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TURNED TO STONE was voted BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the May 2022 EXPERIMENTAL Film Festival. 1. & 2. What motivated you to make this film? From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to make this film? We talked about the concept over the phone and developed it over the… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Sarah Konner & Austin Selden (TURNED TO STONE)

THE SPACE I TAKE UP was the winner of BEST DANCE FILM at the May 2022 EXPERIMENTAL/DANCE Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? At the beginning of the pandemic, I completely stopped making art. Around the fall of 2020, I started dreaming up a way to express the isolation and depression… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Kyna Marie (THE SPACE I TAKE UP)

THE LARK was the winner of BEST LONG FORM SHORT FILM at the May 2022 FEMALE Feedback Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? The motivation for this movie with a topic about sexual violence against women was huge, because I come from Serbia, and Serbia is a country with a big… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Katarina Krstic (THE LARK)

ELIXIR was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the May 2022 EXPERIMENTAL Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? This film was created in the context of a small street dance festival in my home town of Montréal, as part of this dance festival, they fund the production of 4 dance films.… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Jean-Marc Abela (ELIXIR)

THE 13TH NOTE was the winner of BEST FILM at the May 2022 Experimental/Music Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? This idea started over 20 years ago when I was selling Steinway & Sons pianos in CA. I used to program the player pianos to play Master of Puppets by Metallica… Continue reading Interview with Producer Jeff Spike Wong (THE 13TH NOTE)

A THEORY IN SEPIA was the winner of BEST FILM at the May 2022 ROMANCE & RELATIONSHIPS Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? “A Theory in Sepia” started out as a poem I wrote, “All in Sepia” and facing the prejudices within my own community and the ones I subconsciously carried.… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Kayleb Lee (A THEORY IN SEPIA)

TO HAVE & TO HOLD was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the May 2022 Romance & Relationships Film Festival Writer/Producer: Ali Keller Director: Daniel Gaymon Actor/Producer: Lisa Purrone 1. What motivated you to make this film? Ali – It was inspired by how I felt in the pandemic. I live alone and I love… Continue reading Interview with the Filmmaker Team of the short film TO HAVE & TO HOLD

CONFLICT was the winner of BEST SHORT FILM at the May 2022 WILDsound Flagship festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? – I was born and raised in Palestine then moved to the US in 2001. Most people that I met here did not know anything about Palestine. Sometimes they would say “Oh… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Chozy Aiyub (CONFLICT)

1. What motivated you to make this film? I knew the circus company “Machine de Cirque” for a long time since we’ve worked together for several years in the past. When I saw the original production of La Galerie, wich is a live circus show, I knew that we needed to adapt this brilliant story… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Loup-William Théberge (LA GALERIE)

GRAY MATTERS was the winner of BEST ANIMATION at the May 2022 ANIMATION Feedback Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Mariam: There were certainly a few reasons. My friend and co-director Andrea Quintero, whom I’ve known for 8 years now, makes beautiful clay miniatures that, ever since I saw them, I’ve… Continue reading Interview with Filmmakers Mariam Khodeir & Andrea Quintero (GRAY MATTERS)