Month: January 2025

Today’s Podcast: Filmmaker Ewa Pirog-Rojas (THE MULTIDIMENSIONALS)

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THE MULTIDIMENSIONALS, 90min., USA

Directed by Ewa Pirog-Rojas

“The Multidimensionals” tells the beginnings of STAR ENVOY, an unacknowledged Defense Intelligence Agency Operations Group assigned to protect US interests among the galactic community via specialized “ambassadors” whom are alien hybrids. It follows Ulrin, a lifetime government grey man, and alien hybrid, as he recruits the specialized ambassadors from different walks of life (Anuba, Karson, and Phoebe). It also goes into their encounters with different galactic species (Annunaki, Arcturian, Grey, Reptilians, and others). In a parallel timeline, he is his Native American self seeing the recruits and sometimes providing commentary from his POV to Ulrin, the government employee. The work stands alone as a feature film or can be the pilot episode. Work is 90 minutes along with an additional 10 minutes of bloopers and credits. Shot on 35 mm Department of Defense camera – digitized and a BlackMagic 6K Pro.

https://www.instagram.com/fallen11series

Get to know the filmmaker:

What motivated you to make this film?

Grew up watching science fiction and loved the genre. If it had a star in its name I’ve watched it! Today’s science fiction genre could benefit from a female’s perspective.

What were your initial reactions when watching the audience talking about your film in the feedback video?

Very informative, positive, helpful, and appreciative for the opportunity.

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Today’s Submittable Deadlines – January 12th, 2025

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LOVE Poetry – FREE submission or pay for a reading or movie

https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/298449/love-free-poetry-contest

FEMALE Writers Short Story Festival (automatic acceptance)

Submit your short story 0-2000 words:

https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/314814/female-writers-short-story-contest-0-2000-words-everyone-wins

Submit your short story 2000-4000 words:

https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/314815/female-writers-short-story-contest-2000-4000-words-everyone-wins

Submit your short story 4000-6000 words:

https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/314816/female-writers-short-story-contest-4000-6000-words-everyone-wins

Submit your short story 6000-8000 words:

https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/314817/female-writers-short-story-contest-6000-8000-words-everyone-wins

SCI-FI/FANTASY Novel Festival

Full Novel Reading:

https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/298008/sci-fi-fantasy-full-novel-festival

1st Chapter Novel Submission:

https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/314038/sci-fi-fantasy-1st-chapter-novel-festival

Novel Video Transcript Reading:

https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/314039/sci-fi-fantasy-novel-video-transcript-reading

ANIMATION Screenplay Festival

https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/301199/animation-screenplay-contest

ANIMATION Feedback Festival: Today’s Screenplay Festival Deadline

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Submit your Animation Short, TV Pilot, or Feature screenplay and get it showcased at the FEEDBACK Film Festival.

Submit your screenplay at the Animation Festival website: https://feedbackanimationfestival.com/

Screenplay Festivals occur every single month. Submit your animation geared script.

FULL FEEDBACK on your screenplay from our committee of Professional Screenwriters, Production Heads and Script Consultants. Get your entire script performed at the writing festival. SUBMIT your FEATURE, TV or SHORT SCREENPLAY.

Submissions take 3-5 weeks for evaluation. Looking for screenplays from all over the world.

FANTASY/SCI-FI Novel Festival: Today’s BOOK Deadline

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SAVE $50 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 Fantasy Sci-Fi Festival Festival.

Submit at the website here: https://fantasyscififestival.com/fantasysci-fi-novel-festival/

NEW OPTION: Just submit for an actor performance reading transcript of your novel (any 5 pages of your book). Great way to promote the sales of your book if you’re already published.

The #1 Fantasy/Sci-Fi Festival and Contest in the World today!

FEMALE WRITERS Short Story Festival: Today’s Writing Festival Deadline

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Submit your FEMALE Written Short Story to the Festival here and we will automatically have it performed by a professional actor and turned into a promotional video for yourself.

Enter your short story on the festival page: https://femalefilmfestival.com/female-writers-short-story-festival/

Accept only stories that are written by female writers.

EP. 1401: Filmmaker Sue A. Schroeder (HOME)

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HOME, 30min,. USA
Directed by Sue Schroeder, Adam Larsen
Filmed in France and Poland, Larsen and Schroeder, alongside an international community of gifted artists – from Columbia, France, Germany, Israel, Poland and the US- seek to create connection, impact, and meaning through a visually rich and poetic experience of beauty and loss, tenderness and urgency, action and recognition, mirroring and magnifying light. The work is gentle and steadfast, sharing and protecting life and in its surest moments, revealing the “we”, instead of the “I”.

Get to know filmmaker Sue A. Schroeder:

What motivated you to make this film?

Adam Larsen and I have collaborated on a number of projects with one or the other of us taking the lead. For HOME, we chose to start with a “shared” idea, tied to our kindred artistic vision – beauty and nature. An urgency developed as the climate crisis raged on. Activating empathy in our viewers, a “felt” sense became all the more important – hence the personal stories and human figure within the film.

