The 1920's Fresh Air Award

Episode #40 - Welcome to the third Fresh Air Award! Four cinephiles continue a Fourwind Films tradition of awarding a film that pushed cinema forward the most as an artform during a particular decade. To be nominated, a motion picture has to have changed movies in some way and made a lasting impression on how movies are made today. This episode delves into the decade that saw the beginning of successful commercial sound in cinema: 1920-1929.

Before getting into the nominations with the panelists, our host Justin Joseph Hall goes through a quick history lesson on what was happening in the decade businesswise and technology-wise. 

The four cinephiles who select the nominees in this panel are cinephiles Elizabeth Chatelain, Tracey Goessel, Justin Joseph Hall, and Kevin Hinman. If the piece has moving images and came out in the appropriate decade, it is eligible for nomination. This group chose an array of documentaries, shorts, animated films, and feature films, including films with the first synchronized score with animation, the first montage, a commercially successful duo tone color film, and the first soundtrack synched on the film strip.

Here is the link to all the nominations: 1920’s Fresh Air Award Nominees - Letterboxd list

There were several overlaps, but here are the main nominations made by each panelist:

To find the 1920’s Fresh Air Award winner click on this link!

We hope you enjoy this episode! Share with us your own lists, comments, arguments, and films that we left out via social media @fourwindfilms. We’re on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and LinkedIn.

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Thank you to our cinephiles who did joined this out of their passion. To hear more from them, visit links below:

Elizabeth Chatelain

Quatre-Vents Post-Production

Movie Directing & Writing

Credits for podcast:

Production Company - Fourwind Films

Fresh Air Award Contributors for 1900s Decade - Elizabeth Chatelain, Tracey Goessel, Justin Joseph Hall, & Kevin Hinman

Host - Justin Joseph Hall

Editor - Billie Jo Laitinen

Sound Mixer - Hans Bilger

Additional Sound Recordist - Elizabeth Chatelain, Kevin Hinman, Ricky Rosario

The theme song of Season 6 is Getting It Done by Kevin MacLeod.

Additional Music MOMFG & The Drums! provided by Kevin Hinman & Magnum Opus for interludes.

Music in the public domain used in this podcast:

Deep Blue Sea - Clara Smith

One of Battleship Potemkin’s Scores - Eisenstein wanted the scores to be updated about every decade.

Don Juan Soundtrack - Context on who wrote it “William Axt used two pieces that owned by Robbins-Engel, "The Fire Agitato" and "In Gloomy Forest," along with several pieces of European classical music including compositions by Richard Strauss.

The 1910's Fresh Air Award

Episode #35 - Welcome to the third Fresh Air Award! Four cinephiles continue a Fourwind Films tradition of awarding a film that pushed cinema forward the most as an art form during a particular decade. To be nominated, a motion picture has to have changed movies in some way and made a lasting impression on the filmmakers. This episode continues our discovery of the silent era: 1910-1919.

Before getting into the nominations with the panelists, our host Justin Joseph Hall reads an excerpt from film historian David Kiehn of the Niles Film Museum about the second full decade of cinema. 

The four cinephiles who select the nominees in this panel are cinephiles Elizabeth Chatelain, Justin Joseph Hall, Kevin Hinman, and Jason Tucker. If the piece has moving images and came out in the appropriate decade, it is eligible for nomination. This group chose an array of documentaries, shorts, animated films, and feature films, including one with the film with the first synchronized score.

Here is the link to all the nominations: 1900’s Fresh Air Award Nominees - Letterboxd list

There were several overlaps, but here are the main nominations made by each panelist:

Elizabeth Chatelain nominees

Rituais e festas borôro (1917)

Birth of a Flower (1910)

Gertie The Dinosaur (1914)

A Man There Was (1917)

Shoulder Arms (1918)


Justin Joseph Hall nominees

Suspense. (1913)

The Oyster Princess (1919)

The Perils of Pauline (1914)

Cabiria (1914)

The Cameraman's Revenge (1912)


Kevin Hinman nominees

A Dog's Life (1918)

J'accuse (1919)

Different From the Others Richard Oswald (1919)

Gertie the Dinosaur (1914)

South (1919)


Jason Tucker nominees

Rapsodia Satanica (1917)

Frankenstein (1910)

Falling Leaves (1912)

Spring Fever (1919)

 The Sinking of the Lusitania (1918)

Link to Underrated by Undercast - a recommended podcast - we suggest starting with “Death to Smoochy” where Justin Joseph Hall joins hosts discuss the films that we feel are; underrated, underappreciated.


