Interview with Carlo Danese (WINTER AFTERNOON)

Matthew Toffolo: What is the theme of your poem? Carlo Danese: How one experience can in a split second flip over into an ‘opposite’ experience 2) What motivated you to write this poem? Sounds funny, but a remark I overheard from somebody about her brother. Plus a photograph I took of a snowy field in… Continue reading Interview with Carlo Danese (WINTER AFTERNOON)

Interview with Poet Mustofa Munir (FREEDOM)

1. What is the theme of poem? Answer: Freedom—the source of energy, rejoice, bliss and exuberance for every creature that exists in this world. It is an inherent privilege granted to all humankind too. It prevails but not all living souls enjoy the true freedom though it is so inseparable from the life. 2. What… Continue reading Interview with Poet Mustofa Munir (FREEDOM)

Interview with Poet Arloa L. Means (THE PROMISE)

Matthew Toffolo: What is the theme of your poem? Arloa L. Means: The theme of my poem “The Promise”, is the fulfillment of God’s promise & prophecy, to re-establish the Nation of Israel 2) What motivated you to write this poem? My motivation in writing this poem was to express lyrically & with music as… Continue reading Interview with Poet Arloa L. Means (THE PROMISE)

Interview with Novelist Scott Meehan (DESERT ROCK)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your novel about? Scott Meehan: In 2003, a female soldier approaches Major David Allan and gives him a crystal marble, telling him that he must keep it with him at all times. When he goes on Christmas Leave from Balad, Iraq, the C-5 Air Force jet is shot down in the… Continue reading Interview with Novelist Scott Meehan (DESERT ROCK)

Interview with Novelist Sharon Bennett Gandy (Catlips Incorporated)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your novel about? Catlips Incorporated is about Argyle and Pap along with their friends met along the way, who join together to put a stop to the nip drug usage and the violent cat gangs who sell it. 2. What genres would you say this story is in? The genre is… Continue reading Interview with Novelist Sharon Bennett Gandy (Catlips Incorporated)

Interview with Filmmaker Alex Fynn (FORMS)

FORMS was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the November 2018 Experimental FEEDBACK Film Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Alex Fynn: I was given the opportunity by Red Bull South Africa to create a piece that showcases dance in the most interesting way possible. From my early days… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Alex Fynn (FORMS)

Interview with Screenwriter Tara C. Hall (WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Tara C. Hall: Women & Children First is about a true crime writer who lives in constant fear after a random, brutal attack. Her worst fears are realized when three men break into her house intent on killing her and her children, then her thirteen year old daughter… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Tara C. Hall (WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST)

Interview with Screenwriter Michael Aliotti (JIMMY)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Michael Aliotti: This screenplay is about the bad karma that gangster Al Capone carried with him through his later years in prison. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? – Gangster/ Psychological-Horror 3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie? – Because of how many… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Michael Aliotti (JIMMY)

Interview with Screenwriter Steve Feld (AND THEN, THIS HAPPENED)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Steve Feld: Finding love in the most unexpected places, with the most unexpected person and the most unexpected gender. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Comedy, Romance, RomCom 3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie? It’s a love story and a comedy. Who… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Steve Feld (AND THEN, THIS HAPPENED)

Interview with Screenwriter Jessi Thind (UP AND AWAY – Superman Script)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Jessi Thind: Up and Away is about identity, friendship, and parenthood. It follows Clark Kent as a runaway teenager on a journey of self-discovery with his parents desperately searching for him. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Coming of age/ Drama. 3. Why should this screenplay… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Jessi Thind (UP AND AWAY – Superman Script)