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Please introduce yourself.
Following a life immersed in visual arts, film became the
art-form I was most passionate Did you go to film school? If so, where? I received both a B.F.A. (2001) and M.F.A. (2004) in Design
with an emphasis on Two young men on the verge of adulthood confront their
sexual identities in the Conversations with Director of Photography about making a
short film that pulls from the importance of the river day trips and the coming
out of young men. The approach was to make a sweet telling of uncertain
attraction and tension. The trek to the location was a 45-minute walk along railroad
tracks in the hot sun, Not specifically a LGBT film but as a 10 year old I saw John
Waters's Hairspray and thought it sweet
and brilliant on many levels of spoken and unspoken subtext. The one LGBT film that has had the biggest impact on me
is: Kids in the Hall Brain Candy, the troupes humor and their examinations of the Iron Man and a
daylong Virginia Independent Film Festival program I was MC at.
Who or what are some of the creative influences that have
had the biggest impact on you? The last DVD I watched was:
Please introduce yourself: Lior Shamriz, Filmmaker, Berlin,
Germany What initially attracted you to
filmmaking? How many films have you made? Unfortunately I’ve been telling
stories and fibbing since the day I learnt how to talk. I’m attracted to cinema
as a simultaneously reduced and enhanced version of reality. Filmmaking for me
is a means of toying with the relations between different and sometimes
contradictory forms that are usually used separately as representations of
life. My belief in these
representations as autonomous entities might be the reason why in my work
narrative is often used for psycho-dramatic purposes, in my life or in the
character's. Did you go to film school? If
so, where? I went to the Jerusalem Film
School from but ran away from there after two years. I studied also at the Institute for Time Based Media at the
UdK Berlin. Please describe your film in
1-2 short sentences. It is he story of Imri, who at 19
goes to live in Tel- Aviv, but dreams of moving to Japan. Where did the idea for your
film come from? In my early twenties, I was
studying Japanese, dreaming of moving to Tokyo and finally "becoming"
Japanese (This was between my German and French phases). As a filmmaker in Israel I knew that my
films would often be perceived as a window to an exotic place in the midst of a
political conflict. In this film I wanted to question the place of exoticism
and orientalism in cinema and in my life. What was the biggest challenge
you faced in making your film? One interesting challenge was how
to create an interesting viewing experience in a film where it is impossible
for the viewer to experience the film through the hero's eyes. As the hero says
himself: "Whoever looks at me, expects to see the drama or the thoughts,
but the face is empty". The first film I have memories
of watching as a child was: Mirror, Andrei Tarkovsky The first LGBT film I ever saw
was: Brokeback Mountain
Please introduce yourself: From Harlem USA. What initially attracted you to
film making? How many films have you made? Well, I really became tried of
asking people to help me to do things when it came to editing and camera
assistance. I completed 2 films True
Confession and Being Proud Black &
LGBT in America. Did you go to film school? If
so, where? Yes. The Art Institute of New York
Film school. Please describe your film in
1-2 short sentences. The film is based on proud black
Americans living and their truth as gays and lesbians, and no longer a shame to
do so. Where did the idea for your
film come from? Well, just ignorance of people
needing to be educated on what being LGBT is about. Also knowing the fact it’s not a learn behavior as people
would like to think it is. What was the biggest challenge
you faced in making your film? Well, getting people to work with
me on the crew side, and alternately doing everything on my own when it was
said and done. Who or what are some of the
creative influences that have had the biggest impact on you? God, and knowing this is needing
to be out their for people to know you are not alone on being who you are as a
LGBT living in this homophobia society that we are now living in. The first film I have memories
of watching as a child was: Thank God It’s Friday w/ Donna Summer corny, but love it. The first LGBT film I ever saw was: Queers as Folks My top three all-time favorite
films are: Ice Cube - Players Club, Various directors - BaadAssss cinemas, Alfred Hitchcock -
Rear Window The one LGBT film that has had
the biggest impact on me is: Maurice Jamal - Ski Trip The most recent film I saw in a
theatre was: Maurice Jamal - Dirty Laundry The last DVD I watched was: Street Kings
Please introduce yourself: I live in Amsterdam, the
Netherlands. I am full-time (documentary) filmmaker, have my own small
production company. This is my
first fiction. What initially attracted you to
filmmaking? How many films have you made? I always wanted to be a filmmaker.
