Year: 2015

Watch the Audience FEEDBACK of the Short Doc “THE TUNES BEHIND THE TOONS”

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From Walt Disney Studios comes the short documentary about the history of music in cartoons. Played at the FEEDBACK Film Festival.

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MOVIE POSTERTHE TUNES BEHIND THE TOONS, 28min, History of Cinema, USA
Directed by David A. Bossert

A veritable who’s who of award-winning composers (among them Alan Menken, Randy Newman, Richard Sherman) and other experts share their insights into the role of music in adding character into animation over the decades, beginning with the work of Walt Disney and Carl Stalling to today’s CGI wonders.

Genres: Documentary | Short | History | Music

Writing Credits:
Dave Bossert
Brian Briskman
Les Perkins

Produced by
Dave Bossert
Brian Briskman

With Interviews From:

Richard Morton Sherman

An American songwriter who specialized in musical film with his late brother Robert Bernard Sherman.

Some of the Sherman Brothers’ best-known writing includes the…

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Watch the Audience FEEDBACK of the Short Doc “RULER OF THE ROOST”

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RULER OF THE ROOST is an award winning short documentary film. The film won Best Film at the FEEDBACK Film Festival.

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MOVIE POSTERRULER OF THE ROOST. 10min, Docu-Drama, Canada
Directed by Benjamin Turnbull

Toronto. Dead of winter. Benjamin, a young man, has a problem: pigeons have roosted on his bedroom windowsill. They’re incessant cooing, copulating, and defecating has been plaguing him for months.

Long Synopsis:

Toronto. Dead of winter. Benjamin, a young Toronto filmmaker, has a problem: pigeons have roosted on his bedroom windowsill. They’re incessant cooing, copulating, and defecating has been plaguing him for months. His roommate, Maxim, is also affected by the pigeons and is pushed to the brink of madness as he hears their warbles in his head throughout his day. Benjamin interviews a pigeon expert at a car dealership while the expert waits…

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1st Scene Reading of TETON RECKONING by Debi Yazbeck (plus interview)

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CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Val Cole
MADELEINE – Kerrie Lamb
GEORGE – Matthew Di Leo
LEE – Anthony Yu
TURNER – Minh Le
BOSS – Leo Choy
SISSY – Angelica Alejandro

Get to know writer Debi Yazbeck:

1. What is your screenplay about?

Teton Reckoning is about this crazy determined girl who hates being in pretentious Ft Worth society and longs for a life in pioneer territory – her dream: California. Of course, she ends up in Idaho… and then she’s kidnapped and fighting to survive in the treacherous Tetons and stuck between two men battling it out to the death for the mineral rights to a gold mine. Whoever holds the mineral rights on July 3, 1890 when Idaho gains its statehood takes home the prize – gold mine and Madeleine. But they best beware of Madeleine…

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1st Scene Reading of GIVE ME A REASON by Theresa Drew (plus interview)

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Watch the December 2016 Winning First Scene Screenplay Table Reading.

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CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Matthew Di Leo
ANDY- Kerrie Lamb
JEANMARIE – Val Cole
DR. TREMMEL – Leo Choy
REAGAN – Minh Le
PATIENT – Angelica Alejandro

Get to know writer Theresa Drew:

1. What is your screenplay about?

Give Me a Reason is a dark comedy about two of the funniest subjects: suicide and cancer. Hilarious, I know.

Goodhearted but facetious, Andy, has decided to kill herself, but first she gives the universe a deadline to grant her some kind of cosmic reprieve. The universe answers and tells her she has cancer. She takes the hint. But instead of killing herself, she decides to stick around a little longer and cross a few things off her bucket list, like becoming a pro wrestler and finding a Unicorn. She does this while allowing the…

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Watch the Audience FEEDBACK of the Short Doc “SUBURBAN DEATHCORE”

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SUBURBAN DEATHCORE played at the FEEDBACK Film Festival in late 2014. 

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MOVIE POSTERSUBURBAN DEATHCORE, 11min, Canada, Documentary/Musical
Directed by Sean Singh

A look into the Deathcore community of Oshawa, Ontario. This documentary explores the people behind the most socially unaccepted music. Through what seems like a dark, violent and negative art form; suburban youth are able find a positive outlet for their small town frustrations.

