Filmmaker Amy Grill is ‘Speaking in Code’ at IFFBoston

In 2005 filmmaker Amy Grill, currently a producer-in-residence at Emerson College, began filming a behind-the-scenes account of a handful of characters within the electronic music scene. The result is “Speaking in Code,” an intimate and sometimes heartbreaking look into a world where people get lost in music.

Filmed in 11 cities in five countries, the 34-year-old Grill weaves together the story of eight individuals including two bad-boy producers, two DJs, a journalist and her then husband David Day, a Boston-based promoter and current arts and entertainment editor for The Weekly Dig.

Slotted to premiere at Boston’s Independent Film Festival at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 23 at the Somerville Theatre in Davis Square, “Speaking in Code” is making its world debut at IFFBoston. Grill, who says she lives somewhere between Boston, Los Angeles and San Francisco, chats to Loaded Gun Boston about her fears (running out of money), her greatest achievement (finishing “Speaking in Code”) and the ultimate guilty pleasure (spa time).

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Staring out of a fast moving train headed to some place I love.

What is your greatest fear?
Running out of money.

What is the trait you most deplore?
It’s a tie between self-righteousness and hypocrisy.

Which living person do you most admire?
My niece, Katie.

What is your greatest extravagance?
Spa time.

What is your favorite journey?
The econo-jet set Euro tour.

What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Prudence.

Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
Awesome and totes.

When and where are you most comfortable?
At home, in my comfy pants with a glass of wine in hand and friends and family around.

Which talent would you most like to have?
Persuasion.

What is your current state of mind?
Curious as per usual.

If you could change one thing about your family, what would it be?
Not too much really…

What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Finishing ‘Speaking in Code.’

What do you consider your greatest failure?
Losing touch with myself, my family and my friends while I was making ‘Speaking in Code.’

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Feeling completely misunderstood with no one to turn to.

What is your dream job?
I’m living it.

What is your most striking characteristic?
It’s a tie between my chameleon eyes and my firm handshake.

What is the quality you most like in other people?
Honesty and realness.

What do you most value in friends?
A sense of humor mixed with a non-judgmental ear.

Who are your heroes?
My sisters, brother and parents--in short, my family.

What is it that you most dislike?
People who like to say ‘no.’

How would you like to die?
Quickly.

What is your motto?
Be nice. Be real.



Click here for tickets to the 7 p.m. Thursday, April 23 premiere. Click here for the official "Speaking in Code" Web site.