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YOU HANDSOME DOG (DON’T YOU EVER DIE) played to rave reviews at the February 2021 DOCUMENTARY Film Festival 1. What motivated you to make this film? I was motivated to film an interview with my grandfather back in 2016 when Trump won the US presidential election because I wanted reassurance from my grandfather that it… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Theresa Desautels (YOU HANDSOME DOG)

1. What is your screenplay about? “Cosmosis of Worlds” presents a solid scientific vision of the continual recurrence of our own human life in further mortal lives, meaning that we live another life as ourselves again and again. The heroes’ quest is to try to communicate this shocking, perhaps dangerous discovery to a firmly skeptical… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Richard M. Trask (Cosmosis of Worlds)

ROAM was the winner of BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN at the February 2021 FANTASY/SCI-FI Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I was watching the news about families getting separated at the US border. Parents having their children ripped away from them, and I thought… my god, if this can happen in the… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker David Jung (ROAM)

SYNTH was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the February 2021 FANTASY/SCI-FI Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? SYNTH was inspired by true events – Hanson Robotics in Hong Kong created a robot called Sophia. Sophia the A.I. is based on Audrey Hepburn’s face and is the first robot to have… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Lara Heller (SYNTH)

FENESTRA was the winner of BEST SHORT FILM at the February 2021 FANTASY/SCI-FI Film Festival. What motivated you to make this film? I’ve been focusing on writing for the past few years and really wanted to jump back into making shorts so at its core this film was just sort of a fun excuse to… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Jason Sheedy (FENESTRA)

PHANTOM SONG played to rave reviews at the February 2021 FANTASY/SCI-FI Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Hailing from Hong Kong, I have been immersed in an environment where technology rapidly grows at an exponential rate. Hong Kong is never stagnant, there is something always going on, some new gadget being… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Malhaar Gupte (PHANTOM SONG)

STACCATO played to rave reviews at the February 2021 LGBTQ+ Film Festival. What motivated you to make this film? The film is based around an experience I had with a man I’d fallen in love with back in 2018. I wanted to take my emotions regarding that event and translate it onto the screen as… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Ethan Gurule (STACCATO)

WE, THEM played to rave reviews at the February 2021 LGBTQ+ Film Festival. What motivated you to make this film? I wanted to make a bite-sized film that focused on the LGBTQ+ community since it is a community near and dear to my heart. I feel that there aren’t enough films for the community that… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Michelle Do (WE, THEM)

AND WE COLLIDE was the winner of BEST SHORT FILM at the February 2021 LGBTQ+ Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I have been away from home for many years. When I got back, I was surprised by how much my hometown has changed. I went to see the local rocket… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Lanca Li (AND WE COLLIDE)

FReIGHT was the winner of BEST SHORT FILM at the February 2021 HORROR Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I saw a post on Facebook about a local horror film competition. I looked further into it and watched films from the prior year and figured my team and I could win… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Rob Misleh (FReIGHT)