Played at the Fantasy/Sci-Fi FEEDBACK Film Festival – July 2017 “A MONSTER CALLED CHARLES” was the Winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the festival. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Richard Paris Wilson: I’m fascinated by monsters and magic and I was just drawn to the idea of a beautiful fantasy that was… Continue reading Interview with Director Richard Paris Wilson (A MONSTER CALLED CHARLES)
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Interview with Director Holy Fatma (PLEASE LOVE ME FOREVER)
Played at the Fantasy/Sci-Fi FEEDBACK Film Festival – July 2017 “PLEASE LOVE ME FOREVER” was the Winner of BEST FILM at the festival. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Holy Fatma: My own heartbreaks. As they were repeating themselves in the same exact way, I tried to understand why. And I discovered… Continue reading Interview with Director Holy Fatma (PLEASE LOVE ME FOREVER)
Interview with Director Liv Mari Ulla Mortensen (65.5)
Short Film played at the first ever EXPERIMENTAL/MUSIC VIDEO FEEDBACK Film Festival in July 2017. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Liv Mari Ulla Mortensen: Women in sexual situations are often objectified in film, and therefore I was fascinated by statistics. Like in the film, I could easily have been reduced into… Continue reading Interview with Director Liv Mari Ulla Mortensen (65.5)
Interview with Director Roman Rubert Bernat (REQUEMBARREN)
Short Film played at the first ever EXPERIMENTAL/MUSIC VIDEO FEEDBACK Film Festival in July 2017. REQUEMBARREN was awarded “BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY” at the festival. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Roman Rubert Bernat: The stories of JL Borges From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to… Continue reading Interview with Director Roman Rubert Bernat (REQUEMBARREN)
Interview with Director Knútur Haukstein Ólafsson (HOPE)
Short Film played at the first ever EXPERIMENTAL/MUSIC VIDEO FEEDBACK Film Festival in July 2017. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Knútur Haukstein Ólafsson: Originally, this was supposed to be a so called “Presentation Film”, a project we had to finish on our 2nd semester in the Icelandic Film School to represent… Continue reading Interview with Director Knútur Haukstein Ólafsson (HOPE)
Interview with Director Camille Laloux (NOVEMBER UNDER ASHES)
Short Film played at the first ever EXPERIMENTAL/MUSIC VIDEO FEEDBACK Film Festival in July 2017. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Camille Laloux: I made this film for two main reasons that completed each other : – First, I fell in love with the artist Zoé Simpson, her songs and universe, and… Continue reading Interview with Director Camille Laloux (NOVEMBER UNDER ASHES)
Interview with Director Michelle Bailey (DON’T LET THE BASTARDS GRIND YOU DOWN)
Short Film played at the first ever EXPERIMENTAL/MUSIC VIDEO FEEDBACK Film Festival in July 2017. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Michelle Bailey: I really struggle with my mental health and my own perspective of myself. After I made my first film “Dad” which was so honest and emotionally draining for me,… Continue reading Interview with Director Michelle Bailey (DON’T LET THE BASTARDS GRIND YOU DOWN)
Interview with Director Magali Barbe (Award Winning Film STRANGE BEASTS)
Short Film played at the first ever EXPERIMENTAL/MUSIC VIDEO FEEDBACK Film Festival in July 2017. STRANGE BEASTS was awarded “Best Film” at the Festival. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Magali Barbe: I’m a visual artist in a first place but what I really want is to tell stories. I was in… Continue reading Interview with Director Magali Barbe (Award Winning Film STRANGE BEASTS)
Interview with Director Carla Shah (ICARO)
Short Film played at the first ever EXPERIMENTAL/MUSIC VIDEO FEEDBACK Film Festival in July 2017. ICARO was awarded “Best Performances” at the Festival. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Carla Shah: It was time for me to direct my first fiction. I had had the idea for Icaro almost two years before… Continue reading Interview with Director Carla Shah (ICARO)
Interview with director Zsolti Szabo (SHAPING SCARS)
Short Film “SHAPING SCARS” played to rave reviews at the June 2017 LGBT FEEDBACK Short Film Festival. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Zsolti Szabo: ‘Shaping Scars’ was inspired by a personal relationship I had in the past, as well as by the experiences of the Poet Fern Angel Beattie and Composer Christopher… Continue reading Interview with director Zsolti Szabo (SHAPING SCARS)
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