BANGKOK 2.5 was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the October 2021 DANCE Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? The unchanging condition of Bangkok’s air pollution. I was back in Bangkok in December last year, and one night I was driving through the city centre. It was quite late and the… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Bo Nawacharee (BANGKOK 2.5)

GRUF AND ME was the winner of BEST ANIMATION at the October 2021 ANIMATION Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? As a student at the MFA digital media program in The Film School of Tel Aviv University I was looking for an idea for my graduation project. The film Gruf and… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker/Animator Dovi Keich (GRUF AND ME)

1) What is the theme of your poem? Tense, Pain, Sorrow, Yearning 2) What motivated you to write this poem? Was in a dark place in my life when I wrote it. I knew there was someone out there for me to pull me out of my FUNK and help me to soar like an… Continue reading Interview with Poet Peter Borreggine (TRUST? No!)

1) What is the theme of your poem? The poet Lorca 2) What motivated you to write this poem? Reading all of Lorca’s poems. 3) How long have you been writing poetry? 35 years 4) If you could have dinner with one person (dead or alive), who would that be? Jesus 5) What influenced you… Continue reading Interview with Poet John Kaniecki (LORCA)

1) What is the theme of your poem? My father’s sorrow at my mother’s death. I used the Indian as a metaphor. 2) What motivated you to write this poem? My mother’s death at age 35 – I was twelve. 3) How long have you been writing poetry? I don’t write much verse. But since… Continue reading Interview with Poet Edmund Jonah (The Hindu’s Lament)

1. What is your short story about? This short story is about 7th year college students that invites the story reader to keep guessing who is the kidnapper or the killer until he or she finds out in the end… 2. What genre(s) would you say this story is in? This story is suspense thriller… Continue reading Interview with Writer Szerif Nasr (Yale University Disappearances)

1. What is your short story about? The Uncommon boy is a story of a twelve-year-old boy who defeated the challenges of life to accomplish his dream. 2. What genre(s) would you say this story is in? It’s a motivational story written to give hope. 3. How would you describe this story in two words?… Continue reading Interview with Writer Michel Tetchi (THE UNCOMMON BOY)

1. What is your screenplay about? Animal rights are human rights. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Action and drama. 3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie? Entertain, provoke, inform, motivate. 4. How would you describe this script in two words? Provocative empowerment. 5. What movie have you seen the… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Stephen Glickman (TAGS)

1. What is your screenplay about? A mother and daughter meet in a cemetery for a quick chat, while the daughter is apparently on a lunch break. The feeling is that they have been estranged from each other and they are reconciling their relationship so they can both move forward. 2. What genres does your… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Ken White (TWO WOMEN)

1. What is your screenplay about? Rhe script begins with a man and a woman awakening to find themselves in a house with no memory of who they are or how they got there. from there it evolves into a more personal journey as the woman slowly begins to remember more of her life before… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Thomas D. Rotenberg (VIOLE(N)T)