Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Lisa Defazio: It is about a couple caught in a clash of desire and control set in a picture-perfect setting of domesticity and a woman’s desperate attempts to appease her husband, who she loves. Relatable tensions and resentments build. The power pivots with the use of a most… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Lisa Defazio (MISSION BROWN)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Aimee Pitta: Elizabeth has settled her entire life, especially when it comes to love, but what if a little magic could change the past, present and the future? When Elizabeth gets caught in a lightening storm, unknown to her, her love life and career hinge on the key… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Aimee Pitta (Becoming Elizabeth)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Rachel van Geenhoven: Sexuality in cinema is so often centered around the experience of men. To the point that there’s a term for the was the camera looks at women. “I, Lolita” reclaims a story that completely erased the girl who was supposedly at its center, and then… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Rachel van Geenhoven (I, Lolita)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Robert Walcott: When a professional dungeon guide is hired to lead a party of treasure hunters into mysterious and danger-laden ruins, he discovers that tools of almighty alchemy are no match for creatures of the dark. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Fantasy Adventure 3. Why… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Robert Walcott (A Vault Of Treasure)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Lukas Hassel: The script deals with friendship and taking stock of life. Old age is not for the weak of heart. With escalating dementia pushing elderly Bella into a nursing home, this die-hard Clark Gable fan decides to go on one last road trip across the US to… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Lukas Hassel (Girls On The Run)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Seda Anbarci: Hidden Blood is about an ordinary girl who finds out on her 18th birthday that she carries the blood of three warring supernatural species who secretly live among us; sirens, shapeshifters, and fairies. But this is a world where sirens rule and under their rule, interbreeding… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Seda Anbarci (HIDDEN BLOOD)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Luke Penn: The Perg is about a fallen angel on an obsessive quest for redemption and an avowed atheist with newly-awakened psychic powers teaming up to battle the forces of Hell in Los Angeles. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Action-Horror. Similar to the BLADE franchise due… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Luke Penn (THE PERG)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Clint Ford: It’s the continuing story of what happens to a redeemed Ebenezer Scrooge (and a doomed Jacob Marley) from Dickens’ classic tale, A Christmas Carol. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Historical Fiction/Drama/Family 3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie? Since childhood, my… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Clint Ford (A CHRISTMAS CHEER)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Brad Bong: In a nutshell: it’s about following your instincts; trusting your voice and understanding that the limitations of your life are only as real as you make them. Obviously, the story is told from the lens of what felt like an oppressive system like the Army and… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Brad Bong (PRIVATE)

GOLDEN played to rave reviews at the Music & Dance Festival in August 2020. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Kate Mitchell: As a choreographer, I’d been thinking about how I could bring an audience closer to the dance and dancer(s) to experience their performance(s) in the most intimate and visceral way… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Kate Mitchell (GOLDEN)