Category: writing

Interview with Screenwriter Max Federman (ABANDON ALL HOPE)

ABANDON ALL HOPE was the winner of BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY at the July 2018 Screenplay Festival. Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Max Federman: A sinister government organization investigates a mysterious, seemingly infinite stairwell after a group of college students unwittingly stumble upon it hidden on campus. Unimaginable evil lurks in the oily dark.… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Max Federman (ABANDON ALL HOPE)

Interview with Winning Screenwriter (PREY FOR THE DAY)

1. What is your screenplay about? John and Kathy Pearson are an early 30’s, financially successful couple living an Los Angeles and are flown out Miami to meet a Real Estate Investor, Miguel, with a Real Estate investment plan that seems too good to be true, rehabbing abandoned neighborhoods from the Real Estate bubble for… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter (PREY FOR THE DAY)

Interview with Winning Screenwriter Michael Clohesy (BIOS)

Get to know the writer:   1. What is your screenplay about? BIOS surrounds the life, love and destiny of two people, born lifetimes apart but who share the same consciousness, who must come together and harness their shared potential in order to avert a cataclysmic ecological disaster. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Michael Clohesy (BIOS)

Interview with Winning Screenwriter Christine Sherwood (CHERRY GLAZED)

Get to know the writer: 1. What is your screenplay about? Cherry Glazed is about about a small town crime boss who has to go clean up her sabordinates mess and she really hates messes. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Crime Drama 3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Christine Sherwood (CHERRY GLAZED)

Interview with Winning Screenwriter Keith Famie (MAIRE’S JOURNEY)

Get to know the writer:   1. What is your screenplay about? Maire’s Journey is a journey of a young ladies fight with a rare cancer and the journey she takes us all on as she’s facing her end of life . Along the way she befriends a blind carpenter and small bird named Fern who… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Keith Famie (MAIRE’S JOURNEY)

Interview with Winning Screenwriter John Lucas Bowman (THE COLD SLEEPER)

Get to know the writer:  1. What is your screenplay about? Hudson, hotshot CIA Agent with photographic memory, learns that his slightly senile Grandpa is a forgotten Soviet sleeper agent who is reactivated when his former handler Korolov escapes a Russian mental institution. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Action Comedy 3. Why… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter John Lucas Bowman (THE COLD SLEEPER)

Interview with Winning Screenwriter Melissa Willis (WHAT THE HELL)

Get to know the writer: 1. What is your TV Pilot screenplay about? It’s about a woman who has lost her faith in everything and is struggling to understand why she’s here. She’s still dealing with PTSD and has a lot of nightmares about her past when she’s visited by a man who’s trapped between… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Melissa Willis (WHAT THE HELL)

Interview with Winning Screenwriter Byron Erwin (POOP MOVIE)

Get to know the writer:  1. What is your screenplay about? See the world from the Poop’s point of view as a cowardly outcast discovers his courage and bravery when he battles the evil Toilet Paper Empire in this animated action adventure. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Comedy / animated adventure 3.… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Byron Erwin (POOP MOVIE)

Interview with Screenwriter Hannah Suria (GF)

GF was awarded BEST FILM at the February 2018 Los Angeles FEEDBACK Film Festival. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Hannah Suria: I wrote this film based on real experiences and after losing friends and trying to make new ones. I also really love romantic comedies and wanted to do something in… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Hannah Suria (GF)

Interview with Winning Screenwriter Richard M. Kjeldgaard (PREY FOR THE DAY)

 1. What is your screenplay about? An early 30’s couple is flown from California to Florida by a Real Estate Investor with an opportunity that appears too good to be true. Once they arrive the couple soon realizes they have fallen into the hands of a con man and his “Henchmen”. They are robbed, taken… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Richard M. Kjeldgaard (PREY FOR THE DAY)