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 […]
via Interview with Filmmaker Anna Fredrikke Bjerke (THE WAY THINGS END) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary
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, […]
via Interview with Filmmaker Tom Goss (RESHAPING BEAUTY) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary
TEDDY MATE was the winner of BEST FILM at the January 2020 LGBT Film Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Rommel Villa: I thought this was a special story that needed to be told because it not only served as an educational tool for the little ones but also […]
via Interview with Filmmaker Rommel Villa (TEDDY MATE) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary
THE DISTANCE was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the March 2020 LGBT Film Festival in Los Angeles. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Fernando Lorenzana Gámez: I wanted to write something about a strong friendship between women. At the beginning was the idea of a group of girl friends that have […]
via Interview with Filmmaker Fernando Lorenzana Gámez (THE DISTANCE) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary
SPIZELLA was the winner of BEST MUSIC at the January 2020 European Film Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Mehmet Tığli: Success of my former short films motivated me to shoot Spizella. 2. From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to make […]
via Interview with Filmmaker Mehmet Tığlı (SPIZELLA) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary
DAMNED IF I DO played to rave reviews at the March 2020 DRAMA FEEDBACK Film Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Jacob Samuels: I wrote this film during an interesting time in my life. I was going through it. Lots of pent-up anger and jealousy, ultimately feeling like some […]
via Interview with Filmmaker Jacob Samuels (DAMNED IF I DO) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary
OUROBOROS was the winner of BEST FILM at the January 2020 Experimental Film Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? This film was created for a class at my Uni, where I was voted to be director. We found the idea by opening a big book of poetry and each […]
via Interview with Filmmaker Emma Keehan (OUROBOROS) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary
First Scene Screenplay Festival 