Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Anthony DeFoe: Supercut is about a relationship falling apart. It’s told from the perspective of one of the partners as he get’s ready for a major life event he flashes back on the highs and lows of his relationship for the euphoric first moments of falling in love… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Anthony DeFoe (SUPERCUT)
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Interview with Screenwriter Josh Brushett (PERSEVERANCE)
PERSEVERANCE was the May 2019 WILDsound Feature Screenplay Winner. Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Josh Brushett: The screenplay is about a young bride to be, in the prime of her life, with everything to live for until her life is unexpectedly cut short. Struggling to deal with the circumstances of her death and… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Josh Brushett (PERSEVERANCE)
Interview with Filmmaker Ciaran R. Maidwell (THERE’S STILL GOOD)
THERE’S STILL GOOD was the winner of BEST MUSIC at the LGBT Toronto Film Festival in May 2019. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Ciaran R. Maidwell: There’s Still Good was inspired by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s TEDTalk “The danger of a single story”. In it, she says “the single story creates stereotypes,… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Ciaran R. Maidwell (THERE’S STILL GOOD)
Interview with Filmmaker Adrian Ramirez Leon (ACCOMPLICE)
ACCOMPLICE was the winner of BEST FILM at the May 2019 Thriller/Suspense FEEDBACK Film Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Adrian Ramirez Leon: Back then I had just finished the first draft of a bigger project I was writing on, a feature. I thought that it wouldn’t be a… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Adrian Ramirez Leon (ACCOMPLICE)
Interview with Filmmaker Robbie Lemieux (THE WOODS)
THE WOODS played to rave reviews at the May 2019 Thriller/Suspense FEEDBACK Film Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Robbie Lemieux: This short film is a proof-of-concept for a feature film that I’m developing. Although the short is about different characters in slightly different circumstances than the feature, the… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Robbie Lemieux (THE WOODS)
Interview with Filmmaker Jasper Bronkhorst (BLOODBURN)
BLOODBURN was the winner of BEST MUSIC at the May 2019 Thriller/Suspense FEEDBACK Film Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Jasper Bronkhorst: It is my first short that I have written and directed, so I chose to work in the ‘safety’ of a genre (thriller/suspense) to learn technique and… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Jasper Bronkhorst (BLOODBURN)
Interview with Filmmaker Rachel Econ (WIDOW)
WIDOW was the winner of BEST ACTION FILM at the May 2019 Action Film Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Rachel Econ: I grew up in Southern Arizona so it’s hard not to make a western when you have all that history in your backyard. My goal as a… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Rachel Econ (WIDOW)
Interview with Filmmaker David Bradburn (BEFORE YOU WOKE)
BEFORE YOU WOKE played to rave reviews at the May 2019 FEEDBACK Film Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? David Bradburn: I had been wanting to get some experience writing and directing an action film and also, I had wanted to work with Christian Litke. From there I started… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker David Bradburn (BEFORE YOU WOKE)
Interview with Screenwriter Nicole De Sapio (The Magnificent Mid-Century Met)
Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Nicole De Sapio: The Magnificent Mid-Century Met is about the intersecting, professional and personal lives of six famous singers at New York’s Metropolitan Opera House, during the post-WWII period. It is almost as much about the cultural changes of the post-WWII period in America as it is about… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Nicole De Sapio (The Magnificent Mid-Century Met)
Interview with Screenwriter Ronald V. Micci (MARLISE)
Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Ronald V. Micci: A fragile lesbian and her sister who are in financial straits. Marilise, one of the sisters, is very vulnerable and finds herself the object of more than one set of affections, tearing her between her jealous sister, Leigh Ann, and a number of women. When… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Ronald V. Micci (MARLISE)
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