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STOP MOTION: THE MAKING OF played to rave reviews at the August 2021 FEMALE Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? This film was made to celebrate everything I had learnt on Aardman Academy’s first ever run of their new course Stop Motion 1 as my final piece. The idea came from… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Kessiah Arthur (STOP MOTION: THE MAKING OF)

INK was the winner of BEST DANCE FILM at the August 2021 Experimental Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? For me, the pandemic was a severance of every possible aspect of my identity: my dance career, my 10 year relationship with my partner, my home and dreams. This film was a… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Lindsey Matheis (INK)

ARINA was the winner of BEST DIRECTION at the August 2021 DANCE Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Just for pure fun, really. I work as a commercial filmmaker and try to always have side projects where I can explore different ideas and feel free creatively. 2. From the idea to… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Nils Emil Nylander (ARINA)

THE SHIFT played to rave reviews at the August 2021 ANIMATION Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I mainly made It because I wanted develop my animation and illustration skills. 2. From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to make this short? I started… Continue reading Interview with Animator/Filmmaker Johan Samuelsson (THE SHIFT)

YELLOWSTONE 88 – SONG OF FIRE played to rave reviews at the August 2021 ANIMATION Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? JERRY: Our studio is located in California where we are now beset with ever increasing climate related fires and purple air quality from the smoke every year. Fire season begins… Continue reading Interview with Animators/Filmmakers Jerry van de Beek & Betsy De Fries (YELLOWSTONE 88 – SONG OF FIRE)

LEMONS played to rave reviews at the August 2021 Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? First I wanted to make a film with my friends. Quarantine was a wake up call to my fast approaching end of my college career. We hadn’t seen each other or been able to feel the… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker/Animator Siena Kuan (LEMONS)

AGAINST MY WILL played to rave reviews at the August 2021 WILDsound Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Even though this story is a fiction, it was written from real events experienced or told by those very close to me. My own experience with lockdowns is also infused into the storyline.… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Nils Lane (AGAINST MY WILL)

A COUPLE played to rave reviews at the August 2021 STUDENT Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? This story didn’t come from an idea of mine. It was written for another director’s degree film (National Cinema School). This director was expelled from the school so they called a former student to… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Davide Petrosino (A COUPLE)

OUTSIDE MY WINDOW played to rave reviews at the August 2021 DANCE Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? It comes from my own personal experience with agoraphobia. It is an expression of the struggle I often go through with leaving my home. I wanted to depict the mental tug-and-pull, the stages… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Sonia Gemmiti (OUTSIDE MY WINDOW)

BARE NAKED TRUTHS played to rave reviews at the August 2021 Under 5 Minute Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I was looking to produce a short film that would be realistic to produce for a new filmmaker with no money. Creator of the series, Ellen DeSitter, brought me her idea… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Amy E. Powell (BARE NAKED TRUTHS)