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)
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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 Screenwriter Max Federman (ABANDON ALL HOPE)
ABANDON ALL HOPE was the winner of BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY at the July 2018 Screenplay Festival. Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Max Federman: A sinister government organization investigates a mysterious, seemingly infinite stairwell after a group of college students unwittingly stumble upon it hidden on campus. Unimaginable evil lurks in the oily dark.… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Max Federman (ABANDON ALL HOPE)
Interview with Winning Screenwriter Martin Reese (THE SNEEZE)
THE SNEEZE was the winner of BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY at the July 2018 Screenplay Festival. Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Martin Reese: One guys failure to exercise proper etiquette when his cubicle mate sneezes leads to a case of demonic possession. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Horror/fantasy/comedy 3. Why should… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Martin Reese (THE SNEEZE)
Interview with Winning Screenwriter Troy Kelly (INDIAN COUNTY)
INDIAN COUNTY was the winner of BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY at the July 2018 Screenplay Festival. Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Troy Kelly: Indian Country is about an attorney who finds himself in trouble for helping the wrong people and has a chance at redemption in defending a man accused of killing his pregnant… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Troy Kelly (INDIAN COUNTY)
Interview with Screenwriter James Hughes (THE HITLER PARADOX)
Winner of BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY at the July 2018 Screenplay Festival. Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? James Hughes: Simply put, Two time travelers, from different origins, find themselves in conflict as they debate how to handle bringing Hitler to justice. The idea of going back to “deal” with Hitler is not a new… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter James Hughes (THE HITLER PARADOX)
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