AMERICAN DREAM was the winner of BEST SHORT FILM at the January 2021 POLITICAL Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Our motivation was born from an opportunity to make a film in the US. Nicolas won an award with his first shortfilm “Papé” during the Chelsea Film Festival at New York… Continue reading Interview with Filmmakers Nicolas Polixene & Sylvain Loubet dit Gajol (AMERICAN DREAM)

UNDOCUMENTED played to rave reviews at the January 2021 Under 5 Minute Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? In 2017 Valeria and I were awarded a grant by the Arts and Humanities Research Council in the UK to carry out research on “cross-language dynamics”, that is, communities where more than one… Continue reading Interview with Rhys Aaron Lewis & Valeria Luongo (UNDOCUMENTED)

1. What is your screenplay about? My screenplay, “An Absolute Mind,” is based off of my novel of the same name. It’s about a college student named Sonya Ogino who finds out she has Absolute Memory; the ability to see the memories of significant objects. There are underground gangs who hunt down people like her,… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Lauren Lola (AN ABSOLUTE MIND)

SAINT CLAIR CEMIN, PSYCHE was the winner of BEST FEATURE FILM at the January 2021 Experimental, Dance, Music Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? When I started the whole opus of 610Film, I wanted to show the process of creativity of various artists. I was working with seven artists at the… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Svetlana Cemin (SAINT CLAIR CEMIN, PSYCHE)

ALIVE was the winner of BEST DOC SHORT at the January 2021 Experimental, Dance, Music film festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Click on the news, read a textbook, listen to a podcast—there is an overwhelming amount of issues in the world that need more attention. I always struggled with this in… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Braden Joe (ALIVE)

ANGELE was the winner of BEST SOUND & MUSIC at the January 2021 Under 5 Minute Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? A couple of things inspired me to make this film. First of all, my mother. I have witnessed her during the entire climbing season here in Quebec, learning all… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Rachel Trudeau (ANGELE)

THE ASSASSINATION OF A MAN was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the January 2021 Under 5 Minute Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? The producer and I desperately needed to make a film, after being in lockdown for so long. He’s a steadicam op so we designed a film that… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Daniel Riser (THE ASSASSINATION OF A MAN)

FATHER was the winner of BEST FILM at the January 2021 Under 5 Minute Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? – I had the idea for about a year, then had to come up with a project proposal for uni. In the beginning, I came up with a few new ideas… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Apollonia Xylouris (FATHER)

HOME BREAK IN played to rave reviews at the January 2021 Under 5 Minute Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I felt ready to produce my very first short film, but with the covid-19 conditions it was hard to do something bigger. So I thought that making a one minute film… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Elizabeth Jordan (HOME BREAK IN)

HEAR CONGO played to rave reviews at the January 2021 Under 5 Minute Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? When I was initially informed about this organization I was asked to help with creating a feature length documentary. I thought what was happening there was so interesting and what was being… Continue reading Interview with Jason Flakes (HEAR CONGO)