Month: November 2020

FREE played to rave reviews at the November 2020 Feedback Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I wanted to make something fun and funny that could be accepted on an International platform. Plus, I wanted to show a strong female lead as a role model for my daughter and honoring my… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker JP Snell (FREE)

1. What is your screenplay about? Here’s the logline for “Dream No More”: After a meteor impact, a lesbian couple and their daughter move onto a sailboat to escape civilization’s end, only to realize that an alien force is hunting them through their nightmares. It’s a really unique hook. I think a reader (or viewer)… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Ery De Jong (DREAM NO MORE)

1. What is your screenplay about? It’s a spec episode of The Simpsons entitled ‘Live And Let D’oh!’, in which James Bond infiltrates Mr Burns’ power plant, to thwart one of Burn’s evil schemes, and ends up as Homer Simpsons’ assistant. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? TV spec (Comedy, Animation) 3. Why… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Geraint Horwood (THE SIMPSONS ‘Live and Let D’oh!’)

1. What is your screenplay about? The story is about the insidious nature of government oppression and how blind we are to the methods government and political parties use to retain power. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? For this proof of concept, drama. However, the concept as a feature would be developed… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Anthony Catino (Neighbor Versus Neighbor)

A BROKEN WING played to rave reviews at the November 2020 Drama Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? The desire to tell a story and touch people’s hearts. I’m a master’s-degree graduate student in film. It had been my freshman year and this film is the first one I produced. 2.… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Dana Mor Katz (A BROKEN WING)

THE BLACK EXPERIENCE IN AMERICA: PAST was the winner of BEST SOUND & MUSIC at the November 2020 Feedback Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Social change. 2. From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to make this short? Four years. 3. How would… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Ivory Leonard IV (THE BLACK EXPERIENCE IN AMERICA: PAST)

A REASON TO FIGHT played to rave reviews at the November 2020 Dance Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Kirsten Bloom Allen (ballerina) wanted to make a film to create awareness about people suffering from suicidal thoughts and mental illness. The song used in the film is written by the metal… Continue reading Interview with Dancer Magnus Christoffersen (A REASON TO FIGHT)

A LOVE STORY was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the September 2020 Female Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Starting at age eleven, I noticed that adults around me did not realize how smart and perceptive people my age at the time/teenagers in general are. Adults dismiss sexuality, relationships, etc.… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Kristen Batko (A LOVE STORY)

WHY WE PROTEST played to rave reviews at the November 2020 DIVERSTIY Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? The day the protests started for George Floyd, I was driving home from out of town and listening to the news. That drive allowed me to process the reality of what was happening… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Macy Mae Cowart (WHY WE PROTEST)

TUMULT played to rave reviews at the November 2020 Experimental Film Festival. What motivated you to make this film? I have a long-standing relationship with the Rhode Island College Dance Company – this is my 4th dance film collaboration commissioned by RIC over the past decade. When talking with the RIC Producer, Angelica Vessella, I… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Marta Renzi (TUMULT)