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-Who is Jennifer East?

I am a mom, wife, sister, friend, and a creative. I went to school for graphic design and photography. I was happy with this career choice, as a freelance designer and photographer for many years. Then my daughter and I spent nearly 5 years in Los Angeles, CA, (L.A.) in front of and behind the camera. I shot hundreds of headshot sessions, was a talent agent, an art director, and a stand-in on nearly all the backlots in L.A. In 2018, I joined two other talented women to create the charitable organization, bUneke (pronounced be Unique), where I’ve been honored to put my skills as a director, videographer and editor to work to help other charities.

-What inspired you to become a filmmaker?

Working with many directors in L.A., I watched and learned from the top directors. It was the best exposure a person could get. Talent and crew grumbled about the long hours on set, while I smiled, took notes, and studied. When I returned to Florida, I knew I needed to try filmmaking for myself.

-Do you think the cinema can bring a change in society?

I definitely do. The film you are honoring with Best Editing, Forgotten Enchantress, was the catalyst that brought in more than $250,000, of which 100% went to the nonprofit, and moved the hearts of an entire community and outside the community to come, visit, and donate to the cause. That nonprofit had been working toward for more than 10 years before the film came along. Within months after the film was first shown, they had the necessary funds to apply for a matching grant to save the home from demolition. The nonprofit I helped create and manage is all about helping others, which got us involved in the first place.

-What would you change in the world?

Hearts. I’d change the hearts of people so there is more positivity. I’d like to see more vegans and more people learning about a low-waste, sustainable lifestyle. I think everyone should learn about saving our earth and climate change. Again, these are all things our nonprofit teaches and advocates. I would also love to help encourage more females to be involved in production, in all the roles behind the camera. I love to mentor young women who may not have realized they actually prefer being behind the camera and I help them understand that it’s natural and good for them to be there.

-Where do you see the film industry going in the next 100 years?

The film industry has changed so much in the last 50 or even 20 years. Big, funded projects will probably persist, but the low and no budget filmmakers will continue finding ways to use their craft to help others and nature, which I think is a great idea. The industry will probably continue to open up with affordable streaming options so unknown filmmakers and screenwriters will continue to make wonderful contributions to the art form. Critically acclaimed low-budget films will continue to be offered screenings at notable film festivals, such as yours, and they will experience a prosperous award season. My dream is that low and no budget films will receive the necessary attention for funding opportunities. The budget for Forgotten Enchantress was donated craft, borrowed wardrobe, and volunteers’ personal equipment. Some of our volunteers drove long distances just to be involved in the project.

–Who is Roel Swierenga?

I am a sustainability pioneer and founder of the Hansa Green Tour Foundation in the Netherlands, organizer of events, filmmaker and speaker.

I’m a tech- and innovation loving optimist with a strong interest in the latest sustainable solutions. I love fast electric cars, epic road trips and, before the covid pandemic, I used to travel the world to find, document and showcase sustainable solutions. Bringing like-minded people together that can make a difference by organizing events, study trips & trade missions for business and government delegations and filming these events is what I do in my day job.

We film and document our Hansa Green Tour events and places that we visit in northern Europe. Showcasing sustainable solutions in Scandinavia, Iceland, Germany and the Netherlands. During these events we interview people with inspiring stories and make short documentaries to share these stories.

More info about me and what I do is available on my website www.roelswierenga.com

-What inspired you to become a filmmaker?

