Today’s Writing Deadlines: April 3, 2025

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

BIOGRAPHY Screenplay Festival:
https://festivalfordrama.com/biography-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

LGBTQ+ Short Short Festival:
https://lgbttorontofilmfestival.com/lgbt-short-story-contest/

Submit your LGBTQ+ Short Story to the Festival have it performed by a professional actor and turned into a promotional video.

FOOD & DRINK Novel Festival:
https://documentaryshortfilmfestival.com/food-and-drink-novel-festival/

– 3 options to submit. (full novel. 1st chapter novel. performance reading.)

NON-FICTION – Can be about the origins, preparations, families, or nutritional values of food. Can be about different types of cuisine and/or about the history of certain foods or drink.

FICTION – In a novel food and drink can show the culture, history, and environment of a fictional world. For example, the spices used in a stew or the rites around a particular beverage can reveal a lot about the society that created them. It can also represent and symbolic theme in the novel about society, status, and norms.

CRIME Poetry Contest (FREE):
https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/301187/crime-poetry-submission

Submit your poem for free and get it showcased on the platform. Other options for poetry video reading, and/or poetry movie.

WILDsound Film & Screenplay Festival:
https://filmfreeway.com/WILDsoundFilmandWritingFestival

Submit via FilmFreeway

April 2025 WILDsound Festival Testimonials: Top 100 Festival in world!

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Submit to the WILDsound Festival Today:

Note today from FilmFreeway:

Dear WILDsound FEEDBACK Film and Screenplay Festival,

Congratulations! Your festival has ranked as one of the Top 100 Best Reviewed Festivals on FilmFreeway for the month of March!

According to reviews from real FilmFreeway users, your festival ranks in the top 1% of more than 14,000 film festivals and creative contests around the world. No doubt, this ranking is a testament to the countless hours of hard work and care that you and your staff have devoted to creating such a wonderful event.

We’re especially proud to be partnered with amazing events like yours that help independent film continue to thrive.

Thank you for the very helpful feedback on my screenplays.

Fantastic–particularly loved the audience feedback. It tracked so well with our positive Premiere screening feedback, and an area that was a little confusing, so we are tweaking just a bit to address. Thank you for the award also!

I am very satisfied with WILDsound FEEDBACK Film and Screenplay Festival and I would like to thank the audience of this festival for awarding my film The Story of Marjan the Bunny as the Best Micro-Short.

Today’s Podcast: Filmmakers Luke Marley & Taylor Taberner (Jake & Pete’s Christmas Special)

April 3, 2025 festreviews PODCASTS EP. 1461: Filmmakers Luke Marley & Taylor Taberner (Jake & Pete’s Christmas Special)

Jake & Pete’s Christmas Special, 20min., UK
Directed by Luke Marley
When the spirit of Christmas seems to have left a small town in Gloucestershire, Jake and Pete must find a way to restore it in time for Christmas.

https://www.instagram.com/jakeandpeteshortfilm/

Get to know the filmmaker:

What motivated you to make this film?

So, I did my first short using this art style Henry VIII and it was brutal and I swore to never do stop motion again, then eventually I thought about doing something that really felt character driven, and it had been a few years since Taylor and I have worked together on a project. So I asked if he wanted to work on something and we came up with a Christmas film.

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

So, we were thrilled. I think before hand we hadn’t really seen any thoughts on the film or anything. So we’re not sure if people liked the plot or the joke landed. So I think it was great to know that it all worked out in the end.

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Watch Today’s Festival: HORROR Shorts Festival: April 3/4 event

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Watch the Festival: https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/horror-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:

It’s Better This Way, 5min., USA
Directed by Chris Davies, Mary Beth Gray
Two sisters are divided at a crossroads the line between end of the world and the beginning of the next.

https://www.instagram.com/daviesnotdavis/

Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-its-better-this-way

CRAWL SPACE, 4min., USA
Directed by Randy Scott Slavin
After his daughter wakes up terrified by sounds from the crawl space, a father ventures into the dark to prove there s nothing to fear but some things that go bump in the night are better left unexplored.

https://instagram.com/randyscottslavin

Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-crawl-space

The Feast (For My Beloved Son), 1min., Canada
Directed by Sara Gonzalez Lopez
A loving Mother cooks for her son, who is currently distressed by his father s disappearance. Once the feast is served, so are answers.

https://www.instagram.com/flishy_fix/

Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-feast

PRAYING MANTIS, 14min., USA
Directed by Mack Breeden
On the run after abandoning his post, a Confederate soldier takes shelter in the isolated cabin of two women who now find themselves at his mercy.

https://www.instagram.com/macksfilms/

Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-praying-mantis

RIP Val Kilmer. Passes away today at age 65.

