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October 2025 TORONTO COMEDY Festival (5 STAR) Testimonials.

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Terrific read on my script, did a tremendous job! Great feedback and suggestions. Enjoyed meeting them and had fun on the podcast. Heartily recommend the Toronto Comedy Film and Screenplay festival.

Deadline Today to submit to the festival:

Terrific read on my script, did a tremendous job! Great feedback and suggestions. Enjoyed meeting them and had fun on the podcast. Heartily recommend the Toronto Comedy Film and Screenplay festival.

FEEDBACK are incredibly detailed regarding the communication with their film makers. We are absolutely chuffed to have won an award, and hugely grateful to receive their video reviews. Such a wonderful film festival! Will definitely submit to them with any future work!

Right from the start, I was excited to see “Selected” under judging status. This festival is the best one I have been part of, because of the public’s feedback. It warms our hearts to hear comments from people we don’t know and the video is very usefull for our futur in the industry.

The most communicative staff of all the fests I’ve been involved with. Definitely focused on encouraging and promoting work.

A fantastic festival that gives you audience feedback through a video compilation – nothing I’ve ever experienced a festival do before! It was incredible hearing what people thought of our film and the depth the were able to get from it – it was even slightly emotional hearing what they had to say. A Brilliant festival!

Today’s Screenplay Festival Deadline (Oct. 10th): SPORTS, FITNESS, & RECREATION Screenplay Contest

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Submit via the festival: https://sportsfilmfestival.video/

Submit your screenplay that’s an erotica genre and/or plot line to the festival.

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 PILOT or SHORT SCREENPLAY.

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

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.)

1st Tier: FULL FEEDBACK on your screenplay (all submissions)

2nd Tier: Accepted scripts (25% on average of submitted entries) get a best scene of their screenplay performed by professional actors and made into a promotional video.

3rd Tier: We will send you a list of questions to answer for our blog interview that will promote you and your film.

4th Tier: Then we will set up a podcast interview on our popular ITunes show where will we will promote the winning writer and script.

Today’s Short Story Festival (Oct. 10th): FAMILY & KIDS Short Story Contest

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Submit via the Festival: https://festivalforfamily.com/family-kids-short-story-contest-everyone-wins/

Submit your FAMILY or KIDS 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.

Accept only stories that fit into the FAMILY or KIDS genres.

See example of recent reading completed:

Today’s NOVEL Festival Deadline: DRAMA Novel Contest

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Submit via the Site: https://festivalfordrama.com/drama-novel-festival/

Submit your DRAMA Book by the deadline. 

A drama novel is a fictional story that centers around characters in conflict at a critical moment in their lives. Drama novels are often based on family dynamics and can have tragic or painful endings.

Watch Novel Performance Readings:

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)

SUBMIT your novel now (both your 1st chapter or full novel accepted) To be eligible for our Writing Festival Events. Submissions take 3-5 weeks for evaluation

Submit a novel book and get it seen by the world.

Today’s Stage Play Festival Deadline (Oct. 10th): WAR Stage Play Contest

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Submit via Submittable: https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/331391/war-stage-play-writing-contest-get-play-performed-by-professional-actors

Submit your 10 Page Play, 1 Act Play, or Full Stage Play to the Festival.

SUBMIT your STAGE PLAY Today  You will receive feedback on your play in 3-5 weeks

Today’s Podcast: EP. 1596: Filmmaker Anthony Joseph Spatafora (AN ANATOMY OF GRIEF)

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AN ANATOMY OF GRIEF, 15min., Canada
Directed by Anthony Joseph Spatafora
A mother grieving the death of her son while being haunted by his corpse.

https://www.instagram.com/ananatomyofgrief_shortfilm/

What motivated you to make this film?

It actually came to me in a dream I had a few years ago, where I lived in a reality where I had been gone for 10 years and no one knew where I went. I came back into my friends’ and family’s lives and saw how my absence affected them. My parents were especially heartbroken. I’ll never forget the moment in that dream when I came face to face with my mother after being gone for 10 years. The sadness, relief and pain in her face and voice haunts my brain to this day and it is what inspired me to write this story.