It just felt right. Like a second nature or a part of myself. Hard to explain. Please describe your film in
1-2 short sentences. It is a film about a young man in
search of his father. He grew up without him and now he has the chance to meet
him. But he hesitates to reveal himself as the son. What was the biggest challenge
you faced in making your film? To make a script work in which a
son and a father make love. Who or what are some of the
creative influences that have had the biggest impact on you? Tom Spanbauers book: The Man Who Fell in Love with the
Moon; Dardenne brothers; Jazz music;
Snails The first film I have memories
of watching as a child was: 101 Dalmatiërs My top three all-time favorite
films are: The Conformist – Bertolucci, The Kid (or others) – Chaplin, Vive l'amour - Tsai Ming-liang The last DVD I watched was: Secretary
Please introduce yourself: Operations Director, Brooklyn NY What initially attracted you to
filmmaking? How many films have you made? I was inspired by my mentor and
friend Professor Robert Devine, He made the idea of making social change media
irresistible to me. I was associate producer at the NYC Commission on Human
Rights for several years and well as the producer of GMHC's Living With AIDS
Show. So I've done plenty, but this is my 1st independent film. Did you go to film school? If
so, where? Yes I studied documentary arts at
Antioch College, Yellow Spring, OH graduating with a degree in communications. Please describe your film in
1-2 short sentences. This is the story of black lesbian
15 year old Sakia Gunn who was murdered in a hate crime in Newark, NJ. Where did the idea for your
film come from? The idea was presented to me by a
colleague...I of course jumped a the chance to tell this story. What was the most satisfying
aspect in making your film? Honestly, that her mother, who has
become like a sister to me, is please that her beloved daughter's death was not
in vane. Most importantly that the plight of LGBT people of color will be
brought to light. Who or what are some of the
creative influences that have had the biggest impact on you? Marlon Riggs was my role
model...until I saw Tongues Untied on
PBS I had no real vision of making it as a black gay filmmaker. I also love the
work and methodology of Frederick Wiseman. The first film I have memories
of watching as a child was: The Wizard of Oz The first LGBT film I ever saw
was: Making Love My top three all-time favorite
films are: Tongues Untied, A Raisin in the Sun
(2008), The Devil Wears Prada...but
this list changes with my mood. The one LGBT film that has had
the biggest impact on me is: Unfortunately it was a negative
impact: Boys in the Band The most recent film I saw in a
theatre was: Dreamgirls The last DVD I watched was: Patti Labelle Live in New York
City
Please introduce yourself: Filmmaker, Los Angeles, CA What initially attracted you to
filmmaking? How many films have you made? I have always enjoyed story
telling. And from an early age
I've been in love with films. Mulligans is my first feature film. I have directed and produced numerous short films and music videos. Did you go to film school? If
so, where? I studied film and television
production at the University of North Texas in Denton. Please describe your film in
1-2 short sentences. Mulligans is a story about family. The Graduate for a
New Generation. A father has an
affair with his son’s best friend.
What was the biggest challenge
you faced in making your film? You would think, with such a low
budget we would have encountered numerous challenges. However, we had a great crew and cast and wonderful
volunteers. We had a lot of fun. I would say weather was our biggest
challenge. With only 18 shooting
days, we were very weather dependent. Who or what are some of the
creative influences that have had the biggest impact on you? I love the filmmakers from the
70's, Coppola, Scorcese, George Roy Hill.
