SHORT Female Festival Screenplay: Wolf Woman, by Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel

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A dauntless young Victorian era Native American woman assumes the spirit of a legendary character to survive oppression.

CAST LIST:

Henry: Yaw Attuah
William: Hadi Kubba
NARRATION
Student: Rosalie Vagalatis
Miss Raymond: Tracy Rowland
Fidelia: Diana Franz

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

Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel Elder

Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne

Editors: Kimberly Villarruel, Kyle Drier, John Johnson

Festival Directors: Rachel Elder, Natasha Levy

Camera Operators: Denissa Palmer, Temitope Akinterinwa, Efren Zapata, Zack Arch

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Winning FEMALE 1st Scene of GOD’S WORK IS NEVER DONE, by Tara C Hall

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Genre: Thriller, Horror, Crime

A serial killer roams from small town to small town, preying on abusive, sadistic men who won’t be missed when they die both mysteriously and violently.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Sean Ballantyne
Rick Ford: Neil Bennett
Bartender: Rais Moui
The Woman: Connie Wang

Get to know the winning writer:

What is your screenplay about?

An unknown woman who appears to be the victim of domestic violence, turns out to be a psychopathic killer preying on sadistic, abusive men.

What genres does your screenplay fall under?

Thiller, horror, drama.

Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?

I think that there is a demand among female audiences for darker stories. There has been a rise in true crime, largely because of that female audience. Even though this is a fictional story, so much of the ideas came from the stories of real serial killers and their…

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HORROR 1st Scene Script – WHILE THE VILLAGE SLEEPS, by Chloë Bellande

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Genre: Horror, Teen, Thriller

A group of friends spend a night in a cabin and play a werewolf card game…only to find out that the game is now playing them.

CAST LIST:
Jason: Jarod Terrell
Sarah: Ida Jagaric
Narrator: Carina Cojeen
Connie: Kerrie Lamb
Kaileigh: Andrea Meister

Get to know the writer: 

1. What is your screenplay about? 

A group of friends spend a night in a cabin on a Native American Reservation and play a card game called Werewolves… only to find out that the game is now playing them.

2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?

Horror, thriller

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

Because it’s an epic and entertaining story that has sequel potential, and a fanbase of the actual Werewolf game in China, Europe and North America.

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

Fun, intriguing

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HIGHLIGHTS, WINNERS & VIDEOS: November 2019 Female FEEDBACK Film Festival (Toronto)

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AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS:
BEST FILM: WORK IN PROGRESS
BEST DOC PERFORMANCES: ENTRANCE NO EXIT
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: WORK IN PROGRESS
BEST MUSIC: PATRIK

Theme of night: Quirks of the Human Condition

Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos:

festival posterWORK IN PROGRESS (Átalakítás folyamatban), 20min., Hungary, Comedy/Romance

festival posterSWIFT, 5min., USA, Action/Comedy

festival posterNURSE HELEN FAIRCHILD, 11min, USA, Documentary

festival posterENTRANCE NO EXIT, 8min., UK, Comedy/Drama

festival posterPATRIK, 10min., USA, Drama

festival posterGYRL, 7min, USA, Drama

festival posterBAD FRUIT, 11min., Ireland, Documentary

The 25th event in Toronto in 2019.
7 more festival events in 2019.

See you at the festivals.

– Matthew Toffolo

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Female Film Festival – Today’s Testimonial

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Thank you SO much for this, what an amazing thing you guys are doing!! The actors all did so well, I had so much fun watching them bring it all to life.

– Anna Bielkheden (WALK OF SHAME)

Walk of Shame is a raw drama series about three female roommates in LA struggling to navigate the road to success and personal identity, smack in the middle of a booming social media era and a pending quarter life crisis. Over the course of ten episodes, we follow the complicated lives and relationships of a 26-year old personal trainer from Oklahoma with a raging Tomboy vs. Barbie complex (ASH), a 29-year old second generation immigrant MUA from Sherman Oaks with the goal of becoming a star beauty influencer (SKY), and a 25-year old aspiring actress from Denmark with an expiring student visa, desperate to make it at any cost (CLARA).

CAST LIST:

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Winning Female Festival Short Script: You Don’t Deserve My Jelly Strips, by Tai-Ying Chi

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A newly arrived International student finally gets to see her high school crush in New York, but the gap between their understandings to their relationship finally forces her to choose between falling in love, or to admit the harm that would draw them apart.

CAST LIST:

Drunk Man: Charles Gordon
Yu-Chen: Wildred Lee
Narrator: Gene Abella
A-Mei: Tiffany Elefano
Lisa: Elizabeth Morriss

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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1st Scene Female Festival Reading: Sins Of My Father, by Jane Therese

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A young woman in Ireland, grapples with the love she has for her father after bringing charges of abuse against him, rocking a country when his sentence is suspended.

CAST LIST:

Colleen: Christina Leonard
Brendan: Geoff Mays
Narration: Sean Ballantyne
Eamon: Aaron Maxwell
Imogen: Carina Cojeen
Robert: Aaron Williams

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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Female Film Festival Testimonial – May 15 2020

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Samantha McDanel

Though I could not attend since the screening took place in Toronto, I adored receiving an audience feedback video! I love what this festival does for filmmakers and that they use their own site to build a page around filmmakers and their movies. The feedback video was very cool and I plan to submit again soon.

A Film Freeway Preferred Festival:

The FEEDBACK Female Film Festival (FFFF) was created for women filmmakers and screenwriters. The goal is to showcased the best of female talent in film & TV from around the world.

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Female Film Festival Testimonial – May 16 2020

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Screenwriter Debra Knox (Orson Welles Ashes)

I’m interested in networking with other women writers/film makers and determined to make my creative dreams come true.

I was pleasantly surprised when I started winning awards for my screenplay and thought Hmmm….they get this!” It’s nice to have some love!

Watch the Screenplay Reading: 

Charlie and Susan, a couple of Hollywood wannabes, take a journey down Sunset Boulevard in a black Lincoln with Orson Welles ashes in the trunk and discover what it means to not give up on themselves and their dreams. (copyright 2017)

CAST LIST:

Bette – 2 – Andrea Irwin
NARRATION – Laura Afelskie
Charlie – 20 – Sean Ballantyne
Susan – 18 – Norma Dunphy

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Interview with Filmmaker Heather Harris (CRUSH)

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CRUSH was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the August 2019 LGBT Film Festival in Los Angeles.

Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film?

Heather Harris: I am very fascinated by the human mind and psychological thrillers. In all of my films I usually have some aspect of mental health involved in the story, so I wanted to make a film about psychosis and someone struggling with suicidal thoughts, a struggle I know too well myself. I also identify with the LGBTQ community thus wanted to portray a queer relationship in some aspect in this film as well.

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

From idea to finish this film took about one and a half to two years to make.

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

mind fuck

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