Month: September 2022

1. What motivated you to make this film? I like character-driven films. My main motivation derived from the exploration of a hero’s transformation. I believe in the power of stories and universal truths in life. And the hero’s change happens through coping with difficult situations, their intention, and reflection thus learning from his or her… Continue reading Interview with Producer Karlo Katulic (BLOODLINE)

1. What motivated you to make this film? For me this was a female centric story that I wanted to create with a female DP and the right cast. I was introduced to Angelica Perez-Castro and immediately clicked with her. She brought out a female team and we had an incredible shoot! This is a… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Rosalee Yagihara (GNAW)

1. What motivated you to make this film? The inspiration behind this film is very personal. I wrote the concept for the film when I emerging from a dark period in my life, and had some tough life-altering decisions to make. 2. From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Ashleigh Vaillancourt (RUMINATION)

1. What motivated you to make this film? MEANS TO AN END has a bit of a history. It started when there was a call out for women to write short horror scripts for a competition to get into an anthology series here in New Zealand. Horror was not really my genre but I sat… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Tanya M. Wheeler (MEANS TO AN END)

ONE & ONLY, 15min., USA, Documentary/Experimental A young comedian misses performing, but faces a world in which she can no longer tell if she’s funny, so she decides to reconnect with her audience members – one at a time. 1. What motivated you to make this film? In 2021, while emerging from pandemic isolation, I… Continue reading Interview with Writer/Actor Sophia Cleary (ONE & ONLY)

http://jiabaopeng.com/ 1. What motivated you to make this film? The film is my senior project. When I started writing my story, the first intention was to share something authentic and put my emotion into it. The eagerness for visual delivery triggers me to make animation films. 2. From the idea to the finished product, how… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Jiabao Peng (PUBERTY)

1. What is your screenplay about? Playing with the old-as-time concept of the genderbending sports romcom (She’s The Man, Ladybugs), Offsiders sees Max dressing up as a boy in order to take her gay best friend’s place on the boys’ soccer team. The story then takes a distinctly trans route, as it explores the feelings… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriters Kate Holland, Marlowe Mitchell (OFFSIDERS)

1. What motivated you to make this film? I was at a point in my life where I had terrible sleeping habits. And because of this I wasn’t really in the right headspace to write a logical story, so I thought it would be a cool idea to make an experimental film where I try… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Robert Campbell Sturdevant (FELIX HAS A DREAM)

PUSHBACK was the winner of BEST NARRATIVE SHORT at the SPORTS & RECREATION Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? A: My co-director Zachary Braddy and I attended Float Life Fest, a onewheel event and he came up with an idea to do a short film about onewheeling. I fell in love… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker John Carlo F. Rosillo (PUSHBACK)

1. What motivated you to make this film? I started by animating the picture diaries I had been writing. I decided to animate them until I was satisfied with the results, without deciding from the beginning with storyboards. This method helped me to grow not only in my work but also in myself. 2. From… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker/Animator Yoko Yuki (IN THE BIG YARD INSIDE THE TEENY-WEENY POCKET)