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DIARY ROOM played to rave reviews at the August 2021 LGBTQ+ Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I was looking for an ‘in’ to create a nuanced, complex, three-dimensional portrayal of a gay lead character. As a Big Brother fan, I knew that the whirlwind highs and lows of such an… Continue reading Interview with Writer/Actor Brett Epstein (DIARY ROOM)

SUSHI was the winner of BEST MUSIC VIDEO at the August 2021 EXPERIMENTAL Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Well, it was really exciting because Maia gave me a ton of creative freedom which in my experience hasn’t always been the case with music videos. Some artists have a certain image… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Kirk Wolf (SUSHI)

ALIENATED was the winner of BEST FILM at the August 2021 SCI-FI/FANTASY Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? The idea for the film came from a question I had when I was younger and first learning about the principles of light travel – “If you could travel faster than light, could… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Luke Angus (ALIENATED)

THE MOONS was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the August 2021 Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I’m fascinated about aliens and the vast universe that surrounds us. So I had this idea to make a small and intimate portrait about an alien invasion, then asked a few favors… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Gabriel Kalim Mucci (THE MOONS)

ALL FOR A HELEN was the winner of BEST EXPERIMENTALL Film at the August 2021 Experimental Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I am currently into my DMA in Music Composition, and I wanted to research and experiment with the formation of time using audiovisual means. Personally, I approach composition as… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Kakia Gkoudina (ALL FOR A HELEN)

“The Hunt For The Asian Giant Hornet” played to rave reviews at the August 2021 DOCUMENTARY Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? In the Spring of 2020, I was coming off of another documentary project that took us around the world and told a very global story. It was an incredible… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Jay Windland (The Hunt For The Asian Giant Hornet)

I NEED HIS BLOOD FOR MY POISONS was the winner of BEST FILM at the August 2021 COMEDY Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? It’s always bothered me to see people communicating so darn poorly on the internet. For all the wonderful and hilarious things that get posted in the comments… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Sean Parker (I NEED HIS BLOOD FOR MY POISONS)

WEE played to rave reviews at the August 2021 COMEDY Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I was waiting for my friend to come out of his place. He yelled out ” I’ll be out in a minute, I have to use the bathroom”. My friend doesn’t have any a/c. So,… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Scottie Meyers (WEE)

DANSANG – THE CITY played to rave reviews at the August 2021 EXPERIMENTAL Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? During the pandemic, musicians like myself found that there was no outlet for us to perform to, which started me reevaluating what is the ‘stage’ that we crave so much to perform… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Hyelim Kim (DANSANG – THE CITY)

SMUDGED was the winner of BEST DIRECTION at the August 2021 SCI-FI/FANTASY Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Of course one of my greatest motivations to make this film was my innate love for science fiction and to do something special like that for my thesis film. There’s also my family… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Jack Muldoon (SMUDGED)