Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Michela Carattini & Leanne Mangan: We had each made a short film before, but wanted to work with each other, so we met and just chatted for a while. It emerged that we were both interested in the grey areas of cyber crime, especially the doxxing […]

via Interview with Filmmakers Michela Carattini & Leanne Mangan (REMOTE ACCESS) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Wolfgang Schuler: Ultimately, beyond the log line, it is about an old lonely has-been spy. A trained assassin that has his own ethics when it comes to doing his government-sponsored job, and a man that is still interested in dating. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? […]

via Interview with Screenwriter Wolfgang Schuler (SPY HARMONY) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

TONY MCCLEAN NEPAL TRUST was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the October 2019 Female Film Festival in Los Angeles. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Hayley Thom: I was very excited to direct and shoot this film. It was Hannah McClean’s idea tell the story, the story of her brother Tony […]

via Interview with Filmmaker Hayley Thom (Tony McClean Nepal Trust) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

OMA & OPA was the winner of BEST DOC CHARACTERS at the February 2020 DOCUMENTARY Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Steve Buckwalter: Oma and Opa are the grandparents of one of my coworkers, and we had used their house as a location for a different film that we […]

via Interview with Filmmaker Steve Buckwalter (OMA & OPA) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

Undermine Beneath Canada’s Ghost Towns was the winner of BEST DOC CHARACTER at the March 2020 Documentary Film Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Frank Schlichting: It was made to promote what I was doing to get on TV 2. From the idea to the finished product, how long […]

via Interview with Filmmaker Frank Schlichting (Undermine Beneath Canada’s Ghost Towns) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Shruti Tewari: FLARES is a screenplay about friendship underscoring the thought that “When women come together, magic happens.” 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? DRAMA 3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie? FLARES should be a movie because it holds a mirror to […]

via Interview with Screenwriter Shruti Tewari (Flares) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

AT THE END OF THE WORLD was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the February 2020 Romance Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Fernando & Suzy: Fernando and I were movtivated to make At the End of the World because we wanted to transition from screenwriters to filmmakers. We […]

via Interview with Filmmakers Fernando Perez & Suzy Stein (AT THE END OF THE WORLD) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

In post-War, Prohibition-era New England, a tormented veteran moves to a small town to aid his dying mother, but falls in love with an eccentric landlord in this Golden Age style movie musical. CAST LIST: Joe (M): Steve Rizzo Porter (M): Fabio Abreu Clerk (M): Allan Michael Brunet Abigail (F): Cassandra Guthrie — Producer/Director: Matthew […]

via LGBT 1st Scenes Screenplay Reading of Good Looking Bachelors, by Brady Stanley — LGBT Toronto Film Festival

A QUICK LOVE STORY was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the February 2020 ROMANCE Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Brenden Dannaher: Another short film that I was lined up to direct fell through. So I decided to produce my own short film myself. I had four different […]

via Interview with Filmmaker Brenden Dannaher (A QUICK LOVE STORY) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary