Inside LOVE IS THE MONSTER | SceneDMs TIFF Interview with Director Neto Villalobos Brenes

At TIFF 2026, I sat down with Costa Rican filmmaker Neto Villalobos Brenes to break down Love Is the Monster, his tropical dystopian thriller about love, fear, inequality, survival, and just how far we’ll go for the people we care about. We got into the film’s deeply personal roots, the grandmother at its center, the blurred line between tenderness and violence, and what it means to make a story where love can be both the reason we survive and the thing that pushes us too far. Full interview now on YouTube. 🎬🍿🌴 SceneDMs x TIFF. #SceneDMs #TIFF26 #TIFF #LoveIsTheMonster #NetoVillalobosBrenes #FilmInterview #TorontoInternationalFilmFestival