LIGHTKEEPERS was a HORROR screenplay winner for October 2018. Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Loosely inspired by the real-life Eilean Mor lighthouse mystery, three lighthouse keepers are overwhelmed by a tremendous storm that destroys their stores of food and water. When a shipwrecked castaway washes up, their hunger pushes their morality to its… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Michael Head (LIGHTKEEPERS)
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Interview with Screenwriter Michael Zielinski (CHRISTMAS PAST AND PRESENT)
CHRISTMAS PAST AND PRESENT was a October 2018 Romance Screenplay Winner. Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Michael Zielinski: My romantic screenplay CHRISTMAS PAST AND PRESENT centers on three couples at Christmastime encountering connection obstacles, the most compelling pairing a body-shaming victim with her one-time bully. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Michael Zielinski (CHRISTMAS PAST AND PRESENT)
Interview with Screenwriter Holly Scarabosio (EMERGENCY PSYCHIATRIST SERVICE)
EMERGENCY PSYCHIATRIST SERVICE was the winner of best TV PILOT at the October 2018 Television Festival. Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Holly Scarabosio: It is about a young psychiatric nurse Helena, who just started working at Emergency Psychiatric Service, a locked mental health ward. She has a history of having strange thing happen… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Holly Scarabosio (EMERGENCY PSYCHIATRIST SERVICE)
Interview with Screenwriter Sara Landucci (STRONG ENOUGH)
Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Sara Landucci: It is about the universal truth that love does not simply fade away, discovering the true nature of a relationship after many years, understanding that love is not always happily ever after, but also makes you face the road less travel. 2. What genres does your… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Sara Landucci (STRONG ENOUGH)
Interview with Screenwriter 42 Tribes (Nyobaywa)
Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? 42 Tribes: Slamdance created a logline: Arcane Africa comes to life in this epic adventure of warring tribes and the shadow of the resurrected scorpion king who threatens them all I like it. I prefer it to my log line: Under the malaise of an apocalyptic desertification a… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter 42 Tribes (Nyobaywa)
Interview with Screenwriter Rita Martinos (ON THE VERGE)
Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Rita Martinos: A 26-year old Lebanese Muslim faces an internal cultural struggle while living in New York City, motivating her American roommate to travel to the Middle East, seeking a better understanding behind her friend’s suicidal escape. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Drama. 3. Why… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Rita Martinos (ON THE VERGE)
Interview with Screenwriter M.V. Montgomery (DON-JOHN’S DISAPPOINTED MAM)
Matthew Toffolo: What is your script about? M.V. Montgomery: It’s a contemporary “Christmas Carol” featuring a Trump-like central character as a retired Scrooge who receives three visits from the ghost of his Scottish immigrant mother. 2. What genres does your script fall under? Drama, black comedy, political satire. 3. Why should this script be produced?… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter M.V. Montgomery (DON-JOHN’S DISAPPOINTED MAM)
Interview with Screenwriter Colleen Asbury (The Dance of the Desert Mermaids)
Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Colleen Asbury: An older man stumbles through the desert, lost. He has no idea where he is or how he got there; he is just pulled by the silky siren song of the Desert Mermaids. He doesn’t know they are there, and when they appear after he spits… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Colleen Asbury (The Dance of the Desert Mermaids)
Interview with Screenwriter Chloë J. Hightower (Monochrome)
Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? . My script is about a Creole-American woman and a Japanese-American man who move to California together to escape their pasts in Lousiana. But when their house gets invaded by a gang of extremists, they must hide in their haunted basement, which taunts them with their traumatic pasts.… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Chloë J. Hightower (Monochrome)
Interview with Screenwriter Travis Darkow (HOW DID WE GET HERE?)
Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Travis Darkow: It’s about two lazy best friends who desperately want out of their jobs, but don’t really have any ambitions or talent. At it’s core I think it’s really about the dreamer in all of us who fantasize about a better job and a better life, just… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Travis Darkow (HOW DID WE GET HERE?)
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