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COCONUT CLUNK was the winner of BEST ANIMATION at the January 2022 SPORTS Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? As quarantine lingered on, my dad and I revisited an idea we had come up with, based on a true story from my childhood. Since on-set collaboration would’ve been impossible, animation emerged… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker/Animator Dan Mecca (COCONUT CLUNK)

WHAT’S ‘GAY’? ASKED MAE was the winner of BEST ANIMATION at the February 2022 LGBTQ+ Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I have know the author, gay activist Brian McNaught for forty years. When I became aware of this book I approached him and asked if I could make it into… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Mark S. Schoen (WHAT’S ‘GAY’? ASKED MAE)

“Un Chantier d’Amour – A Scaffolding Of Love” was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the January 2022 Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I woke up one morning to find workers outside a gaping rectangular hole in my wall, on scaffolding. I could see their silhouettes through the sheer sheeting… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Sachin Jain (Un Chantier d’Amour – A Scaffolding Of Love)

2 LINES/2 LIVES was the winner of BEST FILM at the January 2022 FEMALE Filmmakers Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I have to shoot something; I have to shoot my own film. When I started to develop my film story “2Lines/2Lives”, I was in so called “professional depression”. I have… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Alyona Kaporina (2 LINES/2 LIVES)

LO LO LOVE played to rave reviews at the December 2021 ANIMATION Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? You know when an idea arises in your head, which eventually develops into a plot. You have only one way out – to shoot a film))) In my case, animation. 2. From the… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Vladislav Dubkov (LO LO LOVE)

CITY BY THE BAY played to rave reviews at the January 2022 MUSIC Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I’ve spent thousands of days and nights in San Francisco for business and pleasure and could never get over the grit and beauty of S.F., but what ultimately motivated me was making… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Ardalan Pourvali (CITY BY THE BAY)

VISUAL POETRY: SELF LOVE played to rave reviews at the January 2022 EXPERIMENTAL Film Festival. 1- What motivated you to make this film? – Well, my very first passion in life has always been writing, especially poems, even though writing poems is something I do as a hobby since my main focus in my career… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Sofia Monzerratt (VISUAL POETRY: SELF LOVE)

UNION played to rave reviews at the January 2022 EXPERIMENTAL Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Well, it started with the music. I had written this instrumental piece and I wanted it to have a visual element to it. I began by conceptualizing a strong aesthetic, one that was inspired by… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Thomas Lemuel (UNION)

BLUR THE LINE was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the January 2022 EXPERIMENTAL Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I wrote the film to reflect the lengths we all go to in order to protect our own innocence as if it was never there. The woman is all of us.… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Peter John Tisma (BLUR THE LINE)

GUARDIANS OF PARADISE was the winner of Best Direction at the December 2021 Experimental Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I wanted to talk about the incredible people I’ve met in Myanmar, especially the inhabitants of a small city called Bagan, an important Buddhist and historical site where I shot most… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Ivan Maria Friedman (GUARDIANS OF PARADISE)