Month: May 2021

1. What is your screenplay about? Tensions mount in the ICU as competition for beds and treatment overflow capacity. Overwhelmed and risking their own lives on every shift, the head physician and his staff struggle to cope, while balancing the demands of their personal and professional lives. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Dennis Lee Foster (I.C.U.)

1. What is your TV pilot about?” “Marty’s World” is a satirical take on reality TV. A talented animation screenwriter falls downstairs and is a long-term coma. His wife creates a reality TV show based on his condition. His rich subconscious is populated by cartoon characters who play counterpoint to the show around him. 2.… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Robert Cole (MARTY’S WORLD)

1. What is your short story about? Inside Show Business is about what it’s like to be a tiny cog in the entertainment industry and how its fairy dust is haphazardly sprinkled. 2. What genre(s) would you say this story is in? It is essentially a comedy. 3. How would you describe this story in… Continue reading Interview with Writer Manuel Igrejas (INSIDE SHOW BUSINESS)

A SPARK OF LIFE was the winner of BEST DIRECTION at the May 2021 FEMALE Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? My friendship to the characters and because I felt very affected by the tragic accident. 2. From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker HAMDI HAKIMA (A SPARK OF LIFE)

THIS FAR APART played to rave reviews at the May 2021 DANCE Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? We were commissioned by Swedish TV to make a short dance film. My partner, T.M Rives is a brilliant filmmaker and storyteller. We never worked together. Plus a completely deserted Central Park in… Continue reading Interview with Dancer/Director Ana Maria Lucaciu (THIS FAR APART)

WAITING ROOM was the winner of BEST DANCE FILM at the May 2021 EXPERIMENTAL Film Festival. What motivated you to make this film? I wanted to create a strong, dark, eerie, enigmatic and complex atmosphere, close to the poem of Dylan Thomas “Love in the Asylum”. I also wanted this idea to inspire the creation… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Didier MULLERAS (WAITING ROOM)

KAERU was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the May 2021 BLACK & WHITE Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Instinct. Simply. 2. From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to make this short? About 2 weeks. 3. How would you describe your short… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Elias Djemil (KAERU)

MICKEY HARDAWAY was the winner of BEST DIRECTION at the May 2021 BLACK & WHITE Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? * I wanted to make a story about dreamers, artist that love there passion and craft and have something more to bring to this world. But I also wanted to… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Marcellus Cox (MICKEY HARDAWAY)

FAREWELL was the winner of BEST SHORT FILM at the May 2021 LGBTQ+ FEEDBACK Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I had this idea over ten years ago, so I have carried it with me for a long time. I felt that I rarely see films about older women and their… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker/Animation Maria Åkesson (FAREWELL)

BEING SASCHA was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the May 2021 LGBTQ+ Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I’m interested in projects that challenge my way of thinking. I want to personally evolve with every project I’m doing. And I think Sascha and Saschas Story let me no other chance… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Manuel Gübeli (BEING SASCHA)