All our annual Hansa Green Tour events are filmed and documented since 2011 by our team for personal and client use. Not with the intention of making commercial film or video productions but just to document what we do, to document the interesting places that we visit and interview people to hear their stories. As event director I was mostly guiding our camera team, busy behind the scenes but not behind the camera myself. Due to the covid pandemic all our events were cancelled, allowing me the time to train myself in filmmaking and think about how I could use the network that we had build over the past 10 years, all

the amazing places, people and sustainable initiatives that we had visited all over northern Europe. That made me decide to pick up the camera myself, learning the craft of filmmaking and learn from my regular cameraman Frans Adema and photographer Martijn Heemstra and challenge them to start making our own productions. I like epic roadtrips, using electric vehicles if possible that sometimes brings us in adventurous situations. We have seen so many beautiful places, we have met so many people with amazing stories, people who want to contribute to a better world. That inspired me. I want to capture those stories on film. Now it’s time for me to connect the dots and bring those stories to the screen.

-Do you think the cinema can bring a change in society?

Yes I do! I do believe that cinema can bring change to society. We are overloaded with images and impressions every day in the media, on our mobile devices checking social media. But most of these images get in and out of our brains without leaving any impression at all. Information overload, most of it is rubbish, irrelevant. Like, can you tell what news or social media posts you watched 2 days ago? Probably not. But if you go to the cinema and watch a good movie or see a documentary with a strong story, your brain will remember it for many years. That is the power of cinema and film.

My short film PUSHBACK was my first entry in the world of film festivals and won the Stockholm City Film Festival June 2021 and several awards in Europe and USA followed shortly afterwards. A story about boat-refugees trying to reach Greek islands in the Mediterranean Sea, blocked with brute force by border guards, towing these boats back to the open sea, knowing that many will not survive. The film is not a cinematic masterpiece, but a horrible story that gets into your brain, leaving the viewer with a troubled mind. “How can you sleep well, knowing this is happening? Don’t look away, we have to act!” addresses Marian van Voorn at the end of the film. Damn. You have seen the movie, listened to the story and you’re asked to not look away from it, but to act upon it… Damn. An uncomfortable story, but you feel the need to do something with it. This film made an impact on people and this effect we would not have achieved by telling this story in an email newsletter or by posting it on social media. It made impact thanks to bringing this story to cinema.

This gave me the confidence and motivation to make my new film ’48.000 Names’, a story in cooperation with MiGreat about the deadly borders of Europe, about the protection of human rights and dignity. A story I feel that is important to share and film is one of the most beautiful ways to do this. And with my experience with our Pushback film I am convinced that cinema has an important role to play and yes can bring change to society.

-What would you change in the world?

That’s a difficult question, there is no easy answer to that. But if I was in a position to change the world I would try to stop war and violence and create a new start with equal rights and opportunities for all.

–Where do you see the film industry going in the next 100 years?

Interesting question. In recent years cinema has lost ground due to the pandemic and world wide lockdowns, prohibiting people to go out. In parallel social media and digitalization, streaming services have grown tremendously. But both do not replace cinema. Social media and streaming services make it easy to consume film individually but are less suited to impress your brain and create a long lasting experience. Watching a film on a mobile device does not offer the unique experience of watching a movie on a big screen and impressive sound in the cinema together with friends.

Film industry might evolve over time and technology might make it much more easy and accessible for more people to make films and consume films individually om smart devices. But I hope and think that the unique experience that only cinema can provide will survive the coming 100 years. Film industry might change over time, but its core function in creating films with the best cinematic experience will never change. I would not want to miss that so I am positive that the film industry and cinema will still be around in 100 years.

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-Who is Healy Lange?

 I am an artist, a creative, and a compassionate, often flawed human being. I’m also a runner and a thinker. I love to run not only for my physical health but to get lost in my thoughts. I love people-watching and exploring behavior. But at my core, I’m creative. I see everything that happens to me and in the world, through that filter. It’s not always the easiest place. I guess I’m still a work in progress. 

-What inspired you to become a filmmaker?

I have always been an actor, a visual artist, and a writer. I started acting as a kid in the theater, and also studied art and sculpture, and writing as well. So, screenwriting was a natural next step. Then, of course, you have projects that you feel closer to, so the move to directing happens. But as I’ve gotten older, I can see retrospectively that I write whenever I have a profound experience. It doesn’t matter if it manifests as a humorous scribbling or a dark journey down the rabbit hole, I write. It’s my go-to and has become a true outlet. Many of my film scripts and poetry have come from my real-life experience, including “Orphan Doll.”

