Today’s Writing Deadlines: April 5, 2025

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

DYSTOPIAN Short Story Festival (everyone wins):
https://thrillersuspensefestival.com/dystopian-short-story-festival/

Dystopian stories are a type of speculative fiction that explore the darker aspects of human nature and the human mind. They often serve as a warning about what could happen to modern society if certain aspects grow out of control.

ROMANCE Novel Festival:
https://festivalforromance.com/romance-novel-festival/

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

SAVE $40 off the regular submission for full novel submissions. Get FULL FEEDBACK on your novel by our committee of industry professionals. Get a transcript of your novel performed by professional actors at the Festival.

HORROR Screenplay Festival:
https://festivalforhorror.com/

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

HORROR Poetry Contest – FREE:
https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/301189/horror-poetry-submission

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

New York FEEDBACK Film Festival:

April 2025 NEW YORK FEEDBACK Film Festival Testimonials.

Deadline Today – Submit via FilmFreeway:

Excellent festival. The video feedback system is amazing, and really provides some great insight on your film from actual viewers – and the video format really adds something special to the whole experience.

Such a wonderful festival! The communication was excellent and the administrators were very supportive of my work.

Thank you very much for valuing our short film DIE INSIDE, a lot of love from the dominican republic.

Wonderful feedback and great interviews, written and interview. Just amazing and sooo encouraging. Thank you! Great work!

April 2025 ENVIRONMENTAL Film & Screenplay Festival Testimonials

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Submit to the Festival via FilmFreeway:

It was an amazing festival; I loved the screenplay, reading, and any festivals that supported the environment.

What a privilege to be part of Wildsound’s Environmental Film & Screenplay Festival. For the crew and I, this was a unique experience, as we found the audience feedback insightful and worthwhile. Winning ‘Best Direction’ will help get our message out to more venues and as many people as possible. Gracias por todo.

Thanks for selecting our film, “Last Stand: Saving the Elwha River’s Legacy Forests” as Best Short Film. The audience feedback was especially valuable. Great communication throughout!

Rewarding and friendly.
Wonderful experience.

Excellent communication and true support. It’s just so good to be given the tools that really make a difference in promoting your film. Thanks for the great service and I hope many others can enjoy it!

Today’s Podcast: Screenwriter Nicole Sell (Echoes From The Veil)

April 4, 2025 festreviews PODCASTS Screenwriter Nicole Sell (Echoes From The Veil)

Watch the best scene reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWRdffz8UBM

Newly widowed father, Daniel Lambert, grapples with his skepticism of the supernatural as he moves into a charming old house with his four children, seeking a fresh start after the untimely passing of his wife. The family struggles to adapt to their new life, each of them finding their own way to cope with their grief. However, his teenage daughter, Leila, longing for a connection to her late mother, turns to a séance, hoping to bridge the gap between the living and the dead. Unbeknownst to her, the séance inadvertently opens a portal to a sinister realm, inviting a malevolent spirit into their home. As inexplicable events begin to unfold, David’s disbelief in the paranormal is tested, forcing him to confront his deepest fears to protect his children and reclaim their home.

http://www.instagram.com/echoesfromtheveilmovie

Get to know the writer;

What is your screenplay about?

My screenplay, “Echoes from the Veil” is about a newly single father, Daniel Lambert, who moves his 4 children into a new house after his wife dies suddenly and tragically while at work. His second oldest daughter, Leila, wants to try to connect to her mom one more time but she ends up opening a portal and causing havoc on her entire family. The bigger problem is Daniel is basically the definition of a skeptic, so there’s a logical explanation for everything, so everything that goes on not only tests his beliefs but it tests his relationship with his children.

What genres does your screenplay fall under?

It’s a drama/horror film.

Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?

It’s not your usual “bump in the night” scary story. It has heart, it deals with not just the paranormal aspect, but it goes through everyone’s way of coping with a sudden loss. You want to see this family succeed at staying together, but at the same time you’re terrified at what’s actually trying to tear them apart.

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Today’s Writing Deadlines: April 4, 2025

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

COMEDY Short Story Contest:
https://festivalforcomedy.com/comedy-short-story-contest/

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

THRILLER/SUSPENSE Novel Festival:/b>
https://thrillersuspensefestival.com/deadline-for-thrillersuspense-novel-festival/

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

SAVE $40 off the regular submission for full novel submissions. Garner FULL FEEDBACK on your novel by our committee of industry professionals. Get a transcript of your novel performed by professional actors at the Thriller/Suspense Festival.

CRIME/MYSTERY Screenplay Contest:
https://crimemysteryfestival.com/

NATURE Poetry Contest – FREE:
https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/301188/nature-poetry-submission

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

ENVIRONMENTAL Film & Screenplay Festiva:

Today’s Writing Deadlines: April 3, 2025

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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/

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