Kacy Bacamini chats with Matthew Toffolo about their short horror film "I'm Sure It's Nothing," which was played at the Under 5 Minute Film Fest. Kacy explained the choice to use French Creole for authenticity and to add an element of mystery, as the film is about internal monologue and fear. They discussed the film's themes of self-gaslighting, isolation, and societal structures of fear, with Kacy describing how they played with sound design, black-and-white to color transitions, and the use of feet to create tension. Kacy shared that the film was made with a zero budget, shot in their apartment, and that they handled the sound design themselves due to cost and a desire for control. They also talked about their future projects, including feature screenplays, and shared thoughts on genre filmmaking, dance, and societal perceptions of gender and body movement. The interview ended with Matthew Toffolo praising the film and encouraging Kacy to pursue feature filmmaking.

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EP. 1832: Filmmaker Kacy Bacamini (I'M SURE IT'S NOTHING)

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Matthew Toffolo interviewed Sandy Parker about her short film "A Paradox of Quantum Superposition." Sandy discussed her background in photography and script supervising, which influenced her directing style. She explained the film's themes of alternate life paths and personal choices, inspired by her own experiences. Sandy shared details about the production, including shooting in her own home, working with lead actress Kate, and collaborating with DP Nathan Tape. They also talked about the film's dreamy tone, the decision to use subtle sound and pacing, and the challenges of editing. The conversation touched on Sandy's career, her plans for a feature film, and broader topics like the film industry, reality, and personal observations about life in New Orleans.

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EP. 1831: Filmmaker Sandy Parker (A Paradox of Quantum Superposition)

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Matthew Toffolo interviewed Nathan Porter, a filmmaker from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, about his short film "Blue," which is a 22-minute film about grief that he wrote and directed. Nathan discussed his extensive experience making films, having created approximately 46 short films, including a period where he made one movie every week as a learning exercise. He explained that the film explores grief and identity through abstract imagery and a claustrophobic visual style, with particular focus on a six-minute single take scene that required extensive preparation and multiple takes to capture the emotional depth needed. Nathan revealed that the film was written as part of a larger artistic piece that he plans to expand into a feature-length road trip horror movie, demonstrating his commitment to transitioning from short films to longer projects.

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EP. 1830: Filmmaker Nathan Porter (BLUE)

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Matthew Toffolo interviewed Sandrine Lambert, a filmmaker from Belgium, about her one-minute animation film from the Under 5 Minute Film Festival. Sandrine explained how she wrote down memories daily and transformed them into short films, with this particular piece depicting her personal experience of discovering she wanted to be pregnant while her partner wasn't ready yet. She described creating the film entirely by herself, including drawing, voice-over, and piano music, investing 130 hours in the animation work over approximately one month of overtime work. Sandrine discussed her background in children's book illustration for over 25 years and her more recent discovery of stop-motion animation, preferring analog methods to maintain simplicity and avoid AI technology. The film, set in a bathroom, explores themes of isolation and personal decision-making, with Matthew suggesting potential for future sequels following her pregnancy journey. Sandrine mentioned she is currently working on an erotic film and expressed interest in future collaborations, particularly with sound designers and her son, who is studying animation.

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EP. 1829: Filmmaker/Animator Sandrine Lambert (27 YEARS OLD)

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Matthew Toffolo interviewed Ryann Morris, the subject of the documentary "Food Is Everything" from the Documentary Film Festival. Ryann explained that the film explores how society doesn't have a food problem per se, but rather a relationship with the food problem. She focuses on how food can be used to connect with oneself, nature, and others through cooking, gardening, and sharing meals. The film was originally developed as a proof-of-concept for Ryann's cookbook, with producers at Archivist Films finding director Julio Palacio to bring the project to life over three days of filming in Ryann's Florida home. The documentary follows Ryann's personal journey through her kitchen, garden, and community spaces, including scenes with her family making papaya tacos and a community potluck at the Swinton Community Growing Project in Delray Beach. Ryann, who works as an Ayurvedic chef and recipe developer, shared that the film has been well-received and is currently available on YouTube before entering additional film festivals.

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EP. 1828: Chef Ryann Morris (FOOD IS EVERYTHING)

Matthew Toffolo

Matthew Toffolo interviewed Hasmik Chakhmakhchyan about the music video "Silence of My Soul," which featured music by Armenian composer Araxia Muhusharyan. Hasmik explained that the video aimed to depict the internal world and feelings of a person when they experience music alone, using minimalistic visual techniques with natural lighting in a single studio location. The two-month preparation process included storyboarding and careful attention to detail, with post-production taking additional months where both the director and musician reviewed every aspect of the final cut. Hasmik indicated they have worked on diverse projects, including documentaries and crossover opera, and while they are unsure about future music videos, they continue to create different types of content across various genres.