Genre: Documentary
Director: Sean Singh
Producer: Lucas Ford
Camera: A.J Smith
Editor: Alan Sardana


Interviews: Jonny O’Callaghan, Curtis Hircock, Tyler Kameda, Shayne Garbett, Aaron Swain, Ryan Claxton, Jacob Cooledge, Ryan Russell and Scott Thoms.

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Watch the Audience FEEDBACK of the Short Doc “NOT ANYMORE A STORY OF REVOLUTION”

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“NOT ANYMORE: A STORY OF REVOLUTION” is a multiple award winning short documentary that played at the FEEDBACK Film Festival 

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MOVIE POSTERNOT ANYMORE: A STORY OF REVOLUTION, 15min, Syria, Documentary/News
Directed by Matthew Vandyke

A documentary short film that tells the story of the Syrian struggle for freedom as experienced by a 32 year old rebel fighter, Mowya, and a 24 year old female journalist, Nour, in Aleppo, Syria. The film is a 15 minute documentary short about why the Syrian people are fighting for their freedom, told through the emotional words of two powerful characters whose lives have been turned upside down and torn apart by war.

“Probably one of the most powerful films, documentary or otherwise that I have ever seen. Riveting, heart breaking, gut wrenching, powerful… Amazingly and brilliantly told, shot and…

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Watch the Audience FEEDBACK of the Short Doc “EATING CAKE”

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Eating Cake is an award winning short documentary that played at the FEEDBACK Film Festival. 

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KUCHEN ESSEN (EATING CAKE), 16min, Documentary, Germany
Directed by Jana Burgelin

You have to pick the raisins out of everything!

You’re born, you live, you die. The trick is to do the best out of it. The question after the sense of life imposes itself in many situations. During the search after it, we have tried to throw a humorous and thoughtful view at the current condition of the people in Germany. Documentary elements are interwoven with staged parts, oldies meet young people , joy meets sadness, humans meet nature. Come along on a trip…

Screenplay Jana Burgelin

Director of Photography Florian Mag

Producer Linda Dedkova, Jana Burgelin

Director Jana Burgelin

Editor Jana Burgelin

Sound-Design Benedikt Vogel

Music Octavia…

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Movie Review of the short poetry film “Hammer”

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“Hammer” played at the WILDsound FEEDBACK Film Festival, part of its October 2015 best of horror/thriller short films from around the word event. 

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Read Movie Review of HAMMER by Amanda Lomonaco:

While Hammer lacked a lot of the excitement and action that went along with the other films of the night, I still can’t deny how interesting the concept was. Like all experimental films, there will probably be a strong love/hate split between anyone who see sthis film, but I’ve always been a big proponent of experimental filmmaking.

Pushing the boundaries of any medium is incredibly important to highlighting and understanding its limitations, as well as helping us understand our own psyche. That might seem like a bit of a snobbish reason to justify experimental films, which can be pretty snobbish themselves sometimes, but its something many people don’t consider. Our reactions to new things can teach us a lot about ourselves, and about those around us, so it can be fun sometimes to give these films a try.

The poem that is narrated in Hammer is beautiful and original on its own; taking the perspective of a murder weapon as the narrator. The pictures that acompany the narration, superimposed, blurry, and dark, help emphasize the eeriness of the words. The closeups, forced perspective, and lack of clarity of the images also highlight the narrator’s perspective as an object, rather than a living thing. The merger between both mediums enhances both mediums equally, and puts you in an interesting space, both as an audience member, and as a listener, or reader.

Here is where I admit my massive bias; I am a Halloween freak. I love horror films, gore, SPFX make-up, dressing up, getting scared, gorging on candy, all of it. Naturally, I would always be more inclined to like this kind of film, regardless of the subject matter. Of course not ALL horror films pass the test, but the uniqueness of this one stood out to me. I wouldn’t recommend this film to everyone, but if you’re a fan of the gothic, Poe, melancholic style of horror, you’ll definitely appreciate this one.

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