I MUSTACHE YOU was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the April 2022 EXPERIMENTAL Film Festival. Project Links  Website  Facebook  Twitter  Instagram 1. What motivated you to make this film? I was inspired by a lot of things with this film. I have no example of my nonverbal acting work and wanted to make something… Continue reading Interview with Director/Actor Shara Ashley Zeiger (I MUSTACHE YOU)

FOUR PINS played to rave reviews at the April 2022 BLACK & WHITE Film Festival. Project Links  Instagram 1. What motivated you to make this film? Well we had just gotten this great team together to make our previous film, Death March, so the motivation was really a chance for us all to work together… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Matthew Beltz (FOUR PINS)

I’M FINE is the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the April 2022 BLACK & WHITE Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Funny thing is it was actually a videogame that sparked the idea. I saw this video on youtube of someone talking about how the videogame God Of War really effected… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Justin Ho (I’M FINE)

WHISTLE, AND I’LL COME TO YOU was the winner of BEST FEATURE FILM at the April 2022 BLACK & WHITE Film Festival. Project Links  Website  Instagram 1. What motivated you to make this film? I am raptured by Montague R. James’ ghost tales and I wanted to see one of his tales on screen and… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Valentina Battorti (WHISTLE, AND I’LL COME TO YOU)

DINNER FOR TWO was the winner of BEST FILM at the April 2022 BLACK & WHITE Film Festival. Project Links  Website  Facebook  Instagram 1. What motivated you to make this film? I am always looking for a good story. The story is always the most important thing to me. When Maarten Cornelis came to me… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Joe LoBianco (DINNER FOR TWO)

LENNON was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the April 2022 LGBTQ+ Film Festival. Project Links  Website  Facebook  Twitter  Instagram 1. What motivated you to make this film? I have always been interested in making films as I was involved with drama classes growing up. The moment I took the leap was after 2020 when… Continue reading Interview with Writer/Producer Giovanna Ferraro (LENNON)

THE BLACK LEAGUE OF SUPERHEROES was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the April 2022 ACTION Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? This film was inspired by the events that occurred during the social justice protests spawned by George Floyd’s execution by former Officer Derek Chauvin. My lifelong love of Superheroes… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Marcus Nel-Jamal Hamm (THE BLACK LEAGUE OF SUPERHEROES)

STATIC SPACE was the winner of BEST SOUND & MUSIC at the April 2022 Female Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? KATE: I read the novel, “Can You Hear Me?” by Geonn Cannon back in 2018. It was a very gentle, queer romantic story that I recommended to everyone at the… Continue reading Interview with Filmmakers John Klein & Kate Black-Spence (STATIC SPACE)

KILL THEM ALL AND DON’T COME BACK ALONE was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the April 2022 Female Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I shot “Calamity Jane 1882” in 2020 and it seemed to me that I could make films of social denunciation through fiction and entertainment, defending the western… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Enrique Novials (KILL THEM ALL AND DON’T COME BACK ALONE)

AT LAKE was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the April 2022 EXPERIMENTAL/DANCE Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? The idea came to me about a month into the first lockdown. We had left the city and moved to our chalet- a very privileged situation. But after about a month I started… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Mistaya Hemingway (AT LAKE)