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FOR THOSE WHO LOVED MUSIC was the winner of BEST FILM at the December 2020 DANCE & MUSIC Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I believe the desire to experiment. I think, in reality, that mine is a continuous study on the peculiar way of seeing, of observing things; on the point… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Raffaele Pastrello (FOR THOSE WHO LOVED MUSIC)

DOWN was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the December 2020 Dance & Music Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I was very touched by the choreography when I saw it for the first time. Then when Corona Lockdown came along, I immediately thought that now was the time to make… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Michael Bernstein (DOWN)

ASTRONAUT SPACEMAN was the winner of BEST FILM at the Animation FEEDBACK Film Festival at the November 2020 Experimental Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? My wife and I have five nieces between us, and I want them to have a healthy world to grow up in. The rate at which… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Patrick Gehlen (ASTRONAUT SPACEMAN)

MAGIC DREAM was the winner of BEST FILM at the September 2020 ANIMATION Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Many years ago, when I was approaching myself to the cinema, frame by frame, I did an experiment, painting with tempera inks, under a 16mm camera. It was a circus story, with… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Tomás Welss (MAGIC DREAM)

LILI was the winner of BEST FILM at the Female Film Festival in July 2020. 1. What motivated you to make this film? We made Lili as a reaction to #metoo. Or more specifically, a reaction to the reaction on #metoo. For me it was incredibly inspiring, seeing so many women (and men) band together… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Yfke Van Berckelaer (LILI)

GOLD played to rave reviews at the December 2020 Dance & Music Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? While at school, I did a master’s poetry program and wanted to merge my crafts by creating a visual poem. Gold is an adaptation of one of my thesis poems, and both have… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Gi Gonzales (GOLD)

HOW HISTORY IS WRITTEN was the winner of BEST DOC STORY at the December 2020 Documentary Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I’ve worked on films in various capacities for almost 20 years, but this is the one I’ve always wanted to make. Full disclosure; Betty is my mom. So like… Continue reading Interview with Director Tim Alberts (HOW HISTORY IS WRITTEN)

COLD was the winner of BEST SOUND & MUSIC at the September 2020 Experimental, Dance, Music Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? The story of this film started the year before when Stefania Georgieva, choreographer of Athom Theatre in Sofia, challenged me to go to Bulgaria to film a dance residency. In… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker João Vaz (COLD)

EMBRACE IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 was awarded BEST DANCE FILM at the November 2020 Dance & Music Festival. https://www.bridgmanpacker.org/ 1. What motivated you to make this film? During the first months of the pandemic, we were struck with how, for so many people, human touch and embrace were limited or non-existent. That was the… Continue reading Interview with Dancers/Directors Art Bridgman & Myrna Packer (EMBRACE IN THE TIME OF COVID-19)

BODY AND SOUL was the winner of BEST FILM at the December 2020 Female Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I wanted to talk about sexuality and the weight it can have on our shoulders. It is one of the subject in which we always refer to others, because no one… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Charlotte Cristin (BODY AND SOUL)