1. What is your screenplay about? It’s about a tortoise during a Covid-19 lockdown … 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Definitely the prison genre … 3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie? It’s different and there should be more tortoise movie stars … 4. How would you describe this… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Paul Frift (SPOTTY: A TORTOISE IN THE ERA OF COVID-19)

1. What is your screenplay about? Baby Queen is about a 10-year-old drag queen and their single gay father trying to get famous in Wisconsin. When an ambitious child talent agent from Milwaukee scoops them up and launches their career, they must escape the trappings of fame in order to save their relationship. In this… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Max Rasmussen (BABY QUEEN)

1. What is your screenplay about? A short encounter between a nihilistic student, and a more realist drug dealer. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Crime Drama. Drama. Slice of LIfe. 3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie? I believe that there are more stories to tell with Marcus and… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Franco Duerme (1 PAGE DRUG DEAL)

THE EYE OF DORIS is the winner of BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY at the 2021 Comedy Festival. 1. What is your screenplay about? Gillian is a skeptical client with a difficult disposition who meets her match when Doris–an occult shop psychic– foresees a series of unsavory events for Gillian’s future. 2. What genres does your screenplay… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Cynthia M. Uhrich (The Eye Of Doris)

BABY GRIEF played to rave reviews at the August 2021 FEMALE Filmmakers festival. What motivated you to make this film? It was a part of a bigger story but the more I worked with it the more I felt it was a short story of a very poignant moment I saw that it had a… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Tatyana Yassukovich (BABY GRIEF)

STOP MOTION: THE MAKING OF played to rave reviews at the August 2021 FEMALE Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? This film was made to celebrate everything I had learnt on Aardman Academy’s first ever run of their new course Stop Motion 1 as my final piece. The idea came from… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Kessiah Arthur (STOP MOTION: THE MAKING OF)

INK was the winner of BEST DANCE FILM at the August 2021 Experimental Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? For me, the pandemic was a severance of every possible aspect of my identity: my dance career, my 10 year relationship with my partner, my home and dreams. This film was a… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Lindsey Matheis (INK)

ARINA was the winner of BEST DIRECTION at the August 2021 DANCE Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Just for pure fun, really. I work as a commercial filmmaker and try to always have side projects where I can explore different ideas and feel free creatively. 2. From the idea to… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Nils Emil Nylander (ARINA)

THE SHIFT played to rave reviews at the August 2021 ANIMATION Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I mainly made It because I wanted develop my animation and illustration skills. 2. From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to make this short? I started… Continue reading Interview with Animator/Filmmaker Johan Samuelsson (THE SHIFT)

YELLOWSTONE 88 – SONG OF FIRE played to rave reviews at the August 2021 ANIMATION Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? JERRY: Our studio is located in California where we are now beset with ever increasing climate related fires and purple air quality from the smoke every year. Fire season begins… Continue reading Interview with Animators/Filmmakers Jerry van de Beek & Betsy De Fries (YELLOWSTONE 88 – SONG OF FIRE)