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RED CHEF REVIVAL was the winner of BEST FILM & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the October 2019 TV Web Series Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Danny Berish: What motivated us to make this series was based on how embarrassingly little we knew about the indigenous culture and cuisine. 2. […]… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Danny Berish (RED CHEF REVIVAL TV Web Series) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

TRATAK 1 – ANTARS played to rave reviews at the October 2019 TV Web Series festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Davide Carlini: During the course of directing at a private school in my splendid Marche region, the Officine Mattolì Association in Tolentino, was proposed to us and offered […]… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Davide Carlini (TRATAK 1 – ANTARS) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

EMERGENCE played to rave reviews at the September 2019 Experimental/Dance/Music Festival in Los Angeles. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Klaus Hoch: I co-created a new way of creating music with Peter and wanted to create something that expresses the music. I had the idea in my head for a long time […]… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Klaus Hoch (EMERGENCE) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

ANIMAL was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the October 2019 Experimental/Dance/Music Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Raphaël THIERS: I have many dreams of film…but many of them are too big !… Here i was convinced I could do it with a short team, and a low budget. […]… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Raphaël THIERS (ANIMAL) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

SUCKR FOR LOVE was the winner of BEST FILM at the October 2019 Experimental/Dance/Music Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Nathalie Kraemer: Originally I needed a music video for my next song release that wouldn’t cost a fortune and include many cast and crew. So I decided to make […]… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Nathalie Kraemer (SUCKR FOR LOVE) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

NIGHT OWLS was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the October 2019 HORROR Feedback Film Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Romén Rivero: Since my childhood, I love monster movies, so the idea of ​​making a film of this subgenre was always in my mind. First, I wrote a […]… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Romén Rivero (NIGHT OWLS) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

HIGH DESERT HELL was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the October 2019 Horror FEEDBACK Film Festival in October. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Francis Galluppi: We actually had the location first. The house belongs to one of my best friends grandparents and I had been wanting to shoot there for […]… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Francis Galluppi (HIGH DESERT HELL) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

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