NO TRICKS was the winner of BEST FILM at the October 2021 WILDsound Film Festival. What motivated you to make this film? I’ve been working in the commercial and corporate filmmaking space for decades, at first as an editor, then as a director-editor and I was really feeling the need to challenge myself creatively and… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Doug Werby (NO TRICKS)

WHERE DO I GO? was voted BEST FILM at the October 2021 MUSIC Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? We all have some form of a “coming-of-age” story that still holds true to who we are to this day, and that subject itself was one of my motivations to make this… Continue reading Interview with Pianist/Vocalist Morgan-Paige Melbourne (WHERE DO I GO?)

THE GHOUL was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the October 2021 CRIME/MYSTERY Film Festival. What motivated you to make this film? It was meant to be directed be a friend of mine who had asked me to come on and DP it for him. So I was deep into that side of things while… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Ryan Osmond (THE GHOUL)

BLUE MOON was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the October 2021 LGBTQ+ Shorts Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? BLUE MOON is inspired by my best friend’s journey, as she’s recently honored her sexuality and begun dating women. Through hearing about her experience, I decided I wanted to write a… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Emily Ruhl (BLUE MOON)

TURFIN was the winner of BEST DANCE FILM at the October 2021 Experimental Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? This film was originally a class project where I was not allowed to have sync sound dialog, and I wanted to shoot a documentary. So I came up with the idea of… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Latiece Brown (TURFIN)

MUSTANG played to rave reviews at the DIVERSITY Feedback Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? The film was shot for the competition of “Nespresso” talents. The theme was “doing is everything”. 2. From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to make this film? I… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Kateřina Kunčická (MUSTANG)

1. What is your screenplay about? My screenplay is a retelling of my life growing up as a Pentecostal Apostolic girl in the early-mid 2000s and the social, personal, and emotional hardships that such a life inflicted on my friends and I as teen girls. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? I’d categorize… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Sarah Courchaine (DIRT FROM A HOLY PLACE)

SYMBIONIC played to rave reviews at the October 2021 CHICAGO Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? SymBionic had been a goal of mine since transferring to art school. I had come up with the concept from a word prompt, “error,” and loved the idea so much that I knew I had… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker/Animator Jack Tenbusch (SYMBIONIC)

LIFE’S A SHOW was the winner of BEST FILM at the October 2021 COMEDY Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I thought it would be an interesting exercise to try and make a short film safely during the pandemic. It was inspired by the reactions people were having on social media,… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Harvey Puttock (LIFE’S A SHOW)

TO THE NTH played to rave reviews at the October 2021 EXPERIMENTAL Film Festival. DM- Dustyn Martincich- co-choreographer; film coordinator AR- Andrew Roddewig- film director; editor 1. What motivated you to make this film? DM- Jess, Andrew, and I have collaborated on several projects in the past, mostly in Chicago, and mostly for live performers… Continue reading Interview with Filmmakers Dustyn Martincich & Andrew Roddewig (THE THE NTH)