In this throwback interview from 2018, actress and writer Katarina Waters talks about her role in the action-horror, Redcon-1. Katarina has been been drawing plaudits lately for her screenplay, The Bullet Drop. Congrats Katarina! We are so excited for the release of action-horror Redcon-1. What excited you about this project and this story? First of…

Actor Reed Horstmann joins us on Close-Up Culture to talk about his role in Disney’s “The Villains of Valley View.” The series follows a family of raucous supervillains who recently ran afoul of the League of Villains and now must somehow beat a path to normalcy in a small Texas town. Hi Reed, welcome to Close-Up…

Director Nathan Morris stops by on Close-Up Culture to discuss his new short film, My Eyes Are Up Here. It tells the story of a disabled woman who sets off on a mission to get the morning-after pill after a clumsy one-night stand.  What was the inspiration for the film?  The film is very much based…

Jacob Krupnick is a filmmaker from New York who tells stories through movement. His immersive dance films – set in busy cities – spark curiosity and delight on the surface while exploring larger questions about identity and public space.  Jacob stops by on Close-Up Culture to chat about his short film, Then Comes The Body.…

Writer, director, and producer Hillia Aho joins us on Close-Up Culture to talk about her short film, In Passing. The film follows the story of Rey, a burnt-out sous-chef working at a high-pressure New York City restaurant whilst her long-time partner Elle spends her days at home as a painter creating commissioned pet portraits. What…

Al’Ikens Plancher is a writer-director from Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. Having started high school at the age of 12, and college at 16, Plancher had multiple career options at his disposal but chose to pursue his childhood dream of becoming a filmmaker. Throughout the years, he’s worked various positions in television and film, using his income to…

Producer Timothy Mark Davis is an independent film and theatre maker based in South Florida. Most recently he produced the short film Konpa, which was selected in competition at the 2023 Tribeca Festival. Konpa follows a young Haitian-American who learns how to dance Konpa to impress his crush. What drew you to this story? The…

Director Elham Ehsas joins us on Close-Up Culture to talk about his BAFTA-qualifying short film, Yellow. The film shares a story of a young Afghan woman forced to wear a Chadari (full body veil). What was the inspiration for the film?  The inspiration for “Yellow” came from my deep concern for the current oppression of…

Director and writer Musa Alderson-Clarke joins us on Close-Up Culture to talk about his short film, Killing Boris Johnson. The film was conceived at the height of the pandemic and follows the inner turmoil of grieving Kaz (played by Shadrach Agozino), whose life has been turned upside down by the actions of Boris Johnson’s government…