Author: matthewtoffolo

1. What motivated you to make this film? Originally, I was not even thinking about making the film of my hike. While talking with a friend one day during my training for the hike, it became apparent that making a film of my adventure would be a great tool to encourage and empower others to… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Michael McCulloch (ONE STEP AT A TIME)

A LUST FOR TIME was the winner of BEST DIRECTION at the Aug. 2022 ROMANCE/RELATIONSHIPS Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I’ve always been interested in time travel stories and the team and I were looking for a Twilight Zone-style script that had a good story with a twist. We found Scott… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Daryl Della (A LUST FOR TIME)

TRIKE GANG was the winner of BEST FILM at the Aug. 2022 DOCUMENTARY Film Festival. MH: Max Huggins, Direcotr, DP JP: Justin Pines, Producer JK: Jared Kleinstein, Executive Producer AO: Producer, Writer, Editor 1. What motivated you to make this film? JK: Once you meet the cast of our film, aka the members of the… Continue reading Interview with the TRIKE GANG film team

1. What motivated you to make this film? We’ve always been fascinated by the ecosystems that exist in cities. New York City has a wealth of wildlife, but nature in urban environments like New York often goes unnoticed. The horseshoe crab is a perfect example: The shores off NewYork are part of the animal’s epicenter,… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Andrea Kramar & Writer/Producer Sarah Elizabeth Porter (HORSESHOE CRABS: How 350-Million-Year-Old Sea Creatures are Vital to Human Survival)

DIRECT POSITIVE was the winner of BEST DOCUMENTARY at the Aug. 2022 Female Directors Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Meeting the women of Tempo and seeing the amazing mentorship they were doing for other women — we wanted to find a way to let more people hear their voices and experience… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Sarah Kmet-Hunt (DIRECT POSITIVE)

24 FILTERS was the winner of BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM at the Toronto Female Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Nicole Mercedes released this song from her album “Look Out Where You’re Going: and wanted me to make a video for it. She had the kernel of the idea to have someone… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Rachel Kleinman (24 FILTERS)

HASTI was the winner of BEST SONG at the Experimental & Dance Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? We always want to spread good news, hope and encouragement to our audience. 2. From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to make this film? Almost… Continue reading Interview with Executive Producer Ara Torosian  (HASTI music video)

UNVERIFIED was the winner of BEST FEATURE FILM at the THRILLER/SUSPENSE Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Primarily a lifelong interest in the subject of Sasquatch along with the related issue of “How do you go about proving they exist without killing one?” Assuming, of course, they exist. 🙂 I believe,… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Scott Herriott (UNVERIFIED)

1. What motivated you to make this film? First of all, the place: this vast empty warehouse that I had at my disposal. Then, the desire to pay tribute to an evening that I had organized in 1992, which was called the “Factory night” , a tribute to Andy Warhol’s Factory. This evening was a… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Didier Mulleras (FAKTORY 92)

THE WORLD CRUZER was the winner of BEST EXPERIMENTAL FEATURE at the Documentary Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I realized that living on this planet could be like parodies. If we cooperate, all problems today could be solved easily. It´s only us. This human species to rise through cooperation, but… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Yorick Niess (THE WORLD CRUZER)