Sorrel Brae’s short film “A Film By Vera Vaughn” played to rave reviews at the August 2016 Horror/Thriller FEEDBACK Film Festival. It was an honor to sit down and chat with him about his film and what’s next for the talented filmmaker.

Matthew Toffolo What motivated you to make this film?

Sorrel Brae: Mostly creative frustration with my work in the commercial industry. I direct TV commercials by day and that has become an increasingly conservative and risk-averse industry. Rarely do I get the chance to stretch myself and try on new hats. So a writer friend, Zeke Farrow, and I started developing a film-within-a-film feature screenplay and I decided to shoot this short to test out the concept and see if we had anything.

MT: From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to make this film?

SB: Oh man, I’m embarrassed to…

Emeline Castaneda’s short film KADDISH! was the winner of “Best Film” at the 2016 FEEDBACK Horror/Thriller Film Festival. The film was a master in nailing the tone of comedy & horror while telling an engaging story. It was an honor chatting with her about this short and what’s next for the award winning filmmaker:

Read Movie Review of KADDISH!

Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film?

Emeline Castaneda: I had no idea, three weeks, before that I was going to do it! I was away in holidays and I think it’s a friend who sent me a brief for a short film competition. The deadline was three weeks from then and I was really inspired by the brief. I had never considered making a zombie movie before but I realized very soon how fun it was. And I jumped into it.

MT: From the idea to the finished…

Sorrel Brae’s short film “A Film By Vera Vaughn” played to rave reviews at the August 2016 Horror/Thriller FEEDBACK Film Festival. It was an honor to sit down and chat with him about his film and what’s next for the talented filmmaker.

Matthew Toffolo What motivated you to make this film?

Sorrel Brae: Mostly creative frustration with my work in the commercial industry. I direct TV commercials by day and that has become an increasingly conservative and risk-averse industry. Rarely do I get the chance to stretch myself and try on new hats. So a writer friend, Zeke Farrow, and I started developing a film-within-a-film feature screenplay and I decided to shoot this short to test out the concept and see if we had anything.

MT: From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to make this film?

SB: Oh man, I’m embarrassed to…