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ANGELE was the winner of BEST SOUND & MUSIC at the January 2021 Under 5 Minute Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? A couple of things inspired me to make this film. First of all, my mother. I have witnessed her during the entire climbing season here in Quebec, learning all… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Rachel Trudeau (ANGELE)

THE ASSASSINATION OF A MAN was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the January 2021 Under 5 Minute Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? The producer and I desperately needed to make a film, after being in lockdown for so long. He’s a steadicam op so we designed a film that… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Daniel Riser (THE ASSASSINATION OF A MAN)

FATHER was the winner of BEST FILM at the January 2021 Under 5 Minute Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? – I had the idea for about a year, then had to come up with a project proposal for uni. In the beginning, I came up with a few new ideas… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Apollonia Xylouris (FATHER)

HOME BREAK IN played to rave reviews at the January 2021 Under 5 Minute Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I felt ready to produce my very first short film, but with the covid-19 conditions it was hard to do something bigger. So I thought that making a one minute film… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Elizabeth Jordan (HOME BREAK IN)

HEAR CONGO played to rave reviews at the January 2021 Under 5 Minute Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? When I was initially informed about this organization I was asked to help with creating a feature length documentary. I thought what was happening there was so interesting and what was being… Continue reading Interview with Jason Flakes (HEAR CONGO)

ATTAWA CLOTHING produced the short film BEHIND THE MUSIC, that played at the January 2021 DOCUMENTARY Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Charles Sapp (director of film) and I bumped into one another last year at Memorial Park in Houston, TX while working out. A few years had passed since we… Continue reading Interview with Roderick Robinson – Curator for Attawa Clothing

HIGH FLYING JADE was the winner of BEST DOC SUBJECT at the January 2021 DOCUMENTARY Short Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? High Flying Jade is a documentary on a formerly suicidal, bipolar, American woman who joins the Vietnamese circus as an aerial performer, and in doing so, she kind of… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Katherine Sweetman (HIGH FLYING JADE)

THE BIRDER played to rave reviews at the January 2021 DOCUMENTARY Short Film Festival. Interview with director Toby Hayman & producer Paige Smith Lee. What motivated you to make this film? Toby: This film grew out of a shorter vignette that was part of a campaign for The Nature Conservancy. Dr Lanham had been recommended… Continue reading Interview with Filmmakers Toby Hayman & Paige Smith Lee (THE BIRDER)

“Feeding Lewisham” was the winner of BEST FILM at the January 2021 DOCUMENTARY Short Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Ray put out a call for local filmmakers to help make a documentary of the work he and Barbara were doing with We Care during the first lockdown last year. As… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Cara Bowen (Feeding Lewisham)

MEMENTO MORI was the winner of BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN at the January 2021 LGBTQ+ Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I was extremely frustrated during a semester in film school, where I was told that my plot structures and characters were too complicated for the medium of short film. My professors… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Derek Elliott Bagley (MEMENTO MORI)