Interview with Screenwriter Morgan Schefflin (L.A.’s Finest)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Morgan Schefflin: The backdrop of the script is about making a one hour TV procedural. However, the heart of the show is about relationships: friendship, love between current/old flames, and love of family. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? It is a dramedy, so it falls… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Morgan Schefflin (L.A.’s Finest)

Interview with Screenwriter Louetta Jensen (Bittersweet Serenity)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? The screenplay, Bittersweet Serenity, is about an estranged wife who is desperate to put an end to her failed marriage from a maverick scientist, and joins forces with an endangered family who have been touched by the scientist’s evil. As a result, the wife becomes empowered, through necessity,… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Louetta Jensen (Bittersweet Serenity)

Interview with Screenwriter Janet Caulfield (LOTUS OPERANDI)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Janet Caulfield: Lotus Operandi is about an Asian Amercan black belt, (Lilly), who goes undercover for the CIA to help track down terrorists. They reside in New York, and are part of an international group, of cyber criminals, arms dealers from Pakistan, and a weapons and explosives ring… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Janet Caulfield (LOTUS OPERANDI)

Interview with Screenwriter Richard Trask (COSMOSIS OF WORLDS)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Richard Trask: “Cosmosis of Worlds” explains the mystery of our apparently fleeting yet seemingly all-encompassing personal life of a few short years within the multi-billion year span of our cosmos. Why does it seem to us that we have always been alive, while we know that we’re on… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Richard Trask (COSMOSIS OF WORLDS)

Interview with Screenwriter Carol Hoffman (TO WALK AMONG WOLVES)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Carol Hoffman: A woman is caught in the middle of a rift between her emotionally unstable twin sister and authoritative husband. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Suspense/Thriller/Drama/Crime 3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie? It speaks to family violence issues and the… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Carol Hoffman (TO WALK AMONG WOLVES)

Interview with Filmmakers Lucy Joan Barnes & Ali Causon (FOR WANT OF A NAIL)

FOR WANT OF A NAIL played to rave reviews at the April 2019 Female Film Festival in Los Angeles. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Lucy (director): The script and it’s message, it was not trying to “sugarcoat” what having OCD is really like.. it was showing how intense it can be… Continue reading Interview with Filmmakers Lucy Joan Barnes & Ali Causon (FOR WANT OF A NAIL)

Interview with Filmmaker Barry Fahy (BOY RACER)

BOY RACER was the winner of BEST FILM at the May 2019 Under 5 Minute Film Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Barry Fahy: The world is so full of negative stories these days, I wanted to tell a real story that almost everyone can relate to that makes… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Barry Fahy (BOY RACER)

Interview with Filmmaker Myriam Kamel (MY BROTHER)

MY BROTHER played to rave reviews at the April 2019 Los Angeles FEEDBACK Film Festival. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Myriam Kamel: I definitely wanted to show diversity on the screen. Montreal is such a cultural city, and as beautiful as it is it also comes with its issues. I wanted… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Myriam Kamel (MY BROTHER)

Interview with Screenwriter Paul Nurkowski (CETACEANS)

https://www.facebook.com/Cetaceans2016/ Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Paul Nurkowski: In a near-futuristic world, Dr. Amanda Kozky, a bio.robotics scientist and doctor, has developed new technologies that enable her and her team of human scientists to work with bottle nosed dolphins, CETACEANS, who use robotic arms and voice conversion modules to communicate with the human… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Paul Nurkowski (CETACEANS)

Interview with Filmmaker Annabelle Frost (G(R)O(W)ING UP)

G(R)O(W)ING UP was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the April 2019 Female Film Festival in Los Angeles. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Annabelle Frost: My boss at the time encouraged me to make a film as he knew I had professional directing aspirations. 2. From the idea to the finished… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Annabelle Frost (G(R)O(W)ING UP)