A man with stricken anxiety is forced to move his family to a remote area of the Appalachians where they make a shocking discovery lurking in the mountains when their dog captures a baby monkey.

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Get to know the writer:

1. What is your screenplay about?

Feral Mountains addresses the issue of the inability of controlling a situation due to a condition. I created a world around a person who has developed a crippling anxiety disorder. The affected person does not have the capability to control his behavior and think in a normal, expected way. I wanted to expand on this situation and integrate it with another most unlikely situation; that is, introducing a disparate world of monkeys subjected to unethical but legal experiments for the benefit of humans, with anxiety being one of those benefits. The situations and conditions are beyond the control of the innocent and defenseless victims. In order to illustrate the similarities of both worlds, I needed to the worlds to confront each other. Consequently, to illustrate the similarities, I needed to write the script as a thriller with a conscience.

2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?

The screenplay is considered a thriller with a dysfunctional family setting;
however, it also includes the action and horror genres.

3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?

The screenplay is different from other thriller-type films. Blood is shed only when it is necessary and makes sense. The dysfunctional family bonding gives the story depth and structure. The seemingly unethical but legal experiments performed on Rhesus monkeys are based on fact. There is nothing supernatural in the script. To a certain degree the story shows the monkeys as well as the family are victims.

4. How would you describe this script in two words?

Overcoming injustices

5. What movie have you seen the most times in your life?

Casablanca, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Day the Earth Stood Still,
Apocalypse Now… many others.

6. How long have you been working on this screenplay?

Over one year. I finished the first final draft in about three months, then constantly revised it. My last major revision was about two weeks ago.

7. How many stories have you written?

I have finished eleven screenplays – six features and five shorts. I have three other outlines for feature screenplays to be written when time permits.

8. What motivated you to write this screenplay?

I originally planned to write a simple thriller about creatures, possibly one based on folklore, terrorize a man with crippling anxiety and his family who are forced to live in a remote area. However, I could not do it. I wanted it to mean more. I read a few articles in the national news about facilities that experiment on Rhesus Monkeys and decided the monkeys would be the creatures. However, I did not want to show them in a disparaging light. I wanted them to have personalities, characters, so I took the liberty of slightly anthropomorphizing them. I did not want it to be black or white, I wanted it to be more complex. So I started from that idea and created the other characters and story around them.

9. What obstacles did you face to finish this screenplay?

I was still recovering from divorce, alcoholism and liver cancer, which exhausted me. The hours I dedicated into writing the screenplay was greatly curtailed.

10. Apart from writing, what else are you passionate about?

My passion revolves around movies. I enjoy older classic films and dissect them from the viewpoint of a writer. I love traveling; that is, exploring different places and meeting new people in all cultures. I’m also a voracious reader, whether it’s in book form or on my computer or phone, which allows me to keep up with current events or check into anything of interest.

11. What influenced you to enter the festival? What were your feelings on the initial feedback you received?

The festival appealed to me because it emphasized screenplays that focus on action, fantasy, sci-fi and thriller genres. The feedback is exceptional. It’s spot on.

I feel the evaluator has valid and fair points positive and negative. The evaluator also gives actionable examples to enhance some issues on my story. If an evaluator expresses a criticism, it is well explained and offers useful suggestions.

Agents Bryan and Lee investigate the disappearance of a young girl, Jasmine. With the help of James, they gain access to her home but find themselves trapped with an alien creature which absorbs James. However, they are aided by Thacker, Jasmine’s father, who has held the alien captive to lead him to his daughter. But when a saucer arrives, the trio are beamed aboard where they discover Jasmine and other members of the family being harvested to cure an alien disease. Rescuing her, they attempt escape, but only Jasmine and Lee make it home. Unknown to Lee, Jasmine is carrying a mutagen which infects humans, paving the way for an alien invasion.

Get to know the writer:

1. What is your screenplay about?

Absent is about two regular Joes working at a charter school. They help at risk students stay in school and progress toward graduation(my actual job). While training the new guy on home visits, they investigate the chronic absences of one particular student. Everything goes awry when they accidentally discover that the student was abducted by aliens, and the Father has an alien in his basement. Bait, to be used in an even trade. His daughter for the alien captive. During the trade, they all end up getting sucked into a spacecraft where they have to fight to make it back home where it’s safe, or so they think.