-Do you think the cinema can bring a change in the society?

 It has, and I have to believe it will continue to bring about societal change, hopefully, positive change. It influences fashion and music. It allows us to laugh and cry when maybe that’s not always a safe thing to do in our daily lives. It makes us reflect on our humanity and sometimes our cruelty to man, and it enlightens us. It allows us to see versions of ourselves and makes us believe. So, my goodness, I hope it impacts societal change and I hope it continues to bring more change. I recently read about films soon being made completely with AI and AI actors as well. That worries me. However, I continue to hope we will look to cinema to connect us as beautifully flawed humans and not completely remove the humanity and connectivity of the cinematic experience. 

-What would you change in the world?

I think that my answer here might fill a couple of books, a few screenplays, and a lot of therapy. I will be here all day. But I guess, if you want the short answer, I would change the cruelty and absolute inhumanity of war, and I would change gun laws in the U.S… but when I hear myself say that, it all sounds so trite like I’m trying to win some pageant giving a canned answer. So, maybe I’d say, I wish I could stop senseless killing and atrocities like genocide. I mean where do you start? But since I always see the “gray” in everything, I also think there may be a larger, divine design that none of us understand. I don’t know. It’s a difficult question. 

-Where do you see the film industry going in the next 100 years?

Well I know the industry is becoming more computerized and there are companies dedicated to helping producers create fully believable AI actors/performances. If that happens, hopefully, artists will find a new and better way of expressing their art. But I hope the human aspect of the art of film, sustains. In terms of technological advancement though, I hope it will be even more accessible and instant. Ultimately, I hope it continues to be creatively driven by human beings, both in front of and behind the camera.

-Who is Miguel Raymond?

I graduated in communication from the University of Quebec in Montreal and also trained in special effects at the Graphic Institute of Technology in Tokyo.

(GIT) under the direction of the artist Ko Nakajima.

In the 80s, I quickly forged an enviable reputation as an video artist, director and editor. For nearly 40 years, I has created and contributed to a wide variety of works and have won several awards both in Canada and abroad. My passion and creativity have allowed me to explore several artistic genres.

In recent years, I have collaborated on the creation of video projections for Cirque du Soleil’s Michael Jackson One in Las Vegas.

I directed the videos for the show marking the 40th anniversary of the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games on July 21, 2016, at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal.

I also worked with Michel Lemieux and Victor Pilon on the multimedia work “Cité Mémoire” launched in 2016 and 2017 as part of the celebrations for the 375th anniversary of the city of Montreal.

I am now an artist, independent director and music producer.

I am the manager of the group Sol Caribe from Cuba, producer of their first album

“Soy del Caribe” and director of the music video of the same name.

Since then, I has signed several works, including the short documentary “Holy Trinity: The church that wouldn’t die” in 2019, as well as the experimental productions “Un dia en la vida” and “Prélude à la Lune” in 2021 which obtained several international awards. 

In 2022, I started a series of 4 films called Cycle of Life. The two first films in this series are called “Sakura”,and “Solstice”. Those 2 first films also won multiple international awards for Best Experimental film, Best Director and Best Editing.

-What inspired you to become a filmmaker?

I guess it was by accident. I was studying in university in journalism, but it was  boring for me. The university had received video cameras and editing equipement, and nobody was using them, they where still in their boxes. So I asked if I could use it, they sais shure, and gave me the keys.

A few months later, I finished my first video « Tv Screen » withch was aquirered by the Musée d’Art Contemporain du Québec. I finaly found what my passiont was.

-Do you think the cinema can bring change to the world?

Yes, it already did many times, and will continue to do so. Of course, documentary films helped change, inform people around the world. It has played a very important role in the evolution of society.

