Month: March 2024
Today’s FREE Festival: STUDENT & YOUNG ARTISTS Feedback Film Festival
STUDENT & YOUNG ARTISTS Feedback Film Festival – Deadline
https://filmfreeway.com/StudentFestival
FREE or GUARANTEED Acceptance Submissions!
This festival is designed to showcase the best of student short films and screenplays. Plus, short films and screenplays from young artists under the age of 30.
Over the last 5 years, the FEEDBACK Festival has noticed a dramatic increase of quality in young artist’s projects. So the time has come for a distinct showcase of the many amazing student films and screenplays from around the world.
Festival will occur every single month.
For the FREE Submissions:
STUDENT Film Festival VIRTUAL Events occurs once a month on the WILDsound Streaming Service.
All film submissions are FREE. Opportunity to have your film showcased on the popular streaming service for 48 hours.
(Other opportunities to garner a distribution deal with the company and have your film showcased always on the streaming service.)
PAID IN Options to submit:
If you submit for the paid service, ALL submissions get accepted and garner an audience feedback video of their film. Plus, a written movie review on http://www.festivalreviews.org
Screenplay Event:
Every SINGLE month, the festival will host a student screenplay reading series that will be performed by professional actors in Los Angeles and Toronto.
And every 2 months, the festival will host a “Best of Short Film” lineup using the popular FEEDBACK Festival format. The audience reaction video the student filmmaking team receives will help the film get into other festivals around the world.
Festivals take place the Revue LA LIVE Cinemas in downtown Toronto, and the Carlton cinemas in downtown Toronto.
Festivals occur 6 times a year in Toronto & Los Angeles. Go to the website for information on the next events.
This festival wants to show the future of cinema!
Film Review: HIT-GIRL: A Kick-Ass Christmas Story. Directed by Kevin Barile
Synopsis:
Mindy McCready is home alone on Christmas Eve when a gang of criminals invade her house looking for a stolen package. Mindy deals with them directly as her alter-ego, HIT-GIRL.
https://www.instagram.com/barilliant_action
Review by Andie Karvelis:
Marvel Cinematic Universe or the MCU has become synonymous with blockbuster action films. It put a ( well deserved ) spotlight on Superheroes and Anti-Heroes giving them a household name. Which makes me ridiculously happy because I am one of those geeky chicks that loved the comics. So to see your favorite characters come to life on screen ( and done RIGHT ) makes you as giddy as a little kid at Christmastime.
That is exactly how I felt watching this film. Kevin Barile wrote and designed the action sequences on Hit Girl – A Kick-Ass Christmas Story and it does not disappoint! As a matter of fact, this is done so flawlessly you could very well be watching a Disney Plus Christmas special. Yeah Disney, you heard me.
Kevin Barile was incredibly clever in the way he wrote this, designed the action sequences, and the cast and crew he chose. Plus he did all this in just 4 weeks. Are you paying attention, Disney? You should be. Robert Steven Brown was the Stunt Coordinator on this and what a team he and Kevin make! They are absolute pro’s. The stunt choreography was so seamless with the camerawork that it sold each and every hit, fall, flip, gunshot and kick. These guys knew where to slow down a hit to the face and add that bit of comedy. Even with the talent of Kevin and Robert calling the shots, you still need a fantastic stunt team. Check! They got that. Each and every stunt performer was beyond amazing, including Sammie Nicol who was Hit Girl’s stunt double. They didn’t shy away from some of the more difficult stunt work like a fire stunt and a high fall. Pretty. Dang. Amazing.
This film is more than just great stunts though. Tony Diaz handled the Cinematography and it’s just beautiful, then again… it IS Tony Diaz doing the visual effects and cinematography so of course it’s gonna be gorgeous. They captured the essence of what a Marvel Kick-Ass film is. Robert Dill is pure genius as Tax Man. So many times his delivery had me laughing out loud and I loved the “refrigerator” scene. His stunt work was equally as brilliant. Angie Estevao is a natural on camera, you immediately adore her and she did an exceptional job in this.
There is definitely magic with this group of filmmakers and I, for one, can’t wait to see what they will do next.
Directed by Kevin Barile
DOP: Tony Diaz
Sound Designer: Francois Blaignan
Original Music: Hayley Rosenthal
Starring: Angie Estevao, Robert Dill
New York SCIENCE & NATURE Film & Screenplay Festival – Deadline Today
New York SCIENCE & NATURE Film & Screenplay Festival – Deadline Today
NEW OPTION: Submit for a GUARANTEED Acceptance.
https://filmfreeway.com/NewYorkScienceNature
Monthly Festival designed to showcase the best of SCIENCE and NATURE films (shorts, features, web series) and screenplays (short, feature, TV) in the world.
Any film & screenplay with a science and/or nature thematic and plot is eligible to be showcased at this festival.
FILM FESTIVAL:
We are proud to announce a FOUR tier festival set up of your accepted film at the festival. Two screenings of your film at our festival, plus two separate interviews.
Screening #1 will take place in NYC and will be a private screening for a select group of people. They will then go home after the festival and record their comments of your film. Then we turn those comments into our regular FEEDBACK Festival Video
Screening #2 takes place one time only (for FREE) VIRTUALLY for all to see on our online feed every single day. 365 festivals in 2022. Already these screenings are garnering an audience of 1000s each day.
