1. What is your screenplay about? ALL YOU CAN CARRY is about a family man who defies his loved ones and stays in a war zone to care for his abusive mother-in-law as he chooses between survival and honor. Unlike millions of Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s bloody invasion, Vladislav and Inna have a ticket out, but… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Max Orkis (ALL YOU CAN CARRY)

1. What is your screenplay about? Polly, a precocious young girl, environmentalist and wanna -be journalist, is hot for a great story that will win an International Contest for her private school. Why? To buy a Quantum Computer that could potentially de-tox the river where her precious blue-herons are disappearing. When her school-mate Wyatt, and… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Pamela Perry Goulardt (Underwater Hazards)

1. What is your screenplay about? It’s a mainstream same-sex love story-with a closeted teen football star stumbling into his first love with a teen “old-soul” surfer. The story shows how they both grow and adapt to their new reality. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Drama, Romance, Sports, LGBTQ, Family, Coming of… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Richard Winzeler (ALMOST ALL AMERICAN)

1. What is your screenplay about? My screenplay is about an outcast who is perhaps too invested in his passion. It’s about the very fine line between fascination and obsession and what can go wrong when we hold people to unrealistic standards. This is especially true of those in the limelight – we either idolize… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Bita Shahi (FACELESS)

I AM WHO I THINK YOU THINK I AM was the winner of BEST DIRECTION at the June 2022 Experimental/Dance Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? The song to begin with was very visual,, so the shots kind of made themselves. It all came very naturally thanks to the lyrics and sonic… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Sam De La Torre (I AM WHO I THINK YOU THINK I AM)

1. What motivated you to make this film? I am both a contortionist and a singer/songwriter, and I’ve found that music videos are the best way for me to combine my movement artistry with my original music. This song in particular has a lot of really lovely imagery that I thought would be beautiful in… Continue reading Interview with Musician Lyra Star (MOONRISE Music Video)

WOMEN IN THE FRONT SEAT was the winner of BEST FEATURE FILM at the May 2022 Toronto Documentary Festival. What motivated you to make this film? I have been riding motorcycles since my early twenties. In the early days, I never saw other women riding. But over the last decade the number of women riders… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Indy Saini (WOMEN IN THE FRONT SEAT)

“Pre-Existing Freedom #BLM” played to rave reviews at the May 2022 BLACK Feedback Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? The passing of a relative and friends to Covid. Also mourning the loss of what I thought American was. I really took the murder of George Floyd personal and was hurt by… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Fr3deR1cK Taylor (Pre-Existing Freedom #BLM)

THE TRYOUT played to rave reviews at the June 2022 Under 5 Minute Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I have always loved cartoons and baseball and my tryout was always a story I have been asked to tell over and over so I thought this was a good way to… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Michael Jonathan Gellis (THE TRYOUT)

CROSS was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the June 2022 LGBTQ+ Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? – I always had a lot of interest in Korean immigrants in America as many of my family are a part of those community. Especially the earlier generation who came to America and… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Hyunjin Lee (CROSS)