{"id":29433,"date":"2024-07-19T02:42:50","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T09:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/?p=29433"},"modified":"2024-07-26T00:11:53","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T07:11:53","slug":"filmmaker-erin-gavin-gaming-for-love-la-shorts-july-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/2024\/07\/19\/filmmaker-erin-gavin-gaming-for-love-la-shorts-july-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Filmmaker Erin Gavin Reveals Gaming World &#8216;s Community with Deep Feeling \u201cGaming For Love\u201d &#8212; See it at LA Shorts July 22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Filmmaker Erin Gavin explores Love and Video Games with \u201cGaming For Love\u201d See it at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lashortsfest.com\/july-22-program-27\">LA Shorts<\/a> July 22.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Gaming for Love&#8221; is a poignant narrative inspired by true events which follows the journey of Maisie, a young girl battling cancer, as she finds solace and strength in the world of online gaming.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cGaming For Love\u201d screens at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lashortsfest.com\/july-22-program-27\">LA Shorts<\/a> Monday July 22.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Erin Gavin&#8217;s career has spanned over motion pictures, television series, theatrical<br \/>\nproductions, print and live-action commercials.<\/p>\n<p>Erin\u2019s other film credits include \u201cDread\u201d, &#8220;The Last Investigation\u201d, &#8220;Junk,&#8221; and<br \/>\nmost recently played the Iconic star Marilyn Monroe in a hit stage production.<br \/>\nErin signed with Serdica Record (Classical contemporary) label and her first song &#8216;I&#8217;m through with love&#8217; has been a global success.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29444\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29444\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-29444 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-22-at-8.39.28\u202fAM-754x1024.png\" alt=\"Erin Gavin Filmmaker\" width=\"696\" height=\"945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-22-at-8.39.28\u202fAM-754x1024.png 754w, https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-22-at-8.39.28\u202fAM-221x300.png 221w, https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-22-at-8.39.28\u202fAM-768x1042.png 768w, https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-22-at-8.39.28\u202fAM-696x945.png 696w, https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-22-at-8.39.28\u202fAM-309x420.png 309w, https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-22-at-8.39.28\u202fAM.png 1058w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29444\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Gaming for Love&#8221; Filmmaker Erin Gavin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/embed.acast.com\/642c4207c7800c0011c0c040\/669e899e7a1cf2aa7c92d236\" width=\"100%\" height=\"190px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Through themes of love, sacrifice, and the power of human connection, &#8220;Gaming for Love&#8221; beautifully illustrates the profound influence of gaming in Maisie&#8217;s life and the bonds forged beyond the confines of the digital realm.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s conversation with <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Erin Gavin<\/strong> from \u201cGaming For Love\u201d<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>has been edited for length and clarity.\u00a0 For the full, un-edited conversation, visit our<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@FlavRReport\/videos\"> YouTube channel here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Love Gaming?  Filmmaker Erin Gavin reveals the heartfelt emotion behind &quot;Gaming For Love&quot;\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Pet6qfy7f6s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Joe Winger:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are back today with Erin Gavin, the writer, producer, and director of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/2024\/07\/16\/zoe-saldana-thomasin-mckenzie-jamie-lee-curtis-annual-oscar-qualifying-hollyshorts-film-festival-celebrates-their-20th-anniversary\/\">short film<\/a> Gaming for Love. Erin, thanks for joining us today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Erin Gavin:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thanks for having me. This is brilliant, Joe. Thank you. Appreciate it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29439\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image0-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image0-2.jpeg 604w, https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image0-2-283x300.jpeg 283w, https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image0-2-396x420.jpeg 396w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Joe Winger:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My pleasure. I&#8217;m looking forward to learning more about you and sharing your message with the audience today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You direct, you produced, you wrote this; and it&#8217;s a very powerful short film Gaming for Love. What&#8217;s the most important message you want to share with our audience today?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Erin Gavin:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So for me, the reason I wanted to tell this story is because it&#8217;s loosely based on true events. I felt this wave of emotion come over me when I was reading this article and I thought, what an amazing, powerful real loving story.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I just felt compelled to tell it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From that thought to where we are today feels absolutely incredible. So I&#8217;m very grateful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-29445\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-22-at-8.27.12\u202fAM-1024x679.png\" alt=\"GamingForLove\" width=\"696\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-22-at-8.27.12\u202fAM-1024x679.png 1024w, https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-22-at-8.27.12\u202fAM-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-22-at-8.27.12\u202fAM-768x509.png 768w, https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-22-at-8.27.12\u202fAM-696x462.png 696w, https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-22-at-8.27.12\u202fAM-1068x708.png 1068w, https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-22-at-8.27.12\u202fAM-633x420.png 633w, https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-22-at-8.27.12\u202fAM.png 1194w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Joe Winger:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You&#8217;ve done a lot of prolific work, both in front of the camera and behind the camera. On stage, on screen, with music.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What inspired you to choose this project next for you?