Month: February 2022

REVISION OF EVIDENCE was the winner of BEST FILM at the January 2022 DANCE Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? In this film I wanted to explore the language of two bodies only through looks, gestures and dance in a love relationship. With which narrative gestures can one express and narrate feelings?… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Sophie Salzer (REVISION OF EVIDENCE)

US was the winner of BEST DIRECTION at the January 2022 ANIMATION Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? The current state of the world. 2. From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to make this film? 3 years. 3. How would you describe your… Continue reading Interview with Director/Animator Nelson Fernandes (US)

SOMETHING DIFFERENT was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the December 2021 ROMANCE & RELATIONSHIPS Film Festival 1. What motivated you to make this film? A: I’ve wanted to adapt a short story by Giovanni Boccaccio for a long time. His classic The Decameron has been made into films by Pasolini, Fellini, and others. One… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Federico Muchnik (SOMETHING DIFFERENT)

DOMINION EVOLUCION was the winner of BEST SCI-FI FILM at the January 2022 FANTASY/SCI-FI Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? What motivated me to make this film was my desire to make for the first time a story that belongs to the science fiction genre and that takes place in a… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Lucas Zoppi (DOMINION EVOLUCION)

FULGIDUSEN was the winner of BEST FANTASY FILM at the January 2022 FANTASY/SCI-FI Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I did some test shootings with a new macro lens in the forest. In these shots I placed some figures, drawn by my friend Sylvain Merot. They looked incredibly cute in this… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Alexander Feichter (FULGIDUSEN)

COCONUT CLUNK was the winner of BEST ANIMATION at the January 2022 SPORTS Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? As quarantine lingered on, my dad and I revisited an idea we had come up with, based on a true story from my childhood. Since on-set collaboration would’ve been impossible, animation emerged… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker/Animator Dan Mecca (COCONUT CLUNK)

WHAT’S ‘GAY’? ASKED MAE was the winner of BEST ANIMATION at the February 2022 LGBTQ+ Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I have know the author, gay activist Brian McNaught for forty years. When I became aware of this book I approached him and asked if I could make it into… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Mark S. Schoen (WHAT’S ‘GAY’? ASKED MAE)

“Un Chantier d’Amour – A Scaffolding Of Love” was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the January 2022 Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I woke up one morning to find workers outside a gaping rectangular hole in my wall, on scaffolding. I could see their silhouettes through the sheer sheeting… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Sachin Jain (Un Chantier d’Amour – A Scaffolding Of Love)

2 LINES/2 LIVES was the winner of BEST FILM at the January 2022 FEMALE Filmmakers Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I have to shoot something; I have to shoot my own film. When I started to develop my film story “2Lines/2Lives”, I was in so called “professional depression”. I have… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Alyona Kaporina (2 LINES/2 LIVES)

LO LO LOVE played to rave reviews at the December 2021 ANIMATION Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? You know when an idea arises in your head, which eventually develops into a plot. You have only one way out – to shoot a film))) In my case, animation. 2. From the… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Vladislav Dubkov (LO LO LOVE)