Right now, Ang Lee and Steven Soderbergh. My top three all-time favorite
films are: Godfather, The Last Picture Show and Braveheart The most recent film I saw in a
theatre was: Shine a Light The last DVD I watched was: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance
Kid
Please introduce yourself: I’m an author and filmmaker
from Berlin, Gemany. What initially attracted you
to filmmaking? How many films have you made? Originally, I am a writer with
an extraordinary love for dialogs. I wrote a couple of short novels and plays for theater. I
started to write some screenplays three years ago. As I really love to work
with actors, I started to realise some of the movies by myself. Did you go to film school?
If so, where? I attended Babelsberg Film
University (HFF Potsdam-Babelsberg) for two years. Please describe your film in
1-2 short sentences. Straight is a story about three young people meeting in
multicultural Berlin-Neukölln. It’s a story about the confusion of their feelings,
about the challenge of their self-perception and about the conflict between
their actual lives and their cultural origin. Where did the idea for your
film come from? Friends told me about their
life and personal experiences in Berlin. I heard stories about hope, secrets
and their repercussions, and my friends` inner and outer conflicts I wanted to
discuss. What was the biggest
challenge you faced in making your film? The lack of money. Sometimes I
felt like a king without power. The only thing I could offer my team was
enthusiasm and my script. Most of the time that worked out quite well. But when
energy decreased during the shooting, it became harder and harder to motivate
the people without having the chance to offer them some money or even some
sleep. Who or what are some of the
creative influences that have had the biggest impact on you? The movies of R. W.
Fassbinder, Pedro Almodovar and
Francois Ozon, I would say. The
books of Marguerite Duras and Henry Miller. Dialogs with my friends and my
family. Living in a city with such
an incredible pool of artists and individualists as you find them in
Berlin. Are you working on a new
film yet? If so, give us a brief description. If not, is there a genre or
subject you are interested in exploring in your next project? There are two films I’m trying
to realise within the next years, a tragedy about a boy and his teacher called Free
Climbing. The second project is called Barbarians and is a comedy about foreigners and local people in
a small Eastern German village. The first film I have
memories of watching as a child was: The first movie I remember was The
Love Bug by Robert Stevenson (USA 1986). Another one was The Curse of
King Tut ́s Tomb (UK 1980). Maybe
that`s the reason I studied Egyptology and ended up making films while driving
an old Beetle car.... The first LGBT film I ever
saw was: Beaufiful Thing by Hattie MacDonald (UK 1996). The last DVD I watched was: Clockwork Orange by
Stanley Kubrick.
Please introduce yourself. Did you go to film school? If so, where? Please describe your film in 1-2 short sentences. What was the biggest challenge you faced in making your
film? Who or what are some of the creative influences that have
had the biggest impact on you? Are you working on a new film yet? If so, give us a brief
description
Please introduce yourself: My name is Leandro Duarte and I work freelance as a director
and a production designer. RC: Watching films when I was a teenager, made me decide to
study filmmaking in college. So far, I've directed two short films.
Yes, we both studied at the University of São Paulo, in Brazil. Please describe your film in 1-2 short sentences. The film starts with a couple who
quarrels fiercely. Two girlfriends, who overhear the couple arguing, begin to
play reenacting the quarrel and, this way, let an ambiguous relationship arise
between them. RC: When I wrote the script, I had
just finished reading "The Maids" a stageplay by Jean Genet; in this
play, two housemaids play pretending that one of them is their mistress. The
idea of one pretending to be someone else, and this way, revealing some of
one's
RC: Being able to tell a story in
a short period of time.
RC: "E.T.", "Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs" and "Super Xuxa contra o Baixo
Astral". LD: "The Wizard of Oz",
"The Neverending Story", "Labyrinth", with David Bowie and
"The Land Before Time". RC: Velvet Goldmine. RC: "Law of Desire", by
Pedro Almodóvar. The most recent film I saw in a
theatre was: LD: Rui and I have just seen
"Cassandra's Dream", by Woody Allen. The last DVD I watched was:
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