Month: October 2021

THE LONGEST RACE played to rave reviews at the October 2021 DOCUMENTARY Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? The pandemic was starting, but I was determined to make my first independent documentary that year anyways. A marathon runner and triathlete myself, I was drawn to the narrative of an athlete who… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Brittany Peterson (THE LONGEST RACE)

ANIMALS AT THE BORDERS was the winner of BEST FILM at the October 2021 ENVIROMENTAL Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Well, my nature documentaries have been focusing on transboundary conservation areas (or so-called Peace Parks) for more than 15 years now. The idea of Peace Parks was born in Southern… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Cornelia Volk (ANIMALS AT THE BORDERS)

CARVING A NEW LIFE was the winner of BEST DOCUMENTARY SUBJECT at the October 2021 DOC Shorts Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? A lot of my work had been canceled due to the pandemic. And I was back in my hometown of Tampa riding it out. A friend from high… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Drew Petrimoulx (CARVING A NEW LIFE)

A COMMUNITY UNDER FIRE was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the October 2021 DOCUMENTARY Short Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? The fires were all around us, it was apparent to myself that ordinary people were stepping up and doing extra-ordinary things. I felt this needed to be documented, as… Continue reading Interview with Filmmakers Harrison & Matt Thane (A COMMUNITY UNDER FIRE)

MYRTLE was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the October 2021 WILDsound Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Myrtle is an adaptation of a play, the premise had struck me as having great dramatic potential, so I asked Megan Barker if she would be game to develop the story together and… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Patricia McCormack (MYRTLE)

LOVE IN TRANSIT was the winner of BEST SOUND & MUSIC at the October 2021 Under 5 Minute Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Being a part of the LGBT+ community, I really connect to and value representation, and I appreciate when projects celebrate people from all walks of life. This… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Barbara E. Guertin (LOVE IN TRANSIT)

GHOST DANCE FOR AMERICA was the winner of BEST EXPERIMENTAL Film at the October 2021 Experimental Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I was motivated to make this film by the 2016 US Election and the rage I felt after that orange piece of shit won. I was also motivated by… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Karl Nussbaum (GHOST DANCE FOR AMERICA)

“Big Basin Will Never Be The Same” was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the October 2021 ENVIRONMENTAL Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? This was supposed to be a very different film. Originally the film contained only the “before” footage – Big Basin State Park in all of its natural… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Eric Benjamin Parson (Big Basin Will Never Be The Same)

NO TRICKS was the winner of BEST FILM at the October 2021 WILDsound Film Festival. What motivated you to make this film? I’ve been working in the commercial and corporate filmmaking space for decades, at first as an editor, then as a director-editor and I was really feeling the need to challenge myself creatively and… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Doug Werby (NO TRICKS)

WHERE DO I GO? was voted BEST FILM at the October 2021 MUSIC Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? We all have some form of a “coming-of-age” story that still holds true to who we are to this day, and that subject itself was one of my motivations to make this… Continue reading Interview with Pianist/Vocalist Morgan-Paige Melbourne (WHERE DO I GO?)