Link to Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum thank you again to David Keihn for writing our historical essay.

Hope you enjoy this episode! Share with us your own lists, comments, arguments, and films that we left out via social media @fourwindfilms. We’re on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

Thanks for listening, Season 6 to come shortly!

Credits for podcast:

Production Company - Fourwind Films

Fresh Air Award Contributors for 1900s Decade - Elizabeth Chatelain, Justin Joseph Hall, Kevin Hinman, & Jason Tucker

Host - Justin Joseph Hall

Sound Mixer - Brian Trahan

Additional Sound Recordist - Dakota Anthony, Kevin Hinman

The theme song of Season 5 is This Monster by Sun Nectar.

The 2010's Fresh Air Award

Episode #20 - Welcome to a totally different kind of Feature & a short. Inspired by the podcast format of Filmspotting’s Best of episodes and award shows, Fourwind Films has decided to dedicate a podcast to talking about the best of the 2010 decade. We’ve picked a panel of four people who love films to discuss their favorite films of the decade. At the end the group will be begin a Fourwind tradition giving out the Fresh Air Award for the film that pushed cinema forward the most as an art form during its decade.

The four cinephiles in the panel to discuss films from 2010-2019 are Justin Joseph Hall, Thomas Kelsey, Jasmine Szympruch, and Elizabeth Yoo. They all are New York based cinephiles. For each below category each panel member presented 5 films. The group chats movies around a table in a normal New York apartment, heaters, fridge noises, sleepy dog and all.

First the panel discusses the best shorts of the decade. To prevent spoilers below is the link to all the nominations. Read the description to see who nominated them:

Best shorts of the 2010

Second the panel jumps to discuss the best features of the decade. Below is the link, read the description to see who nominated them:

Best features of the 2010’s

Third the panel is giving away our first Fresh Air Award for the film that pushed cinema forward the most as an art from. We plan to give away a Fresh Air Award each year for our final episode for the entire following decade. This is our way to honor commercially successful experimenting in film. Below is the link, read the description to see who nominated them:

2010’s Fresh Air Award Nominees - Letterboxd list

Justin Joseph Hall nominees

Get Out (2017)

Wawd Ahp (2014)

Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010)

The Lobster (2015)

Over the Garden Wall (2014)

Thomas Kelsey nominees

"This Is America" - Childish Gambino (2018)

Nanette (2018)

One Cut of the Dead (2017)

Kick-Ass (2010)

Black Swan (2010)

Jasmine Szympruch nominees

The Artist (2011)

Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)

World of Tomorrow ~Short~(2013)

The Act of Killing (2013)

I Am Not Your Negro (2016)

Elizabeth Yoo nominees
Lemonade (2016)

Under the Skin (2013)

A Separation (2011)

Get Out (2017)

World of Tomorrow (2015)


To find Fresh Air Award winner click on this link!

Hope you enjoy, please share with us your lists, comments, arguments, and for sure films that we left out via social media @fourwindfilms

Thanks for listening, Season 4 to come shortly!

Credits for Season 3 podcast:

Produced by Fourwind Films

Hosted by Justin Joseph Hall

Brian Trahan - Sound Mixer

Theme song of Season 3 is Johnny's Tune In Waltz by Salitros Ridin’ Rainbow

Interlude music by Sun Nectar

Thank you to Laura Davi, Daria Huxley, and Thomas Kelsey for helping throughout Season 3 of the podcast. Thank you to Cisco Bradley & Jennie Romer by hosting us at New Revolution Arts for one podcast.

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