CHRICKE was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the April 2018 LGBT FEEDBACK Film Festival in April 2018. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Christian Arnold: I was cut off by my father because of my sexual orientation. And the phone call in the film is the actual last phone call between… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Christian Arnold (CHRICKE)
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Interview with Filmmaker Declan Quinlan (BOY)
BOY was the winner of BEST MUSIC at the LGBT FEEDBACK Film Festival in April 2018. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Declan Quinlan: I wanted to tell a gay story that highlighted how being gay and repressed because of your environment can really alter a person’s state of self and treatment… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Declan Quinlan (BOY)
Interview with Filmmaker Ramon Blanquer (SAMFAELINI: BUSBY BERKELEY’S DREAM ABERRATIONS)
SAMFAELINI: BUSBY BERKELEY’S DREAM ABERRATIONS played to rave reviews at the April 2018 Experimental & Music FEEDBACK Film Festival. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Ramon Blanquer: The surreal landscapes Busby Berkeley achieved in his films. 2. From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Ramon Blanquer (SAMFAELINI: BUSBY BERKELEY’S DREAM ABERRATIONS)
Interview with Filmmaker Dazhi Huang (NIGHT LIVE)
NIGHT LIVE played to rave reviews at the April 2018 Experimental & Music FEEDBACK Film Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Dazhi Huang: This film is my graduation thesis, In the month when I was brainstorming for the script, two unfortunate incidence happened: One was the Pulse shooting, the… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Dazhi Huang (NIGHT LIVE)
Interview with Director Leslie Aldana (THE WRITER’S WOMAN)
THE WRITER’S WOMAN was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the Romance FEEDBACK Film Festival in February 2018. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Leslie Aldana: I was thinking about love and the structures around it. About the think that are socially permitted an not in this topic. I realized love is… Continue reading Interview with Director Leslie Aldana (THE WRITER’S WOMAN)
Interview with Filmmaker Hollis Sherman-Pepe (TO QUIET MY MIND)
TO QUIET MY MIND was the winner of BEST FILM at the March 2018 Under 5 Minute Feedback Film Festival in Los Angeles. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Hollis Sherman-Pepe: I always write my short films with specific actors in mind. My star Ryan McKenzie is a fabulous actor and painter.… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Hollis Sherman-Pepe (TO QUIET MY MIND)
Interview with filmmaker Linnea Ritland (VIOLET AND JUNE)
VIOLET AND JUNE was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the February 2018 ROMANCE FEEDBACK Film Festival on Valentine’s Day. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Linnea Ritland: Whenever I look up at the stars I’m flat out terrified. The idea that we’re tiny in comparison to the universe (and that we’re… Continue reading Interview with filmmaker Linnea Ritland (VIOLET AND JUNE)
Interview with Filmmaker Julia Campanelli (116)
116 played to rave reviews at the February 2018 ROMANCE FEEDBACK Film Festival in Toronto on Valentine’s Day. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Julia Campanelli: I made my film, “116”, because of the dearth of interesting roles on screen for women over the age of 45 years. As an actress,… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Julia Campanelli (116)
Interview with Filmmaker Vincent Cappello (MONSIEUR HERNST)
MONSIEUR HERNST won multiple awards at the February 2018 SCI-FI/FANTASY FEEDBACK Film Festival: BEST FILM, BEST PERFORMANCES, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY. 1. What motivated you to make this film? I was always interesting by the trauma, the memory, and the oversight. And every kind of therapy, mainly therapy by hypnos and altered state of conciousness. I entered… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Vincent Cappello (MONSIEUR HERNST)
Interview with Filmmaker Philippe McKie (BREAKER)
BREAKER played to rave reviews at the February 2018 Fantasy/Sci-Fi Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Philippe McKie: A deep love of Cyberpunk! BREAKER is my first attempt at expressing some of the great potential contained in Japan for cinema within the genre, and contains references to many of… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Philippe McKie (BREAKER)
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