CLEANING UP was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the CHICAGO Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? The cleverness of the story stuck out to me and I was excited by its potential to be a gritty, noir, crime thriller, a genre that I’ve always been a fan of. When my… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Christopher Barga (CLEANING UP)

BAKING IS HARD was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the October 2021 COMEDY Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? That’s a bit of a long story. Back in 2015, Pat Russo – our Director of Photography – and I worked together on a no-budget music video in Napa Valley. We… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Spence Warren (BAKING IS HARD)

“Byoul Part 2: Da” was the winner of BEST SOUND & MUSIC at the October 2021 EXPERIMENTAL Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Internationally celebrated South Korean Dancer and Choreographer DaEun Jung approached me about illustrating part 2 “Da” of her long-form 3 part dance known as the “Byoul” series: about… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Taso Papadakis (Byoul Part 2: Da)

ERASED was the winner of BEST FILM at the October 2021 SCI-FI/FANTASY Film Festival. http://www.erasedfilm.com 1. What motivated you to make this film? The seed of an idea for ERASED came from heartbreak. I was in my early twenties and I was in so much pain at the time that I used to daydream of… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Gabriela Loza (ERASED)

POLAR BEARS BOREDOM played to rave reviews at the October 2021 ANIMATION Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? This film is inspired by the Japanese picture scroll in the 12 to 13rd century: Bird and Beast Character Caricature. I wanted to draw the chubby round shape of the marine mammalians. 2.… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker/Animator Koji Yamamura (POLAR BEARS BOREDOM)

“only living boy” was the winner of BEST FILM at the October 2021 DANCE Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I was inspired by my own experience being a dancer/choreographer/artist in New York City during the pandemic, and specifically the feelings we share in a day in New York. There are… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Rachel Leigh Dolan (only living boy)

1. What motivated you to make this film? I was motivated to make this film during lockdown and how weird I felt during it. I also thought it would be interesting to make a movie set entirely in one location, and film it during the pandemic. 2. From the idea to the finished product, how… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Benjamin Steinberg (CINDY’S DINER)

1. What is your screenplay about? African-American Army Sergeant Stella Freeman’s college-bound daughter Keisha goes missing on the day Freeman becomes the first woman to train the Army’s new Urban Terrorism platoon. A single mom and widow, Freeman is fighting to find her daughter while the Army pressures her to represent women in this life-changing… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Gloria Browne-Marshall (Sergeant Freeman)

1. What is your screenplay about? It is about a group of female identified beings who unite in a journey against a darkening era. It is based on the Fantasy Novel with the same title. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Fantasy and Drama 3. Why should this screenplay be made into a… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Tessie Herrasti (JEWELS OF LIGHT)

SCAVENGER played to rave reviews at the October 2021 FANTASY/SCI-FI Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? After living and working in LA for 15 years as an Editor in the sports world, I wanted to get back to what brought me out here in the first place…the dream of Directing feature… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Jeffrey Morreale (SCAVENGER)