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Erin Gavin:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other filmmakers will probably relate to this. But it just felt right. There was no part of me that was hesitant not tell this story. Every part of me just said that&#8217;s it. This is the story. This is what I&#8217;m doing. It&#8217;s happening. That was really it. There was no ifs, and\u2019s, but\u2019s, maybe\u2019s about it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Joe Winger:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That&#8217;s very courageous. We often hear so much glamour about Hollywood. But behind the scenes, the production itself isn&#8217;t always so easy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So without giving away any plots or any spoilers, what was one of the biggest challenges of your production? And how did you solve that challenge?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29446\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-22-at-8.27.27\u202fAM.png\" alt=\"GamingForLove\" width=\"998\" height=\"832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-22-at-8.27.27\u202fAM.png 998w, https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-22-at-8.27.27\u202fAM-300x250.png 300w, https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-22-at-8.27.27\u202fAM-768x640.png 768w, https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-22-at-8.27.27\u202fAM-696x580.png 696w, https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-22-at-8.27.27\u202fAM-504x420.png 504w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 998px) 100vw, 998px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Erin Gavin:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One was the budget.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So in order to make a movie, as we know, we need money. So I literally I thought, I need to ask for help here, which is something I&#8217;m not very good at doing in terms of asking people to put together a GoFundMe and let&#8217;s do this.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That was a challenge for me to swallow my pride and be like I need to help.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was amazing how many people came together and just wanted to help. It honestly made me well up and just feel so appreciative of everybody and everyone&#8217;s support.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The other challenge was to get crew together. So I was really lucky. I partnered with a company called Up Next studios.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We had a lot of help.\u00a0 People were just coming on board and helping, but naturally, sometimes people fall off and then you have to get somebody else in. That can be challenging in the final days, when someone drops out two days, I didn&#8217;t have too much of that, but it worked out in the end and who was meant to be on the movie was on the movie.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-29442\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image3-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image3-1.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image3-1-300x226.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image3-1-558x420.jpeg 558w, https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image3-1-80x60.jpeg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Joe Winger:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That&#8217;s a great way of thinking about it. Just to detail that out a little bit more, where, location-wise, where on the globe were you shooting?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Erin Gavin:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was all shot in Scotland.\u00a0 I wrote it the second week in January, and we had the first cut by end of February.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So it was really rushed, really quick and really intense. We had to find locations really quick and we had to really narrow down those locations. I was in Scotland, so it made sense to just let&#8217;s roll. I was really lucky with the locations. I had friends just pull in together and be like, You can shoot here.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So it all worked out really well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Joe Winger:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How many days of production?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Erin Gavin:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Three days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Joe Winger:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Three days in Scotland. You shot about a month and a half after you wrote it, is that more or less right?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Erin Gavin:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After I wrote it, I had about 3-4 weeks to pull all the crew together, locations together, everything together.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was intense.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then three days of shooting and then editing.\u00a0 Obviously the final cuts and then putting the music together.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But I&#8217;m really thankful for the team.\u00a0 Without the team, this would not be possible, and everybody&#8217;s support, it wouldn&#8217;t be possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-29441\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image2-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image2-1.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image2-1-300x194.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Joe Winger:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just going a little deeper on what you just said a second ago, two things to think about.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Number one, a lot of the people that are watching this interview right now have never been on a production set. The closest they&#8217;ve been is the movie theater.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Second thing is how many people out there, they&#8217;ve written something. But they may not have the courage or the audacity to actually get out there and shoot it, or as you brought up, to go out there and raise money because it costs money to do these things.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you have any advice or inspiration for someone out there who wants to be doing what you just accomplished, and they&#8217;re scared, hesitant, or nervously excited?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Erin Gavin:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I think you have to be very vulnerable. You have to put ego aside and let people read your script,\u00a0 polish it, get advice on it, make sure it&#8217;s as solid as it can be.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That&#8217;s hard to do when you pour your heart into this piece and you obviously this piece of paper has everything that you&#8217;ve just poured out onto it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then to give that [heartfelt script] to someone to be super critical is really hard, but that&#8217;s the first step and make sure it&#8217;s as good as it can be.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I would say community is key.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So perhaps maybe look at how you can narrow it down budget wise. So that&#8217;s your locations. Everything that costs money.\u00a0 And ask for help.\u00a0 Build that community.\u00a0 G to your local drama schools, go to your local film schools.