Covid Landscape: Boise, Idaho June 2020 was the winner of BEST SOUND & MUSIC at the February 2021 Documentary Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I have a working relationship with the artist, David Carmack Lewis. I met David a few years ago while he was painting another mural here in… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker John D. LeMay (Covid Landscape: Boise, Idaho June 2020)
Interview with Filmmaker Miya Matsumoto Lee (WRITING ON THE WALL)
WRITING ON THE WALL was the winner of BEST SHORT FILM at the February 2021 Documentary Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? 2020 was a historic year. I wanted to document one of the largest civil rights movements in American history. Even in the midst of a pandemic, people came together… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Miya Matsumoto Lee (WRITING ON THE WALL)
Interview with Filmmaker HK Alleys (HONG KONG DIALOGUES)
HONG KONG DIALOGUES played at the January 2021 Political Documentary Festival to rave reviews. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Well , we didn’t know each other at first, we were filming separated in the scene on our own but later we met, a few of us, we were filming for different pages… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker HK Alleys (HONG KONG DIALOGUES)
Interview with Filmmaker Geoffrey Uloth (MOMENT)
MOMENT was the winner of BEST FILM at the July 2020 FANTASY/SCI-FI Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I’m in a place in my career where I want to make films that resonate and connect on an emotional level with audiences. Many of my films are concept-based with a bit of… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Geoffrey Uloth (MOMENT)
Interview with Screenwriter Robyn Gudgell (The Only Boy In New York)
What is your screenplay about? It’s about a young man taking a road trip across an empty United States of America, three years after the apocalypse to find out if he truly is alone. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Drama or Coming of Age 3. Why should this screenplay be made into… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Robyn Gudgell (The Only Boy In New York)
Interview with Filmmaker Theresa Desautels (YOU HANDSOME DOG)
YOU HANDSOME DOG (DON’T YOU EVER DIE) played to rave reviews at the February 2021 DOCUMENTARY Film Festival 1. What motivated you to make this film? I was motivated to film an interview with my grandfather back in 2016 when Trump won the US presidential election because I wanted reassurance from my grandfather that it… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Theresa Desautels (YOU HANDSOME DOG)
Interview with Screenwriter Richard M. Trask (Cosmosis of Worlds)
1. What is your screenplay about? “Cosmosis of Worlds” presents a solid scientific vision of the continual recurrence of our own human life in further mortal lives, meaning that we live another life as ourselves again and again. The heroes’ quest is to try to communicate this shocking, perhaps dangerous discovery to a firmly skeptical… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Richard M. Trask (Cosmosis of Worlds)
Interview with Filmmaker David Jung (ROAM)
ROAM was the winner of BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN at the February 2021 FANTASY/SCI-FI Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I was watching the news about families getting separated at the US border. Parents having their children ripped away from them, and I thought… my god, if this can happen in the… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker David Jung (ROAM)
Interview with Filmmaker Lara Heller (SYNTH)
SYNTH was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the February 2021 FANTASY/SCI-FI Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? SYNTH was inspired by true events – Hanson Robotics in Hong Kong created a robot called Sophia. Sophia the A.I. is based on Audrey Hepburn’s face and is the first robot to have… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Lara Heller (SYNTH)
Interview with Filmmaker Jason Sheedy (FENESTRA)
FENESTRA was the winner of BEST SHORT FILM at the February 2021 FANTASY/SCI-FI Film Festival. What motivated you to make this film? I’ve been focusing on writing for the past few years and really wanted to jump back into making shorts so at its core this film was just sort of a fun excuse to… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Jason Sheedy (FENESTRA)
