Watch the Best Scene Reading of ABSYNTHIA:

CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Nick Baillie
SYNTHIA – Mandy May Cheetham
JULES – Christopher Huron
RIVEN – Kaleb Alexander
VAJA – Elizabeth Owens Skidmore
TEA – Maya Woloszyn

Get to know writer Seregon O’Dassey:

Matthew Toffolo: What is your TV Pilot screenplay about? 

Seregon: Logline: An attack on a mercenary airship, while on a seemingly innocent cargo run sends the lives of the Captain and her crew into their not so innocent pasts. Will the events that unfold destroy the future for everyone that the government has carefully and deliberately planned?

The crew (of the airship, The Absynthian) is five mercenaries operating under the direction of a secret Organization known as Tri-Aengle. They are on a random cargo run when they are attacked by a rival ship. After each crew member suffers par amnesia – to varying degrees – their random memories and experiences…

SPECIAL EVENT: Featuring the best of Fantasy/Sci-Fi and Under 5min. Short Films from around the world

http://www.wildsound.ca/torontofilmfestivals.html

First event of 2016. Festival all 12 months this year! RSVP your FEEDBACK Toronto Film Festival seats.

FREE OR MAKE A DONATION TO THE FESTIVAL via the program page. (NOTE: There is also an option to buy a festival pass for all 12 events in 2016 for only $35. That guarantees you or your friend a seat for all 12 festivals.)

Thursday January 28th event. 7pm to 9pm, Carlton Cinemas, 20 Carlton Street.

RSVP your seats now for the event. Plus, see full details of every film being played.

http://www.wildsound.ca/torontofilmfestivals.html

This month’s festival is a packed lineup of the greatest Under 5 minute short films from the last year.

Giving you films from all corners of the world in different genres and formats. And there is a theme that ties all the films…

The role of an Assistant Director on a film includes tracking daily progress against the filming production schedule, arranging logistics, preparing daily call sheets, checking cast and crew, and maintaining order on the set. 

It was a pure pleasure to sit down with 1st Assistant Director Mathew Dunne. Mathew has worked on some of the top action movies in the last 20 years, including: Starship Troopers (1998), The Last Samurai (2003), Mission Impossible III (2006), Live Free or Die Hard (2007),  X-Men: First Class (2011), Iron Man 3 (2013), and the last 3 Planet of the Apes movies. As of this interview, Mathew is currently working on War for the Planet of the Apes, coming out in 2017.

Matthew Toffolo: In a typical Hollywood production, how many weeks before shooting does the 1st AD come aboard the film? When setting the schedule for the production, who is generally in the…

UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT is the January 2016 winning TV Spec. Watch the table reading performed by professional actors.

TV SPEC: UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT
by Jen Turriff

CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Christopher Huron
KIMMY – Mandy May Cheetham
TITUS – Kaleb Alexander
JACQUELINE – Elizabeth Owens Skidmore
BUCKLEY – Jovan Kocic
SALES WOMAN – Maya Woloszyn

Get to know writer Jen Turriff:

1. What is your screenplay on the Netflix show “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” about?

Believe it or not, the idea of the spec of “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” that I wrote, came from my experience with addiction to Peanut Butter M&Ms. It was a brief, but intense time in my life that caused me much anguish and inevitable weight gain. I always like to write from real life, after all, it’s what I know. So that’s why I chose to write about that particular experience; it was an innocent enough premise…

Deadline: Screenplay Festival – Get FULL FEEDBACK. Get script performed by professional actors:
http://www.wildsound.ca/screenplaycontest.html

Read Today’s Feature Film Pitches:

Title: ROCKET MONEY
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/rocket_money_by_joseph_bak…
Written by: Joseph Baker
Type: Feature Film
Genre: Comedy

Title: The Keepers
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/the_keepers_by_george_much…
Written by: George Muchiri
Type: Feature Film
Genre: Sci-Fi

Title: The Will
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/the_will_by_ariel_alexande…
Written by: Ariel Alexander
Type: Feature Film
Genre: Mystery, Suspense

