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WHAT IF was the winner of BEST DIRECTION at the April 2021 HORROR Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? It was a bizarre time. We were all deep into Covid lockdown, and I started questioning existence. Everyone was an image on a screen, so I thought, am I a mere projection… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Tammy Klembith (WHAT IF)

BRUISES played to rave reviews at the April 2021 HORROR Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? There are so many horrors in real-life that aren’t a guy in a mask slashing through teenagers or possessed dolls. Domestic abuse is a true horror. I wanted to look at abuse from the perspective… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Anthony Martino (BRUISES)

PERFECT STRANGERS played to rave reviews at the April 2021 DOCUMENTARY Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? We filmed it back in October of 2020, when I was in my final semester of film school. At the time, I was working at the Garden Cafe, aka the subject of the film,… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Sydney Russell (PERFECT STRANGERS)

VIRTUOSO played to rave reviews at the April 2021 Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? There were two main reasons I made this short film. The first was that my first short film, done in August of 2019 was unfortunately derailed by a rare typhoon, leaving me unable to fully give… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Nico Amedeo (VIRTUOSO)

ENDANGERED played to rave reviews at the April 2021 FANTASY/SCI-FI Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I wanted to make a movie that represented my perspective in the (unfortunately) evergreen space of women’s rights. But I also didn’t want the movie to be preachy or overtly political. American politics have become… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Alex Wroten (ENDANGERED)

VOICES was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the April 2021 Fantasy/Sci-Fi Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I’m part of a very, very small theater/film production company called Some Assembly Required (SAR) here in L.A. Before the pandemic started, we were in our 4th year of producing evenings of one-act plays… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Jake Hart (VOICES)

1. What is your screenplay about? In the not too distant future, a team of oceanic explorers equipped with technologically advanced diving suits become the target of a highly adaptive creature that teaches them a valuable lesson: Space was never the final frontier. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? sci-fi/fantasy/horror 3. Why should… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Andrew Dean Pearson (THE DEPTHS BELOW)

SERGI & IRINA was the winner of BEST SOUND & MUSIC at the April 2021 ROMANCE Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? It was a decision inspired by the previous ‘version’ of “Sergi & Irina”, because originally it was created as a piece of Microtheatre (pieces of 15 minutes made in… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Àlex Tejedor (SERGI & IRINA)

MESSAGE FROM THE FUTURE played to rave reviews at the April 2021 COMEDY Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Tim Finn, Executive Producer: We started a small company to write, produce, and post humorous short content. Nick Nadel, Co-Writer/Co-Producer/Co-Voice Director: Message From the Future was originally conceived as a live action… Continue reading Interview with Producers Tim Finn & Nick Nadel (MESSAGE FROM THE FUTURE)

SNAKE DICK was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the April 2021 LGBTQ+ Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I first had the idea for “Snake Dick” when Donald Trump did his first live debate while running for president, so sometime back in late 2015. It was just so bizarre to… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker David Mahmoudieh (SNAKE DICK)