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ECLOSION played to rave reviews at the October 2019 Experimental/Dance/Music Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Jenny Ni: Coming from an Asian culture background, light skin, skinny body and big eyes are considered as the classic standard of beauty. Although I wasn’t overweight, I grew up receiving negative comments […]… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Jenny Ni (ECLOSION) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

NINA SAIZA played to rave reviews at the October 2019 Female FEEDBACK Film Festival in Los Angeles. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Yangfang (Frances) Chen: I remember how confused I was when I first encountered the dark side of the world after I became a teenager, so I always want to […]… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Yangfang (Frances) Chen (NINA SAIZA) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

ELIZABETH played to rave reviews at the September 2019 One Minute & Smartphone Film Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Travis Darkow: I have been writing, directing, and editing short films since the 7th grade, and had made one other no budget little short before this one. But one […]… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Travis Darkow (ELIZABETH) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

LOUD and PROUD played to rave reviews at the September 2019 One Minute Film Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Kiana Kalantar-Hormozi: I read some news online about the CEO of Doritos saying the company was planning to make crisps for women – specifically crisps that didn’t “crunch” because […]… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Kiana Kalantar-Hormozi (LOUD and PROUD) — 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 […]… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Hayley Thom (Tony McClean Nepal Trust) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

EPIPHANY played to rave reviews at the November 2019 Under 5 Minute Film Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Luai Akl: I always wanted to talk about drug addicts and the childhood, So i decided to talk about both and how everything is connected somehow 2. From the idea […]… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Luai Akl (EPIPHANY) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

BLESSING was the winner of BEST FILM at the November 2019 Documentary Short Film Festival in Los Angeles. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Hadley Hendon: I found Al Nour through a program I went to Morocco with, Actuality Media. They do preliminary research into a few organizations and the filmmakers get […]… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Hadley Hendon (BLESSING) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Juan José Patón: My motivation was my team. I was looking forward to making a horror project that had touches of the best horror movies from the 80s and fortunately I had a team that wanted the same. Verónica Cervilla had a striking screenplay, Rocio Garcia-Pérez […]… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Juan José Patón (S) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

PHOTOS IN THE RAIN was the winner of BEST MUSIC at the November 2019 Documentary Short Film Festival in Los Angeles. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Thomas F. O’Brien: I was compelled to share the photographs I found to the world, especially when it started to rain. I remember raindrops hitting […]… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Thomas F. O’Brien (PHOTOS IN THE RAIN) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

Film Courage: When you were in film school what were some of the things teachers did where you said This really works for me. If I become a teacher, I want to emulate this and then the reverse (what shut you down)? Aleem Hossain, filmmaker and AR/VR creator, assistant professor in media arts and culture […]… Continue reading Art Is A Process Not A Result by Aleem Hossain — FilmCourage.com