MAYBE NEXT YEAR was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the March 2022 Toronto Comedy Film Festival. What motivated you to make this film? It’s easy to get caught up in the pressures to make films that deliver some deep, thoughtful analysis on part of the culture. But to me, that section of the market… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker CJ Colando (MAYBE NEXT YEAR)

UNMANNED was the winner of BEST DIRECTION at the March 2022 Female Feedback Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? At the Festival of Media Arts in Las Vegas, Jonathan D. Mabee mentioned that he had an idea for a short film about a female drone operator, inspired by his time serving… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Cristina Pippa (UNMANNED)

BEING A DOG was the winner of BEST FILM at the March 2022 ANIMATION Feedback Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I have a Autism diagnosis and I had difficulties with getting close relationships. For a very long time I was sad for not having a partner. I wanted to share… Continue reading Interview with Animator/Director Felix Swann (BEING A DOG)

The Art of Hosting was the winner of BEST DIRECTION at the Toronto Comedy Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I was having oral surgery and I wanted to have some fun with and without a tooth… so I began brain storming ideas and because suicide is such a prevalent theme… Continue reading Interview with Sarah Mack (The Art of Hosting)

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1) What is the theme of your poem? The theme of ‘Prussian Blue’ ultimately is about the clash between creativity and human destructiveness. 2) What motivated you to write this poem? I had watched a doco on Van Gogh’s art and ‘Starry Night’ used a lot of Prussian blue. 3) How long have you been… Continue reading Interview with Poet Antonia Hildebrand (PRUSSIAN BLUE)

1) What is the theme of your poem? The difficulty in writing creatively. 2) What motivated you to write this poem? I was taking a writing class, and looking around the room; I realized we were all on the same journey making choices with differing goals in mind. 3) How long have you been writing… Continue reading Interview with Poet Bob Conder (One at a Time: For the writing class)

1. What is your screenplay about? Empty Nest is about the fear I have of growing old and becoming a bit irrelevant. The main character Harry is essentially a proxy of where I don’t want to be in 10-15 years. He’s hit that stage in his life where he is just “existing”. His kids have… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Daniel Powell (EMPTY NEST)

1. What is your screenplay about? Infertile Land is a dystopian sci-fi short that follows heavily pregnant Ellie through an otherwise infertile landscape, escaping those who would take her baby. I guess it asks the question: Is it right to bring new life into a dying world? 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Markus Meedt (Infertile Land)

1. What is your screenplay about? A disgruntled Hallmark employee strives to save Christmas from the evil clutches of, well – Hallmark, in the Christmas movie parody. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Rom com and comedy (at least I hope comedy, since I wrote it to be funny). 3. Why should this… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Mark Schiponi (A Very Christmassy Hallmark Holiday Christmas)