Performed by Val Cole
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Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com
Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel Elder
Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne
Editors: Kimberly Villarruel, Ryan Haines, John Johnson
Festival Directors: Rachel Elder, Natasha Levy
Camera Operators: Ryan Haines, Temitope Akinterinwa, Efren Zapata, Zack Arch
Performed by Hannah Ehman
About You, by Joyce Villeta
Crazy I still weep about you
Cry myself to sleep about you
Still I cannot be without you
Thinking how I felt about you
Thought that I could be without you
Never can I be without you
Everything I love about you
My heart bled and throbbed without you
Broken, sick and dead without you
I still hurt and drown without you
Empty and left lost without you
I still write and dream about you
Of all things I am without you
What hurts most you’re fine without me
Performed by Hannah Ehman
AI! AI! AI! (A Tartarus for Youth), by David Estringel
I.
AI! AI! AI!
Sated with stolen life,
emerged from mother’s Night,
there is longing to be free
from the warmth of darkened humours–
to be crowned by The Light of Artificial Gods.
Our worlds quake and rip,
tossing us upon gory shores
beyond fertile crests,
illuminated by a cold Sun.
Messengers sweep down in clouds of winged oblivion
to wet lips with Lethe’s waters
upon cruel fingertips.
“Shhhh.”
II.
AI! AI! AI!
Blinded,
light brings pain
in rushes of movement and sound
that sting the flesh.
Icy
with invasions
of steel and sterile prodding,
souls rouse to profess philosophies
in cries and screams
that crack the air,
unheard
like the falling of leaves upon the ground
from distant trees
III.
AI! AI! AI!
Swaddled bodies,
searched in vain for the safety of familiarity,
tell much…
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All readings performed by professional actors.
Poetry Reading: AI! AI! AI! (A Tatarus for Youth), by David Estringel
Poetry Reading: AI! AI! AI! (A Tatarus for Youth), by David Estringel
Poetry Reading: ABOUT YOU, by Joyce Villeta
Poetry Reading: ABOUT YOU, by Joyce Villeta
Poetry Reading: DAUGHTER OF THE DUST, by Fadrian Bartley
Poetry Reading: DAUGHTER OF THE DUST, by Fadrian Bartley
Poetry Reading: He Looks Human To Me, by Elly Paul A. Tomas
Poetry Reading: He Looks Human To Me, by Elly Paul A. Tomas
Poetry Reading: GENERATION, by A. Brown
Poetry Reading: GENERATION, by A. Brown
POETRY Reading: Bully, by Travaughn
POETRY Reading: Bully, by Travaughn
POETRY Reading: End, by Christine Bolton
POETRY Reading: End, by Christine Bolton
POETRY Reading: THE DEVIL’S CLUTCH, by Kevin Parish
POETRY Reading: THE DEVIL’S CLUTCH, by Kevin Parish
POETRY Reading: Almost Homeless, by Perry Terrell
POETRY Reading: Almost Homeless, by Perry Terrell
POETRY Reading: The Old Man and the Tree, by…
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Watch the winning readings performed by professional actors. 37 screenplays in total.
