The surrealist fairy tale, “In Full Bloom,” directed by Maegan Houang, shows the life of an older Vietnamese hoarder after a black hole opens up in her home. We asked Houang how the idea started, her guiding principles visually, and the biggest challenge of production…
Read MoreThe cringeworthy and increasingly unsettling “Small Talk,” by director Tavis Putnam, follows a young man in Winnepeg and his awkward attempts to reconnect with a childhood friend. We asked Putnam how it began, the fine line between funny and creepy, and what’s next for him…
Read MoreThe darkly poetic “Fuck Marry Kill,” by director Domenic Lombardi, follows a group of reckless young men looking for excitement where there is none, an abandoned campground. We asked Lombardi how the film started, its dreamlike setting, and a recent film he’s loved…
Read MoreUp until now, our “5 Questions” interviews have only included directors, but we’re opening up the series to include conversations with actors (and in the future, DP’s and others). There’s no better place to start than with Rachel McKeon, who’s responsible for one of the more mesmerizing performances we’ve seen so far this year…
Read MoreThe stylish documentary profile, “Grid Girls,” by director Georgia Krause, follows two young women, one an emerging racer, the other, a car model, as they battle for respect and fairness. We asked Krause about her inspiration to make the film, the most challenging aspect of the project, and a recent film she’s loved…
Read More“Too Long at the Fair,” directed by and starring Jessie Barr and Lena Hudson, follows two best friend on an adventurous day getting to know a recent divorcee. At once charming and penetrating, the film is a wonderful showcase for Barr and Hudson — we asked them how the project began, balancing tones, and what was the hardest scene to pull off…
Read MoreThe experimental “Daydreaming” is a collection of stream-of-consciousness visuals about a bored and anxious young office worker. We asked Gülfidan about the project’s origin story, the way she uses looseness and free association, and a recent film she loved…
Read More“Seven Dreams,” directed by Anthony Oberbeck, shows us the life of a nervous comedian who sneaks into movie theaters to perform his stand-up act. We asked Oberbeck how the idea started, what it was like performing in front of unsuspecting audiences, and mixing real with surreal…
Read More“Hasim October,” by Swetha Regunthan, is a tense character study of an Indian-American teenager living in suburban New Jersey in the wake of 9/11. We asked Regunathan how the project began, the biggest challenges of the film, and what comes next for her…
Read MoreJake Kolton’s “Catherine” is an immaculately constructed tale of a discontented woman taking on a stranger’s identity. We asked Kolton how the project began, about the slow burn pace and atmosphere, and the hardest scene to get right…
Read MoreThe latest deadpan comedy from Graham Mason, "The Astronauts” is a space misadventure about two bantering space men drifting through the cosmos. We asked Mason how the project began, working with his cast, and a recent film he loved…
Read More“The Naked Woman,” by director Allie Avital, is a haunting drama about the inner turmoil of a Russian immigrant who witnesses an unsettling incident. We asked Avital how the project began, transitioning from music videos to her first narrative short, and the open for interpretation meanings of the film…
Read MoreThe experimental “Fragile,” by director Kearston Hawkins-Johnson, is a lighthearted dance film following a masked ballerina through unlikely spaces and feelings. We asked Hawkins-Johnson how the project started, what the biggest challenge was, and a recent film she loved…
Read MoreThe experimental comedies of Taylor Cohan are anything goes affairs. In “Sorry For Farting So Much in the Car Growing Up”, a man makes a movie, but does he really? “Smoked Salmon” follows another man in a suit walking through a cemetery muttering to himself about the state of the world. We asked Cohan where the ideas came from, how they developed, and what comes next for him…
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