2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?

Horror/Sci Fi

3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?

This should be made into a movie because of its originality and right now alien stories are prevalent. This movie would do well. It has a wide target audience as well.

4. How would you describe this script in two words?

Fun Horror

5. What movie have you seen the most times in your life?

Night of the living dead (1990)

6. How long have you been working on this screenplay?

I worked on this script most of 2025.

7. How many stories have you written?

I’ve written 5 complete screenplays. A few scripts that are nearly done, but I took a break for one reason or another.

8. What motivated you to write this screenplay?

My current job in Education motivated most of this script. We’ve done plenty of home visits for chronically absent students, and I always thought we could run into some horrific scenarios. I love anything alien, so it came naturally.

9. What obstacles did you face to finish this screenplay?

I think my obstacles are that of the everyday American. I have two daughters. One in high school. One is 2 years old. So, there is plenty to do with very little time. I work 40 hours a week in education and I do security over night for another 35 hours a week. I sleep on average 4 hours a night. My spare time, I write and sleep.

10. Apart from writing, what else are you passionate about?

I love watching movies with my family. Spending time with my daughters. I played football for 10 years and have always been passionate about it. Music is a huge part of my family’s lives as well. We listen to all types and have many musicians in the family.

11. What influenced you to enter the festival? What were your feelings on the initial feedback you received?

Horror Underground sounded like a very cool festival and I hadn’t entered one that would table read my work, so I thought it would be a cool prize. I am very happy with the feedback as it was 100% positive. The scene was done so well. I was so impressed. I absolutely loved it.

Performed by Val Cole

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Get to know the poem:

1) What is the theme of your poem?

The theme is about ICE detentions specifically those that transpired in Minneapolis.

2) What motivated you to write this poem?

I was motivated to write this poem to shed light on the gross injustice done to immigrants in this country.

3) How long have you been writing poetry?

I am a South African-born poet living in New York City and I have been writing poetry for 16 years.

4) If you could have dinner with one person (dead or alive), who would that be?

I would like to have dinner with Nelson Mandela.

5) What influenced you to submit to have your poetry performed by a professional actor?

I am not a voice actor or even an actor for that matter, but I know how to write poetry. So having a professional voice actor read my work is priceless and truly accelerates the message in a powerful way.

6) Do you write other works? scripts? Short Stories? Etc..?

I have several poetry collections that include my experience as an immigrant in America. I write short stories also and have multiple competed novels.

7) What is your passion in life?

My passion in life is to use my words to communicate with the world in a way that moves people. Whether it be about immigration and social justice, or just a lovely little poem about my observations in life, poetry allows me to speak where my physical voice falls short.

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Neutralize

They arrive faceless,
as if shame were standard issue.

Vans idle.
A neighborhood becomes a diagram.

The public word is enforcement.
The private one is containment.

In the desert, tents flower—
soft-sided, seventy-two to a bloom.
Toilets flood rice with sewage.
Water tastes metallic, instructional.

A mother at an airport
learns the grammar of absence:
no food,
no water,
no sky.

Her daughter folds inward
like a closing book.

They call it civil.
They call it procedure.

History calls it rehearsal.

At Fort Bliss—
where the enemy once had a face—
a boy turns off a light
and wakes in an ambulance.
A body becomes leverage:
fingers tightening
where refusal lives.

Thirty-two dead in a year.
Four more before January settles.
One ruled homicide
in solitary confinement—
as if loneliness were not already lethal.

“Poisoning the blood,”
the phrase travels cleanly.
What do we do with poison?
We neutralize it.

Neutralize:
to render inert.
To make lifeless.
To subtract breath from belonging.

There are those who imagine
a gentle subtraction of millions.

But mass removal has a sound.

It is a child crying
into government bedding.
It is a fist correcting
a refusal to disappear.
It is a country rehearsing
how to forget its own reflection.

Inside the tents
people whisper their names
like contraband.

I am not poison.
I am not blood to be purified.
I am a body with a sky in it.

That is what will not neutralize.

