(A) UTOMATED (I)IRRITATION played to great reviews at the May 2018 Comedy Feedbaack Film Festival in Los Angeles. 1. What motivated you to make this film? A friend had asked me to contribute a short for an anthology series he wanted to do about artificial intelligence. Knowing that most people take a dark, dramatic approach… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Bo Liebman ((A) UTOMATED (I)IRRITATION)
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Interview with Filmmaker Andy Fortenbacher (ORNAMENT OF BEAUTY)
ORNAMENT OF BEAUTY played to rave reviews at the Under 5 Minute FEEDBACK Film Festival in April 2018. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Andy Fortenbacher: My producing partner, Stephanie, and I were interested in extracting a fantasy/horror from Shakespeare’s Sonnet #70, which is ultimately about slander. It seemed like a challenging… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Andy Fortenbacher (ORNAMENT OF BEAUTY)
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 Sari Eran Herskovitz (TRAIN)
TRAIN was the winner of BEST MUSIC at the April 2018 Under 5min. Feedback Film festival. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Sari Eran Herskovitz: The film is a music video for Train, the first single of Longing Songs, the debut album of Sari & Moshe, a music duo consisting of me… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Sari Eran Herskovitz (TRAIN)
Interview with Filmmaker Alberto Nacci (VOICES)
VOICES was the winner of BEST MUSIC at the April 2018 Experimental Film Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Alberto Nacci: This is the seventh film of a series of short films called Body & Sound on the relationships between musicians and their musical instruments. 2. From the idea… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Alberto Nacci (VOICES)
Interview with Winning Screenwriter Mike Hoberg (OCCUPY WALLY STREETSKI)
Get to know the writer: 1. What is your screenplay about? You’re just one electric bill away from being Amish! Finn Chandler is a jobless college graduate, loaded with debt, and living in his Dad’s basement. While at an Occupy Wall Street protest, Finn gets whacked in the head by a weird-looking coin that supernaturally… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Mike Hoberg (OCCUPY WALLY STREETSKI)
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 Cinematographer Rasmus Heise (I KILL GIANTS)
Rasmus Heise is the cinematographer of the Netflix Original series “The Rain” and the drama/fantasy feature film “I Kill Giants”. The Danish DOP started out working on a string of short films including Oscar-winning family drama “Helium”. Matthew Toffolo: Where were you born and raised? Was photography something you always wanted to do as your… Continue reading Interview with Cinematographer Rasmus Heise (I KILL GIANTS)
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 Composer Mateo Messina (JUNO, BLOCKERS)
What an honor it was to chat with composer Mateo Messina. Such a talented and positive guy. I was inspired after our 30 minute chat, I have to admit. A total pro who teaches you in this interview many things, including that it’s not a bad thing to sneak into buildings in order to forward… Continue reading Interview with Composer Mateo Messina (JUNO, BLOCKERS)
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