Tag: interview

Interview with Screenwriter Vinny Smith (SQUISH!)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Vinny Smith: It’s about a group of marine biology students who are stalked by a giant jellyfish. It’s basically a monster movie set in the tropics but it’s also about the environment and Big Oil’s involvement in harming it. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? I… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Vinny Smith (SQUISH!)

Interview with Screenwriter Eric White (BLIND VAMPIRE)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Eric White: The 15-minute Short is about a vampire who was blinded in an ambush. She learns to survive throughout the centuries by using the vision of animals and her ability to compel beings through thought. In the Short we see: (1) Healthy vampire Dreven, (2) Blinded Dreven… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Eric White (BLIND VAMPIRE)

Interview with Screenwriter Carmine Bicchetti (TUXEDO TERRACE)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Carmine Bicchetti: At a dinner party in the Hollywood Hills, Lorenzo and Kitty (with the help of some Hollywood legends and a few unexpected guests) must convince an immigrations officer that their phony marriage is actually legitimate; or else Lorenzo could risk deportation. Lorenzo is an Italian immigrant… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Carmine Bicchetti (TUXEDO TERRACE)

Interview with Screenwriter Ron Micci (ALL THE WOLVES YOU WERE)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Ron Micci: It’s a tongue-in-cheek, droll, humorous take on werewolves involving the British aristocracy during the Victorian era, think 1880s. A satire and a parody of those old Universal Wolfman films. The Prescotts, whose aristocratic fortunes are in decline, are hoping that the marriage of their son, Lawrence,… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Ron Micci (ALL THE WOLVES YOU WERE)

Interview with Screenwriter Anthony DeFoe (SUPERCUT)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Anthony DeFoe: Supercut is about a relationship falling apart. It’s told from the perspective of one of the partners as he get’s ready for a major life event he flashes back on the highs and lows of his relationship for the euphoric first moments of falling in love… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Anthony DeFoe (SUPERCUT)

Interview with Screenwriter Josh Brushett (PERSEVERANCE)

PERSEVERANCE was the May 2019 WILDsound Feature Screenplay Winner. Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Josh Brushett: The screenplay is about a young bride to be, in the prime of her life, with everything to live for until her life is unexpectedly cut short. Struggling to deal with the circumstances of her death and… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Josh Brushett (PERSEVERANCE)

Interview with Filmmaker Ciaran R. Maidwell (THERE’S STILL GOOD)

THERE’S STILL GOOD was the winner of BEST MUSIC at the LGBT Toronto Film Festival in May 2019. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Ciaran R. Maidwell: There’s Still Good was inspired by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s TEDTalk “The danger of a single story”. In it, she says “the single story creates stereotypes,… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Ciaran R. Maidwell (THERE’S STILL GOOD)

Interview with Filmmaker Adrian Ramirez Leon (ACCOMPLICE)

ACCOMPLICE was the winner of BEST FILM at the May 2019 Thriller/Suspense FEEDBACK Film Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Adrian Ramirez Leon: Back then I had just finished the first draft of a bigger project I was writing on, a feature. I thought that it wouldn’t be a… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Adrian Ramirez Leon (ACCOMPLICE)

Interview with Filmmaker Robbie Lemieux (THE WOODS)

THE WOODS played to rave reviews at the May 2019 Thriller/Suspense FEEDBACK Film Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Robbie Lemieux: This short film is a proof-of-concept for a feature film that I’m developing. Although the short is about different characters in slightly different circumstances than the feature, the… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Robbie Lemieux (THE WOODS)

Interview with Filmmaker Jasper Bronkhorst (BLOODBURN)

BLOODBURN was the winner of BEST MUSIC at the May 2019 Thriller/Suspense FEEDBACK Film Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Jasper Bronkhorst: It is my first short that I have written and directed, so I chose to work in the ‘safety’ of a genre (thriller/suspense) to learn technique and… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Jasper Bronkhorst (BLOODBURN)