Interview with director Emily Pietro (COLOR)

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Emily Pietro directed  the experimental short film “COLOR”, which was showcased at the FEMALE FEEDBACK Film Festival in December 2016. “COLOR” will be known as the first ever film showcased at the Female Festival as it started off the night. 

Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film?

Emily Pietro: I was motivated to make this film after I my idea was rejected from one of my film classes. We got to pitch ideas to the class, and then an “anonymous jury” got to decide on 4 films that would be chosen to go into production through the class. After I pitched this idea, I got great feedback from my classmates and many friends were excited to be a part of my film. Four women pitched, and four men pitched. I don’t like to think my professor was sexist, but something inside of me got angry when not a single woman…

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By femalefilmfestival

The irony of this festival is that its goal is to not be around in 5 years time. To eventually not be relevant because there is zero need to have a festival geared for female talent and female stories because the stories presented in Hollywood and around the world are a balanced showcase of the human experience from both sexes. Our goal is to achieve a lot of success and then fold into oblivion simply because there is no need for this festival. This festival was created by the FEEDBACK Film & Writing Festival as a simple reaction to a strong need to showcase female talent from around the world in a more profound way. When putting together the weekly festival, the administration noticed a lack of a female presence in the stories being shown at the festival. A classic example and analogy to the frustration is how the festival noticed that even the smaller roles in a screenplay were written for a man to play. There was zero reason for this in many stories. How a police officer, or a political campaign manager, for example with 3-4 lines in a screenplay was a "HE" character. Why? And these are the screenplays written by the winners! The talented one who have obtained agents and have began/beginning their careers as a writer.

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