Month: November 2021

TIMELESS DRIFT was the winner of BEST SOUND & MUSIC at the November 2021 DOCUMENTARY Short Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I live with my family along the Coppermine River in an outpost and I wanted to showcase the river’s natural beauty and ecological importance (including for people), and its… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Mathieu Dumond (TIMELESS DRIFT)

SOLDIER 1 was the winner of BEST SOUND & MUSIC at the November 2021 ACTION/ADVENTURE Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Ans: As a stunt performer and still learning actor. Action and martial arts is our passion and to perform. After acting in a number of shorts that of course had… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Jaymeson Olivero (SOLDIER 1)

1) What is the theme of your poem? This poem is about a woman’s quest for truth that begins to reveal itself only after she begins to break down the fabricated structure that binds us to life as we know it; the belief system that has been constructed to conceal the truth. Once she broke… Continue reading Interview with Poet Kelly Loraine Stearns (RUST)

INFLUENCER was the winner of BEST FILM at the November 2021 TV WEB SERIES Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? A couple of years ago, many cities in my home country, Colombia, were submerged in violence. The peaceful demonstrations of all citizens gradually grew into hatred and indignation towards the government… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Andrés Arias García (INFLUENCER TV Series)

VENI ETIAM was the winner of BEST SOUND & MUSIC at the November 2021 WILDsound Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? My goal was to explain transgender in a subtitle way so the viewer can identify without rejection. 2. From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Alex Hai (VENI ETIAM)

INVASION was the winner of BEST FILM at the November 2021 SCI-FI/FANTASY Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I was motivated to do the film after going on a cross country road trip and landing on a small out of the way town in Texas. I was keeping a journal at… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Sean Yopchick (INVASION)

WEST WINDS was the winner of BEST DIRECTION at the November 2021 SCI-FI/FANTASY Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I was going through a depressing winter in 2017 and felt pretty damn lonely at times. Always at the right moment my dog Niles would swoop his big nozzle up to me and… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Matthew Thomas Ross (WEST WINDS)

DENISE & RAYMONDE was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the November 2021 TV Web Series Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I just wanted to talk about relationship challenges, either from a married or single point of view, but in light and fun ways. 2. From the idea to the finished… Continue reading Interview with Writer/Producer Tiziana Giammarino (DENISE & RAYMONDE)

HAPPILY NEVER AFTER was voted BEST COMEDY FILM at the November 2021 COMEDY Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? What motivated me was my unease with the direction technology is taking. The initial idea for the film came to me when my Siri started commenting on the shows I was watching… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Tamara Hernandez (HAPPILY NEVER AFTER)

OREO played to rave reviews at the November 2021 WILDsound Comedy Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I have often been called an ‘Oreo’ growing up in the suburbs as an upper middle class black kid that didn’t go to majority black schools. As a result, I often struggled with how I… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Benjamin Jefferson (OREO)