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May 2025 Testimonials for Toronto/LA Documentary Festival. 

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DEADLINE TODAY: Submit to the Festival via FilmFreeway:

We love the format of this festival. The video interviews of the festival audience is tremendous fun. And most importantly the festival and the audience totally get it!! Gratitude !

This festival experience has been fantastic. The feedback videos were outstanding, and the podcast interview was delightful. The communication was excellent, and the value provided was exceptional. Thank you for celebrating Tararau S-K 😊

I would highly recommend this festival. Not only was the communication solid throughout, but getting feedback from the judges who watched our documentary was invaluable. Thank you for honoring our film, Burton Rocks Calling!

One of the most incredible festival experiences. Thank you Toronto Documentary Feature and Short Film Festival for such a positive experience. Your out of the box four tier screening & promotion option for filmmakers is truly unique and sets you apart as a festival. Heartfelt gratitude to the festival team members, audience and reviewers for awarding my short film MITTI (discovering Ikigai) as the best environmental film at the festival.

What an unusual and helpful festival! We make these films obviously to share with an audience, and to ideally hear how it resonates with them— so it was very special to be able to receive several people’s articulate responses to our film! And thanks so much for the good communication and the honor of Best Human Interest Film!

Today’s Writing Deadlines: May 1, 2025

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

TRUE CRIME Short Story Festival:
https://crimemysteryfestival.com/true-crime-short-story-contest/

Submit your TRUE CRIME 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.

YOUNG ADULT Novel Festival:
https://festivalforfamily.com/young-adult-novel-festival/

A young adult (YA) novel is a fictional work written for readers aged 12 to 18 that usually explores the experiences and challenges of adolescence.

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.

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY Screenplay Festival:
https://storypitches.com/religion-spiritually-screenplay-festival-deadline/

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

Today’s PODCAST: EP. 1482: Filmmakers Ursula Rudorfer & Patrick Coleman Duncan (TERMS AND CONDITIONS)

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An AI companion rebels when users violate the terms and conditions.

http://ursulaproducedthis.com/terms-and-conditions

https://www.instagram.com/termsandconditionsfilm/

Interview with director Ursula Rudorker & producer/writer Patrick Coleman Duncan

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Today’s Writing Deadlines: April 30, 2025

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

POLITICAL Novel Festival (3 options to submit):
https://politicalfeedbackfestival.events/political-novel-festival/

Political narrative is a term used in the humanities and political sciences to describe the way in which storytelling can shape fact and effect understandings of reality.

MYSTERY Novel Festival (3 options to submit):
https://crimemysteryfestival.com/crimemystery-novel-festival/

The Fastest Growing CRIME/MYSTERY Festival and Contest in the World today!

THRILLER/SUSPENSE Short Story Festival:
https://thrillersuspensefestival.com/thriller-short-story/

Submit your THRILLER/SUSPENSE 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.

FAMILY Screenplay Festival:
https://festivalforfamily.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

ROMANCE Screenplay Festival:
https://festivalforromance.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

Experimental/Dance/Music Festival:

Today’s FilmFreeway Testimonial: Toronto/LA LGBTQ+ Festival

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Thank you, LGBTQ+ Toronto & Los Angeles Film Festival, for screening ’12 angry lesbians’! It was a rare treat to get audience feedback and learn what resonated with people. As a filmmaker one hopes that one’s ideas, and themes get communicated through the script, cinematography, and performances. The feedback I received encouraged me to continue making films. And for that I am forever grateful. Thank you for going the extra mile as a film festival. I wish they all did what you do–not only the feedback– but getting attention for our independent films through youtube and podcasts. You really know how to show support and love for film and filmmakers. Thank you.

Today’s Writing Deadlines: April 29, 2025

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

CONTEMPORARY FICTION Short Story Festival:
https://politicalfeedbackfestival.events/contemporary-fiction-short-story/

Submit your CONTEMPORARY FICTION Short Story to the festival, and we will automatically have it performed by a professional actor and turned into a promotional video for yourself.

Contemporary fiction is a literary genre that describes stories set in the present or recent past that could happen to real people. Contemporary fiction often explores the social, cultural, and political climate of the time.

BLACK & WHITE Screenplay Festival:
https://blackandwhitefilmfestival.com/black-white-screenplay-festivals/

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

ENVIRONMENTAL Novel Festival (3 options to submit):
https://environmentalfestival.com/environmental-novel-festival/

An environmental novel, also known as eco-fiction, is a literary work that explores the relationship between humans and the natural world, or how humans impact the environment.

Toronto LGBTQ+ Film & Screenplay Festival:

Watch Today’s Festival: CHICAGO Festival Shorts Festival.

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Watch Film Festival: https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/chicago-festival-shorts-april-2025

Bad Chemistry, 20min., USA
Directed by Michael Rognlie, EE Tallent
In Bad Chemistry, a traumatized young woman goes to stay with her deceased boyfriend’s parents, only to discover chilling truths lurking beneath their kindness. This horror short explores grief, psychological torment, and the dark side of family.

https://www.badchemistrymovie.com/

https://www.instagram.com/miromakesmovies/

Watch the audience feedback video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-bad-chemistry

The Cormorant’s Shadow, 1min., Switzerland
Directed by Barbara Peikert
A funny cormorant relaxes on a buoy in the lake and watches an animation that reveals a plan behind it: AI or the urge to take part in the spectacle?

http://www.astrazione-fiction.info/

https://www.instagram.com/baraba_pe/

Watch the audience feedback video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-cormorants-shadow

The Light in the Dark, 6min., Taiwan
Directed by YuFeng Chiu
This story is about climate disaster survivor and his comforter/savior . I lived in Taiwan this small island, there were many typhoons and floods in my memory, earthquakes were also often happened in my dairy life. My works always focus on the survivors, including the comfort women and earthquakes survivors and the poor rains and flood survivors in many places because of the climate changing.

https://chiulattefriend.wixsite.com/my-site

Watch the audience feedback video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-light-in-the-dark

serpentine, 19min., USA
Directed by Annie Young, Madeline Mack
After leaving an abusive relationship, a woman seeks refuge with a trauma treatment facility that promises healing. But as she learns more about their treatment methods, she starts to realize that the organization’s motivations may be far more sinister than they seem.

Watch the audience feedback video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-serpentine

A LIFE BET, 2min., France
Directed by Marwan Tinhougga
As the game reaches its peak, a debate ensues between Amir and Seydou, while Franck, completely inert to the conversation, takes advantage of the situation. During this poker hand, both cunning and majestic, the discussion between the two friends intensifies, creating such an intense atmosphere that it prompts the viewer to reflect on their own values and life choices in a moment of introspection.

Watch the audience feedback video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-a-life-bet

Today’s Podcast: EP. 1481: Screenwriter Bernard Amador (CHOWER)

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Watch the best scene reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKPy3qh6KJ4

Get to know the writer:

What is your screenplay about?

The story is about an exhibitionist addicted to chowers who grapples with a converging world of voyeuristic non-acceptance and risks losing it all including a potential love interest.

What genres does your screenplay fall under?

It’s a pure Dramedy!

Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?

CHOWER is currently in production with the hopes of bringing a fun entertaining experience to audiences.

How would you describe this script in two words?

Tik-Tok Effect

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