July 2018 Winning Sci-Fi 1st Scene Screenplay Winner. Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Robert Dodrill: A large part of the story is about discovering something that at first seems magical, but then realizing there is a darker side to everything, that sometimes beauty is only on the surface. Sort of like becoming an… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Robert Dodrill (POLE)
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Interview with Winning Screenwriter Vance Walker (GO-GO BOY)
July 2018 LGBT Feature Screenplay Winner Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Vance Walker: It’s about a go-go boy in 1990 and his co-workers living a fun, raunchy life— colorful and sexy, kind of like a gay Flashdance, until AIDS starts hitting close to home. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Hard… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Vance Walker (GO-GO BOY)
Interview with Winning Screenwriter Sean Elwood (WHERE THE BAD KIDS GO)
July 2018 Winning 1st Scene HORROR Screenplay. Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Sean Elwood: It’s been sixteen years since Jesse was taken away from his abusive, alcoholic mother after she had tried to kill him. When he hears of the news that she committed suicide, he returns to his childhood house for… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Sean Elwood (WHERE THE BAD KIDS GO)
Interview with Winning Screenwriter Ron Riekki (FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR)
July 2018 Winning SHORT Thriller Screenplay. Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Ron Riekki: A lawyer brings in an actress to teach an inmate how to cry on the stand for his upcoming trial. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Drama. Crime. Maybe even horror, depending on the director. 3. Why… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Ron Riekki (FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR)
Interview with Winning Screenwriter Meg Bowen (LOVERS IN PARADISE)
July 2018 1st Scene Screenplay Winner. Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Meg Bowen: At it’s simplest, Lovers in Paradise is about apprehensive bank robbers who are at the end of their rope. When a job goes badly, they’re finally given a choice: do you continue on the only path they’ve ever really known,… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Meg Bowen (LOVERS IN PARADISE)
Interview with Winning Screenwriter Jim Norman (TAKE THE SHOT)
July 2018 Winning Drama 1st Scene Screenplay. Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Jim Norman: A BLACK, FEMALE HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL STAR SEES HER DREAMS OF AN ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP FADE WHEN HER FATHER’S CORPORATE PROMOTION MAKES HER FAMILY MOVE FROM HOUSTON TO A SMALL NORTH DAKOTA TOWN WITH A HORRIBLE BASKETBALL TEAM. 2. What… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Jim Norman (TAKE THE SHOT)
Interview with Winning Screenwriter Jenny Kleiman (AMERICAN PRINCESS)
July 2018 Female Film Festival 1st Scene Screenplay Winner. Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Jenny Kleiman: Unable to connect with her peers, Ellie, a wealthy, unchallenged teen finds deep friendship with her mentally-unstable father. However, when he is institutionalized, she must navigate her own escape and his rescue from her new home, her… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Jenny Kleiman (AMERICAN PRINCESS)
Interview with Winning Screenwriter Jeff Heckler (MARCO POLO)
July 2018 winning Thriller 1st Scene Screenplay Winner. Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Jeff Heckler: Pittsburgh, Pa 1950 – an African American family is rocked by the abduction of their young daughter. The father, an attorney and a recovering alcoholic and his wife, a blind social worker, overcome their personal challenges to join… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Jeff Heckler (MARCO POLO)
Interview with Winning Screenwriter Craig Andrews (UNTIL THE DAY)
July 2018 1st Scene Screenplay Winner. Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Craig Andrews: The story, set in the 1880’s, centers Christine Lockhart who has just graduated from high school. She’s the daughter of a social climbing doctor, who forces her to court, Arron, the obnoxious son of a business partner and banker.… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Craig Andrews (UNTIL THE DAY)
Interview with Filmmaker Stuart Everitt (BURIED)
BURIED was the winner of BEST MUSIC at the European FEEDBACK Film Festival in June 2018. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Stuart Everitt: As I was growing up my Dad introduced me to collecting. He’s a big collector of militaria. He was born right at the end of the World War… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Stuart Everitt (BURIED)
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