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EP. 1827: Filmmaker Hasmik Chakhmakhchyan (SILENCE OF MY SOUL)

Matthew Toffolo

Matthew Toffolo chats with Taylor Gladue about their short film "Intertwined in Blue," which premiered at the LGBTQ+ Film Festival. Taylor, who is from Calgary, Alberta, explains that the French title was chosen as a tribute to Jean-Luc Godard and discusses the film's themes about people presenting false versions of themselves to the world while ignoring their true identities. The film was shot entirely on an iPhone Max Pro 15 with local Calgary actors and was filmed in various locations throughout the city, including a friend's Airbnb and The Attic lounge. Taylor, who is primarily a producer but made this his first film as writer, director, and producer, plans to continue making films and has several upcoming projects, including a short documentary and a web series.

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EP. 1826: Filmmaker Tayler Gladue (Intertwined in Blue)

Matthew Toffolo

Matthew Toffolo interviewed Dylan Delaney, the filmmaker of the short experimental film "Death by Passive-Aggressive Interpretive Dance." Dylan discussed the creative process behind his unique film, which was shot in County Wicklow, Ireland, and features religious and spiritual themes presented through interpretive dance. He explained how the film was influenced by Michel Gondry music videos and the 3D documentary "Pina" about German choreographer Pina Bausch and described the challenges of creating a two-minute one-shot dance sequence with lead actress Ellen Costa. Dylan also detailed the film's special effects, including animated elements and a scene with a "dance god" character painted in gold, and mentioned his upcoming project based on Henry Fuseli's painting "The Nightmare."

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EP. 1825: Filmmaker Dylan Delaney (Death by Passive Aggressive Interpretive Dance)

Matthew Toffolo

Matthew Toffolo interviews Sarah Van Sant, director of the short film "Best Kept Secret." Sarah discusses her first foray into directing after a career in acting, modeling, and stunt work. Sarah explained how she and her husband developed the concept during COVID, collaborating with writer Jameson Brawley to adapt the story into a cost-effective short film about a couple trapped in a mattress store after closing hours. The film was shot in a local furniture store in Chattanooga, Tennessee, with Sarah working closely with cinematographer Axel Marshall and editor Jameson Brawley to bring her vision to life. The production involved casting actors from Atlanta via Zoom auditions, with Kathleen Graham winning Best Actress at the Broad Street Film Festival. Sarah expressed enthusiasm for directing and plans to continue making films, including adapting a previous screenplay into a feature-length project.

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EP. 1824: Filmmaker Sarah Vansandt (BEST KEPT SECRET)

Matthew Toffolo

Matthew Toffolo interviews the creative team behind a short film exploring hydrofeminism, featuring Katrina as director, Sarah as choreographer and dancer, and Tomas as sound designer. The team discussed their collaborative process in creating a black-and-white experimental film with colored ocean sequences, shot at Botanical Beach and Lake Cowichan on Vancouver Island. Sarah explained the concept of hydrofeminism as a framework examining how patriarchal structures affect both female bodies and land/oceans in similar ways, while Tomas described his organic sound design process using underwater recordings and Sarah's breathing filtered through distortion to create wave-like sounds. The film was shot entirely by the three collaborators with equal creative input, and they discussed their plans to continue working together on future projects after completing their current festival run.

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Sarah’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahrosemercer/
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EP. 1823: "Mer – Of Oceans and Bodies" team (Katrina Piacek, Sarah Rose Mercer, Tomas Cepeda Baeza)

Matthew Toffolo

Matthew Toffolo interviewed Joaquin Hernandez about his screenplay "Sadie and the Summer Serve," a romantic drama set in the world of tennis that explores personal growth and integrity against nepotism in a local tennis club setting. Joaquin revealed he has written approximately 12 screenplays with five completed ones, including projects like "Green Juniper" (a Harvard student becoming a plant-controlling superhero), "Rigged" (a Fast and Furious-style Seattle-based film involving the Japanese Yakuza), and "Ab Oceano" (featuring a mermaid Navy SEAL leading a rescue mission). Joaquin explained his writing process began in 2019 and he writes daily in the mornings, taking about a year to complete "Sadie and the Summer Serve" including revisions.