2 Feature Screenplays:
Winning COMEDY Feature Screenplay Reading: Dick 2.0, by Henry Sarwer-Foner & Noel Baker
Winning COMEDY Feature Screenplay Reading: Dick 2.0, by Henry Sarwer-Foner & Noel Baker
Winning COMEDY Feature Screenplay Reading: Johnny’s Pico, by Sean Monahan, Scott Hennelly
Winning COMEDY Feature Screenplay Reading: Johnny’s Pico, by Sean Monahan, Scott Hennelly
6 TV Pilots:
Winning COMEDY TV PILOT Screenplay: Out of Order, by Zach Gladstone
Winning COMEDY TV PILOT Screenplay: Out of Order, by Zach Gladstone
COMEDY TV PILOT Screenplay Reading: 33 Weeks A Prude, by Kelly Byrnes
COMEDY TV PILOT Screenplay Reading: 33 Weeks A Prude, by Kelly Byrnes
COMEDY TV Pilot Best Scene Reading: Sink Or Swim, by Keith Shapiro
https://festivalforcomedy.com/2019/12/16/comedy-tv-pilot-best-scene-reading-sink-or-swim-by-keith-shapiro/
Winning COMEDY Festival TV PILOT Reading: GOOD AND EVIL, by Michael Corleone
https://festivalforcomedy.com/2019/10/06/winning-comedy-festival-tv-pilot-reading-good-and-evil-by-michael-corleone/
TV SPEC Screenplay Reading of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, by Christus Ahmanson
https://festivalforcomedy.com/2019/08/26/tv-spec-screenplay-reading-of-its-always-sunny-in-philadelphia-by-christus-ahmanson/
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AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS:
BEST FILM: NOW AND NOT YET
BEST COMEDY FILM: SHORT CALF MUSCLE
BEST PERFORMANCES: COLLIDE
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: NOW AND NOT YET
BEST MUSIC: KING OF THE HOUSE
Them of night: “Skewed Perceptions”
Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos:
The 1st ever event in Chicago!!
4 festival events in 2020. 12 starting in 2021.
See you at the festivals.
AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS:
BEST FILM: ELI
BEST COMEDY: PLEASURE PALS
BEST PERFORMANCES: SCATTERED
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: ELPIDA
BEST MUSIC: MEMORY BOX
Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos:
 SCATTERED,9min., Canada, Comedy |  PLEASURE PALS, 10min., USA, Comedy/Animation |
 BIG BOOOM, 4min., Russia, Drama/Animation |  ELI, 11min., UK, Drama |
 ELPIDA, 7min., 7min., USA, Drama/Sci-Fi |  MEMORY BOX, 11min., USA, Drama |
 A ROOMBA’S TALE, 5min., USA, Comedy |  THE SERPENT IN THE APPLE, 18min., USA, Comedy/Documentary |
 T.I.M: This Is Me, 4min., UK, Drama |
The theme of the June 2019 DRAMA & COMEDY Feedback Film Festival in Toronto was “Reinvention of the Soul”.
Each film was about a character who reinvents themselves to a new purpose.
The 6th event of the Los Angeles festivals in 2019.
6 more festivals to go in LA this year.
See you at the festivals.
– Matthew Toffolo
AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS:
BEST DRAMA FILM: THE PASSPORT
BEST COMEDY FILM: THE GET TOGETHER
BEST PERFORMANCES: APPY DAYS
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: APPY DAYS
BEST MUSIC: A DOG STORY
Theme of night: Identity. Who we are under stress and strange circumstances.
Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos:
 THE PASSPORT, 15min., China, Drama/Film Noir |  WHAT’S YOUR NUMBER? , 18min., USA, Drama |
 SERIAL KILLER SUPERSTAR, 6min., USA, Comedy/Horror |  A DOG’S STORY, 7min., USA, Comedy |
 APPY DAYS, 20min, USA, Comedy/Family |  THE GET TOGETHER, 12min., USA, Comedy |
The last event for Los Angeles in 2019.
See you at the festivals.
– Matthew Toffolo
When two old friends meet up at a school reunion, it doesn’t take long for the conversation to go from chatty to catty!
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Regan Brown
Louise: Cassandra Guthrie
Michelle: Vanessa Quagliara
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Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com
Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel Elder
Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne
Editors: Kimberly Villarruel, Ryan Haines, John Johnson
Festival Directors: Rachel Elder, Natasha Levy
Camera Operators: Ryan Haines, Temitope Akinterinwa, Efren Zapata, Zack Arch
A documentary camera crew records the misadventures of reservist aircraft maintainers in this workplace comedy.
CAST LIST:
PA: Daniel Jones
Narrator: Regan Brown
Virgil: Scott McCullouch
Hart’s Voice: Julie Sheppard
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Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com
Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel Elder
Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne
Editors: Kimberly Villarruel, Ryan Haines, John Johnson
Festival Directors: Rachel Elder, Natasha Levy
Camera Operators: Ryan Haines, Temitope Akinterinwa, Efren Zapata, Zack Arch
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