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RISING – LIL BERETE was the winner of RISING – LIL BERETE at the July 2022 DOCUMENTARY Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I had been tracking Berete’s rise early on in his career. A musician friend of mine was showing me his music videos and we both couldn’t believe how… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Avery Harris Stedman (RISING – LIL BERETE)

CHASE THAT FEELING was the winner of BEST FEATURE FILM at the June 2022 ACTION/ADVENTURE Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? We always had a passion for filming and documenting the sports we loved. I (BT) was a travelling professional surfer and Gilso would join me on trips whenever he could… Continue reading Interview with Filmmakers Matthew Gilsenan & Blake Thornton (CHASE THAT FEELING)

LET OFF played to rave reviews at the June 2022 Experimental/Dance Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? The choreographer Carlos Laerte called me saying that he was working on a new piece with a dancer called ROMEC, and that he wanted to make a movie where he would come out of a… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Igor Correa (LET OFF)

SIGNAL DARK was the winner of BEST DIRECTION at the June 2022 FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival. What motivated you to make this film? The motivation was simple… We wanted to make a film and we wanted to make something that we would like to go and see. Most movies will stick to a structure and hit the… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Alex Murray (SIGNAL DARK)

CYCLE played to rave reviews at the June 2022 SCIENCE & NATURE Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I feel deeply connected to nature, and think that you can learn so much about yourself and about the world by spending time outdoors. Yet day in and day out, I’m watching the natural… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Samuel Newman (CYCLE)

1. What is your screenplay about? ALL YOU CAN CARRY is about a family man who defies his loved ones and stays in a war zone to care for his abusive mother-in-law as he chooses between survival and honor. Unlike millions of Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s bloody invasion, Vladislav and Inna have a ticket out, but… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Max Orkis (ALL YOU CAN CARRY)

1. What is your screenplay about? Polly, a precocious young girl, environmentalist and wanna -be journalist, is hot for a great story that will win an International Contest for her private school. Why? To buy a Quantum Computer that could potentially de-tox the river where her precious blue-herons are disappearing. When her school-mate Wyatt, and… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Pamela Perry Goulardt (Underwater Hazards)

1. What is your screenplay about? It’s a mainstream same-sex love story-with a closeted teen football star stumbling into his first love with a teen “old-soul” surfer. The story shows how they both grow and adapt to their new reality. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Drama, Romance, Sports, LGBTQ, Family, Coming of… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Richard Winzeler (ALMOST ALL AMERICAN)

1. What is your screenplay about? My screenplay is about an outcast who is perhaps too invested in his passion. It’s about the very fine line between fascination and obsession and what can go wrong when we hold people to unrealistic standards. This is especially true of those in the limelight – we either idolize… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Bita Shahi (FACELESS)

I AM WHO I THINK YOU THINK I AM was the winner of BEST DIRECTION at the June 2022 Experimental/Dance Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? The song to begin with was very visual,, so the shots kind of made themselves. It all came very naturally thanks to the lyrics and sonic… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Sam De La Torre (I AM WHO I THINK YOU THINK I AM)