WAJOOD (SELFHOOD) Short Film – AUDIENCE FEEDBACK Video from the LGBT June 2017 Festival

LGBTQ+ Toronto Film Festival

Wajood poster english

Wajood (Selfhood) revolves around a young hijra’s (trans-woman) life in Mumbai, who seems to fancy herself with an auto-rickshaw driver. When confronted by the elders of her community about her unrealistic expectations, she goes on a subconscious quest to know if somebody will ever fall in love with her. Or, is this thought as naive as told by everyone around her?

  • Vishal Srivastava
    Director
  • Vishal Srivastava
    Writer
  • Vishal Srivastava
    Producer
  • Pranit Hatte
    Key Cast
  • Randhir Chaudhary
    Key Cast
  • Madhuri Sarode
    Key Cast
  • Kshitij Gera
    Key Cast
Project Links
  • Film Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Romance, Drama, LGBT, India, Trans, Love
  • Runtime:
    11 minutes 30 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 1, 2017
  • Production Budget:
    3,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    India
  • Country of Filming:
    India
  • Film Language:
    Hindi
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color

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UNTIL DEATH DO US PART Short Film – Audience Feedback from August 2017 Film Festival

LGBTQ+ Toronto Film Festival

UNTIL DEATH DO US PART, 8min, USA, LGBT, Documentary
Directed by Kristine Kirchmeier

Young newlyweds Megan and Danielle Love immediately have their wedding vows put to the test after Megan is diagnosed with stage 4 liver cancer a few weeks after they’re married.

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MASQUERADING: TO HELL AND BACK Short Film – Audience FEEDBACK from the Dec. 2017 LGBT Festival

LGBTQ+ Toronto Film Festival

MASQUERADING: TO HELL AND BACK, 13min., South Africa, LGBT/Documentary
Directed by Sofia De Fay

Two hilarious and eccentric old drag queens living in Cape Town, South Africa remember their lives and how they survived years of brutal and terrifying discrimination. The fifty year old drag queens remember the apartheid years, where up till 1994 in South Africa it was illegal to “masquerade” as the opposite sex.

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WE DID NOT FALL FROM THE SKY Short Film – Audience FEEDBACK from the Dec. 2017 LGBT Festival

LGBTQ+ Toronto Film Festival

WE DID NOT FALL FROM THE SKY, 26min., UK, Experimental/Relationship
Directed by Tabs Breese & Georgia Oakley

Purushi, Pratiksha and Shalu are three best friends and trans women struggling to find their place in contemporary Indian society, often via the only means of making a living available to them: sex work and begging. Our film is a highly stylised art piece – the live action is intercut with animation and dreamlike dance sequences.

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BIOGRAPHY Best Scene Reading of Yeshua, by Edmund Jonah

WILDsound Festival

Genre: Drama, Biography

YESHUA! is the humanizing of the Jew who became the God of millions, placing the charismatic preacher in that tense, thrilling and turbulent political time when Messiahs sprouted like wild flowers in the spring to oust the Romans from the Holy Land, and illustrating with plenty of action how his mission leads to his inevitable end on the cross.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Gabriel Darku
Yochanan: Brandon Knox
Herodias: Angelica Alejandro

Get to know the writer:

 1. What is your screenplay about?

A journey through the short, tragic life of Jesus the Jew and the people who impacted his life.

2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?

Historical drama

3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?

It is a novel look at the Jesus story that is as highly entertaining as it is instructive and surprising.

4. How would you describe this script in…

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Winning Short Screenplay – IN THE WOODS, by Rachel Greenhoe

WILDsound Festival

Genre: Fantasy, Family

Two little girls go searching for fairies with there strange, older cousin.

CAST LIST:

Watson: James Murray
Polly: Vanessa Quaglaira
Narrator:  Sean Ballantyne
Maggie: Val Cole
Lucy: Cassandra Sirois

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Producer: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com

Director: Matthew Toffolo

Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne

Editor: Kimberly Villarruel

Camera Op: Mary Cox

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Winning Best Scene Screenplays for April 2018

WILDsound Festival

Watch readings of the winning screenplays performed by professional actors:

ACTORTHE SHROUD TRINITY – ACTION Best Scene Screenplay
April 2018 Reading
by Frank McEvoy
ACTORTRANSIT – ACTION Best Scene Screenplay
April 2018 Reading
by Charles Lo Manto
ACTORHOMETOWN KILL BOX – ACTION Best Scene Screenplay
April 2018 Reading
by Richard Kjeldgaard
ACTORTHE FLIGHT OF SOULS – ACTION Best Scene Screenplay
April 2018 Reading
by Guy Quigley
ACTORRUNAWAY SHIP – ACTION Best Scene Screenplay
April 2018 Reading
by Carl Soderberg
ACTORTHE MUSHROOM KIND – ACTION Best Scene Screenplay
April 2018 Reading
by Steve Trebilcock
ACTORTORNADO RIDER RHODES – ACTION Best Scene Screenplay
April 2018 Reading
by Stevie T.
ACTORCAPTAIN CURTAIN ADVENTURES – ACTION Best Scene Screenplay
April 2018 Reading
by M.R. Cooper
ACTORAPRIL’S FOLLY – ACTION Best Scene Screenplay
April 2018 Reading
by Yvonne Fein
ACTORALLEGIANCE – ACTION Best Scene Screenplay
April 2018 Reading
by Christopher Stapleton
ACTORWILD MIND – Fantasy/Sci-Fi…

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Winning Short Screenplays for April 2018

WILDsound Festival

Watch readings of the winning screenplays performed by professional actors:

ACTORIN THE WOODS – Short Screenplay
April 2018 Reading
by Rachel Greenhoe
ACTORSEEKER – Family Short Screenplay
April 2018 Reading
by Kaitlyn Kowalski
ACTORRAY IN SPACE – Sci-Fi Short Screenplay
April 2018 Reading
by John Celona
ACTORINFINITE NOT BEYOND – 1pg. Short Screenplay
April 2018 Reading
by T.J. Peters

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Producer: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com

Director: Matthew Toffolo
Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne
Editor: Kimberly Villarruel
Camera Operator: Mary Cox

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