1. What is your screenplay about? Kurst and Blest is about an Angel and a Demon who have been encouraging humans to do Good and Evil for the last 6000 years and they are bored so they decide to open a restaurant. This requires that they get permission from their respective bosses, God and Satan.… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter David Gray (Kurst and Blest)

1. What is your screenplay about? A high school girl from a small Southern town, desperate for money, coerces her small circle of semi-friends into robbing the local Chinese restaurant. But the robbery goes wrong, and Pansy accidentally shoots the elderly owner dead. In the days that follow, Pansy’s cohorts begin dying in ways that… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Don Stroud (Misfortune Cookies)

1. What is your screenplay about? “Going Native!” is a dark comedy about the genocide of 90% of the Taíno Indians in Puerto Rico by Christopher Columbus, aka America’s first douchebag. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Dark comedy, satire 3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie? I feel like… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Ian Gregory Trutt (GOING NATIVE!)

1. What is your screenplay about? HELLAS is a one-hour sci-fi drama set in the dystopic near-future in which an undercover agent is sent to the Hellas Basin of Mars to break up a mining union — only to side with the miners and to help lead a revolution for Martian Independence. It’s inspired by… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Matthew Evans (HELLAS)

MEDEA was the winner of BEST FILM at the December 2021 STYLE, FASHION, DANCE Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Motivation: In theater college we studied Greek classics and I was always drawn to Antigone, who was a young rebel willing to fight for her principles, and at that time, I… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Andronica Marquis (MEDEA)

TENTACLE HEAD was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the December 2021 EXPERIMENTAL Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Nasir Simmons (Writer, Co-Director, Producer): A conversation that sparked this concept was with a man in a doctor’s office who used to be homeless, but hid it for two and a half… Continue reading Interview with Filmmakers Nasir Simmons, Lillianna Johnson (TENTACLE HEAD)

SUBSTANCE was the winner of BEST SOUND & MUSIC at the Dec. 2021 EXPERIMENTAL Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Sometimes there are people who you know and absolutely admire their work, to the point of professional jealousy (the good, inspiring kind). One of these people to me is Irina Sergeeva… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Nina Marinov (SUBSTANCE)

4X4X48 was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the December 2021 SPORTS Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I had reconnected with an old friend who is at the center of the film and he was talking about some stuff that was beyond my comprehension. He’d asked me many times to… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker John Jenkins (4X4X48)

ELEVATE was the winner of BEST SPORTS DOCUMENTARY at the December 2021 Documentary Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? By chance I bumped into Matteo in a bicycle shop in Northern Italy and after a few moments chatting I was blown away by the sheer size of the challenge he wanted… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Robert Bean (ELEVATE)

WHEN SHE WAS GOOD was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the December 2021 WILDsound Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? We wanted to discuss the problems around lying to your children about Santa and explore child abuse. Christmas is so often portrayed as a beautiful time of year, but for some… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Margarita Milne (WHEN SHE WAS GOOD)