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MEET YOU THROUGH THE LIGHT played to rave reviews at the October 2021 ROMANCE Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? We all have a time that we got no courage to talk to a person we like. Instead of reach out to them, we will spend more time on using our… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Jackie Chang (MEET YOU THROUGH THE LIGHT)

PETITION FOR ALIEN SPOUSE was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the October 2021 ROMANCE Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I actually got the inspiration for this story when I was preparing my own immigration document. I was looking for a form on the USCIS website and I found a… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Sumin You (PETITION FOR ALIEN SPOUSE)

EXPECTATIONS was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCS at the October 2021 FEMALE Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I had a big breakup a few years ago, and writing has always been therapeutic for me. I was heartbroken from a breakup that seemed to come out of circumstance. Sitting with those… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker/Actor Kaitlin Gould (EXPECTATIONS)

DR. MANIA was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the October 2021 COMEDY Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I’ve been a huge fan of the spy/supervillain genres all my life. With all that is, and has been, going on in the world, I felt the need to create a film… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Brad Simanski (DR. MANIA)

ANOTHER CLOVER was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the October 2021 FANTASY/SCI-FI Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I wrote a TV Pilot set in 1943 and I wanted to create a modern day version that showcased some of the style and energy. 2. From the idea to the finished… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Thomas F. O’Brien (ANOTHER CLOVER)

BANGKOK 2.5 was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the October 2021 DANCE Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? The unchanging condition of Bangkok’s air pollution. I was back in Bangkok in December last year, and one night I was driving through the city centre. It was quite late and the… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Bo Nawacharee (BANGKOK 2.5)

GRUF AND ME was the winner of BEST ANIMATION at the October 2021 ANIMATION Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? As a student at the MFA digital media program in The Film School of Tel Aviv University I was looking for an idea for my graduation project. The film Gruf and… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker/Animator Dovi Keich (GRUF AND ME)

1) What is the theme of your poem? Tense, Pain, Sorrow, Yearning 2) What motivated you to write this poem? Was in a dark place in my life when I wrote it. I knew there was someone out there for me to pull me out of my FUNK and help me to soar like an… Continue reading Interview with Poet Peter Borreggine (TRUST? No!)

1) What is the theme of your poem? The poet Lorca 2) What motivated you to write this poem? Reading all of Lorca’s poems. 3) How long have you been writing poetry? 35 years 4) If you could have dinner with one person (dead or alive), who would that be? Jesus 5) What influenced you… Continue reading Interview with Poet John Kaniecki (LORCA)

1) What is the theme of your poem? My father’s sorrow at my mother’s death. I used the Indian as a metaphor. 2) What motivated you to write this poem? My mother’s death at age 35 – I was twelve. 3) How long have you been writing poetry? I don’t write much verse. But since… Continue reading Interview with Poet Edmund Jonah (The Hindu’s Lament)