“Numerus Duo” was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the October 2020 HORROR Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I attended the Telluride Horror Film Festival 2 years ago and watched a really fun block of gross-out horror films. The audience reaction was so much fun. I had the idea for… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Nick Fiorella (Numerus Duo)

OUR FATHER played to rave reviews at the October 2020 ROMANCE Film Festival. What motivated you to make this film? It was a very specific moment actually. I remember being on the east side of Los Angeles waiting to go see a friend’s play as part of the IAMA theater company and one of my… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Jamie Duneier (OUR FATHER)

LAG: A ZOOMSICAL COMEDY played to rave reviews at the October 2020 Dance & Music Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? In March 2020 our lives began to lag. We, as musical theatre makers, lost our live audience. More than ever before, we Zoomed, encountering friends and colleagues from a safe social… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Haddon Kime (LAG: A ZOOMSICAL COMEDY)

STAY INSIDE played to rave reviews at the October 2020 Dance & Music Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? During the initial shutdown, I was scanning social media (as most of us were doing) and came across a couple parodies which inspired me by the positive energy on display during those scary… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Will Meadows (STAY INSIDE)

FROM HEAVEN IS CALI was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the October 2020 Drama New York Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I’ve always wanted to make a film, but it was always very intimidating to me. It was tricky finding subject matter that was inspiring, where I could actively… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Christaan Felber (FROM HEAVEN IS CALI)

IN MEMORIAM was the winner of BEST FILM at the New York Drama October 2020 Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I have always been fascinated by works such as George Orwell’s 1984 and Terry Gilliam’s Brazil. Themes such as the power of information and the willingness of those in positions… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Dimitrios Karas (IN MEMORIAM)

PANDEMIA was the winner of BEST PERFOMANCES at the October 2020 Dance & Music Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? First of all, I want to thank the Experimental Dance Festival and the WILDsound Festival for all the support and promotion you do for us. Being able to have my movie shown… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Katerina Giannakopoulou (PANDEMIA)

SYNCHRONICITY played to rave reviews at the October 2020 Animation, Dance & Music Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? The film is loosely based on ideas around Synchronicity, which believes that there is such a thing as meaningful coincidences. Less to do with fate, it’s about how there perhaps is a greater… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Michelle Brand (SYNCHRONICITY)

LIMINALITY was the winner of BEST DANCE FILM at the October 2020 Dance & Music Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? We began this project as a small collaboration. Annali Rose is currently a Graduate Student at Florida State University, School of Dance, on the returning professional track, and I (Jennifer Petuch)… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Jennifer Petuch (LIMINALITY)

STICKY was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the September 2020 Drama Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? The moral at the heart of the story rang like a bell for me — you don’t get to choose what the people around you do even if it hurts you. You do get… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Cameron Johanning (STICKY)