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A THEORY IN SEPIA was the winner of BEST FILM at the May 2022 ROMANCE & RELATIONSHIPS Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? “A Theory in Sepia” started out as a poem I wrote, “All in Sepia” and facing the prejudices within my own community and the ones I subconsciously carried.… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Kayleb Lee (A THEORY IN SEPIA)

TO HAVE & TO HOLD was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the May 2022 Romance & Relationships Film Festival Writer/Producer: Ali Keller Director: Daniel Gaymon Actor/Producer: Lisa Purrone 1. What motivated you to make this film? Ali – It was inspired by how I felt in the pandemic. I live alone and I love… Continue reading Interview with the Filmmaker Team of the short film TO HAVE & TO HOLD

CONFLICT was the winner of BEST SHORT FILM at the May 2022 WILDsound Flagship festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? – I was born and raised in Palestine then moved to the US in 2001. Most people that I met here did not know anything about Palestine. Sometimes they would say “Oh… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Chozy Aiyub (CONFLICT)

1. What motivated you to make this film? I knew the circus company “Machine de Cirque” for a long time since we’ve worked together for several years in the past. When I saw the original production of La Galerie, wich is a live circus show, I knew that we needed to adapt this brilliant story… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Loup-William Théberge (LA GALERIE)

GRAY MATTERS was the winner of BEST ANIMATION at the May 2022 ANIMATION Feedback Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Mariam: There were certainly a few reasons. My friend and co-director Andrea Quintero, whom I’ve known for 8 years now, makes beautiful clay miniatures that, ever since I saw them, I’ve… Continue reading Interview with Filmmakers Mariam Khodeir & Andrea Quintero (GRAY MATTERS)

THE VILLAGE OF NOBODY was the winner of BEST SOUND & MUSIC at the May 2022 ROMANCE & RELATIONSHIP Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I really wanted to rewrite this story my dad told me when I was young. So to make this film based on this story means to… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Shimeng Zhou (THE VILLAGE OF NOBODY)

What motivated you to make this film? My co-producer, Steve Weiss and I were approached by the Colorado Office of Film Television and Media to produce a documentary on Mail-In Voting. We have a great relationship with the Colorado Film Commission and have worked on a few projects through their office – they are awesome!… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Jesse Grace (Democracy Vs. The Big Lie: The Truth Behind Mail-In Voting)

BLISTER was the winner of BEST FILM at the April 2022 LGBTQ+ Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Comparing our own experiences, one queer and one straight, we saw a painful throughline highlighting the reality that gay men far from escape toxic masculinity and are wrought with warped standards of intimacy.… Continue reading Interview with Filmmakers Oliver Zel & Hunter D’Ancona (BLISTER)

ADONAI was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the BLACK Feedback Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? The film was inspired by a true story that happened to my next door neighbor in Miami, FL when I was a kid. It didn’t quite turn out as hopeful as the film did,… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Hess Wesley (ADONAI)

THIS COULDA BEEN AN EMAIL was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the May 2022 FEMALE Filmmakers Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Up until this point, most of my professional career had been in the non-narrative/documentary space. I really wanted the opportunity to try out narrative filmmaking. As a content creator,… Continue reading Interview with Producer Hallease C. Narvaez (THIS COULDA BEEN AN EMAIL)