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Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Clara BIJL: An American-born woman who’s deemed to be an “illegal” attempts to avoid deportation at any cost, only to find that her seemingly fool-proof plan has backfired. 2. You say that it’s based on “True Event”. Can you expand on that? 13 millions individuals do not have […]… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Clara BIJL (For Better Or For Worse) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Christian Jilka: It is about a history professor, who meets a petty thief. Together they hatch a plan to score easy money. Things go awry when the score becomes a priceless vintage diamond and one of the professor’s students wants in to make her dreams of becoming a […]… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Christian Jilka (CAPTURE THE FLAG) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Drew Robinson: What if you could live forever? Beautiful Surfaces is a science fiction, coming of age television drama. Set in a dystopian future where aging has been eradicated, the series explores how immortality affects societal norms, relationships and the human psyche. Echoing many of the issues that […]… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Drew Robinson (BEAUTIFUL SURFACES) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

SCREAMING SHAPES played to raves reviews at the Los Angeles Experimental, Dance, Music Festival in February 2020. Submit to the festival via FilmFreeway: Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Sophia Stoller: The seed of the idea for this film began at an artist residency in 2017 called the Cohan Collective, directed by […]… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Sophia Stoller (SCREAMING SHAPES) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

SHATTERED played to rave reviews at the April 2020 Female Film Festival. A Film Freeway Preferred Festival: Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Suyoung Jang: Before I started to study computer animation at Ringling College of Art+Design, I had studied History at Ewha Womans University in South Korea, one of the oldest […]… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Suyoung Jang (SHATTERED) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

TIME AT WOODPINE played to rave reviews at the April 2020 Female Film Festival. A Film Freeway Preferred Festival: Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Hannah de Groot: I really leaned into the collaborative process, with my cast and crew motivating me with their fresh perspectives, creativity, and hard work whenever I […]… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Hannah de Groot (TIME AT WOODPINE) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

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