OPERATION BROTHER SAM was the winner of BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY at the August 2018 Action/Adventure/Crime/Mystery Festival.

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about?

Gustavo Freitas:During the Cold War an Intelligence Officer, haunted by the death of his wife, must stop a US Ambassador who plans to fraud the Brazilian elections. This script is based on true historical events.

2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?

This is an action / spy thriller.

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

Usually Cold War movies focus on the European setting, but there were so many interesting stories happening in Latin America in the same time period. This is a part of the History that must be told.

Few people still remember that during the sixties and the seventies the U.S. Government supported dictatorships all over South America in order to stop the Communist threat. I wanted to tell…

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about?

Adam Lapallo: The Crimson Legacy is an original screenplay about a private investigator with a dark past who hunts a serial kidnapper across Richmond, Virginia. His search takes him to the infamous Church Hill Tunnel collapse of 1925, the urban legend of the Richmond Vampire, and the secrets of his own family’s bloody history.

2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?

Horror/Mystery

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

The Crimson Legacy is based on real history. The Church Hill Tunnel, one of the longest railway tunnels in the country, collapsed in 1925 and killed several workmen. The tunnel remains untouched to this day and is a well-known story in the Richmond area. Workmen on the tunnel reported seeing a pale, jagged figure covered in blood fleeing the wreckage of the tunnel, which sprung the popular urban legend of…

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about?

Suzanne Lutas: It’s about a kid who becomes a trendy designer overnight. She must then learn to navigate through the cut-throat world of fashion with only the help of her working-class single mom, and her imaginary friend, a talking magazine cut-out of her favorite supermodel.

2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?

A 30-minute comedy TV series aimed at a female audience: young girls and their mothers.

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

It’s time that little girls see a side of the fashion business that embraces creativity and individuality while bringing the fun, escapism and wish-fulfillment that they love so much. The message is not to become a part of the façade, but to be yourself. And also, to tell mothers to never underestimate their baby girl’s dreams.

4. How would you describe this script in two…

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about?

-A lazy father takes his four-year-old daughter to rural North Jersey to meet her favorite movie character, Bambi, in hopes of proving to her that he is a fun dad and to gain a parenting win over his ex-wife. He soon learns that finding Bambi is much more difficult than anticipated.

2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?

-Comedy/Dark Comedy.

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

-I think it should be made into a movie because it’s entertaining and funny.

4. How would you describe this script in two words?

-Funny and Dark.

5. What movie have you seen the most times in your life?

-GoodFellas.

6. How long have you been working on this screenplay?

-On and off for about six months.

7. How many stories have you written?

-4.

8. What is your favorite song? (Or…

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about?

Jesse Garcia: My story centers on a lonely, middle-aged professor at a small college in Iowa. The professor falls for one of his students, but when the chair of the psychology department appears to be murdered, the professor’s world begins to unravel.

2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?

Thriller/suspense

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

I love movies with unexpected twists that leave the audience thinking back on various clues and scenes. I feel that “The Professor” offers just that. There’s nothing more fun than a movie that gets your heart beating and your brain churning at the same time, then leaves you with a show-stopping end so that you can’t wait to dissect it with a friend.

4. How would you describe this script in two words?

Unexpected turns

5. What movie have you seen the…

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about?

Charles Leipart: France, the 17th Century: In the crucial year 1683 of Louis XIV’s reign, after a series of notorious poisoning and witchcraft trials, Affair of the Poisons follows the adventures of Marie-Claire, 16, a young convent girl, who travels to Versailles to investigate the circumstances of her older sister’s sudden death. Marie-Claire becomes involved in a labyrinth of duplicity, tangled in the intrigue of court politics.

Thematically, the tale treats of female victimhood transformed into female empowerment within an autocratic, male-dominated society. The Ladies take control and turn things around—Relevance for our current state of national affairs.

2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?

AFFAIR OF THE POISONS is conceived as a historical thriller.

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

It offers especially strong female character roles in a range of ages; romance, intrigue and murder are portrayed…

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about?

Jac Brennan: Kendall a green reporter for the LA Times, is helping detectives hunt down a serial killer who is terrorizing the city. She later discovers that Reggie’s (serial killer) victims are linked to her abusive past. Through vivid dreams and visions, Kendall gets a glimpse inside his mind, to stop him, she must play a twisted game putting herself and those she loves in danger.

2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?

Suspense / Thriller / Crime

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

I believe it will take audiences on an emotional rollercoaster. One should hate the villain, but at times you’ll cheer him on. It’s sarcastic tone makes the tense moments enjoyable.

4. How would you describe this script in two words?

Intentionally sarcastic

5. What movie have you seen the most times in your life?

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about?

Space-time traveling, aliens, and UFOs.

2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?

Sci-Fi.

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

It already has a built-in, global audience(fans of aliens/UFOs are all over the world and this topic is the #! best seller topic next to sex). This show is about our contemporary society set in a futuristic world and in a time that is not dystopian. Much like the magic of Harrry Potter, The Terran Chronicles fulfill a desire for exceeding one’s condition through spacetime traveling and being able to alter history for the common good.

4. How would you describe this script in two words?

Ground-breaking.

5. What movie have you seen the most times in your life?

The Lord of the Rings. Tens of times until I stopped counting.

6. How long have you been working on…

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about?

Mary C. Ferrara: A woman named Muriel goes on a blind date at a diner, she knows nothing about the guy she is meeting but that he will have a red shirt. Being an awkward person and a bit overwhelmed, she runs into the bathroom shortly after she arrives and runs into Julia, a woman from high school who was one of the popular gals; Julia knows the whole truth about Muriel and her lonely life and corners Muriel on meeting this date…NOW.

Btw, an influence for me writing this was over a decade ago I was going on a blind date. I had talked to him online but hadn’t met him yet. Was supposed to meet him at 7pm at a movie theater; a few minutes before 7pm I saw he left me a voice message. It said “Marco Polo, Marco Polo…