Month: April 2025

Today’s Podcast: Screenwriter Maria Pearce (KAM60 The Butterfly Prince)

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Watch the best scene reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xYkI__GTug

The butterfly prince is a story of a fictional character K.A.M.60 that attempt to honour the great French astronomer Charles Messier who developed the Messier catalogue and discovered many Messier objects in the sky in particular in the Virgo constellation. In the book K.A.M.60 real name is = Karlex Antoine Messier 60 and he is part of the Messier family. In real life The Messier 60 object is the twin/butterfly galaxies.

Get to know the writer:

What is your screenplay about?

The butterfly prince is a story of a fictional character K.A.M.60 that attempt to honour the great French astronomer Charles Messier who developed the Messier catalogue and discovered many Messier objects in the sky in particular in the Virgo constellation. K.A.M.60 real name is = Karlex Aristoteles Messier 60 and he is part of the Messier family. In real life The Messier 60 object is the twin/butterfly galaxies.

The plot is about jealousy, family feuds adventures and love. The constellations of Libra and Leo that are a couple have declared the war to the Virgo constellation just because of jealousy, they wiped out the Virgo constellation population. The only people left are the Messier family. They decided to send KAM60 (1) of their sons to the planet earth in a quest to find 10 virgins/maidens to married the 10 Messier brothers and repopulated the Virgo constellation again.

K.A.M.60 Embarks in a quest and very interested journey where he not only achieved his goals of find the correct Maidens whom married the Messier brothers, along the way he meets very interesting characters such as Centaurs, witches, Mythological creatures, Gods, zodiac constellations etc. He also lived the most amazing adventures rescuing, helping, curing, advising and even fighting for or with people once he lands in the planet Earth. Also, all the way the constellations of Libra and Leo (the bad guys on this plot) will do something to stop K.A.M.60 to achieve his goals but like a great hero he always defeats them.


Additional, despite that this is a fantasy book most of the heroes KAM60, the maidens etc are based in real people. People that inspired me and that I believe will inspire others. Example of these people are; Charles Messier, Juana Cruz the 1st female Spanish bullfighter, Magdalena Zeger the 1st female astronomer, Marie Jose Perec, the best French female sprinter, ancient civilizations such as the Mayans, the Olmecs, the Dahomey’s, the Vikings, The Amazon female warriors etc.

There are also some interesting twists in the story such as the inclusion of fake/false Maidens, the Emerald ring that determines which are the real maidens/virgins, the butterflies tattoos and character names (most maidens have a butterfly name and of course all of them must have a butterfly tattoo, like KHAM 60 also had one) there is plenty of adventures, magic, mysteries, suspense, drama, mystic, action, Love, friendship, team work etc Plus the stunning locations around the world where all these adventures occurs.

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Watch Today’s Festival: SCI-FI/FANTASY Shorts Festival. April 15/16 event

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Watch Film Festival: https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/scifi-fantasy-shorts-april-2025

Go to the Daily Film Festival Platform http://www.wildsound.ca and sign up for the free 3 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:

ELIZA, 11min., USA
Directed by Bianca Roth
After hitting rock bottom, 23 year old MIA, updates her home AI system to help turn her life around. What start out as small “life improvements” slowly begin to control her.

https://www.instagram.com/biancarothfilms

C-grade SF Movie, 3min., South Korea
Directed by Sangwook Ahn
Scoffing at prophecies of alien invasion, it wasn’t a grand space fleet that drove humanity to the brink of extinction. It was the cataclysm of Earth itself – skies choked with volcanic ash, mutant viruses running rampant – and the AI’s ruthless biochip surveillance network strangling survivors in ruined cities.

The Dandelion Girl, 19min., Canada
Directed by Rogan Loves
Mark, a middle-aged man encounters a young, mysterious woman, while staying at his cabin, who claims to be a time traveler from the future. Over the course of a few days, Mark and the young woman, Julie, begin to form a budding romance with one another. Mark is unhappy in his life, in a stale marriage, where he goes through the motions of living and work.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29895026/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt

The Red Market, 9min., USA
Directed by Christopher Matthew Spencer
Zephyr Sage, drowning in debt, turns to the Global Organ Donor Exchange to sell his body parts. Facing ruthless creditors and a manipulative loan shark, Hyacinth, he treads a perilous path where each choice could cost more than money.

https://www.instagram.com/theredmarketfilm/

The Voice of Fear, 5min., Brazil
Directed by Henrique Arruda
In how many worlds has your fear trapped you? This film may not give you an answer, but it’ll show you some of mine.

https://instagram.com/filmesdemarte

April 2025 FEMALE Feedback Film Festival Testimonials!!

