SCHOOL CROSSING was the winner of BEST FILM at the February 2020 Documentary Film Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Karla Caraballo-Torres & Lorin Eleni Gill: We were inspired to make this film because my family (Karla) is originally from Venezuela and I had been hearing many stories from… Continue reading Interview with Filmmakers Karla Caraballo-Torres & Lorin Eleni Gill (SCHOOL CROSSING)
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Interview with Filmmaker Jan Johnson (SHOOTER)
SHOOTER was the winner of BEST MUSIC at the January 2020 LA Feedback Film Festival. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Jan Johnson: I was concerned about the rise in gang violence in Chicago (my hometown) and specifically the rise in girl gang violence. According to the DOJ “one in 4 new… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Jan Johnson (SHOOTER)
Interview with Filmmaker Lucas Longacre (FOOD CART)
FOOD CART played to rave reviews at the Thriller Festival in March 2020. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Lucas Longacre: After working in verite documentary for over a decade, I was hungry to play in the scripted narrative genre. I missed working with actors, storyboarding, and collaborating with a Director of… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Lucas Longacre (FOOD CART)
Interview with Screenwriter Jason Harley (Pandora’s Adversaries)
Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Jason Harley: Pandora’s Adversaries is set in the not-too-distant future. It’s about an irrational, rabidly anti-feminist cult committed to the eradication of women. Pandora’s Adversaries believe that the prominence of women within the establishment and professional classes is the root of all evil, and that women constitute a… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Jason Harley (Pandora’s Adversaries)
Interview with Screenwriter Hoyt Richards (AWAY WITH MY HEART)
Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Hoyt Richards: Away With My Heart is about a washed up, womanizing, alcoholic country singer is forced to reevaluate his life when he discovers not only is he dying of cancer, but he also has a twenty-year old daughter that he never knew he had. AWMH is about… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Hoyt Richards (AWAY WITH MY HEART)
Interview with Screenwriter WH Clark (HELSTAF)
Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? WH Clark: A scientist in Antarctica trying to save the penguin population from extinction ends up having to save the whole planet from Noah’s Flood 2.0 when a giant solar superstorm hits and melts the polar ice cap. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Thriller, Sci-Fi,… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter WH Clark (HELSTAF)
Interview with Winning Screenwriters Jennifer Woldman & David Maddox (A STUDY IN SCARLETT)
Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? A Study in Scarlett is a re-imagining of the classic Sherlock Holmes, with inspiration also taken from American history circa late 1860s-70s. The enigmatic genius Scarlett Holmes is a bi-racial woman. She meets her loyal friend and partner Joanna Holmes, a struggling doctor, to solve a murder and… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriters Jennifer Woldman & David Maddox (A STUDY IN SCARLETT)
Interview with Winning Screenwriter Shane W. Smith (BLACK MIRROR)
Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Shane W. Smith: Matchsticks 2.0 is a Black Mirror spec script about a family caught up in a government push to genetically normalise its citizens, using biometric user data gathered from a popular game to target imperfect subjects. But at its heart, this is a story about the… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Shane W. Smith (BLACK MIRROR)
Interview with Winning Screenwriter Joe Kourieh (Voosch And Helina)
“Voosch And Helina” was the March 2020 SCI-FI/FANTASY SHORT Screenplay Winner. Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Joe Kourieh: This Sci-Fi short is about something all too familiar – a World War – but in an unfamiliar place (under the sea). Humans’ dominance over the planet has been lost and they are now at the… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Joe Kourieh (Voosch And Helina)
Interview with Filmmaker Marc SAEZ (FOLLOW THE ARROW)
FOLLOW THE ARROW played to rave reviews at the February 2020 ROMANCE Film Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Marc SAEZ: I wanted to talk about desire, sensuality, love but also talk about appearances that can be deceiving and dive people into the cinematographic universe that I love by… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Marc SAEZ (FOLLOW THE ARROW)
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