My friend Abby posted a tweet the other day about the lockdown stage where you are in “spouse chews loudly” phase. Touché. Although the lockdown phases in my house also manifest in other ways. Imagine my surprise this morning, for instance, when Mr Guylty suddenly and without any prior introduction starts suggesting things I could […]
With the onset of one of the worst infectious outbreaks of our time, the Covid-19 Pandemic, or Corona-virus apocalypse as I call it, there’s a critical need for coping mechanisms. I live in the U.S., so I don’t believe we’ve seen the worst of it yet. The schools, bars, restaurants, YMCA, barbershops, businesses […]
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BODY LANGUAGE was the winner of BEST FILM at the January 2020 Experimental, Dance, Music Film Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Anouk Brouwer: We live in a world that seems to overly focus upon stereotypes like gender, class, sexual identity, ethnicity and skin color. I believe that human […]
via Interview with Filmmaker Anouk Brouwer (BODY LANGUAGE) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary
TAKE ME THERE played to rave reviews at the February 2020 Experimental Film Festival in Los Angeles. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Chantal Cherry: This film was created as part of the Experimental Film Virginia (EFV) residency and festival program. It’s a two week intensive of collaborating with other artists – […]
via Interview with Filmmaker Chantal Cherry (TAKE ME THERE) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary
SONDER was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the February 2020 Experimental & Dance Festival in Los Angeles. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Kevin Ulibarri: Our film was born from a desire to create with friends while we were all in LA at the same time. We were a group of […]
via Interview with Filmmaker Kevin Ulibarri (SONDER) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary
ALORA was the winner of BEST FILM at the March 2020 Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Nick – We originally wrote Alora for Houston Film Society & NASA’s partnership festival called CineSpace. We had to combine real NASA footage with our own to make a film […]
DIMITRI played to rave reviews at the January 2020 LGBT Film Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Marino Baciga: In 2017, during promotion of our previous short film (“Vissi d’Arte”) at Cannes Film Festival and Jecheon International Music & Film Festival, we received very good feedbacks from critics who […]
via Interview with Filmmaker Marino Baciga (DIMITRI) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary
THE WAY THINGS END played to rave reviews at the January 2020 LGBT Film Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Anna Fredrikke Bjerke: In many ways, I felt like I had to make this film. The idea sprouted from wanting to explore why growing apart is so painful and […]
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RESHAPING BEAUTY was the winner of BEST MUSIC at the March 2020 LGBT Film Festival in Los Angeles. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Tom Goss: I’m trying to change the way that the world sees beauty, especially in regard to people of size. 2. From the idea to the finished product, […]
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First Scene Screenplay Festival 