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1. What motivated you to make this film? I am both a contortionist and a singer/songwriter, and I’ve found that music videos are the best way for me to combine my movement artistry with my original music. This song in particular has a lot of really lovely imagery that I thought would be beautiful in… Continue reading Interview with Musician Lyra Star (MOONRISE Music Video)

WOMEN IN THE FRONT SEAT was the winner of BEST FEATURE FILM at the May 2022 Toronto Documentary Festival. What motivated you to make this film? I have been riding motorcycles since my early twenties. In the early days, I never saw other women riding. But over the last decade the number of women riders… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Indy Saini (WOMEN IN THE FRONT SEAT)

“Pre-Existing Freedom #BLM” played to rave reviews at the May 2022 BLACK Feedback Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? The passing of a relative and friends to Covid. Also mourning the loss of what I thought American was. I really took the murder of George Floyd personal and was hurt by… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Fr3deR1cK Taylor (Pre-Existing Freedom #BLM)

THE TRYOUT played to rave reviews at the June 2022 Under 5 Minute Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I have always loved cartoons and baseball and my tryout was always a story I have been asked to tell over and over so I thought this was a good way to… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Michael Jonathan Gellis (THE TRYOUT)

CROSS was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the June 2022 LGBTQ+ Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? – I always had a lot of interest in Korean immigrants in America as many of my family are a part of those community. Especially the earlier generation who came to America and… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Hyunjin Lee (CROSS)

EAT A SWEDE was the winner of BEST SHORT FILM at the June 2022 DOCUMENTARY Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? The idea was to create a conversation about sustainable food, making people think about these subjects from a new, quite bizarre, perspective. Food is culture. And changing our cultural habits… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Daniel Hallberg (EAT A SWEDE)

12 SHADES OF GREY was awarded BEST FILM at the June 2022 SCIENCE & NATURE Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? There has been a global misconception towards the Great White Shark. As a result of my Aliquam Dive series and working with renown Valerie Taylor, it allowed me a platform to… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Anthony Gordon (12 SHADES OF GREY)

HUNROS JORNA played to rave reviews at the June 2022 Experimental/Dance Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? It’s been a long time in the making, a lifetime in the living so to speak. Just as one of your audience commented, it’s a love letter to water at its heart. Kind of a… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Mickey Smith (HUNROS JORNA)

THE ROCKER AND THE PUCA was the winner of BEST SOUND & MUSIC at the June 2022 FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? A Love of the Old Irish Tales 2. From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to make this film? 6 Years… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Trevor Courtney (THE ROCKER AND THE PUCA)

I BOT was the winner of BEST LONG FORM SHORT FILM at the June 2022 FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? My favorite Sci-Fi films are never those blockbusters. I mean I do enjoy watching them. But it’s films like Gattaca or District 9 that really draw my attention and provoke… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Tony He (I BOT)