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TENTACLE HEAD was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the December 2021 EXPERIMENTAL Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Nasir Simmons (Writer, Co-Director, Producer): A conversation that sparked this concept was with a man in a doctor’s office who used to be homeless, but hid it for two and a half… Continue reading Interview with Filmmakers Nasir Simmons, Lillianna Johnson (TENTACLE HEAD)

SUBSTANCE was the winner of BEST SOUND & MUSIC at the Dec. 2021 EXPERIMENTAL Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Sometimes there are people who you know and absolutely admire their work, to the point of professional jealousy (the good, inspiring kind). One of these people to me is Irina Sergeeva… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Nina Marinov (SUBSTANCE)

4X4X48 was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the December 2021 SPORTS Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I had reconnected with an old friend who is at the center of the film and he was talking about some stuff that was beyond my comprehension. He’d asked me many times to… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker John Jenkins (4X4X48)

ELEVATE was the winner of BEST SPORTS DOCUMENTARY at the December 2021 Documentary Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? By chance I bumped into Matteo in a bicycle shop in Northern Italy and after a few moments chatting I was blown away by the sheer size of the challenge he wanted… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Robert Bean (ELEVATE)

WHEN SHE WAS GOOD was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the December 2021 WILDsound Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? We wanted to discuss the problems around lying to your children about Santa and explore child abuse. Christmas is so often portrayed as a beautiful time of year, but for some… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Margarita Milne (WHEN SHE WAS GOOD)

NEW-CHAH-NULTH: RECLAIMING TRADITION was the winner of BEST SOUND & MUSIC at the December 2021 DOCUMENTARY Short Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Growing up in Canada we learned a little bit about Residential Schools but only what the curriculum deemed appropriate. Plenty of details were omitted, and as we started… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Mike Morash (NEW-CHAH-NULTH: RECLAIMING TRADITION)

RAYNE RANEY VERSE 1 was the winner of BEST SOUND & MUSIC at the Dec. 2021 STYLE, EXPERIMENTAL, FASHION Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Rayne’s heart-centered, emotional dance style was the motivation to make the film. I also love the musician Erwin Vann’s saxophone compositions. On the soundtrack for the… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Taso Papadakis (RAYNE RANEY VERSE 1)

FIVE POUNDS OF PRESSURE was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the December 2021 THRILLER/SUSPENSE Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? When deciding to go after this film over other ideas me and my team had brewing, we really wanted to make the most effective/efficient film we could. Break a film… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Liam Petite (FIVE POUNDS OF PRESSURE)

TELENOVELA was the winner of BEST FASHION film at the December 2021 STYLE, FASHION, EXPERIMENTAL Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? The motivation came from a Galia Lahav branding brief, It talked about sending out a message of classic vs. contemporary and bring out the post-covid drama and livelihood – we… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Erez Melamed (TELENOVELA)

GOODNIGHT BELLA was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the December 2021 WILDsound Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I’ve always wanted to make films since I was in high school. Since covid put a pause on some of my work, it gave me a chance to write a story that I… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Clyde Capistrano (GOODNIGHT BELLA)