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THE MIDNIGHT TRIP was the winner of BEST SHORT FILM at the June 2021 EXPERIMENTAL Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? With the passing of my grandfather I became more invested to explore and understand better the real of the spiritual. How can we connect deeper within our inner world to… Continue reading Interview with Producer Marco De Ornellas (THE MIDNIGHT TRIP)

RED BEAN was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the July 2021 FANTASY/SCI-FI Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? The beauty of Red Bean is partly in the name. In Chinese culture, red bean is a popular metaphor about kinship, love, and fond memory of the loved ones. (A famed poem… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Yu CHEN (RED BEAN)

LAVENDER BOY was the winner of BEST DIRECTION at the July 2021 LGBTQ+ Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I love history. It was that simple for me. I was sitting in an airport for a layover and I watched a Vox video that talked about the lavender scare. As soon… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Donavan Myles Edwards (LAVENDER BOY)

BY THE RIVER was the winner of BEST FILM at the July 2021 LGBTQ+ Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? 1. I was motivated to make this film by the desire to be a director, it is my graduation film, the first one in my life. I was also motivated by… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Agata Korycka (BY THE RIVER)

IDILA was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the July 2021 DANCE Film Festival. What motivated you to do this movie? Erik: I was longing to express myself through film again. In the meeting with Milka who is dancer and choreographer in the movie, we talked about life and we found a common ground. Milka… Continue reading Interview with Filmmakers Erik Bergstrand & Milka Sakic Mennell (IDILA)

MOTEL was the winner of BEST DIRECTION at the July 2021 EXPERIMENTAL Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? First of all this palace is a great place with Good energy. Second, because of COVID it was sort of being suspended from normal life. I decided to create a movie in this… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Jacek Wazelin (MOTEL)

1. What is your novel about? The Light Horse is the story of two men who join forces to capture one of the most dreaded murderers in history; one man driven by sworn duty, and the other man by vengeance; a psychological thriller based on documented fact, written after years of research into this compelling… Continue reading Interview with Novelist J.D. Brayton (THE LIGHT HORSE)

1) What is the theme of your poem? It is the Easter story. It is about the four days from Maundy Thursday to Easter Sunday, the events that unfolded during those four days, and the actions of some of those players (Judas Iscariot, Herod, Pilate, the Roman soldiers, the apostle Peter). 2) What motivated you… Continue reading Interview with Poet Les Bill Gates (FOUR DAYS)

1. What is your short story about? My story is about a girl named Jenny, who had a nightmare. She believes the nightmare conveys a message. She will do anything to find the meaning of the nightmare. 2. What genre(s) would you say this story is in? Horror 3. How would you describe this story… Continue reading Interview with Writer Michel Tetchi (THE NIGHTMARE)

1. What is your short story about? A driven, successful record company executive had it all, or so she thought. It took being ousted from the company she built and 200 community service hours at a children’s home to reveal what was missing. 2. What genre(s) would you say this story is in? Dramedy, Faith-friendly… Continue reading Interview with Writer Donna Douglas Walchle (MAKE LEMONADE)