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1. What is your screenplay about? Fix Me is about communication or the lack thereof. Mason is a star athlete with a secret and his mom, Arianna – will do anything to find out what that secret is. When she does get to the bottom of things, she talks to everyone except, Mason. She, with… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Aubree Sweeney (FIX ME)

SISTER played to rave reviews at the June 2021 RELATIONSHIPS Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? The inspiration for ‘Sister’ came from an internship I did in May 2020. I visited a small village in the Southeast of China and noticed that the town was mostly occupied by the elderly and… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Janine Bujie Zhang (SISTER)

MILK was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the July 2021 FEMALE Filmmakers Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Lockdown in NZ and the Covid crisis essentially! We had just come out of our strict lockdown phase and we were starting to get back out in to ouir communities again and the… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Celia Jaspers (MILK)

RULE 62: DEVON played to rave reviews at the July 2021 FEMALE Filmmaker Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I got sober pretty young. There’s little representation for those of us that remained in sobriety, however there is plenty of shows and movies about hitting rock bottom. I wanted to bring young… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Monk Henshaw (RULE 62: DEVON)

THE TEST was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the July 2021 DRAMA Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? What motivated me the most was my grandma`s death. Another motivation (inspiration) was Stanislaw Lem`s literature. 2. From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Bartosz Toboła (THE TEST)

POST ELECTION WORKS played to rave reviews at the July 2021 POLITICAL Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? There was so much grassroots activism after the 2016 election that I wanted a way to create a context for protests and also for activist, ephemeral artwork – signs, posters, pins – like… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Kate Haug (POST ELECTION WORKS)

MARIPOSA was the winner of BEST DIRECTION at the July 2021 FEMALE Filmmakers Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I am a mum myself and have experienced that the pressure on children can be very heavy They are supposed to be this way and that way: Not too loud, not distracted by… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Sandra Moser (MARIPOSA)

CLIMB is playing at the DOCUMENTARY INSPIRTATIONAL Film Festival on July 8th. What motivated you to make this film? At first, I was dead set against making a film. I didn’t want to make a doc about “me” — that seemed too self-absorbed. Then, I was invited to attend Cottage Hospital’s annual fund-raiser for their… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Neil Myers (CLIMB)

ART SHOW EROTICA was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the July 2021 COMEDY Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? My friend Riley, who is in the film as Riley, motivated me to do this. She herself is an amazing artist. She is also super funny and has a great sense… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Julia Brekka (ART SHOW EROTICA)

DEADMAN OR (THE SUDDEN CONCERN FOR A EULOGY) was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the July 2021 COMEDY Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? A little bit of boredom, but mostly I made it to exercise my filmmaking muscles while in quarantine during the pandemic. 2. From the idea to… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Matthew Quaid (DEADMAN OR (THE SUDDEN CONCERN FOR A EULOGY))