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Mainly what this contest does is give exposure to the writer. They will be able to obtain a solid agent, plus get notice by producers looking for writers like yourself. NOTE: The writer will always own 100% rights to their story. The only thing we do is help the writer. Either with notes on their next draft, or gain exposure by having their story showcased at our festival.
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– 0ffers screenwriters at all levels the fantastic opportunity to hear their stories read aloud using TOP PROFESSIONAL ACTORS (see below for recent performance readings).
– No matter what happens, you will receive full feedback on your work by our established committee. No other place in the world will you get coverage for the price you pay.
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– We specialize in showcasing Crime/Mystery stories and making sure that when the work is ready, the writer will benefit by at least obtaining a solid agent.
SAVE $40 off the regular submission for full novel submissions. Garner FULL FEEDBACK on your novel by our committee of industry professionals. Get a transcript of your novel performed by professional actors at the Thriller/Suspense Festival.
The #1 Thriller/Suspense Festival and Contest in the World today!
– 0ffers novelists and storytellers at all levels the fantastic opportunity to hear their stories read aloud using TOP PROFESSIONAL ACTORS (see below for recent performance readings).
– One of the best places in the world for the writers to add sales to their self-published novel and/or obtain and agent.
– No matter what happens, you will receive full feedback on your work by our established committee. No other place in the world will you get coverage for the price you pay.
– Even if you’re just looking for feedback of your work, this is the festival for you.
– It’s there for all to see. The proof is in the viewership. These videos garner 1000s of views online.
– We specialize in showcasing Thriller/Suspense stories and making sure that when the work is ready, the writer will benefit by at least obtaining a solid agent.
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#DanzaRestless, 24min., USA Directed by Eduardo Zúñiga , Edgar Zendejas , Esdras Hernández , Sebastián Arias It is a collaboration composed of 4 audiovisual pieces that are articulated as postcards or impressions of the confinement.
REFLECTION, 3min,. USA Directed by Yana Toyber This visual poem explores the profound inner struggle we all face, drawing inspiration from the mythic figure of Morana, the Slavic goddess of winter, death, and rebirth. In Slavic folklore, Morana symbolizes the inevitability of endings and the harsh beauty of transformation. Through her, we confront the darkest parts of our nature—fear, pain, anger, and the haunting presence of our limitations.
BODY LIKE FINE CHINA, 4min,. UK Directed by Wwenen Lu Combining digital modeling with traditional Chinese Porcelain, a fashion film showcases positivity and healthy Asian body images, challenging media stereotypes.
REAL BANSHEE WOMEN, 4min., UK Directed by Erin Florence Babbin Meet the real Banshee women in this behind the scenes fashion documentary.
‘55555’ – a film by INJURY, 6min., Australia Directed by Eugene Leung 55555 is a visceral exploration of transformation and rebirth, capturing the essence of the INJURY brand’s origins. The film delves into the symbolic power of the angel number 55555, a cosmic call to release fear and resistance, embracing the strength that arises from adversity. With metallic, organic heart symbols interwoven throughout, the film explores the tension between the material and spiritual worlds, creating a visual language that speaks to the core of the human experience. 55555 is a bold tribute to resilience, daring audiences to confront their own journeys of empowerment, renewal, and self-realization.
Born December 4, 1966 · Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA
Birth name Fereydun Robert Armisen
QUOTES:
Bill Hader does a really good impression of me.
There’s something really easy and just somehow un-crowded about the Portland airport. Every time I go there I’m like, ‘Why is this so easy and sweet?’
I loooved Sleater-Kinney like a crazy person.
I love ‘Saturday Night Live,’ and I really feel like people who have left before me have always stayed with the show. They never really quite left, which is nice. Everyone kind of stays close.
I want it all… fast. I want to be married, I want to live together… and then somewhere around a year or two years, I get freaked out. I freak out emotionally and then I actually feel like ‘Oh my God, who’s this stranger in my house?’
I think I was a terrible husband, I think I’m a terrible boyfriend.
Every music journalist I’ve ever met has been stunningly beautiful.
I can’t relax. I’m not happy unless I’m working on stuff. ‘SNL’ is always a huge workload, as enjoyable as it is. I tend to think that there is a sophistication to everything at ‘Saturday Night Live,’ including the sketches. I’m so glad cities have personalities, just like people have personalities. That’s something that makes me smile.
