1. What is your screenplay about? After years of mastering the lyre, Apollo, the God of music and the sun, presents his prize mortal musician, Orpheus, with the divine kithara, a curved silver seven-string sword instrument. Orpheus accepts the kithara, naive to know that he will be forever a servant of the Gods. Now, the… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Richard Giarraffa (Orpheus)

1. What is your screenplay about? My screenplay is about a person slightly in denial of his addition, who is then forced to face it in a very unconventional way. . 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Pyschological thriller 3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie? I like to think… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Donald Just (An Evening With Illness)

COUPLE played to rave reviews at the March 2021 DIVERSITY Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? It’s my dream to study film and to actually do one, since I was 15 years old. Now I’m 43 with 3 kids, so I had to really want this to happen. I quit my… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Einav Namer-Yelin (COUPLE)

SHIPWRECK was the winner of BEST EXPERIMENTAL film at the March 2021 Experimental Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? During the first COVID lockdown, my partner Philip McDermott and I were quarantined in St. John’s, Newfoundland. With all of our dance and teaching gigs cancelled, we spent a lot of time… Continue reading Interview with Dancer/Producer Jenn Edwards (SHIPWRECK)

THE LAST RIGHTS was the winner of BEST FILM at the March 2021 FEMALE Filmmakers Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? – It was a question that came to my mind a couple of years back while my mother and I were watching the news about the demise of a respected Indian… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Aastha Verma (THE LAST RIGHTS)

303: Endless Night was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the March 2021 Crime/Thriller Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I had been busy days working to give birth, raising a kid, bringing home the bacon, and living normal lives. Raising a child made me look back on another past I had… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Geena Jung (303: Endless Night)

THE CLIMBING PERCH was the winner of BEST THRILLER FILM at the March 2021 Crime/Thriller Festival. 1- What motivated you to make this film? The overwhelming urge to make another film after a 4 year hiatus. I gathered the usual suspects and pitched them the idea of taking it upon ourselves to make a film… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Daniel Gómez Bagby (THE CLIMBING PERCH)

Totsu (Redbird) was the winner of BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN at the March 2021 Crime/Thriller Festival in March 2021. 1. What motivated you to make this film? My mission as a filmmaker is to tell stories through the eyes of Native American or Indigenous peoples, which is what I’ve been doing for nearly a decade. The… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Jeremy Charles (Totsu (Redbird))

CRUEL WORLD was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the WILDsound Crime/Thriller Film Festival in March 2021. 1. What motivated you to make this film? After releasing my comedic web series ‘Out to Lunch’ on YouTube in April of 2018 under behindDAmask Productions, I was eager to create a short film that was contrasting in… Continue reading Interview with Actor/Filmmaker Dylan Mask (CRUEL WORLD)

RAINBOW FLAG FLYING HIGH was the winner of BEST DOCUMENTARY Short at the March 2021 LGBTQ+ Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I read a lot of pieces of news coverage from Mr. Chi that touched me so much. As a film director, I would like to make a film record… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker ZHANG Hong-Jie (RAINBOW FLAG FLYING HIGH)