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BE MORE WITH MEMORE was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the September 2020 Under 5 Minute Film Festival.  Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film?SNL’s second at-home episode really motivated me on this particular project. Suddenly all those famous comedians were making shit in their houses, just like I’d been doing during… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Evan Skladany (BE MORE WITH MEMORE)

THROUGH THESE EYES played to rave reviews at the September 2020 Experimental, Dance, Music Festival.  Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Armeara Blackwell: I had been watching, even from a younger age, all of the police brutality and race related that had been taken place in the US and it always broke… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Armeara Blackwell (THROUGH THESE EYES)

ART IS ANGST was the winner of BEST ANIMATION at the August 2020 Animation Feedback Film Festival.  Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Björn Granberg: I have always been interested in the art of animation.  Using 3d software suits me well, since it combines technical aspects with artistic creation.  The animation short,… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Björn Granberg (ART IS ANGST)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your novel about? Brenda Welburn: The Time Travels of Annie Sesstry is the story of three African American children who travel back in time with the utterance of the word “Sankofa.” They meet their ancestors and discover the challenges faced by Americans of African descent in the years of slavery and reconstruction.… Continue reading Interview with Novelist Brenda Welburn (The Time Travels Of Annie Sesstry)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Devan Gavin: Rave Wave is an animated action drama about a young man, TJ, resigned to a life he doesn’t want because, when you grow up as an orphan, you learn it’s better to go with the flow than fight the system, even if that system is wrong.… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Devan Gavin (RAVE WAVE)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Lisa Defazio: It is about a couple caught in a clash of desire and control set in a picture-perfect setting of domesticity and a woman’s desperate attempts to appease her husband, who she loves. Relatable tensions and resentments build. The power pivots with the use of a most… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Lisa Defazio (MISSION BROWN)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Aimee Pitta: Elizabeth has settled her entire life, especially when it comes to love, but what if a little magic could change the past, present and the future? When Elizabeth gets caught in a lightening storm, unknown to her, her love life and career hinge on the key… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Aimee Pitta (Becoming Elizabeth)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Rachel van Geenhoven: Sexuality in cinema is so often centered around the experience of men. To the point that there’s a term for the was the camera looks at women. “I, Lolita” reclaims a story that completely erased the girl who was supposedly at its center, and then… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Rachel van Geenhoven (I, Lolita)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Robert Walcott: When a professional dungeon guide is hired to lead a party of treasure hunters into mysterious and danger-laden ruins, he discovers that tools of almighty alchemy are no match for creatures of the dark. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Fantasy Adventure 3. Why… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Robert Walcott (A Vault Of Treasure)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Lukas Hassel: The script deals with friendship and taking stock of life. Old age is not for the weak of heart. With escalating dementia pushing elderly Bella into a nursing home, this die-hard Clark Gable fan decides to go on one last road trip across the US to… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Lukas Hassel (Girls On The Run)