1. What is your screenplay about? It’s about passion. Evie Muller is a bubbly, eager (and unappreciated) mother whose passion, outside of caring for two needy “adult” children and jerk of a husband, is food. After Evie’s marriage falls apart and her daughter foists the catering of her wedding reception on her, Evie finally decides… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Paul Hewitt (DRUNKEN NOODLES)

1. What is your screenplay about? My screenplay deals with the fictional account of the last moments of Vincent Van Gogh who was a failed artist during his lifetime. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Experimental/ drama/ short narrative/ fantasy etc 3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie? Van Gogh… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Madhu R (Death Offers Life – last moments of Vincent Van Gogh)

1. What is your screenplay about? Uncertainty, loss, fear, discovery, family, and identity. Set in the time of the Black Death, 1348-1350 approximately. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Historical Drama, Suspense/Thriller, Horror. 3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie? Though it takes place nearly 700 years ago, there are… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Tyler Frech (The Pestilence)

1. What is your screenplay about? My screenplay is about a Japanese American woman whose son is refusing medications necessary for release from a psychiatric ward, so they can travel cross-country for her new job promotion. Mysteriously, her son knows that a camera from the time of her Japanese American incarceration (at Manzanar during WWII)… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Steve Sasaki (THE CAMERA)

1) What is the theme of your poem? This poem is a reflection on what we know as reality. If you look at the world’s reaction to Climate Change maybe we are all living in a dream world. 2) What motivated you to write this poem? Watching the news every day made me think that… Continue reading Interview with Poet Stephen Karnaghan

1) What is the theme of your poem? Depression and Dissociating 2) What motivated you to write this poem? I wanted to write from other perspectives 3) How long have you been writing poetry? I have always liked writing 4) If you could have dinner with one person (dead or alive), who would that be?… Continue reading Interview with Poet Camile Tricomo

ABSENCE was the winner of BEST SCI-FI Film at the October 2020 Sci-Fi Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I am a filmmaker from the childhood. I always carry some ideas with me which i would love to put into a movie. I like creating new worlds and howideas starts to… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Richard Marx (ABSENCE)

LOOKING GLASS played to rave reviews at the September 2020 Female Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? At the time of conceptualizing this piece, I had just finished reading a book called ‘The Big Leap’ which explores the concept of taking that courageous leap from your ‘excellence zone’ to your ‘genius… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Joslyn Rose (LOOKING GLASS)

INSIDE OUT TERRAIN played to rave reviews at the September 2020 Experimental Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Shay approached the three of us in February – she was the curator behind this team. We had been discussing the possibility of a collaboration for years but I think it became so… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Samia Zaidi (INSIDE OUT TERRAIN)

I’LL CRY TOMORROW played to rave reviews at the September 2020 Under 5 Minute Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I was going through some keep-sakes and saw a bunch of super-8 and 16mm films I had made in the mid-1980’s. It really piqued my curiosity. And being curious by nature,… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Brett Thomas (I’LL CRY TOMORROW)