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Jessica Kivnik & Alexa Coblentz -- The Cinecamp Episode!
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- Mar 27, 2026
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Watch This Episode On YouTube During this episode, you'll hear a part that's normally edited out -- a phone ringing. But given that's one of my guests' school calling, I decided to leave it in. Because that's the life of a parent, right? It doesn't stop for a podcast recording, a film premiere, whatever you have going on in life. And the point of this episode, with Cinecamp founders Jessica Kivnik and Alexa Coblentz, is that's okay. We'll make it work. I love the way they put this description, so I'll use it here -- Cinecamp is a pop-up daycare center during the Los Angeles Festival of Movies April 10-12th. They have an open house on the 10th that I hope you'll check out. And if you don't have kids, I hope you stick around for this conversation as well. This isn't about excluding anyone; just the opposite. Cinecamp is about everyone feeling a part of the story. In this episode, we talk about: why Cinecamp matters in the film sector, even if you don't have kids, and how Jessica and Alexa got started; the genesis of Cinecamp and how it got started; why 4m to 12 years old? why start at the Los Angeles Festival of Movies? the smart decisions that went into Cinecamp's first film festival; why starting at film festivals and "being at that hub" is so important; whether the rise of female filmmakers has led to programs like Cinecamp; what's next for the program? Alexa's Indie Film Highlight: HARVEST (2024) dir. by Athina Rachel Tsangari Memorable Quotes: "I have just always been interested in the way that humans relate to each other, through these kinds of stories or so many possibilities." "Inclusion matters. Equity matters. Choosing to be a parent in this world is political." On starting Cinecamp: "The more we would talk about it, [we saw] how much possibility there was ther…