Month: November 2020

1. What is your screenplay about? Legacy is a spec script for the cult TV show Farscape (1999-2005), a show that follows astronaut John Crichton and his wacky misadventures through love and war in a distant part of the galaxy. This script, at its core, is about the (mostly bad) legacy that we leave behind… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Shane Walsh-Smith (Farscape “Legacy”)

What is your screenplay about? Dolly Daydream is about rebellious teenager, Katie Croxton who gets sent to a boarding school for “young ladies” after causing trouble for her Mother at her birthday party. She does not see eye to eye with Arnold Hemingworth, the headmaster at West Side Academy. Arnold enforces strict rules over his… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Natasha Langridge-Thorpe (DOLLY DAYDREAM)

1. What is your screenplay about? Cry For Me is a coming of age, queer self-love story whiich follows Sam, a young gay man on the pursuit to cry, who loses himself in an intimate affair. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Dramedy. 3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Michael Gaty (CRY FOR ME)

CLEMENTINE was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the September 2020 Experimental Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I would say that it’s my artistic approach, which is deeply connected to nature. I always start to create a new piece doing research with my performer.s outdoors, in situ – St. Lawrence… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Chantal Caron (Clémentine)

SHADOW played to rave reviews at the November 2020 Dance & Music Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I was challenge by my directing teacher to create a movie with no dialogs that could express a range of emotions. As music is probably my biggest source of inspiration and I always… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Anna Maués (SHADOW)

DREAM CATCHER played to rave reviews at the November 2020 Animation FEEDBACK Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? When I wrote this script, I was still in film school – studying the art of filmmaking, while harboring aspirations of working as a professional filmmaker in the industry. So I had all… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Avery Rouda (DREAM CATCHER)

TWO DIFFERENT KINDS OF LOVE was the winner of BEST FILM at the November 2020 ANIMATION Feedback Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? A lot of the inspiration for this film came from my personal adoption story. I was born in Russia and adopted as a baby, just like the little… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Alyce Vest (TWO DIFFERENT KINDS OF LOVE)

UNDERNEATH was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the October 2020 LGBT Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? First and foremost, I was motivated by a personal event in my life. Other than that, I was inspired by the current perceptions or misconceptions in relation to the issue of (homo)sexuality and… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Lena Weller (UNDERNEATH)

NINE was the winner of BEST SOUND & MUSIC at the September 2020 DOCUMENTARY Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? This film is about my own experience as a woman rower in the 1970’s. Our team was founded because of the enactment of Title 9. I want to tell this story… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Jane Musky (NINE)

The feature film ALASKA LONG HUNTERS is currently playing at multiple festivals around the world, including recently the Chicago FEEDBACK Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? It’s based on my book – Last of the Long Hunters, written to capture the my life in the 60’s – 80’s in Arctic Alaska… Continue reading Interview with Novelist/Producer Mark Rose (ALASKA LONG HUNTERS)