SIFF 2024 | Tracie Laymon On Comedy & Kindness w/ Award Winning Debut Feature "Bob Trevino Likes It"

"Bob Trevino Likes It" screened as part of the 50th Seattle International Film Festival. The film was written and directed by Tracie Laymon in her feature directorial debut and stars Barbie Ferreira and John Leguizamo. It had its world premiere at SXSW this year where the film won the Jury and Audience Awards. In Seattle, the film was second runner up for the SIFF Golden Space Needle award for Best Film, Barbie Ferreira was first runner up for the SIFF Golden Space Needle award for Best Performance, and the film earned an honorable mention from the Seattle Film Critics Society for their SIFF 2024 Critics Choice Award.
Synopsis: When her narcissistic father suddenly cuts her out of his life, Lily (Barbie Ferreira, “Euphoria”) finds solace in Facebook of all places when she connects with and befriends a kindhearted man (John Leguizamo) who shares her father’s name. Winner of the 2024 SXSW Narrative Jury and Audience Awards.
In this conversation, Thomas Stoneham-Judge talks with Tracie about the background of the film, discovering insightful behind the scenes details on where the story came from and how Tracie chose to go about telling this story. They also discuss what audiences should expect from the film and what to look forward to from Tracie in her filmmaking career.
Conversation Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction
00:30 - How has your SIFF experience so far?
01:30 - Synopsis of "Bob Trevino Likes It"
02:55 - Tell me about how you approached building comedy into the dynamic between the main characters
05:40 - "Bob Trevino Likes It" compared to fellow SXSW Jury & Audience award winner "I Love My Dad"
08:08 - Talk about your perspective on social media engagement and connection between people.
10:25 - What do you think it is about physical photos and scrapbooking that creates such a longer lasting impact than digital media?
13:25 - How do you feel about having your own personal life being baked into this film now that its going out to the world?
15:32 - What would you like Seattle audiences to take away from this film?
17:30 - What are you hoping for with the future of your career?
19:35 - What expectations would you impart onto potential audiences interested in seeing this film?
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Music featured in this video include the tracks "With Your Bad Self" by Adrian Crutchfield, licensed through Soundstripe.
Motion animation graphics designed by Thomas Stoneham-Judge.