Born December 4, 1954 · Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Died November 6, 2024 · Marina del Rey, California, USA (long illness)
Birth name Anthony Tiran Todd
QUOTES:
(2010 — on landing Candyman (1992)) I had just done a film where I had gone to Africa for the first time, so I was all into that. Then I get a call one day, I was getting a lot of work at this point, a lot of television, we were booking easily twice a month, but I didn’t know I was successful yet, because I was worried about my little baby. Anyway, I get a call from my agent saying “This director wants to see you, wants to just meet you about this movie called Candyman (1992).” I thought he was fucking joking. I mean, what is that? A Sammy Davis thing? What is that? He said, “No no no. They won’t give us the script, but they said it’s a major studio film, and they want to just meet you.” I said, “Okay.” And I met Bernard Rose, who’s a crazy maniacal Englishman who had a habit of twisting his hair between his fingers. He said, “I saw your film that you did in Africa, and you’re my guy. The only problem is, we got to convince the studio.” So I knew I had his blessings, and he slipped me a copy of the script. I read it, and word leaked out to me, it was the whole thing of the urban mythology, and the fact that this was a possibility of an African-American, I don’t know, icon, but a horror figure. ‘Cause I was heavy into the whole Dracula, Phantom of the Opera thing. I had to do what they call a “Personality Test,” where I had to go to the studio at literally 8 in the morning, in front of a bunch of suits, and display whether I had a personality. So I did my best not to spill the coffee or insult them, and at the end of it, I heard they didn’t think I had a personality. They said, “Well, we don’t know if he has personality, but if you believe that he can do the film… Okay… Are you sure? He said, “Yeah. That’s the guy.” And then the last hurdle was meeting Virginia Madsen, who’s from the Chicago area, and she just had it in her contract that she had to sign off on me. Then we met, went to lunch, and she said “Yes,” and that was it. And I remember we came here to Chicago, and it was my first time in Chicago, we went to the Kingston Mines, me and Bernard, listening to some great blues. Keith Richards stopped by that night, and he was just saying, “This role is going to change your life.” And at the time, I’m going “Okay, I’ve heard this before. I’ve done some things. I’ve had some life interruptions, but change my life? I’m going to do the best I can, but I don’t know if your ego is stating that this is going to change my life.” But in fact, he was right, because not a day goes by, to this day, 17 years later, without people, I mean multiple people, coming up and saying “Candyman!” Which amazes me, because usually film does not have that much of an attention span.
(On shooting The Prophecy: Forsaken (2005) in Romania) It wasn’t a great experience for me. I didn’t like Romania. It was right after the wall came down, and you got wild dogs roaming the street, and everybody’s a Gypsy. Everybody’s related to Dracula. It was seven weeks there. I just got tired. And I think the whole time, I only saw one other African-American there. Yeah… I was homesick.
Born December 4, 1949 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Birth name Jeffrey Leon Bridges
Spouse Susan Bridges(June 5, 1977 – present) (3 children)
QUOTES:
[on his father, actor Lloyd Bridges] My father, unlike his father, was very supportive of all his kids getting involved in movies and acting in general. He loved what he did and wanted to turn his kids onto it. He thought it was a great way of meeting people, being creative, and traveling around the world and doing what you love to do. I went from high school — bang! — into the movies. I did spend a few weeks in acting classes in New York when my father was there doing “Cactus Flower”. But most of my training really came from my parents and my brother [Beau Bridges].
For a long while I wasn’t sure I was going to make acting my main focus professionally. I was interested in music, painting and other creative pursuits. I did the movies with a little more capricious an attitude; I wasn’t so seriously minded as a total professional. Then came The Iceman Cometh (1973) We had eight weeks of rehearsals and then we shot for two weeks. So it was almost the reverse of how most movies are made. During those eight weeks, I was sitting around with these great actors and this great director, just shooting the breeze and, of course, going over the material. I was also getting to know how other actors of that caliber work on things like this. It was very enlightening. After that experience, I decided, “Hey, I can do this. And I can do this for the rest of my life in a professional way”.
When I was offered the part of The Dude in The Big Lebowski (1998), I went through a big thing in my head worrying if this was going to be a bad example for my girls. The guy was kind of an anti-hero, a pot-smoking, slacker kind of guy, and I was really racking my brain about it. I always want to feel free to play any role, a despicable guy or a good guy — the full range of human experience. But this one was really giving me problems. So I assembled the family and told them my problem. After a long pause, my middle girl said, “Dad, you’re an actor. We know that it’s all pretend what you do. We know that when you kiss some lady on the screen that you still love Mom. We know you’re an actor”. So I had their permission, their blessing, to go play a character like The Dude. That was great that they understood that. And I count on the audiences to understand that what I do in my personal life and what I do on the screen are not some kind of example for them to base their lives on. Hopefully, when people see a movie, they know it’s a movie.
I’m very proud of The Last Picture Show (1971). It was absolutely thrilling when I got that part. Peter Bogdanovich was just great, and the whole ensemble was too – Cloris Leachman and Ellen Burstyn and Tim Bottoms and Cybill. When we were doing it, we all had the feeling that we were doing something unique and special. For me, that film stands alone. It’s not like any other movie I can think of. It just hangs there by itself. It’s still and slow and quiet.
Born December 4, 1942 · Marylebone, London, England, UK
Birth name Jennifer R. Jones
She has the dubious distinction of playing the first character to die in the popular detective series Inspector Morse (1987).
Was an avid mountain climber for many years, a passion she credited to the fact that her family originally came from the Welsh mountains. (her maternal grandparents were from Breconshire).
Current hobbies include gardening and hill walking near the Jones family home, an old lead miner’s cottage in the Welsh mountains.
Graduated from RADA.
Daughter of actor Griffith Jones and older sister of actor Nicholas Jones.
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