What were your initial reactions when watching the audience talking about your film in the feedback video?

Curiosity and amazement – how each viewer has their individual experience of the film and yet all are true.

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Watch Today’s Film Festival: HORROR Shorts Festival best of

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Watch the Film Festival HERE:  https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/horror-festival-shorts-january-2025

Go to the Daily Film Festival Platform http://www.wildsound.ca and sign up for the free 7 day trial to watch a new and original festival every single day.

Go to the festival page directly and watch dozens of films:
https://www.wildsound.ca/todays-film-festival/

See the full lineup of films:

THE SUSCEPTIBLE, 4min., Canada
Directed by Luis Dion-Dussault
During a contract, a hitman is upset that his partner forgot his birthday.

VOID, 12min., Greece
Directed by Ayman Al Aboud
A man finds himself in a dark and unknown place. He’s completely surrounded by a black and endless void, as he tries to figure out the mystery of how he got there.

FEARLESS, 3min., Canada
Directed by Kiara Kiki Evans
In a world where the line between existence and nonexistence blurs, ‘Fearless’ follows the journey of a young nihilist confronting the darkest corners of human fear. As he grapples with the allure of nonexistence, he’s forced into a terrifying confrontation with his deepest fears, forcing him to confront the true essence of his humanity.

TILL DEATH DO US PART, 24min., USA
Directed by Jacob Hamblin
Desperate to marry the love of his life, an Undertaker’s apprentice digs up the grave of a mysteriously murdered bride in an attempt to rob her corpse of its ring.

WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD, 5min,. USA
Directed by Grant M Varner
In late 1900’s New Orleans, a man’s ailing daughter is losing her fight with an undisclosed illness. Our narrator “The Fiend”, succumbing to the injuries of a mysterious attack of his own, shows us the monsters which ravage the mind of the little girl’s father.

https://www.instagram.com/cultaffectionshtx/

JUST A PICTURE, 18min., USA
Directed by Lisa Singletary
Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause.”–Voltaire

http://www.ciphercatfilms.com/

https://instagram.com/ciphercatfilms

RUN, 4min., USA
Directed by John Anthony
A young woman tries to enjoy a late night run

https://www.instagram.com/jdafilm34

THE RED STONE, 23min., Mexico
Directed by Jaime Jasso
In Guadalajara, 1909, Carmen, an archaeologist, returns to investigate pre-Hispanic findings sent for the Independence Day anniversary. Amid political turmoil, she is tasked with restoring certain idols and objects, rumored to be cursed. Accompanied by Leonor, the housekeeper, Carmen explores the monumental house in search of answers. A grotesque specter, composed of human limbs, lurks in the shadows as Carmen discovers a special pre-Hispanic idol. The house becomes a terrifying stage where Carmen must decipher the mystery and survive this nightmare.

Turning 65 Today: Oliver Platt. Happy Birthday

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NEW YORK – APRIL 27: Actor Oliver Platt (R) and wife Camilla Platt attends the premiere of “Please Give” during the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center on April 27, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival)

Born
January 12, 1960 · Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Birth name
Oliver James Platt

Spouse
Mary Camilla Bonsal Campbell (September 12, 1992 – present) (3 children)

QUOTES:

The only thing I wanted to do when I was a young naive kid was to become a New York stage actor. I thought that would be nirvana. I think of myself as an actor. If other people want to pigeonhole me, if they want to think of me as a big deal or a medium deal or a small deal, well, that’s up to them.

[on filming The Three Musketeers (1993)] That was a really fun shoot. We were in Vienna and all over Europe in these glamorous locations, and you were getting to be in The Three Musketeers. Riding around on horses with pipes and going wrenching-I got nothing bad to say.

[on his role in The Ice Harvest (2005)] That is one of my favourite characters that I’ve ever played in, of course, a typically completely under-watched movie. I was deeply in love with that character, this kind of lost, bumbling soul.

[on his role in Bulworth (1998)] That was a lot of fun. It was kind of a movie-making highlight for me, because Mr. Beatty invited me into his process in a very personal way. He was Warren Beatty, you know what I mean? I grew up watching his movies. It was a thrill. It was a lot of late nights and craziness, but I’m very glad to be in the movie. I love the role, and I love the movie.

Turning 77 Today: Anthony Andrews. Happy Birthday

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Born
January 12, 1948 · London, England, UK

Birth name
Anthony Corin Gerald Andrews

Spouse
Georgina Simpson(December 1, 1971 – present) (3 children)

It was such a fabulous role that I can’t be at all surprised, let alone upset, that people still mention it. We were very lucky to have 13 episodes in which to dramatize Evelyn Waugh’s novel, and one reason for the series’ impact is a combination of time, money and producing talent that was unique. I think it’s fair to say that you’ll never again have that length of time (we shot it over nearly two years) or that sort of budget to shoot a television series about one book. “Sebastian” was the part I wanted to play, having read the book, and though I was initially seen for the part of “Charles Ryder” – which Jeremy Irons played in the end – it was “Sebastian” that I was after, and luckily I got him! AA, regarding his role in Brideshead Revisited (1981).