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The Eye and Eye’s Delight played to rave reviews at the April 2021 Dance & Music Film Festival. 1. From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to make this short? It took about 3 months from the first time the director Marshall proposed the idea to me. Some… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Marcel Canzona (The Eye and Eye’s Delight)

NAïADE played to rave reviews at the April 2021 Experimental, Dance, Music Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I made this film initially because I came across a sculpture in downtown Montreal that was a reflection pool- I had never seen anything like it before. At the time, the MeToo era was… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Mistaya Hemingway (NAïADE)

ORO was the winner of BEST SHORT FILM at the April 2021 DOCUMENTARY Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? What prompted me to make this film was the need to seek beauty in a moment of suffering. Beauty is not made by us, but is given to us and for this… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Francesca Malinverno (ORO)

OUR SEA OF WASTE was the winner of BEST SHORT FILM at the April 2021 ENVIRONMENTAL Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? We saw videos of surgical masks and gloves shot by Opération Mer Propre last spring and wanted to know more about how the pandemic was affecting pollution in the… Continue reading Interview with Filmmakers Morade Azzouz, Anca Ulea (OUR SEA OF WASTE)

THIS IS THE WAY played to rave reviews at the April 2021 COMEDY Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I was very fortunate to work on season 1 and 2 of The Mandalorian stunt doubling a couple of actresses. I naturally became a fan of the show and wanted to do… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Lauren Mary Kim (THIS IS THE WAY)

WHAT IF was the winner of BEST DIRECTION at the April 2021 HORROR Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? It was a bizarre time. We were all deep into Covid lockdown, and I started questioning existence. Everyone was an image on a screen, so I thought, am I a mere projection… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Tammy Klembith (WHAT IF)

BRUISES played to rave reviews at the April 2021 HORROR Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? There are so many horrors in real-life that aren’t a guy in a mask slashing through teenagers or possessed dolls. Domestic abuse is a true horror. I wanted to look at abuse from the perspective… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Anthony Martino (BRUISES)

PERFECT STRANGERS played to rave reviews at the April 2021 DOCUMENTARY Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? We filmed it back in October of 2020, when I was in my final semester of film school. At the time, I was working at the Garden Cafe, aka the subject of the film,… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Sydney Russell (PERFECT STRANGERS)

VIRTUOSO played to rave reviews at the April 2021 Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? There were two main reasons I made this short film. The first was that my first short film, done in August of 2019 was unfortunately derailed by a rare typhoon, leaving me unable to fully give… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Nico Amedeo (VIRTUOSO)

ENDANGERED played to rave reviews at the April 2021 FANTASY/SCI-FI Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I wanted to make a movie that represented my perspective in the (unfortunately) evergreen space of women’s rights. But I also didn’t want the movie to be preachy or overtly political. American politics have become… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Alex Wroten (ENDANGERED)