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MANUEL played to rave reviews at the May 2022 BLACK & WHITE Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I THOUGHT IT WAS A VERY NICE IDEA TO TALK ABOUT COVID IN AN ORIGINAL WAY, MAKING PARALLELISMS WITH ANOTHER WORLD WAR. AT THE SAME TIME, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE FACT… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Mario d’Anna (MANUEL)

CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE played to rave reviews at the April 2022 Black & White Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Being born and raised in South Africa under the Apartheid system, it always bothers me that oppressed people are never viewed as fully three dimensional, but rather as a caricature conforming to someone… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Deon van Rooyen (CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE)

Famous Adjacent, or (How I Came To Terms With My Own Insignificance Through Googling Myself) played to rave reviews at the May 2022 Toronto Comedy Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? My last film, Boathouse Row, took 9 years from idea to completion and was about intergenerational family trauma. I’m proud… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Ethan Knecht (“Famous Adjacent”)

1) What is the theme of your poem? Having to choose the hardest choice in life. Inspired by my time in hospitals and recovery from chromic illness. The devil’s arches represent the hospital entrance. 2) What motivated you to write this poem? Free therapy. 3) How long have you been writing poetry? 26 years. 4)… Continue reading Interview with Poet Lily Blaze (The Devil’s Arches)

1) What is the theme of your poem? The theme of my poem is the passing of a loved one around late springtime/early summer when everything is coming to life again and blooming. It is about death and rebirth, loss and hope, and the fact that true beauty never really dies. 2) What motivated you… Continue reading Interview with Poet Eileen Moynihan (BEAUTY IS A JOY FOR EVER)

1) What is the theme of your poem? This poem is one of my whimsical, more mysterious poems on love – Self-love. It is the desire to be heard, seen, and understood when at our most vulnerable. It is really about INNER STRENGTH. 2) What motivated you to write this poem? Love motivated me to… Continue reading Interview with Poet Nikki Rawnsley (WHISPERS)

1. What is your screenplay about? Ian is part of a much larger project called Children Of The Night. Limited TV series with 8 one hour eps. It takes a warts and all look at childhood sexual abuse and its varying effects on the individual. It looks at some survivors and some children caught in… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Andrew Cahill-Lloyd (IAN)

What is your screenplay about? Christian Morris is about the relationship between two best friends who have more in common then what they expected. The story is about growing up and taking responsibility for your actions and penance. What genres does your screenplay fall under? It falls under Drama. Why should this screenplay be made… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter J.A. Brown (Christian Morris)

1. What is your screenplay about? My screenplay is about Jade, a K-12 visual art teacher, who in the wake of her estranged father’s death, decides to seek out the daughter she abandoned at birth. When Jade discovers that her daughter is part of a cult, she must confront the leader who controls her daughter’s… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Michal Joy Hall Bravo Ramírez (THE CALL)

1. What is your screenplay about? It’s a coming of age story about a trans rockstar trying to navigate coming out in both their queer/lesbian communities and to the world, while staying true to their music. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Drama/Teen 3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Clare Bradley Smyth (BEAUTY/BEAU)