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What is your screenplay about? A romantic comedy about an uptight executive, Marian Barnes, sent to refurbish a dilapidated tropical hotel full of nutty guests and a slew of suitors. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Romantic comedy. 3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie? Because it will make a… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter John Montgomery (THE HOTEL PALMYRA)

EGO was the winner of BEST PERFORMERS at the September 2020 Dance & Music Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Having the opportunity to work with Northern Ballet on this film was a real opportunity to use movement to tell a narrative. I have always been interested in the ego We all… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Daniel Lowenstein (EGO)

BEEHIVE was the winner of BEST DANCE FILM at the September 2020 Dance & Music Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Movements and dance always fascinated me. It’s incredible what a body can do, what sorts of things and concepts it can express. So the interaction between dance , Vertical Dance in… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Luigi Coppola (BEEHIVE)

BOXED was the winner of BEST FILM at the September 2020 Dance & Music Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? While I was studying abroad in a foreign country, I was sexually assaulted. For months I was unable to truly process what had happened. Over time, I grew to become much more… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Olivia Adelman (BOXED)

MY DINNER WITH SCHWARTZEY played to rave reviews at the September 2020 WILDsound Female Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Melissa: Penny and I really wanted to collaborate on something – we had worked together in NY theater previously and both were starting to segue into film. When we started talking… Continue reading Interview with Filmmakers Melissa Skirboll & Penny Jackson (MY DINNER WITH SCHWARTZEY)

WIVES OF THE SKIES was the winner of BEST FILM at the September 2020 Female Directors Film Festival. What motivated you to make this film? I wrote this script several years ago and it was a semi-finalist at the Slamdance Scriptwriting competition… I had an offer to make it back then but I decided to… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Honey Lauren (WIVES OF THE SKIES)

8 3/4 was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the September 2020 Chicago Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? My family suffered a strange, complex loss and the film concept was born out of that experience. 2. From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Shawn Cheatham (8 3/4)

LISTEN was the winner of BEST CHARACTERS at the February 2020 Female Film Festival. Director Jessica Graham. Writer/Producer Clark D. Schaefer 1. What motivated you to make this film? Jessica: This was my directorial debut. I very much wanted to start directing, but was waiting for the project that felt in alignment with what is… Continue reading Interview with Filmmakers Jessica Graham & Clark D. Schaefer (LISTEN)

THE QUIET SHORE was the winner of BEST FILM and BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the September 2020 LATINO Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? The film is not the easiest watch and I think the passion for the truth in the material was the overall factor. I write from the perspectives of… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Alex Ramirez (THE QUIET SHORE)

OLE, BENNI AND THE REST OF THE UNIVERSE was the winner of BEST FILM at the September 2020 Festival. What motivated you to make this film? The idea just came up and I can’t tell where exactly it came from. Only in retrospect I do find several reasons. One for example is that in Primary… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Anna Ludwig (OLE, BENNI AND THE REST OF THE UNIVERSE)