But I would also say the same for more artistic film making, witch can tell a story with a different approch, suggest a diferent way to look at things.

-What would you change in the world?

Many things, but specificaly over-indidualism. We need to get our sense of civility and respect for our fellow humans back.

-Where do you see the film industry going in the next 100 years?

Technologicaly speaking we will be able not to film a sequence, but rather to « scan » a sequence, in witch we can move around with a virtual camera to get all the angles and detail in one scan. Until that time, the mainstream film industry will continue to develop digitaly created films, witch do not need to be filmed, 100% computer generated film.

As for «cinema d’auteur», I think it is here to stay. The difference  between independent cinema and big industry cinema will continue to widen.

– Who is Merli V. Guerra?

Recently, a journalist wrote that “It would be an understatement to label Merli V. Guerra a Renaissance woman” (Anne Levin, “Town Topics”). I deeply appreciated this, as it’s true that there are many facets to my work as an artist and as a person. Professionally, I’m a choreographer, filmmaker, and interdisciplinary artist whose work encompasses the fields of dance, film, art, and design. I’m a professional dancer and choreographer with a background in ballet, modern, and classical Odissi Indian dance, and am Artistic Director of Luminarium Dance Company in Boston, MA. I’m also a filmmaker, a writer, an installation artist, and a graphic designer. My films often incorporate choreographic movement, frequently falling into the category of “screendance.”

Above all, I have a passion for historic sites. My artistic works and productions are regularly inspired by historic ruins, such as my most recent screendance film “Ao pó voltaremos,” which I created to honor a 16^th century monastery ruin in Portugal before its upcoming conversion into a “charming rural hotel” for tourists. Where others see disintegration, I see beauty. Where others see something to tear down, I instead see a story that needs telling.

–What inspired you to become a filmmaker?

Filmmaking has always been a part of my life, even when I didn’t anticipate it becoming an aspect of my profession. I spent my gangly years of childhood shooting films with my much younger brother, with only the editing effects available to us manually on my dad’s Sony camera. Looking back, I appreciate the limitations we faced, as it forced us to think creatively to achieve our desired effects.

It wasn’t until college that I married together my love of filmmaking with my primary field of dance. Enrolled in a beginning film class, I was exposed to experimental filmmakers for the first time, and became interested in the possibilities of projected video across my own skin, using my body as a human canvas. It was through this course that I created my first screendance film, “Synchronic,” which was then awarded “Best Dance on Camera,” “Best of Mount Holyoke,” and “Best of Fest” at the 2009 Five College Film Festival in Amherst, MA. The positive reaction I received from that work is undoubtedly what fueled me to continue experimenting with screendance in the professional world. But I can guarantee you I couldn’t envision back then that I would one day be creating new films as a professional artist-in-residence in Portugal!

–Do you think the cinema can bring a change in the society?

Cinema absolutely has the power to bring about societal change, for better or for worse. Whether considering the cinematic propaganda techniques of World War II or the subtle product placements found in modern films, cinema is deeply influential for its viewers. At times, it reflects the society in which we live—our daily routines, our desires, our fears—at others, it introduces us to the society we aspire to achieve. Cinema has the potential to remind us what we’re capable of, to inspire us beyond the theater. I’m personally most appreciative of cinematic works that push me to think deeper, to reconsider social and cultural norms, and to reacquaint myself with aspects of my own being that I’ve come to take for granted.

–What would you change in the world?

Ultimately, I want to see progress—genuine forward momentum as a society. I’m baffled by the backwards traction of my own country (USA) at present. Rights that I took for granted as a woman are now stripped away. Politicians pat each other on the back after passing gun reform laws that do little to lessen the country’s daily mass murders from automatic weapons. Our planet is both starved for rain and drowning, all at once. We seem to be devolving. If there was one thing I could change, it would be to take humanity’s car out of reverse and put it back into drive.

