Deadline October 5th: FIRST SCENE (first 10pgs) SCREENPLAY FESTIVAL Get script performed at the festival. Full feedback
http://www.wildsound.ca/firstscenescreenplaycontest.html

Watch DRAGGING THE MARK. Thriller First Script Scene:

SYNOPSIS:

In a bleak future where the rich live in the light, the criminals disappear into the dark, and justice is handed down with absolute finality, an intricate con game goes very wrong. Or does it?

CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Marta Legrady
JOE – Jimmy Makris
LANGTRY – Rob Stone
CORA – Megan Leach

Rian Smith’s short film “Robbie the Rabbit” played at the September 2015 WILDsound FEEDBACK Film Festival to rave reviews. The audience loved this simple yet complicated story of two childhood friends, a tragic event, and a boy’s obsession with Rabbits.

Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Video of ROBBIE THE RABBIT:

I recently interviewed director Rian Smith:

1. What motivated you to make this film?

I was told that there was money to be made in short films. I was misinformed.

2. From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to make this film?

It took about 4-5 months to make, but took 6-7 years off the end of my life.

3. How would you describe your short film in two words!?

Touchingly weird.

4. What was the biggest obstacle you faced in completing this film?

Assembling the crew. I had never even seen most of…

1st CHAPTER and FULL NOVEL FESTIVAL
Submit by October 15th and SAVE $50 on Full Novel Submissions.
http://novelwritingfestival.com/

Watch the 1st Chapter Reading of DISTURBED:

STORY Read By – Erynn Brook

Best Scene Novel genre: Drama, Mystery, Supernatural

SYNOPSIS:

The novel is about a young man who is being tormented by a malevolent spirit. The spirit is looking for revenge against his family for her untimely death. She uses seduction as a weapon against him and when he tries to resist her and seek help from his friends and family, they think he’s losing his mind.

Deadline October 5th: FIRST SCENE (first 10pgs) SCREENPLAY FESTIVAL Get it performed at the festival. Full feedback
http://www.wildsound.ca/firstscenescreenplaycontest.html

1st Scene Screenplay Reading: LITTLE PROFESSOR
May 2015 Reading
Written by Monte Light & Cooper Holmes

SYNOPSIS:

It’s a surreal crime thriller about three Las Vegas college students saddled with crippling debt. They break some laws, raise havoc. But when their friend overdoses on drugs, they take it on themselves to pay his out-of-control medical bills, which means they have to rob a very ruthless bank. Finally they must seek revenge against a manipulative drug dealer.

CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Angelica Alejandro
SAM – Steve Rizzo
JACK STROOP – Craig Estrella
ZEBRA – David Occhipinti
DANNY – Sean Ballantyne
PRETTY WOMAN – Holly Sarchfield

WATCH past 1st Scene Festival readings:

UNDER THE PILLOW played at the FEEDBACK Film Festival in 2013. It’s an animated documentary made from the drawings and voices of a group of children from a clinic in India. The guitar, dancing, a trip to the sea, Sweety and Kitty cats and sisters who care, are among some of the treasures and dreams that keep children under the pillow.

Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Video:

BAJO LA ALMOHADA (Under the Pillow), Animation/Documentary – 8min – Spain/India
Directed by Isabel Herguera

Language
Spanish, English

Original Format
HD

short films

short films
Script
Isabel Herguera

Special effects
EDUARDO ELOSEGI

Animation
Isabel Herguera
RAJIV EIPE
RAJESH TAKHARE
TROI VASANTH
NIWESH GURUNG

Producer
Isabel Herguera

Art Direction
Isabel Herguera

Mounting
GIANMARCO SERRA

Animation techniques
Ink on paper, 2D computer

Director’s biography

ISABEL HERGUERA. Donostia/San Sebastian, 1961. She juggled her animation production work with teaching. She coordinates activities in the Motion Picture Laboratory in…

Don Duncan’s short of A SIGN was the winner of Best Cinematography and Best Performances at the September WILDsound FEEDBACK Film Festival.

Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Video for A SIGN:

I recently interviewed director Don Duncan about his award winning short film:

Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film?

Don Duncan: Essentially, I wanted to tell a fable of redemption. During the process of writing the script, I was looking for ways to convey a journey of loss and renewal of hope… but I wanted the journey to be one that was experienced extra-verbally. I wanted the main character’s moment of redemption to be a solitary experience, with no dialogue, and I wanted it to be on her own terms, in her own home. In addition to this, several areas of interest wove themselves into the story. I was interested in the notion of sexuality and sex work…