NEW-CHAH-NULTH: RECLAIMING TRADITION was the winner of BEST SOUND & MUSIC at the December 2021 DOCUMENTARY Short Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Growing up in Canada we learned a little bit about Residential Schools but only what the curriculum deemed appropriate. Plenty of details were omitted, and as we started… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Mike Morash (NEW-CHAH-NULTH: RECLAIMING TRADITION)

RAYNE RANEY VERSE 1 was the winner of BEST SOUND & MUSIC at the Dec. 2021 STYLE, EXPERIMENTAL, FASHION Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Rayne’s heart-centered, emotional dance style was the motivation to make the film. I also love the musician Erwin Vann’s saxophone compositions. On the soundtrack for the… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Taso Papadakis (RAYNE RANEY VERSE 1)

FIVE POUNDS OF PRESSURE was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the December 2021 THRILLER/SUSPENSE Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? When deciding to go after this film over other ideas me and my team had brewing, we really wanted to make the most effective/efficient film we could. Break a film… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Liam Petite (FIVE POUNDS OF PRESSURE)

TELENOVELA was the winner of BEST FASHION film at the December 2021 STYLE, FASHION, EXPERIMENTAL Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? The motivation came from a Galia Lahav branding brief, It talked about sending out a message of classic vs. contemporary and bring out the post-covid drama and livelihood – we… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Erez Melamed (TELENOVELA)

GOODNIGHT BELLA was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the December 2021 WILDsound Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I’ve always wanted to make films since I was in high school. Since covid put a pause on some of my work, it gave me a chance to write a story that I… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Clyde Capistrano (GOODNIGHT BELLA)

KHORA was the winner of BEST DIRECTION at the December 2021 EXPERIMENTAL Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? It all started with an ailment. While I was thinking about the issue that bothered me, a kind of subject-object spiral emerged and I wanted to express it. Love as a problem is… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Nalan Abbasoğlu (KHORA)

“Fat ducks mean fat cattle – water for the environment” played to rave reviews at the December 2021 Toronto Documentary Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I’ve spent most of my professional life working in the field of environmental media and when I read an article in the Sydney Morning Herald… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Stuart Cohen (Fat ducks mean fat cattle – water for the environment)

SERGE HOLLERBACH: A RUSSIAN PAINTER IN NEW YORK played to rave reviews at the December 2021 DIVERSITY Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? A’Dora Phillips & Brian Schumacher: Without hesitation, in the most general terms we would have to say that Serge himself motivated us to make this film. From the… Continue reading Interview with Filmmakers A’Dora Phillips & Brian Schumacher (SERGE HOLLERBACH: A RUSSIAN PAINTER IN NEW YORK)

THE LIVING SEA was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the December 2021 Toronto Documentary Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? We are the only planet with oceans, and they are indispensable for our survival. However, many people are unaware of the importance of ocean creatures and how to protect them.… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Ema Poposka (THE LIVING SEA)

THE PATH OF LIGHT was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the December 2021 BLACK & WHITE Film Festival. What motivated you to make this film? First of all, my passion for photography. Even though I only started to actually exercise it after my fifties, this universal art taught me how to look at the… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Marcus Veras (THE PATH OF LIGHT)