Month: October 2021

GLITCH was the winner of BEST DIRECTION at the October 2021 HORROR Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Covid was the primary motivator – to still be able to make something during the shutdown, even if it meant working on a very tiny scale. 2. From the idea to the finished… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Sara Caldwell (GLITCH)

RKLSS was the winner of BEST SOUND & MUSIC at the October 2021 HORROR Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I never imagined that RKLSS would go as far as it did…I thought it was just going to Instagram 2. From the idea to the finished product, how long did it… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker/Animator Tank Standing Buffalo (RKLSS)

The Hike (Pá shān) was the winner of BEST SOUND & MUSIC at the October 2021 THRILLER/SUSPENSE Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? When COVID-19 hit, going on a hike was recommended by the CDC as a safe out-door physical activity. So during a hike when there was no one on the… Continue reading Interview with Lee Way Lan (The Hike (Pá shān))

HOW TO MURDER YOUR HUSBAND played to rave reviews at the October 2021 STUDENT Feedback Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I came across old archived 1950’s housewife tutorials and I was fascinated by the facade the characters presented so I wanted to do a startical take with a twist. 2.… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Olyvia Okochi (HOW TO MURDER YOUR HUSBAND)

FULL BODIED was the winner of BEST DIRECTION at the October 2021 THRILLER/SUSPENSE Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? We had access to this great space and we wanted to make a film that showed the life of a hardworking winemaker. 2. From the idea to the finished product, how long… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Matt Bayer (FULL BODIED)

THE GAME IS UP: DISILLUSIONED TRUMP VOTERS TELL THEIR STORIES was the 2021 winner of BEST FEATURE FILM at the POLITICAL Feedback Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? From early 2017-2018, I watched with bemusement on Twitter as right-wing radio shock jock/Tea Party Congressman Joe Walsh came out of the box… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker  Melissa Jo Peltier (THE GAME IS UP: DISILLUSIONED TRUMP VOTERS TELL THEIR STORIES)

TERATOMA was the winner of BEST FILM at the October 2021 HORROR Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? The idea is quite simple. It is my fear of maturing, of not being prepared to take the next step, the fear of the obligations that one has to accept when he is… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Jano Pita (TERATOMA)

MIST AND BLOOD was the winner of BEST FILM at the October 2021 THRILLER/SUSPENSE Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I’ve always made films with special effects. I wanted to do a different project with one objective, to write a story for the actors, without green screen and without explosions. 😉… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Roland Collin (MIST AND BLOOD)

WAKE UP LITTLE GIRL was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the October 2021 THRILLER/SUSPENSE Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I direct commercials, and it had been a really long time since I made anything just for the sake of making it. Commercials are fun, but they’re not truly art… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Noah Lydiard (WAKE UP LITTLE GIRL)

THANK YOU FOR STAYING was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the October 2021 HORROR Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I had initially written this in January 2020 and absolutely meant to use professional actors. But when the pandemic hit in March, and my wife and I were sequestered up… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Ty Clancey (THANK YOU FOR STAYING)