Interview with Screenwriter Javier Torregrosa (Rick and Morty – What Have You Learnt Morty?)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Javier Torregrosa: Rick has to help Morty learn a subject for school but wants to help Morty his way. Meanwhile Jerry becomes a door-to-door salesman to earn a living and soon regrets it. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Sci-fi comedy. 3. Why should this screenplay… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Javier Torregrosa (Rick and Morty – What Have You Learnt Morty?)

Interview with Screenwriter George Deihl Jr. (ALGORITHM)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Thematically, The Algorithm is about the dangers of strict adherance to a religion or ideology and how those beliefs can be directly opposed to morality and a common sense of decency. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Science Fiction. I always imagined it’s style to match… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter George Deihl Jr. (ALGORITHM)

Interview with Stacey Lynn Patterson (TORN BETWEEN)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your novel about? My novel is about Gabreilla a young African-American photographer who goes on a vacation of a lifetime with her childhood friends and Accident Happens she dies she goes to a place called The between at her death and encounters the Forgotten there who rip her soul in half… Continue reading Interview with Stacey Lynn Patterson (TORN BETWEEN)

Interview with Screenwriter Jean Barker (EDEN)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Jean Barker: A teenage first love, between two girls, one of whom breaks into a cult’s garden to save the other. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Fantasy and coming of age, and mostly drama. 3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie? It’s… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Jean Barker (EDEN)

Interview with Screenwriter Mary C. Ferrara (RED SHIRT)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Mary C. Ferrara: A woman named Muriel goes on a blind date at a diner, she knows nothing about the guy she is meeting but that he will have a red shirt. Being an awkward person and a bit overwhelmed, she runs into the bathroom shortly after she… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Mary C. Ferrara (RED SHIRT)

Interview with Filmmaker Michelle Brand (NOT THE SAME RIVER. NOT THE SAME MAN)

 NOT THE SAME RIVER. NOT THE SAME MAN was the winner of BEST MUSIC at the August 2018 Under 5 Minute Film Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Michelle Brand: I am fascinated for a while now with the relationship between time, change, and movement and how they connect… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Michelle Brand (NOT THE SAME RIVER. NOT THE SAME MAN)

Interview with Filmmaker Linda Gasser (WHAT IF)

WHAT IF was the winner of BEST FILM at the August 2018 Los Angeles FEEDBACK Film Festival. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Linda Gasser: What if (with the original title: Wo sie ist) is a film about the future, but it is about presence too. In the past I had worked… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Linda Gasser (WHAT IF)

Interview with Screenwriter Gustavo Freitas (OPERATION BROTHER SAM)

OPERATION BROTHER SAM was the winner of BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY at the August 2018 Action/Adventure/Crime/Mystery Festival. Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Gustavo Freitas:During the Cold War an Intelligence Officer, haunted by the death of his wife, must stop a US Ambassador who plans to fraud the Brazilian elections. This script is based on… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Gustavo Freitas (OPERATION BROTHER SAM)

Interview with Filmmaker Aram Atkinson (FIREFLIES)

FIREFLIES played at the August Under 5 Minute Short Film Festival in Toronto to rave reviews. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Aram Atkinson: I actually made this film for two specific reasons, firstly that I was just about to go freelance and wanted to kickstart with a narrative based passion project,… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Aram Atkinson (FIREFLIES)

Interview with Filmmaker Jonathan Harris (WEEKEND WARRIOR)

 WEEKEND WARRIOR played to rave reviews at the August 2018 DOCUMENTARY FEEDBACK Film Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Jonathan Harris: I like to make films about activities that people don’t normally get the chance to be involved in. Adventure and action sports have always enthralled me so I… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Jonathan Harris (WEEKEND WARRIOR)