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CHERRY was the winner of BEST SHORT FILM at the August 2021 FEMALE Filmmakers Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? . I had a good story to tell, based on a personal experience, and I wasn’t permitted to make the film as a project in my school studies. This drove us to… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Naama Lahav (CHERRY)

SOUR PATCH was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the August 2021 FEMALE Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? As the writer, producer and actress in this film, I was motivated to make a film about the clash of a long term friendship, because it is something I personally experienced and… Continue reading Interview with Actor/Writer/Producer Sara Sue Vallee (SOUR PATCH)

1. What is your novel about? A young girl discovers a strange portal to a distant land after a lightning strike hits her beloved tree house. Through this portal, she learns of a child in grave danger, and tries to help the child escape. 2. What genres would you say this story is in? Adventure,… Continue reading Interview with Novelist Chris Loud (Fifer And The Crooked Tree)

1. What is your screenplay about? Set in mid-1980s San Francisco during the AIDS pandemic, If These Walls Could Speak is an exploration of counterculture sexuality, protest against homophobia, and survival. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Experimental Documentary along the lines of Terrence Daivies “Of Time and the City” 3. Why should… Continue reading Interview with Writer Brett Thomas (IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK)

1) What is the theme of your poem? Our constant desire and striving for things we believe will bring us happiness. The nature of true happiness. 2) What motivated you to write this poem? I never sit down with an intention or motivation to write anything in particular. All of my poems are more or… Continue reading Interview with Poet Fella Cederbaum (WHAT I THOUGHT I WANTED)

1. What is your short story about? My story is about two ladies that live next door to each other and soon their life’s become one big family. 2. What genre(s) would you say this story is in? It has multiple genres it spreads over forty years of friendship. 3. How would you describe this… Continue reading Interview with Writer Manny Soto (TWO FRIENDS ON THE PORCH)

1. What is your novel about? My novel is a crime caper about a predator who moves from city to city, and the path that leads him to L.A. and a local detective who goes after him. 2. What genres would you say this story is in? It is a soft crime novel, with a… Continue reading Interview with Novelist Denise McCabe (Poetic Justice)

1) What is the theme of your poem? Love 2) What motivated you to write this poem? To show my feelings of love for my wife. 3) How long have you been writing poetry? I have been writing poetry for a number of years, with one poem in the final top four in a competition.… Continue reading Interview with Poet Colin Guest (TENDER LOVING MOMENTS)

FOOTSTEPS played to rave reviews at the July 2021 Short Documentary Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? This film is incredibly personal for me. I first met Andy Malcolm in 1990. My parents arranged a surprise visit to “Film House” (the name of a now defunct post production facility) in Toronto… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Jeremy Benning (FOOTSTEPS)

WEIGHT OF THE MOON played to rave reviews at the July 2021 EXPERIMENTAL Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I was inspired to explore the reciprocal relationship between body and ocean through the Discipline of Authentic Movement. I invited sensing instead of making sense, encouraging direct experience with the natural world… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Lindsay Gilmour (WEIGHT OF THE MOON)