The story was also based on my own personal experiences with loss in my family. My father’s dad passed away when he was young leaving my dad, uncle, and grandmother alone. My mother’s father had an accident which altered who he was until the day he passed away. Seeing how these events affected my family and how they were all able to bounce back from it made me want to express how there is always hope even after immense loss.  


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

It took me about a year and a half to develop the script and go into production and post-production. But I actually wrote the story in 2021 and then I adapted it into a script in 2024 because the story resonated more with me then. I finally finished it in April of 2025.

I rewrote the script many times. At one point, I had the mother’s sister in the story as her support system, but I cut her out because I thought it was more important to show Cassandra (the mother) dealing with this loss on her own. Because not everyone has somebody to rely on.

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Today’s FilmFreeway Testimonial: FANTASY/SCI-FI Film Festival (87 FIVE Star Reviews!)

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Deadline Today to Submit via FilmFreeway:

There are so many festivals today, but Fantasy/Sci-Fi Film & Screenplay is very special. I felt like we got to be a part of a really cool community when submitting my film. The audience feedback in particular is great! Thank you so much. I’m honoured to receive a prize for best direction.

October 2025 FilmFreeway Testimonials for FEEDBACK Film & Screenplay Festivals

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Wonderful place to showcase your film. The feedback was very valuable and exciting for the producers to see what resonated.

Hi all! It was great to take part in your film festival. Thank you for the excellent organization of the festival. I will be glad to participate again with my new film.

So delighted to pick up an award for my beekeeping doc “Centenary Film” and to get some lovely feedback too. The film combined two of my passions – film making and nature and this turned out to be the perfect festival for that.

With our film voted BEST FEATURE FILM at the festival, and a very friendly communication with your festival we are quite happy.

Watch Today’s FREE Festival: Best of DANCE Shorts Festival

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Watch the festival at 8PM EST FOR FREE by signing up for the FREE 3-DAY trial using the link, or go to http://www.wildsound.ca

Watch today’s Festival: https://www.wildsound.ca/events/best-of-dance-shorts-festival

The Moment I Said It, 3min., USA
Directed Ryn Deyo
This piece reflects the moment of introspective learning — where the quiet, unseen transformation that occurs when healing begins is explored. We don’t return to what was, but learn to live with what is.

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-moment-i-said-it

Split Focus, 5min,. USA
Directed by Cherie Carson
“Split Focus” is a captivating dance film that delves into the intricate relationship between self-perception and external projection. Through mesmerizing shadow play, the film explores images of spirit and internal feelings versus outward appearances, prompting viewers to question which aspect demands more attention— the dancer herself or her shadow. Visually poetic, it offers a compelling examination of how we project ourselves into the world and the duality of inner and outer identities.

https://www.instagram.com/upswingaerial

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-split-focus



HALLWAYS, 2min., USA
Directed by Elizabeth Sears
Hallways is a dance film about independence and resilience in the midst of ambiguity. A mix of uncertainty and confidence permeates the choices we makes when navigating the external forces swirling around us.

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-hallways



Acid Alone In The Woods, 5min., USA
Directed by Alec Gessert
A dance music video exploring fear, paranoia, and pleasure one experiences alone in a dark forest.

https://www.instagram.com/alecgessert/

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-acid-alone-in-the-woods



MATTER, 21min., USA
Directed by Gabe Katz, Mike Murphy
A young woman enters into a journey of self-exploration, discovery, and identity. As she travels through the ephemeral, working through her understanding of self-perception, other travelers within the same universe try to join. These travelers soon realize that her story is not for them to mimic or assume, but to discover through their own experiences. They learn to accept that one can be empathetic to the experiences of others, without being central to the plot. These travelers become members of a creative community, observing and understanding a greater universal struggle: accepting oneself as a thread within the fabric of existence, and not the fabric itself. The young woman continues on her journey within the greater schema of reality. She endures everything and nothing all at once—accepting her present reality for its momentous nature, knowing it will be quickly lost to the vastness of time.

https://www.gabekatz.com/matter

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-matter