Month: January 2019

Interview with Poet Rhscribbles (RUN MAMA RUN)

Matthew Toffolo: What is the theme of your poem? Rhscribbles: Immigration and refugees 2) What motivated you to write this poem? The frustration with government and people confusing illegals and people needing asylum and the complexity of the issue. 3) How long have you been writing poetry? Not long. I’ve wtitten a poem here and… Continue reading Interview with Poet Rhscribbles (RUN MAMA RUN)

Interview with Poet Patricia Poulos (Saint – Kathleen my Mum)

Matthew Toffolo: What is the theme of your poem? Patricia Poulos: Love and Loss. 2) What motivated you to write this poem? To help cope with the loss of My Mum. 3) How long have you been writing poetry? I guess since I can remember. 4) If you could have dinner with one person (dead… Continue reading Interview with Poet Patricia Poulos (Saint – Kathleen my Mum)

Interview with Poet Mary Freericks (The Bombing of Tabriz)

Matthew Toffolo: What is the theme of your poem? Mary Freericks: The theme of my poem is bombing. 2) What motivated you to write this poem? I was writing family memoir poems at the time. I now have a book of them Blue Watermelon available on Amazon. I have nearly completed my next book, Cheer… Continue reading Interview with Poet Mary Freericks (The Bombing of Tabriz)

Interview with Poet TAK Erzinger (UNANSWERED CALL)

Matthew Toffolo: What is the theme of your poem? TAK Erzinger: It is about the loss of human connection. It is also a commentary about how humanity is moving further away from its connection with nature and as we do so we are moving further away from ourselves and our destroying the natural world and… Continue reading Interview with Poet TAK Erzinger (UNANSWERED CALL)

Interview with Screenwriter Tayler Carter (FLUIDITY)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Tayler Carter: This screenplay is set in a society where children are free to explore their gender, but must choose one of the extreme binaries upon their 13th birthday, and live in that extreme binary for the rest of their lives. Our story follows Sam Conley, whose 13th… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Tayler Carter (FLUIDITY)

Interview with Screenwriter Eileen Wilson (THE CLICHE)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Eileen Wilson: The old cliché of the lover hiding in the wardrobe. Dave and Sara are having marriage problems, he suspects her of infidelity while she is hurt and betrayed by him ignoring her 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Comedy. 3. Why should this screenplay… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Eileen Wilson (THE CLICHE)

Interview with Filmmaker Kaue Nunes Melo (MAXWELL’S DEMON)

MAXWELL’S DEMON was the winner BEST FILM at the December 2018 Female FEEDBACK Film Festival. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Kaue Nunes Melo: I read an article about a girl that suffered from hipersexuality that discovered that she was abused by her father when she was young, but suppressed that memory… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Kaue Nunes Melo (MAXWELL’S DEMON)

Interview with Screenwriter Zach Paul Brown (CAIROS)

  Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Zach Paul Brown: Cairos focuses on physicist Lee, and the solitary life she leads after the death of her wife. When a rogue planet brushes past the solar system, Lee somehow comes face to face with the woman she thought she would never see again, but must… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Zach Paul Brown (CAIROS)

Interview with Filmmaker Lina Schmeink (Löffel)

Löffel was the winner of BEST MUSIC at the Female Director’s December 2018 Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Lina Schmeink: It was my grandma who spent her last ten years in an old people´s home. It was dirty and the nurses had no time for the residents. That… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Lina Schmeink (Löffel)