–Where do you see the film industry going in the next 100 years?

Speaking for the field of screendance, specifically, I envision continued experimentation between live performance and technology rapidly growing over the next century. Many of us, myself included, are now working with 360-degree videography as well as virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) tools to create immersive screendance experiences that shift the traditional “audience” member or “viewer” into the role of active participant. Additional sensory work—such as integrating haptics and scent cards—further immerses participants inside these cinematic/choreographic experiences. I’ll be curious to see how these experiments continue to evolve and shape our interactions with both film and the performing arts moving forward.

-Who is Wes Davis?

Hello! My name is Wes Davis.

I am a Musician, Producer, Artist, Actor, Writer, Multimedia Developer… and now I’m a Filmmaker.

I am an Artistic Entrepreneur.

I enjoy the big things and little things in life. With my work, the projects vary so much. I get to express myself in each project, which I love.

I feel fortunate in my life. I constantly remind myself that I’m very fortunate and that many people are not.

At age 12, I took my sister’s guitar and taught myself how to play.

When I was 15, I started trying to produce music, which was a lot of fun. I was always interested in learning new things.

I started my first company when I was 19, which failed horribly. It was a great learning experience. I believe it’s healthy to fail before we succeed. This is how we learn.

I started working in the film industry when I was 21. I tried some acting, then worked on some indie film sets running sound. Then I went into film and event marketing. I became the youngest board member on the Board of Directors for the Oklahoma Film Society.

After that, I worked producing music for artists and record labels. I decided to learn digital marketing and multimedia design.

Several years later, I decided that with my experience and skillset that it was time to put it all together and make a film.

I have to say, I’m enjoying the journey. I enjoy every bit of it. The good, the bad, the highs, the lows, the pleasures, and the pains.

I love struggle, learning, and new experience.

-What inspired you to become a filmmaker?

I always wanted to be a Filmmaker. I made films when I was young. I remember trying to use a VCR to edit tapes together using the “pause” and “record” buttons when I was a kid.

As I got older, I never stopped making little films. I didn’t know or worry about the technicals. Such as lighting, stops, exposure, depth of field… any of that stuff. But I was a kid. I would hand-write screenplays.

Sometimes, my friends and I would take trips and I would bring my little Sony Handycam. I would document our trip, then later make a little documentary.

However, if I had to pick one thing that inspired me the most to become a filmmaker, it would be this…

The challenge of being a filmmaker. To me, filmmaking is the ultimate artistic challenge. You know, they say most films never get finished. This is because it is such a challenge. It is a combination of every art. It’s photography, painting with light, music, sound design, photography, editing, visual effects, set design…

Filmmaking is the pinnacle art. It is the combination of all the arts into one project.

-Do you think Cinema can bring change to society?

I believe that Cinema has brought change to the world since its conception. For the last 100 years, Cinema has been a primary, global platform for communication, messaging, and even propaganda.

Cinema has not only changed society, but it has been purposefully used to change society. During times of war, governments around the world would weaponize cinema to psychologically get their people to believe in their war.

Conversely, many artists, filmmakers, and philanthropists use cinema to convey messages of peace, or to address issues in society such as hate or social injustice.

Knowing this, I have hope that in the future, humankind will act responsibly and use Cinema for good in the world. Whether it be for messaging, or just entertaining.

-What would you change in the world?

This is such a difficult question, mostly because the world needs so much change.

If I could change anything in the world, there would definitely be a pretty lengthy list. I won’t go into here.

The world needs more love and less hate. We all need to understand we are connected. Human greed is a serious problem. We shouldn’t live in a world where a handful of people get control of all the resources, and children die of starvation.

My film addresses some issues regarding mental health and gun violence. In a very indirect, between-the-lines kind of way. These are global issues that need more attention for sure.

Then, of course, there are social injustices, all sorts of discrimination, violence, war, poverty, global destruction… all very important issues.