So in the end you will have TWO showcases of your film and you’ll receive your audience feedback video a week before the Virtual Festival.
Then (Tier #3) we will send you a list of questions to answer for our blog interview that will promote you and your film. Then after that (Tier #4) we will set up a podcast interview on our popular ITunes show where will we chat with you about the process of how the film was made.
SCREENPLAY FESTIVAL:
Winning screenplays performed by professional actors and made into a video each month. Film festival also occurs each month.
FULL FEEDBACK on all screenplay submissions. Film submissions can also request the committee’s feedback notes on their film.
Filmmaker PODCAST : EP. 1154 – Tim Searfoss & Michael Ortoll (One Second at a Time)
A powerful documentary about a father and the resilience of his daughter Christine Ortoll as she confronts mental illness, addiction, and the transformative power of support. Through her personal journals and the unwavering dedication of her loved ones, witness a journey of hope and the creation of a meaningful legacy by her father.
Interview with Christine’s father and producer Michael Ortoll, & director Tim Searfoss
https://www.onesecondatatime.com/
Director Statement
This is a film about family, about love, about wanting to escape your personal pain and finding yourself addicted to a substance that takes over your life. It’s a story about Christine Ortoll and the family and friends who love her.
This powerful film helps us understand why we fall for addiction, and hopes to humanize and de-stigmatize this powerful disease.
You can sign up for the 7 day free trial at http://www.wildsound.ca (available on your streaming services and APPS). There is a DAILY film festival to watch, plus a selection of award winning films on the platform. Then it’s only $3.99 per month.
Subscribe to the podcast:
https://www.instagram.com/wildsoundpod/
https://www.facebook.com/wildsoundpod
LISTEN to the podcast:
Video Podcast: EP. 1156 – FILMMAKER LUKE REX (BONDING)
Directed by Luke Rex
A solitary figure at an empty bar, CIA clinical and forensic psychologist, Dr. John Flemington, is planning to visit his girlfriend in Mexico when he is pressured by mysterious underground operatives to join them on a secret mission. He really doesn’t have a choice.
http://www.9livesentertainment.net/
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100086267809895
https://www.twitter.com/9LivesEntertain
https://www.instagram.com/9_lives_entertainment/
LISTEN to the podcast:
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/ep-1156-filmmaker-luke-rex-bonding/id1406973270?i=1000650429551
https://www.wildsoundpodcast.com/the-film-podcast-by-wildsound/2024/3/25/ep-1156-filmmaker-luke-rex-bonding
Get to know the filmmaker:
I took 3 months off after graduating with my doctorate in clinical psychology in the summer of 2022. I was wanting to be creative again and challenged myself to direct a short film and do this as thoroughly and professionally as possible (i.e.., form a production company, pay everyone involved, produce, direct, have great sound, compose the music). Having appeared in many shorts as an actor prior to becoming a psychologist I felt both confident and intimated by the process. As a writer, I thought I had a good idea and knew that the difference between backing myself and making the short versus keeping the idea in my head was simply courage – couraage to exercise the confidence to put my idea out there into the world. I also love the spy genre and James Bond, in addition to the spin off creative series we have been seeing with the Mandalorian, Boba Fett. Inspired by Jon Favreau’s passion for alternate universes, I thought it would be fun to explore an alternate Bond Universe, combined with an X-Files style genre. Bonding was born.
You can sign up for the 7 day free trial at http://www.wildsound.ca (available on your streaming services and APPS). There is a DAILY film festival to watch, plus a selection of award winning films on the platform. Then it’s only $3.99 per month.
Subscribe to the podcast:
https://twitter.com/wildsoundpod
https://www.instagram.com/wildsoundpod/
https://www.facebook.com/wildsoundpod
TELEVISION FEEDBACK Screenplay Festival – Deadline Today
All entries receive FULL Feedback from our team of industry professionals.
TV SCREENPLAY FESTIVAL takes place every single month. At least 4-15 winning screenplays. Winners get their script performed by professional actors and then made into a promotional best scene video (see examples on the submission page). Submit via the site or via FilmFreeway.
https://filmfreeway.com/TELEVISIONFEEDBACKScreenplayWebSeriesFestival
This festival has a guaranteed 4-tier set up for each accepted script. (No matter what, all screenplays submitted receive FULL FEEDBACK on their work.)
1st Tier: FULL FEEDBACK on your screenplay (all submissions)
2nd Tier: Accepted scripts (25% on average of submitted entries) get a best scene of their screenplay performed by professional actors and made into a promotional video.
3rd Tier: We will send you a list of questions to answer for our blog interview that will promote you and your film.
4th Tier: Then we will set up a podcast interview on our popular ITunes show where will we will promote the winning writer and script.
(BONUS: 5th Tier. A winning screenwriter’s WhatsApp group has just been formed. Over 50 writers to date. Great way to share ideas and contacts with people in the industry.)
You can also take advantage of the Best Scene Screening Video Reading Deal:
https://tvfestival.org/best-scene-screenplay-deal/
What this festival does is give the writer exposure. With our best scene video reading, plus the 2 interviews, this festival simply makes the screenwriter’s name and script searchable and out there to the world. Plus, submissions receive full feedback on their script no matter what.
Festival Reviews 