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ALIEN ABDUCTION was the winner of BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE from the 2022 SCI-FI/FANTASY Festival. 1 What motivated you to make this film? Philomena and I wrote a song about our first abduction experiences. We were in Nashville shortly after doing some live performance videos with filmmaker Marcel Chagnon. He heard the song while we were… Continue reading Interview with Writer Andy Victor (ALIEN ABDUCTION)

1) What is the theme of your poem? Fame by way of death 2) What motivated you to write this poem? It’s for a character in a musical I wrote who wants to be like Tupac or any famous talented dead person whose work is still popular after their death. In the musical the God… Continue reading Interview with Poet Alexandra Lean (NOBODY’S IDOL)

OUT AND BACK was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the April 2022 SPORTS & RECREATION Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I am the female runner in this film, this happened to me. I didn’t talk about it for two years and when I did, I told the wrong person.… Continue reading Interview with Writer/Actor Heather Irvine (OUT AND BACK)

“Siyaya – Come Wild With Us!” was the winner of BEST DOUCMENTARY at the March 2022 ENVIRONMENTAL Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? We, at François Odendaal Productions, FOP Films, want to open the eyes of the children and youth to the wondrous natural world and re-connect them to nature. Now,… Continue reading Interview with Producer Irene Reynolds Schier (Siyaya – Come Wild With Us!)

25 YEARS AFTER WOODSBORO was the winner of BEST FILM at the April 2022 FAN FICTION Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I’ve been a Scream franchise fan since the beginning, since watching the scary commercials on TV and renting the first film in summer 1997 (and asked my friend who… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Mark J. Parker (25 YEARS AFTER WOODSBORO)

MARKS ON MY SKIN played to rave reviews at the April 2022 LGBTQ+ Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? From the very beginning, I was interested on getting to know more about the sexual work in Chile, from a trans perspective. I was in the beginning of my transition, trying to… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Cristián Arredondo (MARKS ON MY SKIN)

IG: @guerillamike http://www.guerillahollywood.com 1. What motivated you to make this film? We knew this album would be a timeless classic. Yelawolf, Edward Crowe and Myself knew we had to document it. At first we didn’t know where the content would live or how long it would be, after day one of filming we knew we… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Michael Mihail (SOMETIMES Y)

1) What is your screenplay about? A gay investigative reporter puts his life on the line to make public the evidence he’s found of an international plot devised to control the results of the presidential election in the United States. 2) What genres does your screenplay fall under? It’s a modern political thriller, and it… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Alex Nava (DOUBLE-DEALING)

1. What is your screenplay about? In Jade Moonlight is set in 1936. On the eve of the Japanese invasion of Shanghai, an American doctor searches for his missing brother aided by a beautiful courtesan. Their quest takes them on an idyllic river journey of ancient Buddhist temples, and a befriended Buddhist monk gives his… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Craig Stewart (JADE MOONLIGHT)

A LIVE OF VERSE was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the March 2022 ROMANCE & RELATIONSHIPS Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? It is actually a remake of sorts of a project I did in film school. The assignment had been a one take scene, and I had done a 5… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Vanessa Powers (A LIVE OF VERSE)