Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Daniel Montoya: Our original intent, when we started the process of making this film, was to show that being a transgender individual is just as normal as being cisgender. The film’s concept evolved over time to focus on Ethan’s advocacy for LGBTQ rights. We filmed at… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Daniel Montoya (HIM)
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Interview with Filmmaker P.J. Norton (EXPIRATION DATE)
EXPIRATION DATE played to rave reviews at the February 2019 LGBT Film Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? P.J. Norton: In making Expiration Date, it was important for me to tell a gay love story in which sexual orientation was part of the given circumstances and not the central… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker P.J. Norton (EXPIRATION DATE)
Interview with Filmmaker David Lykes Keenan (BODIES OF WATER)
BODIES OF WATER was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the February 2019 LGBT Film Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? David Lykes Keenan: The story is based on a pivotal moment in my life. As shown in the film, it was the moment when I found the courage… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker David Lykes Keenan (BODIES OF WATER)
Interview with Poet Kelly Loraine Stearns (RAPTURE OF THE MIND)
1) What is the theme of your poem? The theme of this poem is reflection. Your life resembles a mirror, in the sense that every experience refracts displays and understand the choices and experiences that we chose to endure. To be able to apply these decisions to our life in the current but most importantly,… Continue reading Interview with Poet Kelly Loraine Stearns (RAPTURE OF THE MIND)
Interview with Poet Charbel Tadros (LUCIFER’S GRIEF)
1) What is the theme of your poem? The theme of Lucifer’s Grief is the final biblical quarrel between God and Lucifer. 2) What motivated you to write this poem? My motivation for writing it is, I believe, the same as anyone’s motive to write anything. I found it inside me and I had to… Continue reading Interview with Poet Charbel Tadros (LUCIFER’S GRIEF)
Interview with Screenwriter Thomas Clary (The Switch)
Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Thomas Clary: Well, the official logline is: “After an unexplained global event, where everyone on Earth has switched bodies, an FBI agent must recapture every serial killer he’s ever put in jail after they’ve “escaped” into other people. They look nothing like they did before; they have different… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Thomas Clary (The Switch)
Interview with Screenwriter Stan Barton (Moon Over the Hill)
Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Stan Barton: A hard-edged attorney leaves it all and moves into a secluded adobe in the high desert with an acquaintance, but the house holds a secret that brings trouble knocking at the door. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Thriller, Dramedy 3. Why should this… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Stan Barton (Moon Over the Hill)
Interview with Screenwriter Giselle DaMier (ASHPODEL)
Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Giselle DaMier: ASPHODEL explores moral conflict, and the extent to which humans will go to satisfy their theological beliefs. With the classically disarming energy of the Twilight Zone and the theme of two women falling in love, ASPHODEL creates an equally timeless and culturally relevant take on the… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Giselle DaMier (ASHPODEL)
Interview with Screenwriter Justin Lamar Petty (The Immortal King Jesus)
Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Justin Lamar Petty: My screenplay is about The Lord Jesus Christ and the sacrifice God made for humanity in order for us all to be able to choose eternal life through his son the mediator between God and man Jesus Christ. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Justin Lamar Petty (The Immortal King Jesus)
Interview with Screenwriter Paul Weidknecht (Paying the Night Differential)
Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Paul Weidknecht: The story is about two New York mobsters who have to deal with the ghost of an associate they’ve ‘taken care of’ who keeps showing up for work at a no-show job they created. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? A paranormal, dramedy. 3.… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Paul Weidknecht (Paying the Night Differential)
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