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People want to film.\u00a0 People in the creative world, they want to be doing something.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So people do want to help. That&#8217;s what I would say, [at] home and in your community, ask for help, get the script solid. That would be the first two key things to be doing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Joe Winger:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Good advice.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The title Gaming for Love, gaming is a big theme of the story.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I&#8217;d love to believe everybody in the world knows what gaming means. But just in case, can you tell us what gaming means?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What message do you hope the gaming community receives when they see the short film?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Erin Gavin:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We&#8217;re talking about computer gaming and [my short film] doesn&#8217;t shine it in a negative light.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I actually spoke to somebody last night who&#8217;s in the gaming world, for all the major companies and does computer programming in terms of the creative side of things.\u00a0 He said, they would love this story because it shows that this can help people in certain ways. It also has a community to it as well. Like most things in life have some negatives and some positives and everybody has their own opinion, right?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But for this shines it in a light that is true in terms of belonging to this story and how it helps someone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Joe Winger:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That&#8217;s beautiful.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Erin Gavin:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yeah, certainly this one has a twist at the end.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So I hope the viewers get to watch it and they&#8217;ll see exactly what I mean.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0I also created a song about gaming which is also very true. A lot of gamers who have heard the song [feel] it&#8217;s so relatable.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-29440\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image1-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image1-2.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image1-2-300x190.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Joe Winger:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s talk about the cast.\u00a0 The performances are subtle and thoughtful and deep.\u00a0 I was surprised how much I was feeling in such a short period of time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How did you find your cast? Any favorite moment that really stands out with you?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Erin Gavin:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I love that you felt that. We were really lucky because we just gelled and it made sense and it worked and not a lot of movies have that luck.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I reached out to a Gent who owns a theater school in Scotland. I said I need a young girl for one of the leads.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He happened to also have a Gent who teaches at the school who would&#8217;ve been the perfect, and he&#8217;d also been in like big shows like Outlander and whatnot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So I thought, okay, he can act. I checked him out. He&#8217;s good. And she was great. And that all came from a gent called <strong>Rhys Donnelly<\/strong> who helped me with the casting. And also I reached out to a friend of mine who plays one of the other parts. Who I know is a great actor, Paul Donnelly, and he&#8217;s been in Outlander and a bunch of stuff.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So it, again, it was just a community aspect. It&#8217;s Oh, who knows who, and who can, how can I connect this and make this all work? And that&#8217;s how it happened.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Joe Winger:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What I love about what you just said is we are talking about the plot and the story and the gaming <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">community earlier. You&#8217;re talking about the community behind the scenes of production.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I feel like whether it&#8217;s deliberate or not. You just found all these different communities to work together to highlight other communities, really a community effort in front of the scene, behind the scenes, in the story, all over the place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Joe Winger:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our audience knows we talk usually with chefs and winemakers and mixologists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We&#8217;re talking about food and drink and travel. This topic is a little bit not what we usually talk about, but if you don&#8217;t mind, can we talk about food and flavor for a minute with you? Is that okay?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Erin Gavin:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sure. All right.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Joe Winger:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You probably eat very healthy is my guess, but I could be wrong.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But when you&#8217;re indulgent, When you&#8217;re looking for flavor. What&#8217;s your favorite or what&#8217;s it? What&#8217;s a good guilty pleasure for you or what&#8217;s one of your favorite food and drink <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pairings?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Erin Gavin:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Being from Scotland, right? I was, Oh, have you tried haggis? Yeah, of course I tried haggis, but haggis is Most things in life, if it&#8217;s made well and it&#8217;s done it&#8217;s really good.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But it can also be the opposite, but I have to say, I do actually love haggis. But now I don&#8217;t really eat meat so much. But they do a really good like vegetarian option these days. So when I&#8217;m home, especially around Christmas time that would be my sort of go to but to pair with it, I&#8217;m going to be really sad here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I like to drink milk with it. 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So it&#8217;s just like Irn Bro and haggis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s an acquired taste.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Joe Winger:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erin, what&#8217;s the best way to follow you and learn more about the short film, whether it&#8217;s a website, social media, something else, what&#8217;s the best way to follow your film festival journey and just what you&#8217;re up to with you yourself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Erin Gavin:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oh, I appreciate that. 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