I think I will leave it at that. Some of these issues can be a Trigger for some, including myself. I don’t want to be too controversial.

Since I’m an American filmmaker, I live here in the United States. However, in the area I live, it can be dangerous to talk about some of these issues openly. At least at this current point in history.

-Where do you see the film industry going in the next 100 years?

I hope the film industry is going somewhere good. Right now, I feel like it is. I’m just hoping that it’s not going in the direction of “Watch on your phone… by yourself…” or “Wear a VR headset…” I know there will be some of that. But nothing beats going to a Cinema, or Theater, with friends and loved ones to watch films on the big screen.

Honestly, I’ve noticed that a lot of the trending pop culture, music, and entertainment industry are going retro. Vinyl is back. Nostalgia is doing extremely well right now.

No matter where technology takes us, people will always love the look of natural light, the cinematic look, and watching films on a big screen with loved ones.

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-Who is Vanessa Philippe?

I’m French, I live in Paris. I am a songwriter and performer, dancer and choreographer. Since my third album, I have been making my own music videos. “Suddenly the birds” is my new and fifth album, released on January 21, 2022, and “So many tears” is one of the music videos I made.

What inspired you to become a filmmaker?

First I was a dancer and choreographer, very interested in directing. I started to stage myself in music videos to reclaim my own music that sometimes escaped me during recording in the studio, with the director of my songs, or musicians.

Anyway I like writing stories in music as in pictures. I want it to escape from reality, or to perform reality into poerty.

“So many tears” is a surreal music video that speaks of feelings of mourning contrasted with the joys of childhood. My sister’s died in 2019, and to bear and accept the harsh reality, I wrote an album, “Suddenly the birds”, dedicated to her. This song is one of them, and the music video is a second reading of the emotions that go through me.

In surrealism I find the unconscious and dreams that I use in my lyrics and music.

I need to surprise myself and making music videos is an experience that allows me that.

-Do you think the cinema can bring a change in the society?

Yes of course, espacially concerning the condition of women in our society. Often when we watch a film we seek or we find answers to our own questions, not necessarily consciously. And what comes  up can then influence our lives and the society we are all building together. I am particularly moved by films talking about the difference between women and men and the oppression of women in the history of our society. Talking about it, putting your finger on flaws allows you to become aware and change things, I’m sure.

-What would you change in the world?

If I could change something I would put the trees back in place, I would remove tar and plastic that invades us and suffocates us step by step. I would restore nature its rights to save the human being.

-Where do you see the film industry going in the next 100 years?

This is a difficult question. The cinema will always exist, but will the theaters last? As with music, the industry changes with the evolution of society. The pandemic has changed people’s habits, platforms have taken the place of theaters. Even today most people stay at home and watch a movie on their screen or computer. The screen is integrated to our daily life, individualism also with social networks. Relations with society have changed and going to the theater to share a film together is increasingly rare, unfortunately. There may be fewer films, but cinema, as music, will always be a vital necessity.

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-Who is Mac Escalante?

My name is Mac Escalante and I am a recent graduate from the University of Georgia. I was a Film Studies and Comparative Literature major and I have always been appreciative of the arts! To describe myself may be a little challenging as I am still developing my character and identity to the world. If I had to describe who I am, I would love to describe myself as an ambitious artist. It is my dream to be a director, actor, and screenwriter and to share my work with the entire world.

-What inspired you to become a filmmaker?

My inspirations came from many sources. It is absolutely challenging to explore how I was inspired to be a filmmaker since my inspiration has been drawn by many artists from cinema, music, paintings, etc. Ever since I was a child, I loved movies very much. I watched many movies growing up with my family and went to the theaters many times. After seeing many countless films, I then realized that I too could be up there with the movie stars and creative directors behind the pictures I saw in cinema. Movies really helped me imagine big ideas, moved me through difficult periods of my life, and encouraged my perspectives on how I view life. I wanted to be a part of that artistic movement which made me very glad to have been inspired by cinema itself in becoming my own director, actor, and writer. The directors that have really inspired me to be the filmmaker I am today are Wes Anderson, Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese, Sam Raimi, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Christopher Nolan, and the list goes on haha. 

