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SPECIAL Deadline March 26th – Crime/Mystery Screenplay Festival

A FilmFreeway preferred festival: (Scroll down and watch winning performance videos) Get your screenplay performed by professional actors at the Crime/Mystery Festival. The Fastest Growing CRIME/MYSTERY Festival and Contest in the World today! – 0ffers screenwriters at all levels the fantastic opportunity to hear their stories read aloud using TOP PROFESSIONAL ACTORS (see below for recent performance… Continue reading SPECIAL Deadline March 26th – Crime/Mystery Screenplay Festival

THRILLER 1st Scene Screenplay – THE BLUE ROOM, by Victoria Mitchell

Genre: Thriller, Horror This is a ghost story about a blind man, one haunted room and a not-so-virtuous team of paranormal investigators. CAST LIST: Narrator: Olivia Jon Woman: Jennifer Vallance Male Voice: Shawn Devlin Get to know the writer: 1. What is your screenplay about? It’s about a group of unscrupulous ghost-hunters that find what they’re looking… Continue reading THRILLER 1st Scene Screenplay – THE BLUE ROOM, by Victoria Mitchell

Interview with director Hank Isaac (LILAC)

Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
LILAC played to rave reviews at the January 2018 FEEDBACK Film Festival in Los Angeles. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Hank Isaac: Lilac started out as a pretty mellow Disney-esque concept which I felt was too “light.” So I rewrote it as a somewhat…

Interview with director Dinh Thai (MONDAY)

Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
MONDAY was the winner of BEST FILM at the January 2018 FEEDBACK Film Festival in Los Angeles. Matthew Toffolo: Dinh, what motivated you to make your award-winning HBO APA Visionaries short film? Dinh Thai: The motivation for making MONDAY came in three ways; I was spending an abundance…

Interview with director Emma Jackson (CONVERSATIONS)

Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
CONVERSATIONS was shown to fanfare at the January 2018 FEEDBACK Film Festival in Los Angeles. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Emma Jackson: At the time of writing – Trump had just been elected the president of America and there had been much talk about…

Interview with director Lisa Baron & Writer/Actor Malin Barr (HEDDA NEEDS HELP)

Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
HEDDA NEEDS HELP was the winner of BEST FILM at the November 2017 Female Feedback Film Festival. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Lisa & Malin: We (Co-Writer/Lead, Malin Barr & Co-Writer/Director, Lisa Baron) both really wanted to create a short film that made people…

Interview with Supervising Sound Editor Donald Sylvester (Logan, Walk the Line, 3:10 to Yuma)

Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
Donald Sylvester has worked on over 100 films in the last 25 years and is considered one of the top people working in the craft of Post-Production Sound today. I asked him a few simple questions via email and he countered with some really insightful and meaningful answers.…

Interview with Filmmaker Steven R. Lawson (MAN-AT-ARMS)

Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
Steven R. Lawson’s short film played at the February 2018 Fan Fiction/Sci-Fi Film Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Steven R. Lawson: I love the challenge in creating something new.I normally make Horror or Thriller movies so Fantasy was a whole new…

Interview with Director Andi Osho (AMBER)

Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
Andi’ Osho’s short film was voted BEST MUSIC at September 2017 CRIME/THRILLER FEEDBACK Film Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? I had a really inspiring conversation with a Fox executive several years ago and he told me that I need to think about…

Interview with Director James Bowsher (WITHHELD)

Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
The short film WITHHELD (directed by James Bowsher) was the overwhelming winner of BEST FILM at the THRILLER FEEDBACK Film Festival in September 2017. It arguably could be the best short film of 2017! It’s that great of a film. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film?…