Interview with director Emma Jackson (CONVERSATIONS)

matthewtoffolo's avatarMatthew Toffolo's Summary

CONVERSATIONS was shown to fanfare at the January 2018 FEEDBACK Film Festival in Los Angeles.

Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film?

Emma Jackson: At the time of writing – Trump had just been elected the president of America and there had been much talk about divisions between the human race – including the very physical division of building a wall between people. This current political topic inspired my writing. I am also interested in the psychology of how we, as a human race, tend to judge one another upon our appearances. Finally…. I had to make this film for college ha ha!

2. From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to make this short?

The idea began in January 2017 and the film was completed by May 2017.

3. How would you describe your short film in two words!?

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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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