'Mutt' Director and Actor Unpack Career-Launching First Feature

The film’s leading actor, Lío 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.

In this episode, No Film School’s GG Hawkins speaks with director Vuk Lungulov-Klotz and actor Lío Mehiel to discuss:

Why Vuk included a few jokes early on in the story
The frustrating process of finding actors
How Lío immediately related to the script
Bonding at a summer camping festival before shooting the film
All the difficulties of shooting a film in NYC
The process of finding locations and what they should have done differently
Coordinating ADR sessions during edit
The surreal feeling they felt at the world premiere
Feeling stressed and anxious by people hyping up the movie
The difference between screening a film in the US versus Europe
Working alone as an actor versus working with an agency

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'Mutt' Director and Actor Unpack Career-Launching First Feature

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