Video Interview: @ThisFunktional talks with MOTHERWITCH’s Filmmaker talks about witchcraft, art in clever film

Jesus Figueroa, @T@Thisfunktionalf ThisFunktional.com, talks with Filmmaker Minos Papas about his psychological horror film MOTHERWITCH. Motherwitch is very much a love-letter to Cyprus—to its captivating beauty, its clouds wept mountains and blood-red earth, its lullabies, superstitions, and stories whispered from grandmother to child. A film born from Papas years spent listening to those who carry unspeakable grief—bereaved parents, healers, artists, veterans whose memories echo long after war. In the shadow of loss, voices who are brave enough to speak can turn pain into art for survival. Working between Los Angeles and Cyprus, he crafts atmospheric, character-driven stories that explore grief, trauma, and how we use mythology to map the inexplicable. His work has screened at Tribeca, SXSW and Sundance, and draws on folklore, psychology, and lived experience to create intimate, haunting, and emotionally resonant stories.