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ME & ME played to rave reviews at the June 2022 CHICAGO Feedback Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Concept-wise, I made Me & Me to poke fun at Time Travel – which admittedly is a trope I have a love/hate relationship for… except it’s more hate/hate. The premise of the… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker/Animator Jason Spizzo (ME & ME)

ABSENT was the winner of BEST EXPERIMENTAL Film at the June 2022 EXPERIMENTAL/FASHION Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? A bit of background for this – My friend and co-creator, Steven, is currently a student at the UCONN School of Medicine and at the end of each academic year, his program… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Brian Reilly (ABSENT)

DEMI-GODS was the winner of BEST SOUND & MUSIC at the June 2022 ANIMATION Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Well, we live in difficult times: War, increasing narcissism in social media for example and ecological destruction. The film addresses these three dark aspects of humanity in the form of a… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker/Animator Martin Gerigk (DEMI-GODS)

1. What is your screenplay about? Our script, TED LASSO: RICHMOND ‘TIL WE DIE is about when the entire Richmond Greyhound crew helps run the Crown & Anchor for Mae while she attends to a sick uncle. Let’s just say, things don’t go according to Ted and Coach Beard’s initial, well-meaning plan. 2. Where does… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriters Kim Turner & Tony Ferrendelli (TED LASSO: RICHMOND ‘TIL WE DIE)

BAD NEWS was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the May 2022 WILDsound Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I’ve always enjoyed telling an impactful story in a few minutes. And ‘Bad News’ was the first film that I did out of my comfort zone. Growing up, I saw how my… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Sheng-Ting Shen (BAD NEWS)

L.A. RISES was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the June 2022 LA DOCUMENTARY Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I was motivated by the injustice of the George Floyd murder. 2. From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to make this film? This… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Oliver Preciado Ponce (L.A. RISES)

MAGNETIC played to rave reviews at the June 2022 CRIME/MYSTERY Film Festival. https://www.instagram.com/magneticshortfilm 1. What motivated you to make this film? I love mystery and magical realism and really wanted to see how well my writing would translate to a real production.< 2. From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Mike Waugh (MAGNETIC)

TERMINUS was the winner of BEST FILM at the May 2022 SCIENCE & NATURE Film Festival. http://www.jamiewestonfilms.com/ 1. What motivated you to make this film? We were inspired terrified of the impending climate crisis and wanted to create something as that carries a warning but also hope 2. From the idea to the finished product,… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Jamie Weston (TERMINUS)

SILENCE was the winner of BEST SOUND & MUSIC at the June 2022 LA DOCUMENTARY Film Festival. Accueil 1. What motivated you to make this film? I have always been fascinated by the marine world, I practised diving myself at a very young age, and these unique sensations provided by apnoea are so special that… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Olivier La Combe (SILENCE)

JUST LIKE WATER was the winner of BEST DIRECTION at the June 2022 SCIENCE & NATURE Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/manosjmt https://www.instagram.com/manos30fillakis https://www.youtube.com/user/MANOSJMT https://www.facebook.com/Manos30fillakisJMT 1. What motivated you to make this film? Η απώλεια του πατέρα μου, σε συνδυασμό με την αγάπη για τη γενέτειρά μου, το νησί της Κρήτης στην Ελλάδα. The loss of my father,… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Manos Triantafillakis (JUST LIKE WATER)