HEDDA NEEDS HELP was the winner of BEST FILM at the November 2017 Female Feedback Film Festival. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Lisa & Malin: We (Co-Writer/Lead, Malin Barr & Co-Writer/Director, Lisa Baron) both really wanted to create a short film that made people laugh, that showed that inner-hustle of a… Continue reading Interview with director Lisa Baron & Writer/Actor Malin Barr (HEDDA NEEDS HELP)
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Interview with director Jon Glassberg (FREEDOM OF THE WHEELS)
FREEDOM OF THE WHEELS was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the January 2018 LA FEEDBACK Film Festival: Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Jon Glassberg: We wanted to make a film that made fun of the film festival style and the outdoor industry’s obsession with accomplishment. So, we put two guys… Continue reading Interview with director Jon Glassberg (FREEDOM OF THE WHEELS)
Interview with documentary filmmaker Jenna Gartlan (MISSING PEACE)
MISSSING PEACE played at the November 2017 Short Film Festival to great reviews. It is by far one of the most unique films the FEEDBACK Festival showed in 2017. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? I was really shocked to learn about Body Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID), but I was instantly… Continue reading Interview with documentary filmmaker Jenna Gartlan (MISSING PEACE)
Interview with Bartek Kmita, Kamil Krynski, Wojtek Szwed – (Directors/Screenwriters PARADIGME)
PARADIGME was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the December 2017 Sci-Fi Film Festival in Los Angeles. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Bartek: The main motivation to create this movie was actually pretty simple, to graduate the school. But instead of making an easy asset for the diploma, I began to… Continue reading Interview with Bartek Kmita, Kamil Krynski, Wojtek Szwed – (Directors/Screenwriters PARADIGME)
HIGHLIGHTS, WINNERS & VIDEOS: December 2017 SCI-FI/FANTASY FEEDBACK Film Festival
Originally posted on Fantasy/Sci-Fi FILM & WRITING FESTIVAL:
AUDIENCE FESTIVAL AWARDS Best Film: REBIRTH Best Performances: THE NINGYO Best Cinematography: PARADIGME Best Music: REBIRTH CALL COHO, 16min, South Korea, Drama/Mystery WATCH Audience FEEDBACK REBIRTH, 12min, USA, Sci-Fi/Thriller WATCH Audience FEEDBACK PARADIGME, 6min, Poland, Sci-Fi/Experimental WATCH Audience FEEDBACK THE NINGYO, 27min, USA, Fantasy/Mystery WATCH Audience FEEDBACK The LOS ANGELES…
HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: Toronto November 2017 Film Festival
Originally posted on FEEDBACK Female Film Festival:
AUDIENCE FESTIVAL AWARDS Best Film: HEDDA NEEDS HELP Best Performances: THE BENEFACTION Best Cinematography: THE FOREST PRINCESS Best Music: The music from BETWEEN SECONDS Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos for each film: POST NO BILLS, 5min, Canada, Animation/Adventure WATCH Audience FEEDBACK THE FOREST PRINCESS, 5min, USA, Fantasy/Family WATCH Audience FEEDBACK THE BENEFACTION,…
HIGHLIGHTS, WINNERS & VIDEOS: December 2017 DRAMA FEEDBACK Film Festival
Originally posted on Los Angeles feedback film festival:
AUDIENCE FESTIVAL AWARDS Best Film: DE GLACE Best Performances: MORNING AFTER Best Cinematography: CALL COHO Best Music: MORNING AFTER Watch Audience FEEDBACK Videos: MORNING AFTER 15min, USA, Drama/Romance WATCH Audience FEEDBACK DE GLACE, 6min, France, Drama/Thriller WATCH Audience FEEDBACK LOSING CLAIRE, 6min, India, Drama/Relationship WATCH Audience FEEDBACK CALL COHO, 16min, South…
TELEVISION 1st Scene Screenplay Reading of SWIPE, by Jeff D. Opdyke & A. Katie Main
Originally posted on First Scene Screenplay Festival:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZIUe67VheQ Genre: Comedy, Romance What began as private, social-media posts to her closest friends explodes into the Bumble-age equivalent of Dear Abby for New York City’s app-centric singles. But now Jaq Newsome, the anonymous girl behind Swipe, must recreate her magic (and her online dating hookups and heartbreaks)…
1st Scene Screenplay Reading of AMERICAN SNAKE PIT, by Dan Tomasulo
Originally posted on First Scene Screenplay Festival:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA8IOCWWpMM Genre: Drama, Crime, Mystery Based on a true story a young doctor takes over an experimental program the government is trying to shut down to help save the most troubled patients out of Willowbrook, the worst asylum in American history CAST LIST: NARRATOR: Rachel Rain Packota Kate:…
Winning TV PILOT Reading of MINNIE NOIR, by Katie Grotzinger
Originally posted on TV Screenplay Festival. Submit Today.:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiW6m8IoVXw CAST LIST: NARRATOR: Becky Shrimpton Minnie: Kate Varadi Nick: Scott Beaudin Dash: Merlin Simard Ms. Kirkpatrick: Mahtab Sabet Connor: Allan Brunet Lincoln: Anthony Tran Get to know the writer: What is your TV Pilot screenplay about? Minnie Hughes is a hardboiled noir detective that also just…
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