Author: matthewtoffolo

1. What is your screenplay about? Cut Off is about a paranoid shut-in that has suffered a trauma, the loss of his daughter at his own hand. He decides to isolate himself in the woods with the help of his brother. He does his to keep himself and others safe, as he sees himself as… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Christy Price (CUT OFF)

1. What is your screenplay about? It’s a love letter to one of my longtime best friends that I’ve unfortunately lost touch with. In Reunited, two lifelong best friends go in separate directions in their lives. When one sees that his friendship has been replaced by the other’s wife he loses it and engages in… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Sean Jasko (Reunited)

1. What is your screenplay about? Strange Meeting is the story of a sheltered posh boy, Edward, who at the outbreak of the First World War grows sick of his family’s hypocrisy and runs off to fight for his country. While scouting a forest for German deserters post-attack, an explosion knocks Edward unconscious and he… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter L. T. Hewitt (STRANGE MEETING)

1. What is your screenplay about? MIGHT COME A WINDSTORM takes place on a single Thanksgiving Day at the home of a working-class family in Cincinnati, Ohio during the late 1990s. It’s a comedy-drama, in which laughs are balanced against a tragic dysfunctional family backstory that includes elements of racism, alcholism, child abuse and psychiatric… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Jill Elaine Hughes (Might Come a Windstorm)

1. What is your screenplay about? It’s about the impact of an emotional shock on the trajectory of a life through the destiny of 4 characters . Franck, a businessman in his forties, neglects his wife, Ann and his family responsibilities: he comes back late at home and does not take time for his son,… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Freddy Vindevoghel (Find The Way Again)

1. What motivated you to make this film? What motivated me to make When The Stage Lights Go Out, was seeing the impact that the pandemic had on my friends in the performing arts industry and how they seemed to be tossed aside when thousands of people were affected. It hurt me deeply seeing them… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Gordon Yarley (WHEN THE STAGE LIGHTS GO OUT)

THE GHOST was the winner of BEST SOUND & MUSIC at the Feb. 2022 Action/Adventure Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I’ve been playing DCS World for about 2 years and wanted to start working with the camera tools available inside the game. I directed a first DCS movie in 2020, TOP… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker J.P. Ferre (THE GHOST)

CRYING ON THE ISLAND THEY OWN was the winner of BEST FILM at the March 2022 Dance Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? The location of the first scene in the film was actually a huge part of what inspired the film. I was in that area helping Holden, one of… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Joan Dwiartanto (CRYING ON THE ISLAND THEY OWN)

BLACK LOVE played to rave reviews at the March 2022 POLITICAL Film Festival 1. What motivated you to make this film? My motivation came from my song called “Black Love”. Black love the song is about we as black people need to come together. Everything starts from the inside. So if we want change we… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Darrell Anthony Reynolds (BLACK LOVE)

NASTY played to rave reviews at the March 2022 EXPERIMENTAL Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I made the film for my Experimental Production class in school. 2. From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to make this film? It took about 2.5 years… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Paige Dillon (NASTY)