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CHRISTMAS PRESENT was the winner of BEST ANIMATION at the May 2022 FEEDBACK ANIMATION Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? We were in the middle of the economic crisis and during the capital controls, a very difficult time for all here in Greece. Petros Koskinas came with the script and suggested… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker/Animator Konstantinos P. Kakarountas (CHRISTMAS PRESENT)

1. What is your screenplay about? The screenplay is about a true crime novelist that is driven by her career and wanting to stand out in a very saturated market. In her push to dig deeper she discovers something more about the case than she bargained for and the desire to get to the ultimate… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Paul Mortsolf (Innocence of a Guilty Mind)

PANDALAND: MAKING IT COUNT was the winner of BEST FILM at the June 2022 Toronto DOCUMENTARY Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I’m a filmmaker and still photographer, also a retired teacher. I was working with two students in an afterschool program I designed and thought I could make a little difference… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Martha Davis (PANDALAND: MAKING IT COUNT)

ANIMAL APPETITES was the winner of BEST SOUND & MUSIC at the May 2022 WILDsound Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I wanted to make a film with a cat eating a man’s face. It was a morbid motivation but it was the clear image I had in my mind when… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Quentin Ferrant (ANIMAL APPETITES)

THE FOURTH IS OF A DEVIL played to rave reviews at the May 2022 Fantasy/Sci-Fi Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? When the world is constantly moving, you don’t really notice the bad habits you pick up over time. However, when the world essentially stopped in 2019, all of those issues… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Revaz-Giorgi Arveladze (THE FOURTH IS OF A DEVIL)

THE KEVORKIAN EFFECT was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the June 2022 CRIME/MYSTERY Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? What motivation for this film came from a previous project a friend had pitched us about war and perspective. The film never went through but it sprouted this idea to focus… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Andrew Barahona (THE KEVORKIAN EFFECT)

WE ARE THE APOCALYPSE ! was the winner of BEST DIRECTION at the June 2022 WILDsound Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? The desire to see what’s in my head on the screen. I am a television producer by trade, but am passionate about literature, music, art, theater and world politics, and… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Charles William Lane (WE ARE THE APOCALYPSE !)

LIFECELL was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the June 2022 Fantasy/Sci-Fi Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? A: I made this as my final film project when I was in film school. All my professors told me not to do it and that it was too big a scale for… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Tyler Mann (LIFECELL)

REMEMBER BEGINNING was the winner of BEST DIRECTION at the May 2022 WILDsound Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? There was a local horror film festival. I overcame my insecurities and signed for. I felt this was a real opportunity to create my first film with actual actors, even though I… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Elena S. Shelton (REMEMBER BEGINNING)

TEDDY TOOK A CLEANER TO THE CLEANERS was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the June 2022 THRILLER/SUSPENSE Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? A love of making something out of nothing 2. From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to make this film? A… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Noel Holmes (TEDDY TOOK A CLEANER TO THE CLEANERS)