An overwhelmed professional flees her rigid routine for the sanctuary of a park, only to be drawn into a surreal, time-bending world where she must confront her subconscious to reclaim her authentic voice

Performed by Val Cole

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Get to know the writer:

1. What is your short story about?
The story explores the profound routine and loneliness experienced by the majority of the population due to a societal obsession with ‘hard work’ and material values. It challenges readers to ask themselves: to what extent are we living full, authentic lives? Through the protagonist’s journey, the story reveals a future that awaits us if we continue to function as ‘robots’ dedicated to numbers and financial gain—values that are, ultimately, hollow.

2. What genres would you say this story is in?
Magical Realism and Speculative Fiction, with a strong philosophical and psychological undertone.

3. How would you describe this story in two words?
Existential Awakening

4. What movie have you seen the most in your life?
It’s a rich mix of psychological depth and core human values. I find myself returning to ‘Under the Tuscan Sun’ for its profound exploration of the transition from loneliness to authentic happiness. Recently, I’ve been deeply influenced by the series ‘Severance’, which brilliantly captures the duality of modern existence and the ‘robotic’ nature of corporate life. I also appreciate the ‘Fast & Furious’ franchise; despite the action, it consistently emphasizes essential values like family and loyalty, which I find very grounding.

5. What is your favorite song? (Or, what song have you listened to the most times in your life?)
My musical taste is a journey through different energies. I have a long-standing passion for Classic Russian Rock, which carries a lot of poetic and raw power. On the other hand, I deeply appreciate the structure and timelessness of Classical Music. However, as reflected in my story, I find a unique sense of peace in the laid-back, soulful blues of artists like J.J. Cale. His music represents that moment of slowing down and finding rhythm in a world that is often too loud and fast.

6. Do you have an all-time favorite novel?
It is a dialogue between two very different worlds that both explore the human condition. On one hand, I am deeply moved by Dostoevsky’s ‘Crime and Punishment’ for its unparalleled psychological depth and its exploration of morality, guilt, and the price of one’s soul. On the other hand, I hold the ‘Harry Potter’ series close to my heart; beyond the magic, it is a masterclass in addressing social stigma, the courage to face deep-seated fears, and the power of choices over circumstances. Both, in their own way, deal with the weight of our decisions.

7. What motivated you to write this story?
I actually wrote this story over a decade ago, during a time when I felt suffocated by my own reality. As a lecturer and business consultant, I was constantly surrounded by people, praise, and success. But the more I was celebrated, the lonelier I felt. Everyone saw the ‘persona,’ but no one saw the real me. I was playing a role every day because that’s what was expected, while my true self remained hidden. I poured that stifling loneliness and pain onto the paper.
I decided to bring it out of the drawer now because I finally felt strong enough to share this truth, and because I believe the message is more urgent than ever. With the current global instability and the growing emotional distance caused by technology, I felt it was time to tell people: ‘Wake up. Stop just surviving. Stop being robots to your roles and material values. Pause and choose what truly matters before the countdown ends.'”

8. If you could have dinner with one person (dead or alive), who would that be?
Without a doubt, my grandmother. She was a survivor of World War II whose life was incredibly complex and challenging, yet she remained the most graceful and joyful person I’ve ever known. She taught me to truly see the world—to find joy in every small flower. Her philosophy was simple yet profound: if you don’t like something, change it or walk away; if you can’t, find something within it to love. She taught me to treat every crisis as a lesson and to be grateful to the universe for that growth. She was a pillar of support for everyone around her until her very last day. It would make me truly happy if I could sit across from her once again and learn more about her boundless resilience and love for life

9. Apart from writing, what else are you passionate about?
I am deeply passionate about finding the bridge between the business world and mental health. I believe this intersection is key to creating a balance between true human values and the practical means required for living. This passion has led me to develop a comprehensive theory based on the love of the soul, which I call ‘Filopsycha’. Beyond my professional and academic work, I find my greatest joy in simple, authentic moments: traveling with my husband and our dog, engaging in deep conversations with my children, and spending quality time with my friends and extended family. These connections are what keep me grounded and inspired.

10. What influenced you to enter your story to get performed?
After keeping this story in a drawer for over a decade, I felt a sudden urgency to see if its message still resonated. I wanted to see if the ‘rhythm’ of the internal struggle I wrote about back then could touch someone else when performed out loud. WILDsound offered the perfect stage to transform my private thoughts into a shared, living experience.

