Interview with Winning Screenwriter Maurizio Caduto (LIKE A BLOODY MONKEY)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Maurizio Caduto: To me, Like A Bloody Monkey is about the price of survival. Zehra’s traumatic transformation into a stronger character, who’s finally fit to fight for survival and revenge, begs the question: At which point the price becomes so high it defeats survival’s very purpose? 2. What genres… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Maurizio Caduto (LIKE A BLOODY MONKEY)

Interview with Winning Screenwriter Anoop Judge (THE RUMMY CLUB)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Anoop Judge: The Rummy Club is Joy Luck Club with an Indian cultural twist and tells the story of four Indian women bound by decades of friendship: Alka, a child of privilege and power; Mini, a beauty and a flirt; Priya, a nurturing earth mother; and Divya, who… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Anoop Judge (THE RUMMY CLUB)

Interview with Winning Screenwriter David Hearne (STARFARERS)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? David Hearne: It mirrors real-world events, in particular the U.S. invasion of countries that have resources. It’s also about love, sacrifice, honour, conflict, lust and loss. It’s also character driven. I’ve included a synopsis for you below: In the far-flung future, a conflicted space pilot will fulfil an… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter David Hearne (STARFARERS)

Interview with Winning Screenwriter Anna Milun Walsh (GIRLS TV Show)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your TV Pilot screenplay about? Anna Milun Walsh: This pilot is about how the most pivotal characters in the show Girls – Hannah, Marnie and Jessa – met. The episode follows the first few weeks of their freshman year of college at Oberlin. 2. Why should this screenplay be made into… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Anna Milun Walsh (GIRLS TV Show)

Interview with Screenwriter Tali Zingman (HEADSTRONG)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Tali Zingman: Alice (32), a girl plagued by her own self-criticism and loathing, has just caught her boyfriend of five years cheating. Faced with the double-edged question of what to do, Alice confronts the different, zany sides of her personality. In this inner battle of the mind, she… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Tali Zingman (HEADSTRONG)

Interview with Screenwriter Marilyn Lee (WOMEN OF STEEL)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Marilyn Lee: Three women share their powerful and touching personal histories, past and present, to reveal phenomenal determination, steeling themselves, focusing on physical and emotional survival and overcoming inner conflict and pain. In the telling they share what and how they did this to create a new life… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Marilyn Lee (WOMEN OF STEEL)

Interview with Screenwriter Eileen Wilson (GINGER SNAP)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Eileen Wilson: A couple of years ago, a certain fashion brand said they’ d refuse entry to anyone ginger. So, I thought ‘Hang about, that’s not on.’ I won’t shop there. (If it was a publicity stunt, they shot themselves in the foot.) 2. What genres does your… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Eileen Wilson (GINGER SNAP)

Interview with Screenwriter Rodrigo Juatco (ROAR)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Rodrigo Juatco: ROAR is a story that straddles a thin-line between truth and reality; but when reality appears in the form of a legendary beast hell-bent on revenge, the truth suddenly takes a backseat to TERROR. 2. What genre does your screenplay fall under? Horror/Thriller 3. Why should… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Rodrigo Juatco (ROAR)

Interview with Poet Rhscribbles (RUN MAMA RUN)

Matthew Toffolo: What is the theme of your poem? Rhscribbles: Immigration and refugees 2) What motivated you to write this poem? The frustration with government and people confusing illegals and people needing asylum and the complexity of the issue. 3) How long have you been writing poetry? Not long. I’ve wtitten a poem here and… Continue reading Interview with Poet Rhscribbles (RUN MAMA RUN)

Interview with Poet Patricia Poulos (Saint – Kathleen my Mum)

Matthew Toffolo: What is the theme of your poem? Patricia Poulos: Love and Loss. 2) What motivated you to write this poem? To help cope with the loss of My Mum. 3) How long have you been writing poetry? I guess since I can remember. 4) If you could have dinner with one person (dead… Continue reading Interview with Poet Patricia Poulos (Saint – Kathleen my Mum)