Interview with Writer/Director Jon Silverberg (DISAPPEARED)

Canadian Director John Silverberg’s short film played at the January 2016 FEEDBACK Film Festival.

Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film?

Jon Silverberg: Growing up in the 1980s, my dad had a collection of hundreds of older films and television series. I loved the science fiction stories – particularly “The Twilight Zone”. While creating Disappeared the series was on my mind – not only for its wonderfully bizarre stories, but also for its rich and often everyday characters. Sometimes it was comedy, sometimes it was drama, sometimes it was romance – but it was always science fiction. These are the stories that I love to tell!

MT: From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to make this film?

JS: I wrote the film in one night, but it took 6-8 months before we had the window of opportunity to…