Tag: director

Interview with director Jon Glassberg (FREEDOM OF THE WHEELS)

FREEDOM OF THE WHEELS was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the January 2018 LA FEEDBACK Film Festival: Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Jon Glassberg: We wanted to make a film that made fun of the film festival style and the outdoor industry’s obsession with accomplishment. So, we put two guys… Continue reading Interview with director Jon Glassberg (FREEDOM OF THE WHEELS)

Interview with documentary filmmaker Jenna Gartlan (MISSING PEACE)

MISSSING PEACE played at the November 2017 Short Film Festival to great reviews. It is by far one of the most unique films the FEEDBACK Festival showed in 2017.   Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? I was really shocked to learn about Body Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID), but I was instantly… Continue reading Interview with documentary filmmaker Jenna Gartlan (MISSING PEACE)

Interview with Bartek Kmita, Kamil Krynski, Wojtek Szwed – (Directors/Screenwriters PARADIGME)

PARADIGME was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the December 2017 Sci-Fi Film Festival in Los Angeles.  Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Bartek: The main motivation to create this movie was actually pretty simple, to graduate the school. But instead of making an easy asset for the diploma, I began to… Continue reading Interview with Bartek Kmita, Kamil Krynski, Wojtek Szwed – (Directors/Screenwriters PARADIGME)

Interview with the film team of the short film CHRISTINE (Jessica Adler, Kate Montgomery, Stephanie Serra)

CHRISTINE was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the December 2017 LGBT FEEDBACK Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? We wanted to tell a story that highlighted the idea that you can be yourself, even if you don’t have words to describe it yet. We wanted to paint an image of… Continue reading Interview with the film team of the short film CHRISTINE (Jessica Adler, Kate Montgomery, Stephanie Serra)

Interview with Animation Filmmaker Marleia A. Alfaro (BARRY THE BLOBFISH)

BARRY THE BLOBFISH played to rave reviews at the December 2017 ANIMATION FEEDBACK Film Festival.   Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Marleia A. Alfaro: It’s so difficult to come up with new characters that you’ve never seen in animation before. The story of Barry the Blobfish came about and motivated me… Continue reading Interview with Animation Filmmaker Marleia A. Alfaro (BARRY THE BLOBFISH)

Interview with Filmmaker Stephen Riscica (IT GETS BETTER?)

 IT GETS BETTER? was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the December 2017 LGBT FEEDBACK Film Festival. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Stephen Riscica: I started writing this film almost years ago after learning about Jamey Rodemeyer, a young gay teenager from Buffalo, NY who made an It Gets Better video… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Stephen Riscica (IT GETS BETTER?)

Interview with Filmmaker Stephanie Knöbl (PEPITA & MAX)

 Stephanie Knöbl was the producer and co-director of the short film PEPITA & MAX. It was the winner of BEST SOUND DESIGN at the September 2017 Festival for Family. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Stephanie Knöbl: For a long time we have been dealing with the topic of the representation of… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Stephanie Knöbl (PEPITA & MAX)

Interview with Filmmaker Mike Johnson (OCEANIC ALIENS)

 OCEANIC ALIENS was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the November 2017 DOCUMENTARY Short Film Festival. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Mike Johnson: A few years ago I fell in love with scuba diving and the underwater world. Being a filmmaker, my goal quickly became making underwater video a staple of… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Mike Johnson (OCEANIC ALIENS)