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19/08/2025

Writer/Director Mark Schwab will be doing a Reddit AMA toady at 2:00pm (pst) to talk EXTERIORS and all things indie filmmaking! https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1mupfas/greetings_rmovies_im_mark_schwab_the_writer/

18/08/2025

From the always wonderful Kevin Thomas! Watch his great video on the upcoming SF Q***r Film Fest!

 returns for a fifth year with a lot of great content join me in San Francisco August 22-24 and see what all the buzzes about. Get ticke...

18/08/2025

On Friday August 22 the fifth annual San Francisco Q***r Film Festival will commence for a three-day run at the Roxie Theater. During that time short films and features, documentaries and narrative films, representing the full spectrum of the LGBT rainbow, will be presented on the big screen.

14/08/2025

5 STARS - "Everything in Cutaways works to create another passionate film full of promise, pulp, and all sorts of pride. The film will be screened at the 2025 SF Q***r Film Fest as their “Centerpiece Film” on Saturday August 23rd. It is not to be missed." - Loren Hays Reel Reviews

Movie review of Cutaways (2025). grabs its audience from the beginning and never lets them go.

04/08/2025

Cutaways will be proudly premiering at the SF Q***r Film Fest on August 23rd at the Roxie Theater at 6:50pm. Tix at sfquerfilmfest.com Check out the 5-star review from Take2IndieReview!

CHECK OUT OUR LATEST REVIEW! 🎬

https://take2indiereview.net/2025/08/cutaways/

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30/04/2025

Interview with EXTERIORS star Christian Gabriel! https://www.outclique.com/christian-gabriel-talks-exteriors-representation-and-the-power-of-storytelling/

01/03/2025

"This is good filmmaking from a talented filmmaker who shoots with a precision that is almost hypnotic..."Exteriors" is highly recommended."

Writer/director Mark Schwab’s new film "Exteriors" is divided into three parts that while unrelated, explore gay relationships with an intensity that’s rarely seen on screen.

28/10/2024

The plot continues to thicken...

Out of the blue, a “real” distributor comes to the table.

19/10/2024

The saga continues. 🙃

We complete the sound mix and Shadows In Mind’s future gets murkier

12/10/2024

Rescuing My Indie Film - Sales Agents and Netflix screenings.

October 10th, 2017

05/10/2024

Part 11 - "Post-Production" :-)

August 26th, 2017

02/09/2024

"Writer and Director Mark Schwab's exquisitely written psychological q***r thriller is nothing short of riveting..." Big thanks to CineramaFilm.com and Neil Baker for the amazing review! Breaking Glass Pictures
https://cineramafilm.com/2024/09/02/shadows-in-mind-stream-it-or-skip-it/

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