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EP. 1822: Screenwriter Joaquin Hernandez (Sadie and the Summer Serve)

Matthew Toffolo

Matthew Toffolo interviewed Véronique Paquette, a Canadian filmmaker who directed a 5-minute animated dance film about Argentine tango created at the National Film Board of Canada in Montreal. Véronique discussed her 20-year career in animation before directing her first professional film, explaining how she combined her passion for tango dancing with her animation skills to create a unique black-and-white film that explores natural movement and intuition. The film took five years to complete due to personal circumstances including having three children during the process, and Véronique collaborated with a tango choreographer and dancers to create reference footage before animating the final work entirely herself using traditional ink-on-paper techniques with computer animation software. WILDsound praised the film's sound design and artistic merit, noting how it represents a counter-trend to AI-driven animation by emphasizing human expression and natural movement.

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EP. 1821: Filmmaker Véronique Paquette (LOCA)

Matthew Toffolo

This interview discusses Cameron Moon's short film "The Yard," a 9-minute Christmas romance shot entirely on a smartphone at a garden center location. Cameron, who plays Santa in the film, collaborated with cinematographer Gary Rogers and actress Emily to create a traditional Christmas story with an LGBTQ+ twist. The film was shot in November at a Christmas-decorated garden center, with Cameron finding the location through a contact he knew, and the production involved an organic approach to casting and crew, including using local artists for the poster and credits sequence. Cameron explained his filmmaking philosophy of keeping crews small and maintaining collaborative environments and discussed his upcoming project "Sudade," a silent thriller over 40 minutes long that combines multiple cinematic styles.

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EP. 1820: Filmmaker/Actor Cameron Moon (THE YARD)

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Matthew Toffolo interviewed George Sarantopoulos about his poem "Inheritance," which has been adapted into a movie. George explained that the poem is written as a letter to a son he hasn't had yet, addressing uncomfortable truths about the world being built on violence and the need for protection. He discussed his personal connection to these themes through his father's military service during the Vietnam War and his own battle with prostate cancer, which led him to begin writing poetry as therapeutic outlet. George shared his concerns about modern parenting approaches, arguing that children are being coddled too much and not being prepared for life's challenges, while also noting how cancer treatment affected his mental health and the importance of therapy in the healing process.

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EP. 1819: Poem George Sarantopoulos (Inheritance)

Matthew Toffolo

Interview with the filmmaking team of "First Time Machine," discussing their short film adaptation of Frederick Brown's story. Jay explained how he discovered the original one- or two-page short story at a used book fair and decided to adapt it into a film featuring an all-Black cast except for the time traveler. The team discussed the creative process of building a realistic-looking time machine with production designer Caius Duncan, the challenging lighting setup in a real lab at Bowling Green University, and the thematic elements about race and personal connections. They also explored the possibility of making additional shorts based on other Frederick Brown stories, with Jay mentioning they had already acquired rights to another story called "Across the Line."

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EP. 1818: Filmmakers Jay Woelfel & Jose Cardenas (FIRST TIME MACHINE)

Matthew Toffolo

WILDsound’s Matthew Toffolo interviewed Mark Kaplan about his personal documentary film "Revealing Raymond," a 15-minute film about uncovering his father's hidden past. Mark discovered home movies from the 1950s featuring his father Raymond when he transferred old VHS tapes to digital format, which sparked his motivation to create the film after learning about his father's traumatic childhood through Ancestry.com research. The film uses rare 8mm home footage, census records, and personal photos to tell the story of Raymond's childhood as an orphan during the Depression, his terminal illness that lasted six years, and the emotional impact on Mark as a child. Mark also reconnected with his father's niece through DNA testing after making the film, establishing a new family connection. The interview concluded with discussion about Mark's recent retirement from teaching at Parsons School of Design after 25 years, and political commentary about the upcoming US elections.

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EP. 1817: Filmmaker Mark Kaplan (Revealing Raymond)

Matthew Toffolo

WILDsound interviewed Keenan about his 11-minute documentary "History of the Grand Strand" focusing on Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, which won a Best Historical Documentary award. Keenan, who is from Myrtle Beach, created the film as his first directing project following advice from John Carpenter to just "do it" and take charge of filmmaking. The documentary features over 200 historical photographs from Jack Thompson, a 90-year-old local photographer who moved to Myrtle Beach in the 1950s and won a state civilian award during filming. The film highlights how Myrtle Beach has changed over the years, including the demolition of iconic landmarks like the Ocean Forest Hotel designed by the Washington Monument architect, and covers the city's founding story including its naming contest in 1912. Keenan plans to expand the project into a six-part 30-minute series covering more historical interviews, hurricanes like Hazel and Hugo, and additional archive footage, with future episodes featuring family members of prominent local families and continuing Thompson's story.