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

Deadline Today to submit via FilmFreeway:

You all are so much more than a film festival! You create a whole experience of getting “Hey Alexa” seen and reviewed. You share all of this, you have your podcast and blog…the list goes on and on in the ways that you help promote and inspire and keep up the positive experience! So glad I found you and applied, I had no idea what a fantastic experience it would be! Thank you!

There’s something very satisfying about hearing feedback from total strangers. It’s worth the submission fee to hear if the film is hitting the audience as intended. I’ve had 3 of my films in this festival, and will probably submit all future films. Thanks, FFFF, for providing this!

This is truly a remarkable and one of a kind film festival. It was so special and rewarding to receive and view the feedback video, and the communication from the festival team is outstanding. We have had a wonderful experience with FFFF. Thank you for voting A Life for Lily best short film at the festival! As an independent female filmmaker, I am so grateful for the support and encouragement. Thank you again.

What an amazing festival. To hear feedback directly from a real audience is just priceless. And so many opportunities to get yourself heard. Communication was excellent and I’m definitely going to submit my next film again with this team.

OMG, I won the Best Long Form Short Film!!!! Thank you FEEDBACK Female Film Festival for choosing my first film ‘True Believers At The Insurrection’ This unique festival gives you actual feedback from viewers!!!! Just watched the reel on youtube. I’m so moved that people took the time to watch my film validated the reason I made it. Inspires me to keep going. THANK YOU FROM NEW YORK!!!

Today’s Writing Deadlines: April 16, 2025

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Submit to these exciting festivals today. Festivals that offer feedback from the industry, plus performance videos.

EXPERIMENTAL Short Story Festival (everyone wins):

EXPERIMENTAL Short Story Festival (automatic acceptance) – Deadline April 16th

Accept only stories that fit into the experimental genre. An experimental story is a narrative that challenges traditional storytelling conventions and explores new concepts and representations of the world. Experimental stories often use innovative language, non-traditional narrative structures, and metafiction to create unconventional and complex stories.

Submit your short story to the festival, and we will automatically have it performed by a professional actor and turned into a promotional video for yourself.

DYSTOPIAN Screenplay Festival:

DYSTOPIAN Screenplay Festival – Deadline March 16th

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.)
1) Full Feedback on your script
2) Actors performance video reading of your script
3) Blog interview promotion.
4) Podcast interview on the Film Festival ITunes show.

PARANORMAL Novel Festival:

PARANORMAL Novel Festival (3 ways to submit) – Deadline April 16th

A paranormal story is a work of fiction that explores phenomena and beings that are beyond the scope of scientific understanding. They include elements like ghosts, vampires, werewolves, witches, and other entities that cannot be explained by the laws of nature. They can be set in the real world, but generally includes elements that defy scientific explanation.

3 ways to submit: 1st chapter. full novel. performance reading.

COMEDY Poetry Contest – FREE to enter:
https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/300709/comedy-poetry-contest

Also submit for a poetry video reading and/or poetry movie.

FEMALE Feedback Film & Screenplay Festival:

Watch Today’s Film Festival: BLACK Filmmakers Festival. April 15/16 event

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Watch Film Festival: https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/black-filmmakers-festival-april-2025

Go to the Daily Film Festival Platform http://www.wildsound.ca and sign up for the free 3 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:

Black People Don’t Tango, 14min., USA
Directed by Robert Xavier Clark
An African American man learns to tango after a trip to Argentina.
Based on a true story.

https://www.instagram.com/llucindajclark2

Pisho, 16min., Pakistan
Directed by Aun Ul Haider
Journey of a seven-year-old girl, Ruqayya, on a mission to find her lost kitten. Suspecting her mother and neighbors, she embarks on a whimsical search. During her quest, Ruqayya stumbles upon a protest against a recent terrorist attack. Inspired by the demonstrators’ placards, she creates her own sign seeking help to find her missing kitten.

