Interview with Winning Screenwriter Jay Strong (GREEN ACRES)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Jay Strong: About 25 minutes long… it’s about a couple finally making a personal connection to their new community. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Comedy. 3. Why should this screenplay be made into a TV SHOW? Because it’s a clever take on a familiar story… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Jay Strong (GREEN ACRES)

Interview with Winner Screenwriter Greg Emmerth (PALMETTO)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Greg Emmerth: On a basic level, a wayward son returns home for his mother’s birthday. On a slightly deeper level, it’s about how people allow the past, and past grievances and holding onto pain for far too long, to hobble their present lives. 2. What genres does your… Continue reading Interview with Winner Screenwriter Greg Emmerth (PALMETTO)

Interview with Screenwriter Danica Edelbrock (SHADOW DANCE)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Danica Edelbrock: Shadow Dance is about a young woman finding her way in a fast city. She slows down to enjoy the subtle beauty of nature around her, transforming her life moving forward. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Shadow Dance is a drama. 3. Why… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Danica Edelbrock (SHADOW DANCE)

Interview with Screenwriter Bennett Weinschenk (FOR BLOOD)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Bennett Weinschenk: Well, beside the obvious rescue mission, I’d say the film is about familial love, and learning how to be vulnerable. That it’s okay to show love as a vulnerable thing; it’s not something you need to protect yourself from. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Bennett Weinschenk (FOR BLOOD)

Interview with Screenwriter Paul Raasch (UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS)

What is your screenplay about? My screenplay is about the outer and inner workings of a society under the grip of a police state. This specific police state takes the form of a security firm with vast power and influence called Vane Security. The overall story focuses on three main characters whose stories interweave with… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Paul Raasch (UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS)

Interview with Screenwriter Andrew Cooper (COME ALIVE)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Andrew Cooper: A middle-aged gay couple’s attempt to rekindle their relationship turns into an absurd, hormone-fueled quest to defeat heterosexist aliens and save a new LGBTQ society. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? It’s a fast-paced adventure-comedy, with a touch of sci-fi for kicks. 3. Why… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Andrew Cooper (COME ALIVE)

Interview with Screenwriter KD Farris (LOVE NEVER SLEEPS)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? KD Farris: It’s the story of a woman whose magical view of the Universe as a child, crosses into her present reality. It’s about the way in which our childhood view can be a more accurate portrayal of who we are boundaries in her adulthood, pathing the way… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter KD Farris (LOVE NEVER SLEEPS)

Interview with Screenwriter John Ravitz (THE WRONG CANDIDATE)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? John Ravitz: A Well financed terrorist organization has trained operatives since they were children; when they finally have viable candidate to run for president, the current president sets into motion a plan to put his own successor into the Oval Office. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter John Ravitz (THE WRONG CANDIDATE)

Interview with Screenwriter Edward Hicklin (WIPE)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Edward Hicklin: Tommy was never taught how to wipe his butt properly, and was therefore teased for most of his childhood and beyond. After a particularly heinous prank takes his life, Tommy vows supernatural revenge against the summer camp that played host to his early demise. 2. What… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Edward Hicklin (WIPE)

Interview with Screenwriter Andrew Moodie (TORONTO THE GOOD)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Andrew Moodie: An African-Canadian defense attorney has to defend a white female officer for killing a black youth. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Legal drama. 3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie? This will be the first Canadian film that deals with… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Andrew Moodie (TORONTO THE GOOD)