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EP. 1816: Filmmaker Keenan Dunham (History of the Grand Strand)

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This interview discusses Katherine Connor Duff's short film "This Little Picky Goes to Market," which is the final installment in her "Voyeur" trilogy exploring modern performance and social media culture. Katherine explained how the film follows Penelope, an OnlyFans foot model who loses subscribers and faces online harassment, examining themes of social media's impact on creators and the treatment of individuals online. The discussion covered the film's 70s cinematic influences, including directors like Mike Nichols and Roman Polanski, as well as the challenges of modern content creation and the "witch burning" phenomenon where online creators are quickly torn down after being built up. Katherine discussed her careful approach to filmmaking with WILDsound’s Matthew Toffolo, having written 30 drafts over six months for this project, and her plans to screen all three films in her trilogy at AFI in December. The conversation concluded with discussion of potential distribution strategies and Katherine's future projects, including a possible feature film or new series about American industry.

This Little Piggy Goes to Market, 14min., USA Directed by Katherine Connor Duff A livestream turns into a trap when an OnlyFans foot model is pushed past her limits by her demanding subscribers.

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EP. 1815: Filmmaker Katherine Connor Duff (THIS LITTLE PIGGY GOES TO THE MARLKET)

Matthew Toffolo

LET’S MAKE IT A BLOCKBUSTER NIGHT, 80min., USA

Directed by Amir Shah

An Italian-American foreign language instructor and aspiring actress auditions for a role in a German lollipop commercial. An Iranian actress auditions for the same role. Little do both actresses know, that this German TV production company and the lollipop commercial casting , is not really what it seems .

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This interview was a discussion between WILDsound's Matthew Toffolo and filmmaker Amir Shan about his debut feature film "Let's Make It a Blockbuster Night," which Amir described as an arthouse and avant-garde experimental thriller that took over three years to complete. Amir explained how the film originated as a planned Super Bowl commercial for a beer company that evolved into a narrative story during COVID-19 lockdown in Florida, with much of the content being improvised and shot intuitively. The film features a diverse cast including actors from various backgrounds, though many of them haven't seen the final product yet, and contains elements like male nudity and German dialogue intended to provoke discussion about entertainment and originality in cinema. Amir, who is SAG-AFTRA certified and has worked on productions like FBI, Law and Order, and films starring Cameron Diaz and Matt Damon, expressed hopes to secure distribution for the film and launch his production company Persian Pyre Films, while also pursuing interests in music and documentary financing.

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EP. 1814: Filmmaker Amir Shah (LET’S MAKE IT A BLOCKBUSTER NIGHT)

Matthew Toffolo

This interview discusses the winning screenplay "Love Your Lawyer" written by Sterling Elliott and Katrina Redd, a romantic comedy about a couple forced to work together during a divorce. The screenplay was inspired by a joke made during their prenup process, where Sterling humorously asked Katrina to represent him if they ever got divorced, leading to the development of their feature film project. The couple worked on the screenplay for three years while balancing Katrina's legal career and Sterling's filmmaking background, with their first child born during the writing process. They discussed the current state of romantic comedies in Hollywood, noting the genre's shift to streaming platforms and lower budgets, while expressing hope for selling their screenplay. The interview also covered their future creative plans, including writing a children's book about encouraging kindness and developing a TV pilot with similar themes about finding comedy through loss.

Watch the screenplay reading: https://youtu.be/iPR1kprj4Ts

Get to know the writer:

What is your screenplay about?

A successful attorney on the verge of making partner is forced by her prenup to represent her own husband in their divorce, sparking a scandal that threatens her career.

What genres does your screenplay fall under?

Romantic Comedy-Drama

Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?

Divorce is a very relatable topic for many people. This movie asks, "How do you know if a marriage is beyond repair? When does reconciliation deserve a chance?"

How would you describe this script in two words?

Relevant. Heartfelt.

What movie have you seen the most times in your life?

The Princess Bride (Sterling), Pride and Prejudice (Katrina)

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Always an amazing lineup of films. Inspiring for storytellers.

EP. 1813: Screenwriters Sterling Elliott & Katrina Redd (LOVE YOUR LAWYER)

Matthew Toffolo