Matters Magazine Celebrates SOMA Film Festival's 5th Year
Matt Smollon and Thomas Hanna, SOMA Film Festival
“I think in the culture, media, and entertainment landscape we live in, there are fewer and fewer venues showing independent film. And I know that as an independent filmmaker, when you go out to shoot that first scene, you’re not thinking, ‘I can’t wait to watch this in the theatre with all my friends.’ That’s your dream. For a lot of independence filmmakers, it’s just a long shot. So we really just try to cater to the filmmaker and make that happen.”
- Matt Smollon, Founder and Director
“Matt is an excellent screenwriter. We always talked about starting a festival. When he moved out to South Orange, we realized this is the perfect community for one. We were shocked that there wasn’t already one, to be honest.”
- Thomas Hanna, Co-Founder & Co-Director