Showcasing the horror-loving family nestled in upstate New York, the documentary Blood & Guts, directed by Carlye Rubin, Katie Green, and Tina Grapenthin, follows the story of the Adams family and their career of making punk-rock indie horror films.
Interviews
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Interview – Carlye Rubin, Katie Green, and Tina Grapenthin Talk Documentary ‘Blood & Guts’ on the Horror Indie Film-Making Adams Family
Blood & Guts by Carlye Rubin, Katie Green, and Tina Grapenthin
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Interview – ‘1001 Frames’ Director Mehrnoush Alia Tells an Unsettling Story of Abuse Against Women in the Film Industry
Helia Shadifar, 1001 Frames by Merhnoush Alia (credit Hamed Hosseini Sangar) Using the audition room as a metaphor for control, abuse, and exploitation, director Mehrnoush Alia makes a powerful statement about women’s rights and autonomy through her film, 1001 Frames.
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Interview – ‘Tony Odyssey’ Director Thale Banzai’s Talks Living Beyond Survival
Thales Banzai, Mammoth Lakes Film Festival (Chris Cambio) Set in the heart of the Brazilian metropolis, São Paulo, Tony Odyssey, directed by Thales Banzai, follows best friends Tony and Ivy on a hallucinogenic journey through spirituality and crime in a search for a divine power.
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Interview – Director Nick Butler Talks ‘Lunar Sway’ Dark Comedy
(courtesy Nick Butler) Filmmaker Nick Butler’s Lunar Sway made its NY premiere at this year’s Brooklyn Film Festival. Starring in the film are Noah Parker, Liza Weil, Grace Glowicki, Douglas Smith, Kaden Connors, and Andy Yu.
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Interview – Filmmakers Helena Ganjalyan and Bartosz Szpak Talk ‘Glorious Summer’ Dystopian Drama
Helena Ganjalyan and Bartosz Szpak Filmmakers Helena Ganjalyan and Bartosz Szpak bring Glorious Summer to this year’s Brooklyn Film Festival. The film is among the selections featured at the festival, which showcases emerging and independent voices from around the world.
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Interview – Filmmaker Joaquim Adrià Pujol Discusses ‘Màquina’ Documentary
(courtesy Joaquim Adrià Pujol) Filmmaker Joaquim Adrià Pujol premiered his experiential documentary film Màquina at this year’s Brooklyn Film Festival.
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Interview – ‘Mistura’ Director Ricardo de Montreuil Talks Food, Self-discovery in Peruvian Drama
Mistura by Ricardo de Montreuil Set against the colorful backdrop of 1960s Lima, writer-director Ricardo de Montreuil’s latest feature, Mistura, tells the story of Norma Piet, a privileged French-Peruvian woman whose life is forever changed when her husband’s betrayal ostracizes her from the elite society around which she had forged her identity.
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Otilia Portillo Padua Explores Entanglements and Reciprocity in ‘Daughters of the Forest’ Interview
Otilia Portillo Padua, director of Daughters of the Forest (photo credit Jesse Sabatier) There is an entwined relationship between humans and nature, the visible and invisible, and a world that is being threatened by ecological loss. In a sci-fi documentary centering two scientifically trained women from Indigenous communities in Mexico, Daughters of the Forest (Hijas del Bosque) explores how mushrooms offer models of coexistence.
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Filmmaker David Usui Emphasizes The Importance of “Been Here Stay Here” | Interview
Been Here Stay Here by David Usu (Lost and Found Films) Climate change seems to be taking a backseat. With everything currently going on in the world, this important ecological issue is being overshadowed even while it’s happening. So much so that we’re seeing effects of it in our own country, and nothing is getting done.
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Q&A: Director Naveen Chaubal Talks ‘Pinball’ Coming-of-Age Documentary
Yosef and Azraa in Pinball by Naveen Chaubal. When we first meet Yosef, the subject of Naveen Chaubal’s coming-of-age documentary, Pinball, which celebrated its world premiere at True/False Film Festival on March 6, he seems to be the typical American teenager. He plays soccer, debates college admissions, works at a restaurant to support his family, and spends free time hanging out with friends in his Louisville, Kentucky home.
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Filmmakers Pasqual Gutierrez and Ben Mullinkosson Discuss “Serious People” | Interview
Christine Yuan and Pasqual Gutierrez in Serious People (Tribeca Films, Memory) Take it easy. Chill out. Relax. You get told a lot of things throughout your life. Day to day, you go by worrying about what you do in the present and if you’ll even get a chance at the future you want. The stress sometimes gets too much to bear. At one point, you stop and ask yourself the question: am I taking myself too seriously?
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Boston Shorts Fest: How 3 Student Filmmakers Produced Their First Film Festival
Credit to Weiye Li & Boston Shorts Fest Three Emerson College students had an idea to start a film festival as a way to showcase student filmmakers around the Boston area. When coronavirus forced everyone into quarantine, they had a choice to either let their months of prepping go in vain or to find a way to make it happen; they chose the latter. Boston Shorts Fest is a fully student-owned virtual film festival that premiered July 10th and will available to screen until July 17th, with all funds going to support racial justice.