April 2, 2025 festreviews Uncategorized

Val Kilmer, Film Star Who Played Batman and Jim Morrison, Dies at 65

Read articles about Val Kilmer’s death:

New York Times:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/movies/val-kilmer-dead.html

BBC

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy5ry5x9xz0o

VARIETY

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/val-kilmer-dead-batman-forever-tombstone-1236354606/

CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/02/entertainment/val-kilmer-death/index.html

PEOPLE

https://people.com/val-kilmer-dead-65-7502180

New Film on the Platform: Shiringa: Amazon white gold, 9min., Peru, Documentary/Environmental

April 2, 2025 festreviews Watch Short Film of the Day 9min., Peru, Watch Shiringa: Amazon white gold

Watch FILM: https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/watch-shiringa-amazon-white-gold

Jorge Escompani is a “Shiringa” master, “Shiringa” is a tree which produces natural latex. This is considered a tradition that preserves great passion and environmental awareness. The extraction of latex from the Shiringa three led to the death of thousands of indigenous people due to slavery during “the fever of latex” in the 19th century.

https://www.oscarakamine.com/

https://www.instagram.com/oscar_akamine/

Directed by Oscar Akamine

April 2025 ACTION/FANTASY/SCI-FI/THRILLER Festival Testimonials

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Submit to the Festival via FilmFreeway. Deadline Today:

We are honored to be the winner of the Best Micro-Short with “Crisis Point”. The audience feedback melted our hearts and it confirmed us that our efforts were really worth it. In our opinion, film making is all about reaching people out, and this Festival captures this essence perfectly. The Festival is really a blessing for offering such important milestones in promoting the selected films. The communication and hospitality is top notch. We are so eager for the next tiers of the festival. We will certainly choose this Festival for our next projects as well.

What a fun festival! The whole team is extremely communicative and such lovely people to talk to! They absolutely made me feel welcomed and valued. Their enthusiasm for my project, and film in general, is so refreshing and amazing! Thank you for welcoming myself and Battle of LA into your festival. I PROUDLY accept Best Short for Battle of LA. Thank you!

Thank you it was my first festival for this Films, Bloodhound and we won Best Action. Communication was great, can’t to discut the film during the podcast. Thank you

Watch Today’s Festival: ENVIRONMENTAL Shorts Festival. April 2/3 event

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Watch Festival: https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/environmental-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/

Abstract Skies, 4min,. Canada
Directed by Roger Gallant
A short film that reimagines the skies as a gallery of abstract forms, captured in motion through time-lapse.

http://www.projectaroid.com/

https://www.instagram.com/projectaroid/

Watch audience feedback video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-abstract-skies

Oregon’s Boat: the McKenzie River Drift Boat, 35min., USA
Directed by Randy Dersham
Oregon’s Boat is an expository documentary that explores the evolution and enduring influence of the McKenzie River Drift Boat, a distinctive craft that represents the Oregonian spirit for adventure. Featuring a compelling mix of historic film, archival photographs, and insightful interviews, the film charts the boat s evolution along the McKenzie River, reveals its role in transforming fishing and whitewater adventures in shallow rocky rivers, and showcases the ingenuity and craftsmanship behind this iconic vessel, providing an engaging exploration of its lasting legacy in outdoor recreation and American river culture.

http://oregonsboat.org/

Watch audience feedback video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-oregons-boat

Today’s Podcast: Screenwriter Krista Amigone (THE SUSURRUS)

April 2, 2025 festreviews PODCASTS, screenplay festival EP. 1460: Screenwriter Krista Amigone (THE SUSURRUS)

Watch the best scene reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-R0i-9WD7A

Get to know the writer:

What is your screenplay about?

The Susurrus is about a dollmaker who starts to date a year after her husband abandoned her. The jump back into the dating scene, and the world at large, proves dangerous, and ultimately, she must decide to keep-on despite the world’s evils, or retreat back to the familiar evils of her solitary life.

Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?

The Susurrus explores the many forms that abusive relationships take, and how they can be near-impossible to escape from. The subject is unfortunately timeless and universal, across gender, religion, and culture. So, why not now?

How would you describe this script in two words?

Creepy and sexy.

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