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DENISE & RAYMONDE was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the November 2021 TV Web Series Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I just wanted to talk about relationship challenges, either from a married or single point of view, but in light and fun ways. 2. From the idea to the finished… Continue reading Interview with Writer/Producer Tiziana Giammarino (DENISE & RAYMONDE)

HAPPILY NEVER AFTER was voted BEST COMEDY FILM at the November 2021 COMEDY Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? What motivated me was my unease with the direction technology is taking. The initial idea for the film came to me when my Siri started commenting on the shows I was watching… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Tamara Hernandez (HAPPILY NEVER AFTER)

OREO played to rave reviews at the November 2021 WILDsound Comedy Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I have often been called an ‘Oreo’ growing up in the suburbs as an upper middle class black kid that didn’t go to majority black schools. As a result, I often struggled with how I… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Benjamin Jefferson (OREO)

SMOKING was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the November 2021 FEMALE Filmmakers Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I always wanted to speak about addiction , as i always felt sorry for those people deep in my heart, because I knew that behind these behave , which most of the time… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Luisa Gherdaoui (SMOKING)

BOYS, MUSIC, and CHAOS played to rave reviews at the November 2021 TV WEB SERIES Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I drew inspiration for this film from my experience being a musician and living with other musicians. Over the quarantine, I wanted to make a web series but had limited resources… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Desu Feldman (BOYS, MUSIC, and CHAOS)

LET THE MUSIC PLAY was the winner of BEST FEATURE FILM at the November 2021 DOCUMENTARY Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? CM: We had originally had another project planned and that was totally squashed because of Covid-19. As someone working in the music industry, I was in touch with a… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Cate Meighan (LET THE MUSIC PLAY)

REMNANT was the winner of BEST SOUND & MUSIC at the November 2021 SCI-FI/FANTASY Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? We were motivated by climate change and the inevitability of change, from there it was a labour of love and focus. This was also one of the main reasons we shot it… Continue reading Interview with Producer Olivia Battles Reap (REMNANT)

GLITCH was the winner of BEST DIRECTION at the October 2021 HORROR Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Covid was the primary motivator – to still be able to make something during the shutdown, even if it meant working on a very tiny scale. 2. From the idea to the finished… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Sara Caldwell (GLITCH)

RKLSS was the winner of BEST SOUND & MUSIC at the October 2021 HORROR Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I never imagined that RKLSS would go as far as it did…I thought it was just going to Instagram 2. From the idea to the finished product, how long did it… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker/Animator Tank Standing Buffalo (RKLSS)

The Hike (Pá shān) was the winner of BEST SOUND & MUSIC at the October 2021 THRILLER/SUSPENSE Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? When COVID-19 hit, going on a hike was recommended by the CDC as a safe out-door physical activity. So during a hike when there was no one on the… Continue reading Interview with Lee Way Lan (The Hike (Pá shān))