STILL ROLLING PAPERS was the winner of BEST SHORT FILM at the April 2022 Toronto DOCUMENTARY Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? This was actually a project I was selected to direct. Will Dzombak who is Wiz Khalifa’s manager has always wanted to make a documentary highlighting the moment in time… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Blair Avery (STILL ROLLING PAPERS)

THE DESIRE TO LIVE was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the April 2022 DOCUMENTARY Film Festival. Project Links  Website  Instagram 1. What motivated you to make this film? As an Armenian born and raised in America, it was more like a duty to use my resources to bring awareness to this subject. 2. From… Continue reading Interview with Producer Peter Bahlawanian (THE DESIRE TO LIVE)

HOT MONEY was the winner of BEST FEATURE FILM at the 2022 POLITICAL Film Festival. Project Links  Website  Facebook  Twitter  Instagram What motivated you to make this film? My executive producer, Jim Swift and I have looked at the issue of climate change through many different prisms and we wondered about the financial aspects. After… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Susan Kucera (HOT MONEY)

NO HEARTBEAT was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the April 2022 Female Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? When abortion is discussed, it surrounds the unborn child and the inhumanity. What is left as an after thought is that very human affected the most. Their desires, goals and future are… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Jana Devino (NO HEARTBEAT)

PLEASE DO NOT TELL HER played to rave reviews at the April 2022 FEMALE Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? When I was in my third year of high school, my sister was born. I have witnessedher growth and now her sense of independence; I also occasionally pick her up fromextra… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Yunxia Wang (PLEASE DO NOT TELL HER)

QARDOUN played to rave reviews at the April 2022 Female Film Festival. Project Links  Facebook  Instagram 1. What motivated you to make this film? QARDOUN | La Passation is my first film ever. To be honest, making a film was not the plan at the beginning. Originally, I was working on a live performance and… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Sarah El Hamed (QARDOUN)

METRES APART played to rave reviews at the April 2022 Toronto Female Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I started developing the script for this film in the first big lockdown that the UK had. All my creative work had previously been cancelled and I wanted to create a short film… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Teele Dunkley (METRES APART)

TERMINUS was awarded BEST DANCE at the April 2022 EXPERIMENTAL/DANCE Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I was inspired to write TERMINUS by my two boys Archie and Ray who have taught us so much about climate justice. We were shocked by the recent wild fires that damaged our local ancient woodlands… Continue reading Interview with Writer/Actor Tippy Elgar (TERMINUS)

Project Links  Website 1. What motivated you to make this film? The chance to work with great artists and with new technology in Virtual Production. Also to push the filmmaking potential of a new medium 2. From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to make this film? Two… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Michael McHugh (VIRTUAL ENTERPRISE – CHAPTER 2)

THE CORONATION was the winner of BEST EXPERIMENTAL Film at the April 2022 DANCE/EXPERIMENTAL Film Festival. Project Links  Website  Instagram What motivated you to make this film? The people came first, then the story. I was on-set directing my first feature, An Iliad, with DP Anastasiia Kulivalova, when I noticed that she was practically dancing… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Emily Penick (THE CORONATION)