Month: September 2022

USED FURNITURE, 10min., Canada, Drama Directed by Conor Forrest On an idyllic afternoon at the beach Philly faces his unrequited love for his roommate Jamie while trying to distance himself from their trio friendship. https://littlecatpictures.com/short-film-three https://www.instagram.com/usedfurniturelgbtshortfilm/ Interview with director Conor Forrest: 1. What motivated you to make this film? As a bi filmmaker this film… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Conor Forrest (USED FURNITURE)

PULLOUT, 11min., USA, Comedy Directed by Alison Barton, Bonnie Dennison One day after purchasing their first real adult pull-out couch, homebody couple Levi and Dillon’s relationship is tested when an unexpected (and pungent) visitor arrives to stay the night. http://www.bonabart.com/pull-out https://www.instagram.com/2bonabart4u/ Interview writer Writer/Star Noah Zachary 1. What motivated you to make this film? When… Continue reading Interview with Writer/Actor Noah Zachary (PULLOUT!)

GRADUALLY, THEN SUDDENLY: THE BANKRUPTCY OF DETROIT, 93min., USA, Documentary Once heralded as the spirit of American manufacturing, music and democracy, Detroit descended into disrepair and insolvency over five decades culminating in the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history in 2013. Gradually, Then Suddenly is the story of one city’s climb into and out of… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Sam Katz (Gradually, Then Suddenly The Bankruptcy of Detroit)

BLEED FOR ME: ART OF THE DEATHMATCH, 28min., USA, Documentary What Does it cost to make great art? A lot of Blood apparently. This documentary follows various deathmatch wrestlers as they put their bodies on the line to make compelling art. https://www.instagram.com/mcdeathbear/ Interview with Filmmaker: 1. What motivated you to make this film? It started… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Matthew Lenz (Bleed for Me: Art of the Death)

1. What motivated you to make this film? During the pandemic, I felt people around me lose faith in their surroundings, they needed community but wanted to be far away from the real world. I had spoken to Dave Beaton, our main protagonist a year prior and thought he was a wonderfully eccentric character. On… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Sarah Vianney (ISLE OF RUM)

1. What is your screenplay about? ‘Alternative Facts’ are overrunning every last corner of free speech, Western Civilization finds itself divided like never before. It seems that everyone is shouting and not listening, each side utterly convinced of its rightness. Spoken words gushed forth, regardless of law or propriety. It seems that citizens see a… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Thomas A. Lopilato (WORDLOTTO)

MONOCHROME, 13min., Switzerland, Erotic Directed by Dan Nieders Behind closed doors, Juan lives their fantasies through Elise, with an intense and strange fascination. While Elise and Marius are flirting during a night out with friends. Juan is drawn into the introspection of a wicked game, and must regain control of their body to access their… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Dan Nieders (MONOCHROME)

DISSOCIATING VULNERABILITY, 55min., Japan Directed by Nobuo Nakagawa The main character “Shinya” lost her mother in a traffic accident. A woman appears in front of Shinya. The woman can only be seen by Shinya. Fairy? Ghost? Shinya must know. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Various factors are intertwined, but what pushed me… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Nobuo Nakagawa (DISSOCIATING VULNERABILITY)

UNBREAKABLE, 7min., UK, Documentary Directed by Shaun Leong-Williams In an instant bones tear through flesh and clothing alike. Jack D’arcy lies on the hot tarmac unable to move. At only 19 a devastating motorcycle accident has left Jack sedated in intensive care, his legs held together by titanium rods and his Olympic sprint dreams fading… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Shaun Leong-Williams (UNBREAKABLE)

1. What motivated you to make this film? “Chateau Sauvignon: terroir’ was my thesis film for the School of Visual Arts’ Masters in Directing program, which requires their students to complete and screen their shorts at the end of the year to graduate. Yet, I was motivated to complete this program because it offered me… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker D.M. Night Maire (CHATEAU SAUVIGNON: TERROIR)