It was an honor chatting with the multi-talented musician and film composer Alexei Aigui and chat about his one and only passion in life: music! Listen to his music on Soundcloud Matthew Toffolo: Where were you born and raised? Was music something you always wanted to do as your career? Alexei Aigui: I was born… Continue reading Interview with Composer Alexei Aigui (The Young Karl Marx, I am Not Your Negro)
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Interview with Filmmaker Gonzaga Manso (EDEN HOSTEL)
EDEN HOSTEL was the winner of BEST FILM at the January 2018 Comedy FEEDBACK Film Festival. Get to know the director of the film: What motivated you to make this film? I suppose it was loneliness . When I was 18 I wasn’t very sure about who I really was and often felt like… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Gonzaga Manso (EDEN HOSTEL)
Interview with director CJ Colando (JAKE & JULIA)
JAKE & JULIA was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the January 2018 Comedy FEEDBACK Film Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? CJ Colando: There was no motivation in the beginning; I wrote it quite passively as an exercise in short-form comedy, and thought that would be the end… Continue reading Interview with director CJ Colando (JAKE & JULIA)
Interview with Filmmaker Stephen Riscica (IT GETS BETTER?)
IT GETS BETTER? was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the December 2017 LGBT FEEDBACK Film Festival. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Stephen Riscica: I started writing this film almost years ago after learning about Jamey Rodemeyer, a young gay teenager from Buffalo, NY who made an It Gets Better video… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Stephen Riscica (IT GETS BETTER?)
Interview with Filmmaker Mike Johnson (OCEANIC ALIENS)
OCEANIC ALIENS was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the November 2017 DOCUMENTARY Short Film Festival. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Mike Johnson: A few years ago I fell in love with scuba diving and the underwater world. Being a filmmaker, my goal quickly became making underwater video a staple of… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Mike Johnson (OCEANIC ALIENS)
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 Screenplay Writer Jimmy Prosser (BETTER CALL SAUL)
What is your TV Spec screenplay about? The logline is “Suspended lawyer Jimmy McGill endures community service at a high school where he meets an accused teen, while Mike searches for the distributor of Cheese, a popular new drug.” Going deeper, this episode provides viewers a better understanding of why Jimmy McGill cares about his… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenplay Writer Jimmy Prosser (BETTER CALL SAUL)
Interview with Filmmaker Gretchen Bayer (THE FOREST PRINCESS)
Gretchen Bayers short film THE FOREST PRINCESS played to rave reviews at the November 2017 FEMALE FEEDBACK Film Festival. It was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the festival. What motivated you to make this film? We had this trip booked to visit my family in Indiana. Their 9.5 acre wooded property, my incredibly special… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Gretchen Bayer (THE FOREST PRINCESS)
Interview with Filmmaker Nikhat Powell (THE BENEFACTION)
Nikhat Powell’s short film THE BENEFACTION played to rave reviews at the November 2017 FEMALE FEEDBACK Film Festival. It was the winner of BEST OVERALL PERFORMANCES at the festival. What motivated you to make this film? This was my thesis film for my MFA in Digital Cinema. When I started, I knew it was… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Nikhat Powell (THE BENEFACTION)
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