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CIGARETTE LIPS was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the April 2020 Female Film Festival. A Film Freeway Preferred Festival: Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Katherine Castellaw: I had an acting coach years ago who was encouraging us to write our own scenes, and as an example he said something along […]… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Katherine Castellaw (CIGARETTE LIPS) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

LABOR RELATIONS was the winner of BEST COMEDY FILM at the April 2020 Female Feedback Film Festival. Submit via FilmFreeway: Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Karisa Bruin: I am a mother to two young boys and my desire to balance parenting and working has been at times a real struggle. I […]… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Karisa Bruin (LABOR RELATIONS) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

JACKS was the winner of BEST MUSIC & SOUND at the April 2020 Female Feedback Film Festival. Submit to the Festival via FilmFreeway: Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Chloe Mondesir: I really felt that the message of empowerment was timely and necessary. My daughter who plays the lead (Sonia), is at […]… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Chloe Mondesir (JACKS) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

STATE OF FLOW played to rave reviews at the April 2020 Documentary Film Festival. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Hendricksen Armand: I found this wonderful art browsing on social media and I never thought of Hula Hooping being more than keeping a plastic circle from falling off your waist. I immediately […]… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Hendricksen Armand (STATE OF FLOW) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

&YOU played to rave reviews at the April 2020 Documentary Film Festival. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Claire Downey: A long list of things, but the short answer would be a feeling of injustice. I saw Caroline’s case fall apart in real time. It broke my heart. I felt like my […]… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Claire Downey (&YOU) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

Q1. What is your Screenplay about? A1. It is to be Fantasy-Political Film. Believe or not, Limur, who is the Main Character of the Pilot, is not the Main Character for the entire TV Show, but he is a Main Antagonist. The Story is about Main Character (son of Rauld) who will be brought to […]… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Kyujin Kim (KINGDOM) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

President of Amnesty International France, Cecile Coudriou insisted, in a chat with readers of the World, on the need to watch over the most vulnerable during the health crisis. This human rights defender also warns states against the temptations to monitor populations and authoritarian abuses. Read also Coronavirus: the risk is to enter “a new […]… Continue reading “The health crisis only worsens the inequalities and the violations of the rights of the most vulnerable” — archyde

Pixie Stormcrow is one of my favorite erotic romance writers. She publishes books on wattpad and amazon (as well as other online retailers). I’ve read The Will to Serve and Bound by Red. Both were so innovative and like nothing I’ve seen before in the erotica genre. I’m so thrilled Pixie agreed to let me […]… Continue reading Breaking Gender Stereotypes in the Romance Genre: An Interview with Indie Author Pixie Stormcrow — Jyvur Entropy’s Book Jam

Photo: Ted Eytan via Flickr The coronavirus pandemic has put the LGBTQ community at increased risk for severe illness and death if they develop COVID-19. A lifetime of systemic discrimination and poorer health outcomes can make older LGBTQ people especially vulnerable, according to LGBT advocates. Response to the pandemic has created even greater isolation, increased […]… Continue reading COVID-19 is hitting older LGBTQ adults especially hard — Healthy and Happy

Terry Donahue and Pat Henschel came together in a different world. The women fell in love in 1947, when norms around living openly as a gay person in the United States were far from what they are today. Though essentially inseparable from the moment they met, Donahue and Henschel kept their true relationship a secret […]… Continue reading New top story from Time: The Story Behind Netflix’s Late-in-Life Coming-Out Documentary A Secret Love — technopc