La Ráfaga was the winner of BEST SOUND & MUSIC at the LGBT Feedback Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I wanted to tell the stories of the voices that were ignored after Hurricane Maria- the LGTBQ Community was very much ignored in all fronts- health and daily well being. Lots… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Edgar M. García (La Ráfaga)

ANYTHING FOR MY MOTHER was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the LGBT Feedback Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? The story and the emotional connection I have with the piece is what motivates me to make this film. I was raised by a single mother who is also sick when… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Alex Meridy (ANYTHING FOR MY MOTHER)

A DAY WITHOUT YOU played to rave reviews at the September 2020 LGBT Feedback Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I think I found my inspiration through all the gay couples Who still live in the closet because of family I society issues, and they get to live in the shadows… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Oscar Arce Naranjo (A DAY WITHOUT YOU)

HANN was the winner of BEST FILM at the LGBT Feedback Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I knew I wanted to make a film that carried sentimental significance to me and I decided that I would create the film that I needed as a gay youth. Perhaps if I had… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Runar Thor Sigurbjornsson (HANN)

LOVE CRIME played to rave reviews at the September 2020 LGBT Film Festival. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Bethany Teague: I am a full-time storyteller for the Click & Pledge Foundation in Blacksburg, Virginia. The Click & Pledge Foundation is the 501c3 arm of Click & Pledge, an online fundraising platform… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Bethany Teague (LOVE CRIME)

What is your screenplay about? A romantic comedy about an uptight executive, Marian Barnes, sent to refurbish a dilapidated tropical hotel full of nutty guests and a slew of suitors. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Romantic comedy. 3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie? Because it will make a… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter John Montgomery (THE HOTEL PALMYRA)

EGO was the winner of BEST PERFORMERS at the September 2020 Dance & Music Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Having the opportunity to work with Northern Ballet on this film was a real opportunity to use movement to tell a narrative. I have always been interested in the ego We all… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Daniel Lowenstein (EGO)

BEEHIVE was the winner of BEST DANCE FILM at the September 2020 Dance & Music Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Movements and dance always fascinated me. It’s incredible what a body can do, what sorts of things and concepts it can express. So the interaction between dance , Vertical Dance in… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Luigi Coppola (BEEHIVE)

BOXED was the winner of BEST FILM at the September 2020 Dance & Music Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? While I was studying abroad in a foreign country, I was sexually assaulted. For months I was unable to truly process what had happened. Over time, I grew to become much more… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Olivia Adelman (BOXED)

MY DINNER WITH SCHWARTZEY played to rave reviews at the September 2020 WILDsound Female Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? Melissa: Penny and I really wanted to collaborate on something – we had worked together in NY theater previously and both were starting to segue into film. When we started talking… Continue reading Interview with Filmmakers Melissa Skirboll & Penny Jackson (MY DINNER WITH SCHWARTZEY)