Title: The Da Pinchi Code
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/the_da_pinchi_code_by_oliv…
Written by: Oliver Swartz
Type: Feature Film
Genre: Horror, Thriller

Title: OLD GUN
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/old_gun_by_vlado_trifonov.…
Written by: Vlado Trifonov
Type: Feature Film
Genre: Drama

Title: Give Us This Day
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/give_us_this_day_by_matthe…
Written by: Matthew Blocha
Type: Feature Film
Genre: Drama

Title: Just a Game
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/just_a_game_by_nikolai_kol…
Written by: Nikolai Kolev
Type: Feature Film
Genre: Drama

Title: MODUS OPERANDI
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/modus_operandi_by_james_he…
Written by: James Helsing
Type: Feature Film
Genre: Thriller, Crime, Mystery

Title: A LITTLE PIECE OF HEAVEN
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/a_little_piece_of_heaven_b…
Written by: Roger Goldsmith
Type: Feature Film
Genre: Drama

Title: The Pharaohs’…

Watch the 140 Character Short Story: STUPID GEORGE:

Get to know writer Linda Ward:

A storyboard artist, or story artist, creates storyboards for film productions that are generally for large scope scenes, actions, and/or camera movements. The artist visualizes the story in collaboration with the director and sketches frames of the story on paper.

It was an honor to sit down with the brilliant storyboard artist Kurt Van der Basch, who is currently working on Star Wars: Episode VIII. Of course he’s not allowed to talk about it, or the past Star Wars film he worked on, which is fine because there are so many other questions to ask him.

Please go to his website or follow him on Facebook and view 100s of storyboards from his various credits, including: Assassin’s Creed, Sense8, The Borgias, Chronicles of Narnia, and The Illusionist, to name a few.

Matthew Toffolo: I understand that you are not allowed to talk about Star Wars! No problem…

Submit your Crime/Mystery Screenplay to the Festival Today: http://crimemysteryfestival.com/crimemystery-screenplay-festival-feature-short-tv-pilot/

NO LOVE DOVES TV Pilot
Written by Alexandre Kounde
Read 10 Questions with the writers

SYNOPSIS:

An infidelity private investigator strives to maintain balance between his hectic job, his conjugal relationship and his dormant sex addiction.

CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Allison Kampf
Marcus – Mark Sparks
Dhara – Amaka Umeh
Sydney – Ashley Arnett
Randolph – Lucas James
Moira – Val Cole
Luke – Andrew Tite
Victor – John Goodrich

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Director/Producer: Matthew Toffolo

Editor: John Johnson

Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne

Also, Free logline submissions. The Writing Festival network averages over 95,000 unique visitors a day.
Great way to get your story out: http://www.wildsound.ca/logline.html

Deadlines to Submit your Screenplay, Novel, Story, or Poem to the festival: http://www.wildsound.ca
Watch recent Writing Festival Videos. At least 15 winning videos a month: http://www.wildsoundfestival.com

Submit your Thriller/Suspense Screenplay to the Festival: http://thrillersuspensefestival.com

THE MANTLE
Written by Frank Edward Kelly
Read 10 Questions with the writers

SYNOPSIS:

The Mantle is about an FBI agent trapped in a mysterious, snowbound town who stumbles on a series of unearthly deaths that mirror a tragedy from his past.

CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Megan Leach
THERON – Rob Salerno
NINA – Maya Woloszyn
WEATHERMAN – Troy Patterson
WOMAN’S VOICE – Rachel Rain Packota
STATE TROOPER – David Occhipinti

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Also, Free logline submissions. The Writing Festival network averages over 95,000 unique visitors a day.
Great way to get your story out: http://www.wildsound.ca/logline.html

Deadlines to Submit your Screenplay, Novel, Story, or Poem to the festival: http://www.wildsound.ca
Watch recent Writing Festival Videos. At least 15 winning videos a month: http://www.wildsoundfestival.com