Month: September 2025

Deadline Today: FANTASY/SCI-FI Film & Screenplay Festival

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Deadline Today to Submit via FilmFreeway:

FANTASY and SCI-FI Stories used to be a fringe market. Now they are in the mainstream and forever as movies, television shows, and stories in this genre are a multi-billion dollar market.

This is a HYBRID film festival (NOT an online festival) with live public screenings for the audience feedback video you will receive, plus an optional virtual 2nd showcase to enhance the film’s exposure. Festival also conducts blog and podcast interviews with the filmmaker. We have also started a filmmaker’s WhatsApp group with over 100 joined to date to chat about next project and make contacts etc….

Get your script and story performed by professional actors at the Fantasy/Sci-Fi Festival. WINNING reading every single month!

Get your short or feature film showcased at the FEEDBACK Film Festival and get an audience video. Now a monthly festival taking place in either Chicago, Los Angeles, or Toronto

All festival dates have been updated to private screenings with the same Audience FEEDBACK videos made for the short & feature films, and recorded script readings performed by professional actors for the screenplays. This is our way of showing community over distance so everyone around the world can experience our Audience Feedback videos.

We specialize in showcasing Fantasy/Sci-Fi stories and making sure that when the work is ready, the writer will benefit by at least obtaining a solid agent.

Short Film Review: JURASSIC WARD. Directed by Max “Amber” Bellomio

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A troubled employee for the “Wishes Come True Foundation” needs to bring a dangerous dinosaur through the hospital to fulfill a child’s only wish.

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Review by Julie C. Sheppard

The animated short Jurassic Ward cleverly mimics elements of the films from the Jurassic World franchise, with a wickedly funny edge. The visuals are colourful, textured and expressive and adeptly capture amplified human conditions such as the temper tantrum by the boy patient, and the biting sarcasm and sheer exhaustion of the resourceful, wish granting character, whilst showcasing the stellar work of the talented voice artists. The frenetic energy of the film is breathtaking, and the zany, high octane musical score does not disappoint. Worth noting are the various hospital areas that are defined with cheeky, hilarious signage. 

The student creators of this college production are off to an excellent start in their chosen profession. This romp rivals any production by a major studio. The dinosaur has a terrifying energy that drives the piece the second it appears onscreen, as any of the creatures in the Jurassic World series, but with a somehow endearing, dog-like comedic essence.  

FEATURE Film Review: The Christopher Nolan Experience

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When struggling creative Christopher Nolan is dumped by his girlfriend upon her discovery that he is not the legendary director of films such as Oppenheimer and Interstellar, he decides to prove himself by staging a play adaptation of The Dark Knight. “The Christopher Nolan Experience” captures the behind-the-scenes efforts leading up to this anticipated disaster.

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Directed by  Matthew Putnam, Diego Pereira

Review by Victoria Angelique:

The feature film, THE CHRISTOPHER NOLAN EXPERIENCE, is an easy to watch comedy that is shot in the style of THE OFFICE. It’s familiar, but makes it quicker to know the characters and each of their unique personalities. For this awkward assembly, this mock documentary style makes the story more realistic as the characters fumble around, while still trying to win the affections of a girl who is simply not interested in anyone that is not famous.

Sophie Lee is a clichéd trope. She is a groupie, chasing after what she thinks are famous men without ever questioning why they would be on dating apps or even knowing what these men look like in real life. She’s either not that bright or a gold digger that doesn’t care enough to look up the pictures of the men she meets for dates. She is first introduced meeting Chris, who has the same name as the famous film director, and later actually thinks she is dating Leonardo DiCaprio. She never once stops to look up the Leo that she is dating to see that the man is conning her. 

This concept plays into the trope of the film, the desperation of those living in Los Angeles. The fame seekers and the groupies alike, as Sophie Lee is the example of a groupie that will sleep with anyone as long as they are famous, there are also the ego driven wannabe actors that take advantage of a playwright and director just trying to make it. Anyone that is working in the arts has met these people, the ones that treat others like they are doormats and it’s often the nicest people that take the kicks. 

This film is a mix of a fan film, giving tribute to Christoper Nolan, and a satire, as it makes fun of all the people that those working in the visual arts come across. It’s light humor, making it nice to watch at the end of a long week. 

Today’s FilmFreeway Testimonial: WILDsound Festival (123 FIVE Star Reviews)

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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!