11. Any advice or tips you’d like to pass on to other writers?
My advice is a balance of patience and courage. On one hand, embrace your silence and let your story mature until you feel strong enough to stand behind it. But on the other hand, when you realize that your message is truly important—dare to put it out there. Sharing your truth is a powerful tool; it can be the very thing that helps someone else feel less alone in their own struggle. Don’t just write to express yourself; write to build a bridge for others who might be trapped in the same situation you once were.”

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Submit your short story to the festival today: https://fantasyscififestival.com/magical-realism-short-story-festival/

Performed by Val Cole

Get to know the writer:

1. What is your short story about?

A biomythographical experience as a teenager… doing my best to come to terms with my identity and desires during a time when being closeted was an absolute necessity in the 1970s. I describe the experience of growing up

2. What genres would you say this story is in?

My story is a biomythography. Biomythography is a genre created by Black lesbian author and poet Audrey Lorde in her 1982 book, Zami: A New Spelling of My Name. She wrote that this genre enables us to use our experiences to compose what identity means to us, and that we can use emotions, along with imagery and perception, to express our truths.

Biomythography – weaving together myth, history, and biography in epic narrative form, a style of composition that represents all the ways in which we perceive the truth. Biomythography is a writing down of our meanings of identity… with the materials of our lives. We are the culmination of it all; experiences are painted with imagery, perception, and, mostly, emotion. Details that become true in the telling.

3. How would you describe this story in two words?

Tragic, sad

4. What movie have you seen the most in your life?

Honestly, I don’t have an answer.

5. What is your favorite song? (Or, what song have you listened to the most times in your life?)

Cats in the Cradle by Harry Chapin comes to mind.

6. Do you have an all-time favorite novel?

Aunt Sookie and Me by Michael Scott Garvin comes to mind.

7. What motivated you to write this story?

The need to heal, the need to remove the deep pain within me, and give it another place to exist. To put the pain somewhere else to live instead of within me.

8. If you could have dinner with one person (dead or alive), who would that be?

Oprah Winfrey, I have so many questions for her.

9. Apart from writing, what else are you passionate about?

The love of my life and the life we created together doing property investments and raising our Great Dane.

10. What influenced you to enter your story to get performed?

I needed to know whether it was worth sharing, whether others could relate to and benefit from my experience. To let others know that there is hope. And if my story got picked up for performance, that would answer my question.

11. Any advice or tips you’d like to pass on to other writers?

Write what you feel. Write what’s deep inside you. Write what is most uncomfortable. Let it live in writing. “Your body is not a coffin for pain to be buried in.” (Ehime Ora). Write biomythographically.

Performed by Val Cole

Get to know the writer:

1. What is your short story about?

Kindness. “Gentilezza” is the Italian word for kindness. It’s the story of how a simple, selfless gift to another person can change their life permanently. The story straddles the boundary of fiction and creative non-fiction, because it’s based on a true experience from my life, with a few artistic embellishments added. As the ambiguous ending implies, the gift of a race victory created mixed emotions for me because I felt somehow unworthy of it. But over the course of twelve more years of elite level cycling competition, I won other races outright, and I drew on the confidence gained from Sandro Fortunato’s charity extended to a bright-eyed eighteen year old bicycle racer.

2. What genres would you say this story is in?

Literary short fiction, I suppose. Just over 1000 words, so not quite flash fiction. And as mentioned previously, this could also be creative non-fiction. Names were changed to protect the innocent, and the race details are an amalgam of those from several other competitive experiences.

3. How would you describe this story in two words?

Kindness matters.

4. What movie have you seen the most in your life?

It’s probably a tie between two Zucker brothers’ classics: Airplane! and Top Secret. They are masters of comedy and parody. You can’t tell it from this story, but humor – sometimes dark and sardonic – features in a lot of my fiction.

5. What is your favorite song? (Or, what song have you listened to the most times in your life?)

“Moral Kiosk” by R.E.M., from one of their first albums, Murmur. It’s a great song!

6. Do you have an all-time favorite novel?

All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy. A close runner-up would be Plainsong by Kent Haruf. I don’t think I’d call either of these novels the most important ones I’ve read, but they are my favorites.

