Month: December 2020

Resurrection of The Last Black Man in 08:46 played to rave reviews at the December 2020 DOCUMENTARY Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? In 2018, I visited my hometown, Kountze, Texas for a high school/family reunion. I caught up with Mr. Freddie James and Mr. Ralph Cruse, two of my late… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Terrence Spivey (Resurrection of The Last Black Man in 08:46)

SAUDADE played to rave reviews at the December 2020 DOCUMENTARY Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? My motivation was the beginning of the development of a long dream. I am an architect with a master degree thesis in Architecture and cinema and during years I worked as an architect only with… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Isabela Falcão Vaz (SAUDADE)

WATER BABY was the winner of BEST FILM at the December 2020 DOCUMENTARY Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I was intrigued by Sachiko and William’s lives and being a mother myself, I was interested to tell a story about birth. Sachiko was struck by the differences between the maternity systems… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Katherine McRae (WATER BABY)

1. What is your screenplay about? Sometimes you find your real family in the group you build rather than the one you’re born into. In “Celestus” a woman builds a lifelong bond and friendship with an enchanting creature through shared joys and losses, mutual support and caring while surviving together in a harsh but beautiful… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Carl Huebner (CELESTUS)

FOR THOSE WHO LOVED MUSIC was the winner of BEST FILM at the December 2020 DANCE & MUSIC Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I believe the desire to experiment. I think, in reality, that mine is a continuous study on the peculiar way of seeing, of observing things; on the point… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Raffaele Pastrello (FOR THOSE WHO LOVED MUSIC)

DOWN was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the December 2020 Dance & Music Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I was very touched by the choreography when I saw it for the first time. Then when Corona Lockdown came along, I immediately thought that now was the time to make… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Michael Bernstein (DOWN)

ASTRONAUT SPACEMAN was the winner of BEST FILM at the Animation FEEDBACK Film Festival at the November 2020 Experimental Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? My wife and I have five nieces between us, and I want them to have a healthy world to grow up in. The rate at which… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Patrick Gehlen (ASTRONAUT SPACEMAN)

MAGIC DREAM was the winner of BEST FILM at the September 2020 ANIMATION Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Many years ago, when I was approaching myself to the cinema, frame by frame, I did an experiment, painting with tempera inks, under a 16mm camera. It was a circus story, with… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Tomás Welss (MAGIC DREAM)

LILI was the winner of BEST FILM at the Female Film Festival in July 2020. 1. What motivated you to make this film? We made Lili as a reaction to #metoo. Or more specifically, a reaction to the reaction on #metoo. For me it was incredibly inspiring, seeing so many women (and men) band together… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Yfke Van Berckelaer (LILI)

GOLD played to rave reviews at the December 2020 Dance & Music Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? While at school, I did a master’s poetry program and wanted to merge my crafts by creating a visual poem. Gold is an adaptation of one of my thesis poems, and both have… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Gi Gonzales (GOLD)