L.A. Film FestL.A. Film Fest ’17 Interview: Leena Pendharkar on Taking Her Time with “20 Weeks”The writer/director talks about the real-life inspiration for this drama about a couple that learns their baby may be born with severe physi...byStephen SaitoJun 18, 2017
L.A. Film FestL.A. Film Fest ’17 Interview: Sara Lamm on the Birth of “Thank You for Coming”The director talks about getting very personal to conceive how to tell the story of her own conception through sperm donation.byStephen SaitoJun 18, 2017
InterviewsInterview: Billy McMillin on Leaving It All on the Field for “The All-Americans”The filmmaker talks about how he bypassed the heated rhetoric around the immigration debate by shining a light on East L.A.'s high school pi...byStephen SaitoJun 15, 2017
L.A. Film FestInterview: Natalie Kottke Masocco & Erica Sardarian on Bringing Health Back to “Company Town”The filmmakers on their film about the small American town of Crossett's big problem with Georgia Pacific's air and water pollution.byStephen SaitoJun 21, 2016
InterviewsFrameline ’16 Interview: Jonah Markowitz on Charting the Groundwork for Gay Marriage in “Political Animals”On the riveting story of the four openly gay California State Assemblywomen who laid the foundation.byStephen SaitoJun 19, 2016
L.A. Film FestInterview: Leon Butler, Franz Drameh & Jim O’Hanlon on Crossing “A Hundred Streets”The writer, director and star of the British ensemble drama talk about an area of London where the rich and poor live side by side.byStephen SaitoJun 16, 2016
L.A. Film FestLA Film Fest ’16 Interview: Leila Djansi on Untangling “Like Cotton Twines”The Ghana-born director talks about a return home to tell a story of proud women amidst a most dire situation.byStephen SaitoJun 15, 2016
L.A. Film FestLA Film Fest ’16 Interview: Melissa Finell on Being Attuned to “Sensitivity Training”The writer/director dishes on finding a perfect pair for a comedy about complete opposites.byStephen SaitoJun 8, 2016
InterviewsInterview: Amber Sealey & Gemma Brockis on the Thrill of the Search in “No Light and No Land Anywhere”The director and star of this provocative character study about a woman looking for her absentee father on finding extraordinary in the ordi...byStephen SaitoJun 8, 2016
InterviewsInterview: Ben Lear on Writing Out of Wrongs in “They Call Us Monsters”The first-time director on going behind bars for a compelling new doc about juvenile delinquents finding a way out through screenwriting.byStephen SaitoJun 7, 2016