7. What motivated you to write this story?

It initially started as a memoir piece, then drifted into creative non-fiction, and finally landed in the fiction category. I wanted to try my hand at a flash fiction piece, and so this story was distilled from previous efforts. It was a very memorable experience from my youth, and the naturally intense and quickly shifting action of a race situation translates well to short fiction.

8. If you could have dinner with one person (dead or alive), who would that be?

Barack Obama. A polymath and overall impressive human being who carries himself with grace and dignity. I’d imagine he’d have answers, and probably the right ones, to the political turmoil that has roiled the U.S. and the globe since he left office.

9. Apart from writing, what else are you passionate about?

Music. I come from a very musical family and I’m a classically trained bass/baritone singer. I perform with a number of large and small ensembles and it’s a great way to experience communion with others from all walks of life. I still ride my bicycles as much as I can, although I’ve long since stopped competition. My life partner and I run a podcast called Nimble Youth that addresses the youth mental health crisis that she deals with every day as a pediatrician. I’m helping her start her own practice that will focus specifically on youth behavioral health, so this is something else I’m very passionate about.

10. What influenced you to enter your story to get performed?

This festival is such a great idea, and I’m not just saying that for extra points! It’s always so helpful to record your writing, because good writing, whether its poetry or prose, has a rhythm and cadence to it that must be heard to be appreciated (and maybe improved upon). I’ve done some voice acting myself and recorded this piece as narrator, but it’s even more helpful to have someone who is not the author read your work. It was also great to have a woman read this, since the narrator in the story is male, because its a test of the writing’s ability to bridge natural gender-based differences in how men and women approach fiction. I thought the narrator for Gentilezza did a fantastic job with it, and she took it to a level I could not have reached even as the story’s author.

11. Any advice or tips you’d like to pass on to other writers?

Don’t overthink it. Just write! You can always go back and impart intellect and polish to the raw thoughts and emotions that first come out. I’m in my mid-fifties now, but started writing some fiction when I was in college and got lots of good feedback and encouragement for my efforts. But I decided I wasn’t going to be the next Ernest Hemingway or Cormac McCarthy and put my fiction writing ambitions on a shelf. I started dusting them off during a painful divorce a few years ago as a way to make sense of the loss and chaos in my life. Ultimately it doesn’t matter how good or bad a writer you are when you start because it’s a journey of the mind and soul. You improve as a writer by writing, and more importantly, you improve as a person by writing.

Performed by Val Cole

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Get to know the writer:

1. What is your short story about?

Without giving too much away, it’s essentially about a guy who works at job where he sacrifices so much of himself to get ahead. The ending though is really what makes the story.

2. What genres would you say this story is in?

It’s a horror story, but more of an existential horror.

3. How would you describe this story in two words?

Worth reading 😉

4. What movie have you seen the most in your life?

Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

5. What is your favorite song? (Or, what song have you listened to the most times in your life?)

Here Comes the Sun by the Beatles.

6. Do you have an all-time favorite novel?

The Stand by Stephen King or Ulysses by James Joyce.

7. What motivated you to write this story?

I’ve seen a lot of people I know go down the route that the protagonist went down, and wanted to shed light on it in a fictional story that has a lot of basis in reality.

8. If you could have dinner with one person (dead or alive), who would that be?

Stephen King

9. Apart from writing, what else are you passionate about?

I play the piano, guitar, and ukulele. I’m also an avid golfer, love reading, and inline skating.

10. What influenced you to enter your story to get performed?

I knew having someone else, especially a professional, read my story out loud would be a great experience for me as the author. When I first listened to it, I had a smile ear to ear, as I remember writing the story piece by piece (sometimes at 3:00 AM just to get the ideas out) and now it is being read by a professional actor.

11. Any advice or tips you’d like to pass on to other writers?

Write stories that you know you would like to read, and forget the rest. Also, many people will over analyze and misunderstand your stories, but that’s the case with any art form, as people see and hear what they want to see and hear. Finally, read a lot. I was reading fiction non-stop for a few years before I decided to try writing. When you read a lot of books, you get a nice starting framework of what good writing looks like.

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Submit your short story to the festival: https://festivalforhorror.com/horror-short-story

When a wildlife photographer’s bush plane crashes in remote Alaska, he and his girlfriend must survive a brutal game of cat & mouse with a family of fugitives eliminating witnesses, but the real danger may be what survival turns him into.

