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OLD TIME RADIO was the winner of BEST SHORT FILM at the June 2022 FANTASY/SCI-FI Film Festival. http://www.joelharlowdesigns.com 1. What motivated you to make this film? Plain and simply, I wanted to see it. The characters in OTR are pulled from the influences that have shaped my professional aesthetic since childhood. I wanted to craft… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Joel B. Harlow (OLD TIME RADIO)

EMBRACE played to rave reviews at the June 2022 WILDsound Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Self love is a strong word these days when it comes to mental health. Particular when it involves Men and mental health. I have struggled with my own inner journey and I felt that, with… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Jacquile Kambo (EMBRACE)

1. What motivated you to make this film? During the quarantine I was stuck at home like everyone else. This prompted me to start to reflect on my life. I started looking at the people I knew in my life. But, then I started to question how much of them do I really know? Who… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Josh Li (BAOBEI (BABY))

CONTENT played to rave reviews at the June 2022 FEEDBACK ANIMATION Film Festival. What motivated you to make this film? a. I firmly believe that the current use of the word “content” isn’t just grammatically incorrect, it’s unfaithful to the idea that everyone should be credited correctly for the work they do. You’re not a… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker/Animation Graham Hartlaub (CONTENT)

DEATH AND MAGIC CASTLES was the winner of BEST ANIMATION at the June 2022 Feedback Animation Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? After my son Zizou died I couldn’t imagine ever making a film again. All of my energy was going toward this terrible loss and I had nothing left. I… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Kari Barber (DEATH AND MAGIC CASTLES)

ME & ME played to rave reviews at the June 2022 CHICAGO Feedback Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Concept-wise, I made Me & Me to poke fun at Time Travel – which admittedly is a trope I have a love/hate relationship for… except it’s more hate/hate. The premise of the… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker/Animator Jason Spizzo (ME & ME)

ABSENT was the winner of BEST EXPERIMENTAL Film at the June 2022 EXPERIMENTAL/FASHION Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? A bit of background for this – My friend and co-creator, Steven, is currently a student at the UCONN School of Medicine and at the end of each academic year, his program… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Brian Reilly (ABSENT)

DEMI-GODS was the winner of BEST SOUND & MUSIC at the June 2022 ANIMATION Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Well, we live in difficult times: War, increasing narcissism in social media for example and ecological destruction. The film addresses these three dark aspects of humanity in the form of a… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker/Animator Martin Gerigk (DEMI-GODS)

1. What is your screenplay about? Our script, TED LASSO: RICHMOND ‘TIL WE DIE is about when the entire Richmond Greyhound crew helps run the Crown & Anchor for Mae while she attends to a sick uncle. Let’s just say, things don’t go according to Ted and Coach Beard’s initial, well-meaning plan. 2. Where does… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriters Kim Turner & Tony Ferrendelli (TED LASSO: RICHMOND ‘TIL WE DIE)

BAD NEWS was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the May 2022 WILDsound Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I’ve always enjoyed telling an impactful story in a few minutes. And ‘Bad News’ was the first film that I did out of my comfort zone. Growing up, I saw how my… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Sheng-Ting Shen (BAD NEWS)