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BLACK LOVE MANIFESTO was the winner of BEST FILM at the January 2022 MUSIC Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? The relentless campaign of police violence and terror on Black bodies starting with Trayvon Martin to Breyonna Taylor to George Floyd and the ongoing hashtags 2. From the idea to the… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Liza Jessie Peterson (BLACK LOVE MANIFESTO)

GREENHORN was voted the TWIST FILM of the year at the January 2022 WILDsound Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I wanted to make some sort of a magic trick of a short. I really wanted to lead viewers way far down one path with all these clues that upon the… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Kevin Staake (GREENHORN)

I LIVE FOR YOU was the winner of BEST SOUND & MUSIC at the January 2022 BLACK & WHITE Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? My goal it’s been, since the beginning, to bring the attention on invisible violence which doesn’t leave scars, and sometimes neither the victims realize that they… Continue reading Interview with Producer Rita Raucci (I LIVE FOR YOU)

ANACHRONISM was voted BEST DIRECTION at the January 2022 DANCE Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? There was this first idea of a “mechanical” kind of dancing that popped in my head along with images and memories from the movie “Blade Runner”. At the same time I was preoccupied with the… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Evi Tzortzi (ANACHRONISM)

DEVIENS was the winner of BEST FILM at the January 2022 DANCE Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Julien Mabin: Loved the subject Adrien pitched me. He and I being friends for more than a decade (we met in LA in 2009), I knew his touch and sensitivity were ideal with… Continue reading Interview with Filmmakers Julien Mabin & Adrien Lhommedieu (DEVIENS)

9:02 IN OKC played to rave reviews at the January 2022 MUSIC Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? My Sophomore year at Chapman University, I had the incredible opportunity as a dance major to choreograph my first piece for the school. While brainstorming for this project, I found myself discussing moments… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Mackenzie Lee Baumert (9:02 IN OKC)

THE MEETING was the winner of BEST FILM at the January 2022 BLACK & WHITE Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? In a word: Kafka. Love Josef K. He introduced us to the modern man’s absurd nightmares. I coupled that with my take on modern corporate life. The seemingly polite, yet… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Kevin Hart (THE MEETING)

NEITHER HERE NOR THERE was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the January 2022 Fantasy/Sci-Fi Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Growing up as a Hispanic-American in the Midwest, I found myself resenting my heritage in culture because of the bullying and racial tension within my community. It wasn’t until I… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Franco Machado-Pesce (NEITHER HERE NOR THERE)

CALLISTO’S END was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the January 2022 FANTASY/SCI-FI Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Aaron Galindo (producer, writer), Andrew Parkerton (director of photography) and I were all rapidly gaining experience and we were eager to see what we could accomplish if we pushed our boundaries farther… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Nathan Schiele (CALLISTO’S END)

1. What is your screenplay about? Basically, this is Bruce Wayne’s story. He’s older now and he still loves his city. But when he can no longer protect it, he must find a way to resurrect a legend. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Action, drama, superheroes. 3. Why should this screenplay be… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Philip Naiman (BATMAN: RESURRECTION)