LABOR RELATIONS was the winner of BEST COMEDY FILM at the April 2020 Female Feedback Film Festival. Submit via FilmFreeway: Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Karisa Bruin: I am a mother to two young boys and my desire to balance parenting and working has been at times a real struggle. I… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Karisa Bruin (LABOR RELATIONS)
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Interview with Filmmaker Katherine Castellaw (CIGARETTE LIPS)
CIGARETTE LIPS was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the April 2020 Female Film Festival. A Film Freeway Preferred Festival: Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Katherine Castellaw: I had an acting coach years ago who was encouraging us to write our own scenes, and as an example he said something along… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Katherine Castellaw (CIGARETTE LIPS)
Interview with Filmmaker Hannah de Groot (TIME AT WOODPINE)
TIME AT WOODPINE played to rave reviews at the April 2020 Female Film Festival. A Film Freeway Preferred Festival: Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Hannah de Groot: I really leaned into the collaborative process, with my cast and crew motivating me with their fresh perspectives, creativity, and hard work whenever I… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Hannah de Groot (TIME AT WOODPINE)
Interview with Filmmaker Suyoung Jang (SHATTERED)
SHATTERED played to rave reviews at the April 2020 Female Film Festival. A Film Freeway Preferred Festival: Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Suyoung Jang: Before I started to study computer animation at Ringling College of Art+Design, I had studied History at Ewha Womans University in South Korea, one of the oldest… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Suyoung Jang (SHATTERED)
Interview with Filmmaker Laura D’Antoni (CYCLE)
CYCLE was the winner of BEST FILM at the April 2020 FEMALE Feedback Film Festival. A Film Freeway Preferred Festival: Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Laura D’Antoni: I wanted to make a film that had a strong message, was visually interesting but also personal to me. This film shines a light… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Laura D’Antoni (CYCLE)
Interview with Filmmaker Sophia Stoller (SCREAMING SHAPES)
SCREAMING SHAPES played to raves reviews at the Los Angeles Experimental, Dance, Music Festival in February 2020. Submit to the festival via FilmFreeway: Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Sophia Stoller: The seed of the idea for this film began at an artist residency in 2017 called the Cohan Collective, directed by… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Sophia Stoller (SCREAMING SHAPES)
Interview with Filmmaker Elizabeth Lewis (WATERS OF MARCH)
WATERS OF MARCH played to rave reviews at the April 2020 ANIMATION FEEDBACK Film Festival in Toronto. Submit to the Animation Fesival via FilmFreeway: Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Elizabeth Lewis: The illness and death of my brother, the most important person in my life, who died a year earlier.By a… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Elizabeth Lewis (WATERS OF MARCH)
Interview with Screenwriter Drew Robinson (BEAUTIFUL SURFACES)
Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Drew Robinson: What if you could live forever? Beautiful Surfaces is a science fiction, coming of age television drama. Set in a dystopian future where aging has been eradicated, the series explores how immortality affects societal norms, relationships and the human psyche. Echoing many of the issues that… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Drew Robinson (BEAUTIFUL SURFACES)
Interview with Screenwriter Christian Jilka (CAPTURE THE FLAG)
Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Christian Jilka: It is about a history professor, who meets a petty thief. Together they hatch a plan to score easy money. Things go awry when the score becomes a priceless vintage diamond and one of the professor’s students wants in to make her dreams of becoming a… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Christian Jilka (CAPTURE THE FLAG)
Interview with Screenwriter Clara BIJL (For Better Or For Worse)
Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Clara BIJL: An American-born woman who’s deemed to be an “illegal” attempts to avoid deportation at any cost, only to find that her seemingly fool-proof plan has backfired. 2. You say that it’s based on “True Event”. Can you expand on that? 13 millions individuals do not have… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Clara BIJL (For Better Or For Worse)
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