“Jonny and Tommy, two Brooklyn firefighters, have been friends since high school. Embarrassingly, Tommy never learned how to drive; so Jonny finally teaches him how on one of their regular Sundays together. After a great afternoon, secrets are revealed, their families become involved, and the future becomes uncertain.” Director Andrés Cardona on short film SUNDAYS […]
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South By Southwest 2019 Interview – meet the creators of WILD LOVE!
“Alan and Beverly, away hiking on a romantic getaway, cause the death of a marmot without noticing it. But this incident will not stay unpunished.” The team behind WILD LOVE talks to Get Reel Movies, featuring Paul Autric, Quentin Camus, Maryka Laudet, Léa Georges, Zoé Sottiaux, & Corentin Yvergniaux. Welcome to the amazing SxSW and […]
South By Southwest 2019 Interview – THE ORPHAN director Carolina Markowicz
“THE OPRHAN is the story of a boy who’s been adopted and then returned due to his feminine manners.” Director Carolina Markowicz on short film THE ORPHAN which screens at SxSW 2019 Film. You are back! Tell me about your previous experience here at the festival and what you showed. My previous film LONG DISTANCE […]
South By Southwest 2019 Interview – The Filmmakers of VAI!
“A film about female empowerment that spans the breadth of the Pacific, telling the story of one woman’s life in eight separate moments from the perspective of eight different pacific island cultures.” Marina McCartney and Ofa Guttenbeil-Likiliki, two of the directors behind VAI at SxSW 2019 Film. Congratulations on your film playing in at SxSW […]
SxSW 2019 Interview – THE ATOMIC TREE director Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee
“Have you ever thought about what a tree witnesses in its life? The memories it holds within its rings? The Atomic Tree, a new virtual reality experience from the creators of the award-winning VR film Sanctuaries of Silence, takes you on a journey into the memories of one of the most revered trees in the […]
South By Southwest 2019 Interview – DAYS OF THE WHALE director Catalina Arroyave
“DAYS OF THE WHALE is the story of Cristina and Simón, two young graffiti artists from Medellín, a city that deals with the consequences of a violent history. They defy their environment when they decide to paint a mural over a threat written on a wall. With powerful Latin music, fresh cinematic language, and a […]
South By Southwest 2019 Interview – FOR SAMA directors Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts
“FOR SAMA is one of the most intimate, epic documentaries about the female experience of war you’ll ever see. Framed as a message from a young mother, Waad al-Kateab, to her daughter Sama, the film tells the story of Waad’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria. She falls in love, gets […]
South By Southwest 2019 Interview – IT’S NOT CUSTARD director Kate McCoid
“Teenage Cruelty, Revenge, and a giant wall of Acne! IT’S NOT CUSTARD is the darkly comic story of Louise, a teenager suffering the dual blows of unrelenting acne and bullying. She awakes one morning to find her acne gone, but this magical gift has a bizarre consequence that grants Louise the most delicious of revenges.” […]
South By Southwest 2019 Interview – STUFFED director Erin Derham
“STUFFED is not what you think it is. It is a documentary about taxidermy, but seen through the lens of true artists and conservationists. It is bright, lighthearted, beautiful and full of life. We follow four of the most elite taxidermists around the world. They have to know chemistry and anatomy with the same mastery […]
South By Southwest 2019 Interview – I SEE YOU director Adam Randall
“I SEE YOU is a dark, twisting thriller. It starts with a young boy’s disappearance, the second in so many days, and reveals itself to be a case eerily familiar to one that took place fifteen years earlier. While the lead detective tries to discover what happened to these boys, strange, and increasingly sinister happenings […]