Author: matthewtoffolo

IN THE TANK was the winner of BEST FILM at the Under 5 Minute Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Besides filmmaking, I paint. Sometimes it is hard to find inspiration for a new painting. So I thought that using a fish as a model could be interesting. Instead it has… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Arian Nowbahari (IN THE TANK)

BUSTED! was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the Under 5 Minute Film Festival. Instagram: @mickeycasab Twitter: @mickeycasab https://resumes.actorsaccess.com/mickey http://www.imdb.me/mickeycasab 1. What motivated you to make this film? Many people speak multiple languages and often in their daily lives. You just don’t see a lot of it on tv and film. As a Syrian American… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Mickey Casab (BUSTED!)

1. What motivated you to make this film? During quarantine while living alone in NY, I reflected a lot on my past relationships and experiences my close friends had with dating and wanted to create a cautionary tale to help relate to people who have had similar relationships or are currently in them to make… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Molly Tomecek (SEND ME A COLOR)

1. What motivated you to make this film? >I wrote the original poem years ago. I was looking for a source for a new short from my pervious works. As soon as I reread this one the visual and sound struck me, from there, it was a go. 2. From the idea to the finished… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker David R Creighton (SUMMER TURNS TO FALL)

POP was the winner of BEST FILM at the LA Feedback Film Festival. https://www.instagram.com/pop.officialshortfilm/ 1. What motivated you to make this film? “POP” was created during my fourth year for my senior exit class in the film major at UC Santa Cruz. I really wanted this film to be the magnum opus for my college… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Brandon Victoriano (POP)

WOLF WATCHERS was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the Documentary Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Olivia: I have been passionate about wolves since I was 10. I started studying them for a school project and just fell in love, but the thing about wolves is as soon as you… Continue reading Interview with Filmmakers Olivia Belluck, Claire Barber (WOLF WATCHERS)

1. What is your screenplay about? Its about who we may be versus who we have been led to be – but also… the difficult decisions we often have to make in the pursuit of self-knowledge. It’s not really a creature feature, although i was tempted to write it like that. 2. What genres does… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Will Macduff (ORIGIN)

1. What is your screenplay about? Three down-on-their-luck friends discover an old high-school rival, now the corrupt mayor of their town, and his army of violent seniors are running an illicit weed growing business; an operation they had been arrested for years before. Forced undercover, this ragtag crew of friends battle wheelchair bound seniors with… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Thomas Schoch (WINTUCKY HIGH)

1. What is your screenplay about? Chocolate drop is about a serial killer who hunts African American women. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? African American fiction / horror 3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie? This screenplay should be made into a movie because it’s shows the dark side… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Allonya Payne (CHOCOLATE DROP)

1. What is your screenplay about? This is a screenplay for a television show pilot called “N’Ever Ever After: Introducing Mrs. and Mrs. Robinson…” about the romantic misadventures of wedding planning. Similar to The Office and Abbott Elementary, it’s a mockumentary workplace comedy featuring unlucky-in-love wedding director, Mildred “Milly” Salvatore, and her chaotic wedding planning… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Morgan Allison Ross (N’Ever Ever After)