LISTEN was the winner of BEST CHARACTERS at the February 2020 Female Film Festival. Director Jessica Graham. Writer/Producer Clark D. Schaefer

1. What motivated you to make this film?

Jessica: This was my directorial debut. I very much wanted to start directing, but was waiting for the project that felt in alignment with what is important to me. Spreading awareness about domestic violence is something that I could 100% get on board for.

Clark: I wanted to bring awareness to Domestic Violence in a short powerful platform that I hope to go viral. My hope is that it effects both persons of the domestic violence story, to help stop it before it goes further.

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

Jessica: It took several years. It was stalled out in post for quite some time because we…