ATTAWA CLOTHING produced the short film BEHIND THE MUSIC, that played at the January 2021 DOCUMENTARY Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Charles Sapp (director of film) and I bumped into one another last year at Memorial Park in Houston, TX while working out. A few years had passed since we… Continue reading Interview with Roderick Robinson – Curator for Attawa Clothing

HIGH FLYING JADE was the winner of BEST DOC SUBJECT at the January 2021 DOCUMENTARY Short Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? High Flying Jade is a documentary on a formerly suicidal, bipolar, American woman who joins the Vietnamese circus as an aerial performer, and in doing so, she kind of… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Katherine Sweetman (HIGH FLYING JADE)

THE BIRDER played to rave reviews at the January 2021 DOCUMENTARY Short Film Festival. Interview with director Toby Hayman & producer Paige Smith Lee. What motivated you to make this film? Toby: This film grew out of a shorter vignette that was part of a campaign for The Nature Conservancy. Dr Lanham had been recommended… Continue reading Interview with Filmmakers Toby Hayman & Paige Smith Lee (THE BIRDER)

“Feeding Lewisham” was the winner of BEST FILM at the January 2021 DOCUMENTARY Short Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Ray put out a call for local filmmakers to help make a documentary of the work he and Barbara were doing with We Care during the first lockdown last year. As… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Cara Bowen (Feeding Lewisham)

MEMENTO MORI was the winner of BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN at the January 2021 LGBTQ+ Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I was extremely frustrated during a semester in film school, where I was told that my plot structures and characters were too complicated for the medium of short film. My professors… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Derek Elliott Bagley (MEMENTO MORI)

2 WEEKS played to rave reviews at the January 2021 LGBTQ+ film festival in January 2021. Site: http://victorianegri.com/ 1. What motivated you to make this film? Margarita first told me about her idea for her film while we were touring on a short film she acted in of mine called “Paralysis”. I am always moved… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Victoria Negri (2 WEEKS)

10 SECONDS was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the January 2021 Female Directors Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? My motivation behind every project I work on is the message that I want to present. Cinema has this great power, both to preserve history and to be a conduit between reality… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Evgenia Taneva (10 SECONDS)

ALVORADA was the winner of BEST FILM at the January 2021 LGBTQ+ Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? My motivation came from my personal experience when I was photographing music events of the Metal genre for web magazines. Although I had a connection with this subculture during my teen years, the… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Carolina Neves (ALVORADA)

ON THE RIDE – Winner of Best CINEMATOGRAPHY at the January 2021 LGBTQ+ Film Festival. http://www.ontheridefilm.com Facebook: @ontheridefilm Instagram: @ontheridefilm Twitter: @ontheridefilm 1. What motivated you to make this film? As an actor for the past 20 years, I wanted to tell my own story. I was ready to learn the process of filmmaking from… Continue reading Interview with Producer/Writer/Actor Jeremy Glazer (ON THE RIDE)

2 WEEKS played to rave reviews at the January 2021 LGBTQ+ Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Margarita Zhitnikova: Understanding that I’m asexual was a very scary experience for me. I didn’t want it to be true because I was afraid it meant I’d never be good enough for society as… Continue reading Interview with Actor/Writer/Producer Margarita Zhitnikova (2 WEEKS)