Category Archives: Interview

Salem Film Festival interview: Learning how not to GIVE UP TOMORROW

Monocle’s ‘Entrepreneurs’ podcast feature’s interview with Michael about online fundraising for outreach.

Monocle interviews Give Up Tomorrow’s director Michael Collins about his experience using indieGoGo and the crucial role it played in their outreach campaign. LISTEN HERE  (Interview begins at minute 7:45)

Video interview with Michael by “7 Billion Actions”

A mother’s motivation and What about the other guys?

Matt Kettman of Santa Barbara Independent interviews Michael Collins about Why Paco is still in jail? Why the mother of the Chiong sisters pushed so hard to have an innocent man locked up? And about the other guys arrested in connection with Paco – are they also innocent?

READ THE INTERVIEW HERE

BOMBLOG – Pamela Cohn meets Michael Collins and Marty Syjuco…

Pamela Cohn meets Michael Collins and Marty Syjuco, the partners behind Give Up Tomorrow, the documentary behind an international human rights movement.
“Give Up Tomorrow is a powerful dissection of the events that led to Larrañaga’s incarceration. It is an expertly produced piece of work, suspenseful, gripping and ultimately, heartbreaking.”
READ THE ARTICLE

IndieWIRE “Hope for Film” Blog: Michael Collins on “Utilizing Your First Ever Film Festival”

Toronto International Film Festival begins tomorrow. Getting you film to a festival is a dream come true for most filmmakers. But it is so easy to overlook the great opportunities that are right before you when you attend a festival. Today, doc filmmaker Michael Collins, shares some of the lessons he’s learned from his initial experience at Tribeca.

Michael’s Hometown Paper Covers Give Up Tomorrow

The Worcester Telegram & Gazette interviews Give Up Tomorrow director Michael Collins about his career and the inspiration and production of the film.

VIMooZ Interview With Michael

Check out this interview about the making of the film, the Justice for Paco, Justice for All campaign, as well as Michael and Marty’s plans for future film projects.

News Coverage From The Philippines

Inquirer.net has a story on its website about Paco’s case and our film (part 1 here, part 2 here). The article features an interview with us discussing some of the challenges involved in the making of the film as well as issues of injustice and corruption in the Philippines.

Inquirer.net is the official news website of The Philippine Daily Inquirer, the Philippines largest circulated broadsheet.

Sundance Edit and Story Lab Interview

We sit down with the Sundance Institute to discuss our experience at the lab,  the inspiration for the film and the process of post-production.