Daeryun Chang’s short film CALL COHO was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the December 2017 Los Angeles FEEDBACK Film Festival. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Daeryun Chang: I made “Call Coho” to have people think about how we interact with other people. I wanted to flip the spotlight away from… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Daeryun Chang (CALL COHO)
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Interview with Filmmaker Nikodem Rautszko (DE GLACE)
Nikodem Rautszko’s short film DE GLACE was the winner of BEST FILM at the December 2017 Los Angeles FEEDBACK Film Festival. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Nikodem Rautszko: At first, I wanted to make a film in an ice rink at night. The ice rink of my childhood inspired me. It… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Nikodem Rautszko (DE GLACE)
Interview with Filmmaker Parry Majmudar (LOSING CLAIRE)
LOSING CLAIRE played to rave reviews at the Los Angeles FEEDBACK Film Festival in December 2017. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Parry Majmudar: I’ve observed and read certain incidents regarding still born child and also have closely witnessed where there was a high possibility that a girl child couldn’t have survived…… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Parry Majmudar (LOSING CLAIRE)
Interview with Filmmaker Jesse Gotfrit (SUNLIGHT OVER WATER)
SUNLIGHT OVER WATER played to rave reviews at the December 2017 LGBT FEEDBACK Film Festival. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Jesse Gotfrit: The story came from a personal place, from formative relationships and experiences of intimacy that I had in my adolescence, which I thought would resonate with others. 2. From… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Jesse Gotfrit (SUNLIGHT OVER WATER)
Interview with Winning Screenwriter Danielle Erlich (LEGACY)
What is your screenplay about? “Legacy,” is a fantasy story rendering a teen’s initiation into a magical world, in order to find out the truth about his own origins. Lachlan is an outcast who uses his journal to try and figure out why his father left him at such a young age. After a horrible… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Danielle Erlich (LEGACY)
Interview with Winning Screenwriter Jeff Racho (BUCCANEERS OF THE ASTEROID BELT)
What is your screenplay about? It tells the story of a once-prosperous asteroid mining business driven to the point of bankruptcy after a disruptive technology from a rival entrepreneur crashes the market for space metals. The former owner and his crew are faced with a decision: eke out a substance-level life in the asteroid belt… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Jeff Racho (BUCCANEERS OF THE ASTEROID BELT)
Interview with Winning Screenwriter Clark Moriarty (LURE)
What is your screenplay about? When a group of InstaSnap addicted Crazy Rich Kids ignore warnings not to go to the haunted Gomen Island, fun soon turns to horror when an activated augmented reality game forces them to #PlayOrDie What genres does your screenplay fall under? Horror Why should this screenplay be made into a… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Clark Moriarty (LURE)
Interview with Winning Screenwriter Maria Hinterkoerner (AS AN ACTRESS)
What is your screenplay about? As An Actress, on a broad scale, is about being a woman in the “industry” and how one sometimes has to push through, gnashing teeth and throwing fists, to reach the goals we have set for ourselves. On a much more personal scale, it is Schneider’s story, of course, and… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Maria Hinterkoerner (AS AN ACTRESS)
Interview with Winning Screenwriter Zach Closs (RED RIBBONS)
What is your screenplay about? Two years, a month, three weeks and six days after a controversial exposé forced him to flee, a young journalist returns to his hometown, hunting the pardoned rapist that was the article’s subject, and rekindling a tormented relationship with one of the victims. What genres does your screenplay fall under?… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Zach Closs (RED RIBBONS)
Interview with Winning Screenwriter Kristen Nedopak (ÉIRE’S SONG)
What is your TV Pilot screenplay about? The Irish Celtic goddess of war The Morrígan gives a prophecy that rules our series that an ancient cult—The Fir Dorcha (The Dark Men)—will unleash a “storm of death” on Ireland (endless blights), but that three heroes could connect to the old magic to defeat the enemy,… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Kristen Nedopak (ÉIRE’S SONG)
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