SHOOTER was the winner of BEST MUSIC at the January 2020 LA Feedback Film Festival. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Jan Johnson: I was concerned about the rise in gang violence in Chicago (my hometown) and specifically the rise in girl gang violence. According to the DOJ “one in 4 new… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Jan Johnson (SHOOTER)
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Interview with Filmmaker Lucas Longacre (FOOD CART)
FOOD CART played to rave reviews at the Thriller Festival in March 2020. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Lucas Longacre: After working in verite documentary for over a decade, I was hungry to play in the scripted narrative genre. I missed working with actors, storyboarding, and collaborating with a Director of… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Lucas Longacre (FOOD CART)
Interview with Screenwriter Jason Harley (Pandora’s Adversaries)
Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Jason Harley: Pandora’s Adversaries is set in the not-too-distant future. It’s about an irrational, rabidly anti-feminist cult committed to the eradication of women. Pandora’s Adversaries believe that the prominence of women within the establishment and professional classes is the root of all evil, and that women constitute a… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Jason Harley (Pandora’s Adversaries)
Interview with Screenwriter WH Clark (HELSTAF)
Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? WH Clark: A scientist in Antarctica trying to save the penguin population from extinction ends up having to save the whole planet from Noah’s Flood 2.0 when a giant solar superstorm hits and melts the polar ice cap. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Thriller, Sci-Fi,… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter WH Clark (HELSTAF)
Interview with Winning Screenwriters Jennifer Woldman & David Maddox (A STUDY IN SCARLETT)
Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? A Study in Scarlett is a re-imagining of the classic Sherlock Holmes, with inspiration also taken from American history circa late 1860s-70s. The enigmatic genius Scarlett Holmes is a bi-racial woman. She meets her loyal friend and partner Joanna Holmes, a struggling doctor, to solve a murder and… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriters Jennifer Woldman & David Maddox (A STUDY IN SCARLETT)
Interview with Winning Screenwriter Shane W. Smith (BLACK MIRROR)
Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Shane W. Smith: Matchsticks 2.0 is a Black Mirror spec script about a family caught up in a government push to genetically normalise its citizens, using biometric user data gathered from a popular game to target imperfect subjects. But at its heart, this is a story about the… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Shane W. Smith (BLACK MIRROR)
Interview with Filmmaker Brian Ernst (WELL DONE)
WELL DONE was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the Chicago FEEDBACK Film Festival in February 2020. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Brian Ernst: We initially set out to make this film for a short film contest and the idea sprang from a conversation I had with producer and star of… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Brian Ernst (WELL DONE)
Interview with Filmmaker Gretl Claggett (STORMCHASER)
STORMCHASER swept the awards at the February 2020 FEMALE Feedback Film Festival in Toronto. Winner of BEST FILM. BEST PERFORMANCES. BEST CINEMATROGRAPHY Matthew Toffolo: How did you come up with the idea for this short film? And… What motivated you to make the film? “He’s a door-to-door ‘door’ salesman,” my friend said. “A what…?” I… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Gretl Claggett (STORMCHASER)
Interview with Screenwriter Ma Troggian (FOREIGN)
Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Ma Troggian: Foreign is a story about love, loss and immigration in a politically polarized America. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Drama, Romantic Drama. 3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie? The script is timely. Foreign sheds light upon the importance of… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Ma Troggian (FOREIGN)
Interview with Screenwriter Samantha Loney (HUSH)
Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Samantha Loney: My screenplay is a television pilot about an FBI psychologist who comes back from maternity leave to be tasked with watching over a former special agent to solve the only case that she’s let go cold. They find that a string of child abductions might have… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Samantha Loney (HUSH)
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