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KHORA was the winner of BEST DIRECTION at the December 2021 EXPERIMENTAL Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? It all started with an ailment. While I was thinking about the issue that bothered me, a kind of subject-object spiral emerged and I wanted to express it. Love as a problem is… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Nalan Abbasoğlu (KHORA)

“Fat ducks mean fat cattle – water for the environment” played to rave reviews at the December 2021 Toronto Documentary Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I’ve spent most of my professional life working in the field of environmental media and when I read an article in the Sydney Morning Herald… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Stuart Cohen (Fat ducks mean fat cattle – water for the environment)

SERGE HOLLERBACH: A RUSSIAN PAINTER IN NEW YORK played to rave reviews at the December 2021 DIVERSITY Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? A’Dora Phillips & Brian Schumacher: Without hesitation, in the most general terms we would have to say that Serge himself motivated us to make this film. From the… Continue reading Interview with Filmmakers A’Dora Phillips & Brian Schumacher (SERGE HOLLERBACH: A RUSSIAN PAINTER IN NEW YORK)

THE LIVING SEA was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the December 2021 Toronto Documentary Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? We are the only planet with oceans, and they are indispensable for our survival. However, many people are unaware of the importance of ocean creatures and how to protect them.… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Ema Poposka (THE LIVING SEA)

THE PATH OF LIGHT was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the December 2021 BLACK & WHITE Film Festival. What motivated you to make this film? First of all, my passion for photography. Even though I only started to actually exercise it after my fifties, this universal art taught me how to look at the… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Marcus Veras (THE PATH OF LIGHT)

BUTTERFLY was the winner of BEST DIRECTION at the December 2021 WILDsound Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? As an actor, it is sometimes hard and defeating waiting around for the right auditions to come your way. I had begun toying with the idea of writing my own scripts and creating… Continue reading Interview with Writer/Actor John Thomas Gauthier (BUTTERFLY)

LONESOME was the winner of BEST FEATURE FILM at the 2021 BLACK & WHITE Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I wanted to make a film that was based on a very small construct – something as simple as a guy and his roommate taking a trip to the beach; and… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Tony K. Hall (LONESOME)

I AM THE CANDIDATE was the winner of BEST SATIRE at the December 2021 POLITICAL Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I began writing the video on Election night 2016. I felt I had to do something; I decided laughter was what needed to counter the gloom I felt. 2. From… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Joseph Messer (I AM THE CANDIDATE)

FINALLY I FOUND YOU was the winner of BEST ANIMATION film at the December 2021 ENVIRONMENTAL Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? When I was taking care of the soil last Spring for my garden, there was a roly poly as busy as I was. It caught my attention and I… Continue reading Interview with Animator/Filmmaker Young Son (FINALLY I FOUND YOU)

777 was the winner of BEST CRIME FILM at the December 2021 CRIME/MYSTERY Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Frustration with my music career and a desire to murder the audience (that is literally the plot of the short) I’m only half kidding. It’s just something that I thought I COULD… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Charlie A° (777)