-Do you think the cinema can bring a change in the society?

Having cinema change society has always been one of the most difficult questions I had to ask myself. It is a very open ended question because every artist has a personal struggle about whether or not their art is contributing to the flaws of society. In my personal experience, I at first thought that my artistic dream of wanting to be in cinema was useless. During the difficult times of the COVID19 pandemic, I felt very guilty about how I was not pursuing a medical career. I felt as if movies were not making a difference because doctors and nurses with medical knowledge were immediately needed at the front lines to combat the virus. Once lockdown came, many theaters struggled and even shut down which made me first believe that my cinematic dream was unachievable. After reminiscing about the difficulties of COVID and other tragic events, I looked back to different parts of history in which cinema reflected those difficult and confusing times. I realized that filmmakers were also immediately needed to not only comfort and entertain audiences but also encourage audiences to change their perspective on the world. This then made me reflect deeply about how movies changed society in the past and how they brought change among people’s perspectives of the world. A few films that really changed society that I could share are Dr. Strangelove (1964), Do The Right Thing (1989), Spider-Man (2002), and the list goes on. I then realized that all of those films combined really challenged society’s perspective on certain issues of the time. 

One of my favorites of the titles I mentioned is Dr. Strangelove by Stanley Kubrick since that film was absolutely necessary for the ’60s as it made audiences question their safety during the Cold War and Arms Race between the United States and Soviet Union. The film came out in 1964 which was 2 short years after the Cuban Missile Crisis and 1 year after the assassination of JFK and people at the time were extremely overwhelmed by the political chaos haha. Dr Strangelove was then responsible for not only satirizing the American and Soviet governments but also changed the way people viewed the two superpowers of the 20th century. Kubrick believed that the arguments among Western and Soviet leaders were very pointless and that cinema can illustrate the ridiculousness of their arguments. Dr. Strangelove then became a huge hit among audiences and was very responsible for changing 1960s society’s viewpoints on the Cold War and was even one of the first 25 films to be preserved for the National Film Registry in 1989.

If a film like Dr. Strangelove has shifted society back in the 1960s, I am really hoping that my film “Aubrey’s Understandings” can shift people’s viewpoints on mental health among young college students in the 21st century. It is a little tricky to see how more people can respond to my student film as I have only shared it with a limited number of audience members. However, I am absolutely looking forward to people’s reception of my film.  

-What would you change in the world?

Changing the world is definitely a job that should not be done alone as it requires many people to help and contribute their inputs. But if I had to change the world, I would want to change people’s viewpoints on power and cooperation. I deeply wish that leaders from all over the world could be more tolerant and understanding of each other because of how working together can progress the entire world. We are unfortunately living in a very polarizing and divided world and it definitely makes me sad to see how many people focus more on superiority than cooperation. But if I had to change the world, I would wish for more people to be more tolerant so society can progress more and more in each generation. 

-Where do you see the film industry going in the next 100 years?

To see where film will go within the next 100 years is another tricky question to answer. The artform of cinema is surprisingly very young compared to other art forms that have existed for centuries. Music, paintings, and literature have existed throughout many different generations and film is only about 130 years old. However within its 130 years, it is very surprising to see how quickly advanced it has gotten in 2022 especially with today’s environment of digital filmmaking and motion capture technology. Despite the advancements of those aspects of film, my wish for the next 100 years of the film industry is to preserve as many more old films as we can. Many filmmakers need to preserve as many old celluloid films as they can since those are the blueprints to how the entire movie was made. They can also be preserved for the next generation of filmmakers and audiences that we will soon see within the next century as it is very important to maintain the appreciation for cinema.