10 Inspiring Interviews That Every Screenwriter Must Watch
Are you an aspiring screenwriter? Once in a while, most of us could use a little encouragement and inspiration, along with advice on how...
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Roy Zafrani, Director of Top Shorts and Festigious
- Aug 18, 2016
- 6 min
The 5 Rules for Making an Outstanding Indie Film
These days, it’s easier to make indie films; more than ever, almost anyone can access filmmaking technology, even on their smartphone or...
Roy Zafrani, Top Shorts' Director
- Aug 10, 2016
- 2 min
10 INSPIRING INTERVIEWS THAT EVERY ACTOR MUST WATCH
Are you an aspiring actor? Once in a while, most of us could use a little encouragement and inspiration, along with advice on how to deal...
Roy Zafrani, Top Shorts' Director
- Aug 10, 2016
- 2 min
10 INSPIRING INTERVIEWS THAT EVERY FILMMAKER MUST WATCH
Are you an aspiring filmmaker? Once in a while, most of us could use a little encouragement and inspiration, along with advice on how to...
Kio Shijiki, Director of Eureka
- May 13, 2016
- 2 min
EXPLORATION OF THE SPACE
I started as an actor when I was 15. I always loved films, but seeing many of my favorite actors started from theatre, I thought I should...
Dan Horrigan, Director of Devotion
- May 4, 2016
- 3 min
DEVOTED TO THE STRANGE
If you want to unsettle people you have to take something relatable and move it further and further away from the continuity of the...
Alex Afshar, Director of The Living Forest
- May 4, 2016
- 4 min
MOTHER EARTH IS CALLING US
As a film maker, I work to create movies that matter and which have a meaning. I have done movies in many genres, from thriller to...
Eric C. Player, Director of Moment of Anger
- May 4, 2016
- 7 min
THE LONG GERMINATION OF A SHORT FILM
“Moment of Anger” is meant to be a tale about a man forgetting what is good in life, and life itself helping him remember. The process of...
Natalee Rawat, Director of The Imaginist
- May 3, 2016
- 2 min
THE IMAGINIST
The Imaginist was one of the most challenging and rewarding films I have directed. A 19- page script written by my creative partner, Sina...
Austin H. Wilson, Director of 47 Minutes
- May 2, 2016
- 5 min
WORTH EVERY MINUTE
Roughly four years ago I woke up one morning at 3 am with the unquenchable desire to make “47 Minutes” as a short film. Since that moment...
Bill Gebhart, Director of Remember
- May 2, 2016
- 11 min
THE IDEAS BEHIND 'REMEMBER'
“All that was once directly lived has become mere representation.” Theorist Guy Debord, in his collection of theses called The Society of...
Emilya Piansay
- May 1, 2016
- 2 min
MAKING 'AN EDUCATED WOMAN'
During the year of 2013, the directors of the film, Khawla and Katebah approached me. We were all working at the KwestOn Media offices in...
Top Shorts Team
- Apr 30, 2016
- 2 min
INTERVIEW WITH DAVID CASADEMUNT
A year ago, while reviewing over 500 submissions from around the world, we received another short film from Spain, called "Sleeping...
Shawn Leister-Frazier
- Apr 30, 2016
- 4 min
PERFECTING PREFLEXIA IS PERPLEXING
When I “borrowed” my father's camera at the age of ten and shot my first film, 'Attack of the Killer Grapefruit', I knew there was no...
Michael Peake, Director of Jacob's Paradox
- Apr 30, 2016
- 9 min
FILM ADVICE FROM THE NEW GUY
My experience and advice as a first time director… It’s hard to really put into words the true experience of making a film from start to...
Emily Reas, Director of Blindsided
- Apr 29, 2016
- 2 min
THE FIRST-TIME FILMMAKER EXPERIENCE
Even though I’ve been acting since I was fourteen years old, I wasn’t interested in the crew side of film until I came to college. I had...
Thomas Rivera Montes, Director of Act Zero
- Apr 29, 2016
- 2 min
THROUGH THE EYES OF NEW YORK TEENAGERS
I always get surprised by the evolution of a film and as writer and director of Act Zero I was able to be the first witness of that...
Top Shorts Team
- Apr 28, 2016
- 3 min
INTERVIEW WITH MARLOM MEIRELLES
Last year Marlom's film "Button Eyes" won the Best Drama award. We talked with the director and found out how he managed to create a...
Hélder Pedro, Director of The Someone
- Apr 27, 2016
- 2 min
TACKLING IDENTITY CRISES AND OTHER DISASTERS ON SET
Science fiction and fantasy stories are some of my favorite genres of film. For me, they are the best ways to explore hard-hitting...
Top Shorts Team
- Apr 26, 2016
- 4 min
INTERVIEW WITH LASZLO BARBO
It’s been almost a year since “Light Games” (in Italian: “Doppia Luce”) won the Best Thriller award at Top Shorts. Although it was an...
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