JAKOB’S WIFE is an exploration of a marriage between Anne Fedder (Barbara Crampton) and her pastor husband Jakob Fedder (Larry Fessenden). Over the course of their 30 year relationship, Anne has felt her world shrink to the point where she barely feels present in her own life. When extraordinary events begin happening in their small […]
Film Festivals
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SxSW 2021 Interview – THE LOST SONS director Ursula MacFarlane
THE LOST SONS is a stranger than fiction story, almost a fairy tale, a film about identity, belonging, family, and secrets. It begins in 1960s Chicago with the shocking kidnapping of a day-old baby, taken from his mother’s arms by a woman disguised as a nurse. Despite a massive manhunt, the trail runs cold and […]
SxSW 2021 Interview – THE FABULOUS FILIPINO BROTHERS director Dante Basco
Come see this movie! It’s about four brothers, played by actual real brothers, starring in four different stories all surrounding a Filipino wedding. It’s funny and weird and romantic and in every story, something strange happens, maybe strange is the wrong word… fantastic is better, well, I mean, yeah fabulous. The Fabulous Filipino Brothers, that’s […]
SxSW 2021 Interview – GAIA director Jaco Bouwer and writer Tertius Kapp
GAIA is not about a loving earth mother. It’s a predestined purge that will make human history irrelevant – the flowers at the end of the anthropocene. Having its World Premiere in the Midnighters Section at SxSW Online, we speak with GAIA director Jaco Bouwer and writer-slash-producer Tertius Kapp. Welcome to SxSW! Is this the […]
SxSW 2021 Interview – METAMORPHISM director Kate Saltel
METAMORPHISM is a short animated experimental film about the tie between metamorphism and humans. Metamorphism is the change in a rock due to heat or pressure. Similar to rocks, humans change due to intense pressure or heat. For humans, these pressures may include family, school, wealth and so forth. I was inspired when recognizing how […]
SxSW 2021 Interview – SUBJECTS OF DESIRE director Jennifer Holness
Subjects of Desire is a film about Black women and beauty. It looks at how the media representation of Black women and the stereotypes that have been created undermine the power of Black women. Having its World Premiere in the Documentary Feature Competition section of SxSW Online, we talk with SUBJECTS OF DESIRE director Jennifer […]
SxSW 2021 Interview – PAUL DOOD’S DEADLY LUNCH BREAK director Nick Gillespie
In my own words – the film is about a guy called Paul who tries to enter a talent contest, he messes up his audition, and then attempts to go on a revenge killing spree; not wanting to add spoilers but I can tell you that goes very badly for him too. Having its World […]
SxSW 2021 Interview – LUCHADORAS directors Paola Calvo & Patrick Jasim
Do you want to see real Female Superheroes in a Documentary? LUCHADORAS portrays the women of Ciudad Juarez as fighters, giving a new and different image of what it means to be a woman in Mexico. Our protagonists fight in the Lucha Libre ring and in their daily lives, getting back up after each blow. […]
SxSW 2021 Interview – POTATO DREAMS OF AMERICA director Wes Hurley
An autobiographical dark comedy about a gay boy growing up in the collapsing USSR, his courageous mail-order bride mother and their adventurous escape to America. Full of unexpected twists, the film is an immigrant’s take on the American Dream and the power of cinema, proving that life is often stranger than fiction. Having its World […]
SxSW 2021 Interview – HERE BEFORE director Stacey Gregg
When a new family moves in next door, Laura befriends their little girl, Megan, and their friendship quickly leads to a strange tension between the two households. As the unspoken invades their lives, Laura begins to unravel, ultimately taking things into her own hands. Both families become entwined in an unsettling story of paranoia, grief […]
SxSW 2021 Interview – BANTU MAMA director Ivan Herrera
Bantú Mama is the journey of Emma, an Afropean woman from the Paris suburbs that while “vacationing” in the Caribbean finds herself involved in a series of unexpected situations that ends up in her detention by the local drug enforcement authorities. Emma manages to escape, finding shelter in one of the most dangerous neighborhoods of […]
SxSW 2021 Interview – LEARNING TAGALOG WITH KAYLA director Kayla Abuda Galang
Learning Tagalog with Kayla is a daydream of a language learning lesson where the teacher’s allowed to get a little candid and personal with you for a few minutes. Having its World Premiere in Texas Shorts at SxSW Online, we speak with Kayla Abuda Galang about her short LEARNING TAGALOG WITH KAYLA. I hear you […]
SxSW 2021 Interview – THE CRIMINALS director Serhat Karasslan
In a small Turkish town, a young couple is trying to rent a room in a hotel to spend a romantic evening but they are rejected from all hotels because they do not have a marriage certificate. They find a way to get a room, but the situation gets out of control. Screening in the […]
SxSW 2021 Interview – NUEVO RICO director Kristian Mercado Figueroa
NUEVO RICO is a story about a brother and sister who stumble on a celestial secret that propels them into fame, where they have to navigate staying a family and not be torn apart by the music industry. We used boundary pushing visuals to show how systemic capitalism can devour all bonds. The root of […]
SxSW 2021 Interview – FEMME directors Sam H. Freeman & Ng Choon Ping
“Jordan is a femme gay man—a label he wears proudly. But every time he steps out of the house with his lipstick on, he remembers his dad’s stark warning: the world will always be a dangerous place for a boy like him. After suffering heartbreak at a nightclub, Jordan meets Wes, a drug-dealer, out on […]