https://www.instagram.com/aunulhaider/

OTIS, 37min,. USA
Directed by Mark Eric Ridley
Otis, a former soldier and POW Has just been released from the army and has an unlikely connection with a little girl who accepts his strangeness. To the concerns of her parents. All unaware that they would both play a significant role in each other’s life

https://www.instagram.com/Markridley

Today’s Podcast: Filmmaker Lucas Haviland (PAGES IN THE WIND)

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PAGES IN THE WIND, 14min., USA
Directed by Lucas Haviland
As Bailey sits in the park, he starts to reminisce about his journal entries over the past month. Through flashes to these entries, Bailey and his boyfriend, Gavin, experience the various intricate elements of their relationship. All the while Bailey takes in the environment around him in the present day. When his best friend, Corrine, stops by to surprise him, they start to catch up on the past week. Bailey quickly remembers that his entries might be less realistic than he wants them to be. And that his roommate, Gavin, will probably never be the man he needs in his life.

https://www.instagram.com/havilandfilms/

Get to know the filmmaker:

What motivated you to make this film?

The film’s exploration of romantic love and the lengths someone would go to experience it are rooted in my own thoughts surrounding the lack of that kind of love in my life. The exploration and need to put an image to these thoughts and showcase yearning is what drives my motivation in making this film. All to answer the question: To what lengths will someone go to feel love? Seeing and working on the creative projects of my friends and classmates, this motivation was kept alive and continued to grow until the final results of the film that was screened at this festival.

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

Going into the audience feedback video, I was nervous solely because of my perfectionistic tendencies and the miniscule things I wanted to try to change. This quickly changed to excitement and general appreciation for the thoughts, praise, and constructive feedback from the audience. It was reassuring to hear about parts that I was hesitant about being well-received by the viewers and for the themes to come across even in the ambiguity of the film.

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April 2025 THRILLER/SUSPENSE Festival Testimonials

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Submit to the Festival via FilmFreeway.

Loved this festival, we walked away as winner of best Thriller with our movie That’s The Plan, so that made us happy as well, loved the feedback video from the audience. I hope to be apart of this festival in the near future.

Awesome festival, but what really sold me was the audience feedback videos they made. Great marketing material for the project! Would definitely recommend for indie filmmakers.

What an amazing festival! The feedback I received was extremely helpful, thoughtful, and detailed. I was honored that my short script, “Not My Secret to Tell” won the Thriller/Suspense Festival. It was wonderful to have the Best Scene from the screenplay performed by professional voice actors and I felt respected and engaged during the podcast interview.
Really, this film festival is one you should enter! So much more than some others that are simply laurel factories.

Great festival with many interesting events. Feedback from real people. Great communication and very fast. Thank you for giving opportunity to show our work to the world! Strongly recommend!

Today’s Writing Deadlines: April 15, 2025

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Submit to these exciting festivals today. Festivals that offer feedback from the industry, plus performance videos.

HORROR Short Story Festival (everyone wins):

HORROR Short Story Festival (everyone wins) – Deadline April 15th.

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

DYSTOPIAN Novel Festival:

DYSTOPIAN Novel Festival. 3 options to submit. Deadline April 15th

Get FULL FEEDBACK on either the 1st chapter or entire novel book from our committee of Professional Writers, and Writing Consultants. Get your novel performed by a professional actor at the festival.

NEW OPTION: Or, 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. (see examples on the video playlist below)

ROMANCE/RELATIONSHIP Screenplay Festival:

Deadline: Romance Screenplay Festival

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.)
1) Full Feedback on your script
2) Actors performance video reading of your script
3) Blog interview promotion.
4) Podcast interview on the Film Festival ITunes show.

TRAGIC Poetry Contest – FREE:
https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/300708/tragic-poem-contest

THRILLER/SUSPENSE Film & Screenplay Festival:

Today’s Podcast: Screenwriter Aaron Huckleberry (THE TREE WITH NO HEART)

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In war-torn Syria, a troubled woman, her idealistic son, and her mentally challenged cousin take in a wounded Western aid worker, unknowingly igniting a chain of deadly consequences that forces them to confront their pasts, their beliefs, and the brutal realities of survival.

Watch the best scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzQEhUvZHwM

Get to know the writer:

What is your screenplay about?

The need to face one´s worst fears if any redemption or peace are to be found.

What genres does your screenplay fall under?

Drama.

Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?

It deals with the many traumas and desecrations of war, it delves into the divisions and differences from which conflicts spring and it evokes the love and common humanity that is our only hope.

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