Get to know the writer:

1. What is your screenplay about?

When a wildlife photographer’s bush plane crashes in remote Alaska, he and his girlfriend must survive a brutal game of cat & mouse with a family of fugitives eliminating witnesses, but the real danger may be what survival turns him into.

2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?

Thriller, Suspense, Survival, Action, Drama

3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?

It is a simple story with a small cast, minimal locations, a low budget, fast action, and room for audience interpretation.

4. How would you describe this script in two words?

Fatless Action

5. What movie have you seen the most times in your life?

Outlaw Josey Whales

6. How long have you been working on this screenplay?

Since October 2025

7. How many stories have you written?

3

8. What motivated you to write this screenplay?

A dream I had about this story woke me up to my crying newborn and I talked out the first couple scenes with him at 3 in the morning to calm him down.

9. What obstacles did you face to finish this screenplay?

Learning how to format. Industry standards in screen plays, and how the business works.

10. Apart from writing, what else are you passionate about?

Music and my family

11. What influenced you to enter the festival? What were your feelings on the initial feedback you received?

I know that festivals are a way to get your foot in the door at least. I am new to this side of the industry and am learning as I go. This festival was a necessary stepping stone in the right direction. The feedback was also helpful, both validating my thoughts on the screenplay and challenging some ideas I was stuck on, which is always necessary.

Performed by Val Cole

Get to know the writer:

1. What is your short story about?

My short story is about a white, evangelical man who thinks he’s entitled to everything–especially women.

2. What genres would you say this story is in?

I would say this falls under dystopian, but it also related to current events.

3. How would you describe this story in two words?

Creepy AF

4. What movie have you seen the most in your life?

I watch the super long 1995 version of Pride & Prejudice twice a year.

5. What is your favorite song? (Or, what song have you listened to the most times in your life?)

Hmmm… the live version I’d Rather Go Blind by Etta James

6. Do you have an all-time favorite novel?

Just one? The People We Keep by Allison Larkin is one I’ll always recommend to friends.

7. What motivated you to write this story?

I had been listening to a lot of true crime, and religious extremism was a common thread amongst most cults/cult leaders. So, I wanted to write from the perspective of a man who is on the road to becoming one of those guys.

8. If you could have dinner with one person (dead or alive), who would that be?

My mom died when I was a little girl, and I’d like to have dinner with her again.

9. Apart from writing, what else are you passionate about?

I’m passionate about teaching writing. It’s why I’m finishing up a creative writing MFA now. But in my spare time, you can catch me singing blues in a dimly lit bar.

10. What influenced you to enter your story to get performed?

I’d had submitted it to a handful of journals with no success. I just wanted to see it out in the world.

LARRY’S BIG IDEA, 2min,. USA
DIrected by Burton Rocks
Larry’s Big Idea tells the story of an imaginative boy who uses science to invent special batting gloves for his Little League game. The animated short is the first cartoon produced by internationally-recognized scientist and author, Dr. Lawrence Rocks.

Get to know the filmmaker:

1. What motivated you to make this film?

Dr. Rocks, my dad, has always been my hero and inspiration, as is my mom. My dad would often reflect on his days caddying as a kid, so I thought it would be great to incorporate these real life anecdotes with science in a cartoon. He’d often tell me how when he was 10 years old he would ride his bicycle from his home to the local golf club to caddie. In the caddie area at the club they called him “Double Duty Larry” because he once carried two bags, one on each shoulder, in a round. I thought this would make for a fun cartoon to help instill a love of golf and science in kids across the globe.

>>> 2. From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to make this film?

The cartoon short took about four months from start to finish.

>>> 3. How would you describe your film in two words!?

GOLF ROCKS

>>> 4. What was the biggest obstacle you faced in completing this film?

The biggest obstacle was trying to make the science easy to understand and yet not over simplifying it.

>>> 5. What were your initial reactions when watching the audience talking about your film in the feedback video?

I enjoyed the genuineness of the feedback.

>>> 6. When did you realize that you wanted to make films?

I had always loved home movies and the idea of making films since I was a kid. I had heard much about the tv show Bonanza, as my cousin David Dortort created it, and he would later mentor me on producing and directing.

>>> 7. What film have you seen the most in your life?

I can’t pick a specific film but I’ve probably watched and studied Bonanza more than anything.