VOICES was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the April 2021 Fantasy/Sci-Fi Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I’m part of a very, very small theater/film production company called Some Assembly Required (SAR) here in L.A. Before the pandemic started, we were in our 4th year of producing evenings of one-act plays… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Jake Hart (VOICES)

1. What is your screenplay about? In the not too distant future, a team of oceanic explorers equipped with technologically advanced diving suits become the target of a highly adaptive creature that teaches them a valuable lesson: Space was never the final frontier. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? sci-fi/fantasy/horror 3. Why should… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Andrew Dean Pearson (THE DEPTHS BELOW)

SERGI & IRINA was the winner of BEST SOUND & MUSIC at the April 2021 ROMANCE Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? It was a decision inspired by the previous ‘version’ of “Sergi & Irina”, because originally it was created as a piece of Microtheatre (pieces of 15 minutes made in… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Àlex Tejedor (SERGI & IRINA)

MESSAGE FROM THE FUTURE played to rave reviews at the April 2021 COMEDY Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Tim Finn, Executive Producer: We started a small company to write, produce, and post humorous short content. Nick Nadel, Co-Writer/Co-Producer/Co-Voice Director: Message From the Future was originally conceived as a live action… Continue reading Interview with Producers Tim Finn & Nick Nadel (MESSAGE FROM THE FUTURE)

SNAKE DICK was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the April 2021 LGBTQ+ Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I first had the idea for “Snake Dick” when Donald Trump did his first live debate while running for president, so sometime back in late 2015. It was just so bizarre to… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker David Mahmoudieh (SNAKE DICK)

SUNNY BOY was the winner of BEST DIRECTION at the April 2021 LGBTQ+ Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I think there is still very few queer POC representations in the media and cinema. I had been wanting to work with the topics of new masculinities from an intersectional feminist perspective… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Sara Moralo (SUNNY BOY)

GRAFTON was awarded BEST THRILLER Film at the April 2021 THRILLER/SUSPENSE Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I had a meeting with a potential manager and I told her I was working on a feature for years and years titled MIASM, and that we were so close to getting fully funded… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Bryan Santiago (GRAFTON)

SLIPPING IN TIME was awarded BEST SOUND & MUSIC at the April 2021 LGBTQ+ Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Anna (Director): “This film was the final project for our art degree in NZ, and we wanted to finish off with a story that was meaningful for us. Our entire team… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaking Team of Anna Kong, Audee Halim, Gil Milstein (SLIPPING IN TIME)

THE SLEEPLESS was awarded BEST BLACK & WHITE film at the April 2021 WILDsound Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I was writing a 40 minute short at first but i realized it will be very complicated and expensive to shoot so one night i started brainstorming and came up with… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Kami Sadraei (THE SLEEPLESS)

THE TAILOR was the winner of BEST SHORT FILM at the April 2021 LGBTQ+ Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I had been writing for a few years and wanted to make a film. I liked the humanity in this story and the message. I came out at a later age… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Nathalie Therriault (THE TAILOR)