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SMALL FOOTPRINTS: CRAFTING AN ECO-LODGE IN WILD ALASKA was the winner of BEST SHORT FILM at the March 2021 ENVIRONMENTAL Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I came up to Alaska for the first time in 2016 after getting a job at the very lodge featured in this film, the Kenai… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker James Daggett (SMALL FOOTPRINTS: CRAFTING AN ECO-LODGE IN WILD ALASKA)

DISARMED played to rave reviews at the March 2021 Dance & Music Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Michael Brown was my cousin and after he was killed by the police I began thinking of ways I could use my passion for filmmaking to impact my community and those who interact with… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Khalid Abdulqaadir (DISARMED)

The Seattle Dance Collective produced the short dance film “CONTINUUM: Bridging the Distance”, which won BEST SHORT FILM at the March 2021 Dance & Music Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? We were in the midst of planning our second season of live performances when the shock of COVID-19 hit. Once it… Continue reading Interview with Artistic Directors Noelani Pantastico & James Yoichi Moore (SEATTLE DANCE COLLECTIVE)

“The Seeds Of An Uncertain Land” was the winner of BEST SOUND & MUSIC at the March 2021 DOCUMENTARY Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? When hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, I started talking with Tammie and John, the producers on this film and who are both Puerto Rican, about how… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Jake Price (The Seeds Of An Uncertain Land)

TULIPE was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the March 2021 Dance & Music Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Ted: Samuel (Ryvage) approached me with this great concept of the Dutch Tulipmania and I couldn’t say no, because of what it represents.What drew me to the project also was this… Continue reading Interview with Filmmakers Ted Kayumba & Samuel Reinard (TULIPE – RYVAGE Music Video)

THE BEGINNING OF played to rave reviews at the March 2021 Dance & Music Festival. Vito Labalestra : Film Director, editing and script. https://spark.adobe.com/page/OLO74aZFPd5BL/ Deborah Lotti : Performance, Choreography, voice and script. https://www.deborahlotti.com/about Alessandro Larosa: Producer 1. What motivated you to make this film? Deborah Lotti : It initially started with the invitation at a… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Vito Labalestra & Performer Deborah Lotti (THE BEGINNING OF)

“Rescue Story – Saving Companion Animals” played to rave reviews and was the winner of BEST FEATURE FILM at the March 2021 NEW YORK FEEDBACK Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Kimberly & Brian: (Executive producers and owners of Conscious Content) At Conscious Content our passion is to create education and… Continue reading Interview with the filmmaking team of the feature film “Rescue Story – Saving Companion Animals”

SODDEN GROUND played to rave reviews at the March 2021 Dance & Music Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? – My mom and I were in the beginning stages of creating a new live performance piece together which is about endangered ecological landscapes, family ties, the aging body and a legacy… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Thryn Saxon (SODDEN GROUND)

1. What is your screenplay about? IN HYDING is an unusual treatment of the Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde tale in which Hyde is Jekyll as he believes himself born to be—a woman. Jekyll was traumatized by his father when his father caught him with another man while he was dressed as a woman, and he was… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Carlos Perez (IN HYDING)

1. What is your screenplay about? Assistant Prosecutor Audra Roper solves her identical sisters murder with psychic visions. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Supernatural Mystery. 3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie? Viewer interest in the Supernatural field is large. Also, Blood Ties is based on a true crime.… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter JoAnne Myers (BLOOD TIES)