What's the news today & how do we trust it

Today's HFF Takeover curated by Hollytics/Pollywood's Dan Mirvish, filmmaker, novelist, and co-Slamdance founder

May 23, 2025

∙ Paid

Ted’s note: HopeForFilm has now been taken over twelve times. And it seems like you are digging it. Let me know if there is someone you’d rally like to see guest curate and I will do my best to convince them to join us here.

Although he has yet to adopt my recommended vernacular, today’s curator is NonDē to the core. When he makes his films, he distribut…

Keep reading with a 7-day free trial

Subscribe to Hope For Film to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.

A guest post by

Dan Mirvish

Dan Mirvish is a filmmaker, author and educator who directed 18½, Bernard and Huey, Between Us, Open House and Omaha (the movie). He's written a few books, co-founded Slamdance, teaches at Chapman University and was a US Senate speechwriter.