Interview with Screenwriter M. V. Montgomery (PUNKER AND PROPHET)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? M. V. Montgomery: Two young women with different backgrounds and talents. Ginny is a gifted singer; Selah is a spiritual leader in-the-making. Both have struggles to overcome: Ginny is a victim of domestic abuse, Selah the victim of a public hate crime. Fortunately, both are there to support each… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter M. V. Montgomery (PUNKER AND PROPHET)

Interview with Screenwriter Javier Torregrosa (Rick and Morty – What Have You Learnt Morty?)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Javier Torregrosa: Rick has to help Morty learn a subject for school but wants to help Morty his way. Meanwhile Jerry becomes a door-to-door salesman to earn a living and soon regrets it. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Sci-fi comedy. 3. Why should this screenplay… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Javier Torregrosa (Rick and Morty – What Have You Learnt Morty?)

Interview with Screenwriter John McCarney (OPERATION BABYLIFT)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? John McCarney: About the heroic efforts of ordinary people, risking their lives to save discarded mix raced orphans in collapsing war torn Vietnam. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Action-Adventure 3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie? That we repeat history….To remember that… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter John McCarney (OPERATION BABYLIFT)

Interview with Screenwriter Mary C. Ferrara (RED SHIRT)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Mary C. Ferrara: A woman named Muriel goes on a blind date at a diner, she knows nothing about the guy she is meeting but that he will have a red shirt. Being an awkward person and a bit overwhelmed, she runs into the bathroom shortly after she… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Mary C. Ferrara (RED SHIRT)

Interview with Screenwriter Jac Brennan (REFLECTION)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Jac Brennan: Kendall a green reporter for the LA Times, is helping detectives hunt down a serial killer who is terrorizing the city. She later discovers that Reggie’s (serial killer) victims are linked to her abusive past. Through vivid dreams and visions, Kendall gets a glimpse inside his… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Jac Brennan (REFLECTION)

Interview with Screenwriter Gustavo Freitas (OPERATION BROTHER SAM)

OPERATION BROTHER SAM was the winner of BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY at the August 2018 Action/Adventure/Crime/Mystery Festival. Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Gustavo Freitas:During the Cold War an Intelligence Officer, haunted by the death of his wife, must stop a US Ambassador who plans to fraud the Brazilian elections. This script is based on… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Gustavo Freitas (OPERATION BROTHER SAM)

Interview with Winning Screenwriter Tyler G. (FIRE ALARM)

 July 2018 Winning COMEDY Short Screenplay. Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Tyler G.: The screenplay is about a foreigner who must relocate to a new and unfamiliar city after a family crisis. Thrown into this world of confusion, he accidently pulls a fire alarm, which awakens a resolution within himself and those around… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Tyler G. (FIRE ALARM)

Interview with Winning Screenwriter Robert Dodrill (POLE)

 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)

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)