Author: matthewtoffolo

MOVING MEDITATION played to rave reviews at the June 2021 DOCUMENTARY SPORTS Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I have always been passionate about the benefits of sports and recreation. Eric had the ability to articulate these benefits in a really unique and inspiring way. When Eric shared the story of… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Joseph Fletcher (MOVING MEDITATION)

COLLECTIVE STASIS was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the June 2021 EXPERIMENTAL Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? COLLECTIVE STASIS is really an expression of the anxiety and fear of the unknown that myself and my friends/family and colleagues were feeling in response to the initial severe lockdown across the… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Jamiel Laurence (COLLECTIVE STASIS)

2020 played to rave reviews at the June 2021 ANIMATION Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Obviously 2020 was bad for everyone right? Raging pandemic, people divided, planet on fire. One of my friends was dying of cancer and in the online support group of friends, and one day we were… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker JC Little (2020)

SHOWDOWN was the winner of BEST ANIMATION Film at the June 2021 ANIMATION Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Several things motivated me to make Showdown. I watched Westerns as a kid, and of course fell in love with the majestic landscapes and the black and white cowboy outfits. I thought… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Holly Schroeder (SHOWDOWN)

CHISEL played to rave reviews at the June 2021 BLACK & WHITE Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Chisel is the fourth of five dance or dance-related films I’ve produced as an undergrad at Indiana University, from where I just graduated with a degree in Ballet (with a double major in… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Robert Steven Mack (CHISEL)

CROSSING OVER THE DARK played to rave reviews at the June 2021 BLACK & WHITE Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? The film was an idea that was on the shelf for years after I had graduated from college. It was loosely inspired by personal family events that had experienced death.… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Jordan Ellis (CROSSING OVER THE DARK)

SUPERHUMAN played to rave reviews at the June 2021 ENVIRONMENTAL Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? We were watching the current situation with climate change and thought that we wanted to take action and raise awareness for the topic. 2. From the idea to the finished product, how long did it… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Mathias Jener (SUPERHUMAN)

1. What motivated you to make this film? Tom: The motivation came from our desire to make the biggest impact we could for KOSHISH. Kyle: For me, the initial driver behind creating the film was to capture the unique events that would inevitably take place in our attempt to portage canoes to Mount Everest Base… Continue reading Interview with the ONE STEP AT A TIME film team (Kyle & Seton Roberts, Tom Schellenberg)

MASS played to rave reviews at the June 2021 EXPERIMENTAL Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Zach Duer: This work is a happy accident. In working on another virtual choreographic performance piece, I made a programming error and accidentally set thousands of avatars performing the same movement to all have the… Continue reading Interview with Filmmakers Zach Duer & Scotty Hardwig (MASS)

C. P. CAVAFY | THE CITY was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the June 2021 EXPERIMENTAL Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? The initial motivation was C. P. Cavafy’s classic poem “The City”, which I had the inspiration to set music to and perform it. After that I wanted to… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Aristarchos Papadaniel (C. P. CAVAFY | THE CITY (Wherever I Turn My Eyes To))