heartfelt emotion, writer-director Gregory J.M. Kasunich crafts a thoughtful meditation on creativity, burnout, identity, and purpose. Starring Jonathan Kite alongside puppeteer Amanda Maddock, the film has already won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Short at the Dallas International Film Festival and multiple screenplay awards before making its HollyShorts debut. 📍 Screening Info: HollyShorts Film Festival - August 13–23, 2026 - Los Angeles, California Festival Link: https://www.hollyshorts.com/events/ho... Tickets: https://hollyshorts2026.eventive.org/.... Social Media:   / hollyshorts     / meetingyourmakerfilm     / gregoryjmkasunich     / jonathankite   #MeetingYourMaker #GregoryJMKasunich #JonathanKite #AmandaMaddock #HollyShorts #HollyShorts2026 #ShortFilm #DarkComedy #Puppetry #Filmmaking #FilmInterview #BehindTheScenes #IndependentFilm #CreativeProcess #Storytelling #FestivalFilm #OscarQualifying #ComedyShort #FilmFestival #ExistentialComedy #ArtistLife #Burnout #FilmDirector #Screenwriter #ActorInterview #CinephileMike #MovieInterview #IndieCinema #FilmLovers #Cinema