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Interview with Filmmaker Eleni Rivera (LOVE IN SEASONS) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

LOVE IN SEASONS was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the January 2020 Romance Festival in Los Angeles. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Eleni Rivera: After years of being an assistant to some amazing director’s and producer’s, I was ready to do my own thing. To have my own project. One […]

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Interview with Filmmaker GG Hawkins (AN ASPIRATIONAL SPACE) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

AN ASPIRATIONAL SPACE was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the Los Angeles FEEDBACK Film Festival in Janaury 2020. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? GG Hawkins: There were a few things that got the ball rolling on An Aspirational Space. First and foremost, I wanted to try my chops at writing […]

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Interview with Filmmakers Madeline Graham & Christopher Whiteside (VIOLET) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

VIOLET was the winner of BEST MUSIC at the January 2020 LGBT Film Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Madeline Graham & Christopher Whiteside: Same sex marriage has only recently become legal in Northern Ireland and we felt that it was important to give voice to the people who […]

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Interview with Filmmakers Madeline Graham & Christopher Whiteside (VIOLET) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

VIOLET was the winner of BEST MUSIC at the January 2020 LGBT Film Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Madeline Graham & Christopher Whiteside: Same sex marriage has only recently become legal in Northern Ireland and we felt that it was important to give voice to the people who […]

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Interview with Filmmaker Ignacio Lasierra Pinto (FIRST COMMUNION) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

FIRST COMMUNION was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY and BEST PERFORMANCES at the January 2020 European Film Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Ignacio Lasierra Pinto: I wanted to make a film that opened certain moral issues and did not necessarily offer an answer. I guess like everything I’ve […]

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Interview with Screenwriter Dave Cowzer (SHE KNOWS) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Dave Cowzer: A coming of age, coming out story. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Drama 3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie? It’s a story of a family torn apart that figures out how to heal together, despite their differences. 4. How […]

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Interview with Screenwriter Molly Waterman (RANCH EXIT) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Molly Waterman: In order to prove her loyalty, an ambitious GMO scientist must convince stubborn owners of an fiercely independent sustainable ranch to partner with her agro-chemical corporation or risk losing her job, and worse, her reputation. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Drama 3. Why […]

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Interview with Screenwriter Paul Root (RESET BUTTON) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Paul Root: A guy with no direction in life, losing the only person he thinks he has, and coming to terms with that. Learning to trust in ones self and others. Blah blah blah. It’s a coming of a age story 2. What genres does your screenplay fall […]

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Interview with Screenwriter Sara F. Hathaway (Disaster: The Changing Earth Series) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Sara F. Hathaway: Featuring Erika Moore, The Changing Earth Series, presents a legendary story of a survivor of the Great Quake attempting to navigate a world torn apart by a series of natural disasters . 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Dystopian 3. Why should this […]

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Interview with Poet David Dephy — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

Matthew Toffolo: What is the theme of your poem? David Dephy: Pain and hope, strength and kindness, our memories and forgiveness, because — some day — we will remember nothing of our enemies, but that killing silence of our friends. 2) What motivated you to write this poem? The same things which I mentioned above […]

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