Watch Today’s Festival: New York Shorts Film Festival

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See the full lineup of films:

AN ADVERT FOR ONE NIGHT, 15min,. UK
Directed by Graham Birch
Lisa responds to a newspaper advert to meet Sarah in a hotel room for a night. They meet and have a wonderful night that sadly uncovers that one was badly abused and the other is currently suffering serious mental and physical bullying from a partner. Will this allow them to bond? What will they do?

Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-an-advert-for-one-night

AFTERMATH, 10min., USA
Directed by Nevin Bolla
In a post-apocalyptic world, two survivors are caught in a tense struggle within a decaying building. As they confront their harsh reality, a siren signals the end of a critical survival round, forcing them to grapple with their fears and fleeting hopes.

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Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-aftermath

HANDS, 7min., Portugal
Directed by Filipe Piteira
Hands are the connection and the path between the body and soul. The mode of search and self-knowledge, which is intuitive and sensorial, with them, discovering and transcending themselves. It is the receptive and restless mind that transforms hands into instruments of grace.

Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-hands

Today’s Short Story Deadline: ACTION/ADVENTURE Festival

December 26, 2024 festreviews Short Story Festival Today's Short Story Deadline: ACTION/ADVENTURE Festival

Submit your ACTION/ADVENTURE 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.

Submit your short story on the submission page: https://actionadventurefestival.ca/action-adventure-short-story-festival-automatic-acceptance-deadline-dec-26th/

Accept only stories that fit into the ACTION or ADVENTURE genres.

Today’s Novel Festival: ART & PHOTOGRAPHY Festival

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Submit your ART & PHOTOGRAPHY Book by the deadline.

Send your novel to the festival here: https://documentaryshortfilmfestival.com/art-photography-novel-festival/

An art and photography novel is a nonfiction book that showcases or discusses art, including photography. Art books can include: The technical aspects of an art form, The life and work of a specific artist, The history of an art form or style, Personal expositions, and Craft and coloring books.

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 Screenplay Deadline: MEMOIR & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Festival

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Submit your screenplay that’s a memoir/autobiography genre and/or plot line to the festival.

Submit your screenplay to the festival here: https://documentaryshortfilmfestival.com/memoir-autobiography-screenplay-festival/

A memoir is often written to share a personal story or theme, while an autobiography is more about sharing facts about the author’s life.

FULL FEEDBACK on your screenplay from our committee of Professional Screenwriters, Production Heads and Script Consultants. Get your 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.

(BONUS: 5th Tier. A winning screenwriter’s WhatsApp group has just been formed. Over 50 writers to date. Great way to share ideas and contacts with people in the industry.)

Today’s FilmFreeway Testimonial: Toronto/LA Documentary Festival

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DEADLINE TODAY: Submit to the Festival via FilmFreeway:

“The Toronto & Los Angeles Documentary Festival will always hold a special place in my heart. It’s a platform that truly celebrates the power of storytelling and the beauty of authentic cinema. Having Made in Paradise voted as the BEST NATURE FILM at this incredible festival is an honor beyond words. Thank you for creating a space where filmmakers and their work can thrive.”

Today’s Podcast: Novelist Annilee Newton (Thessalonika)

December 26, 2024 festreviews PODCASTS Novelist Annilee Newton (Thessalonika)

LISTEN to the podcast: http://www.wildsoundpodcast.com/the-film-podcast-by-wildsound/2024/8/16/ep-1297-novelist-annilee-newton-thessalonika

A college student masquerades as her male classmate to join an archaeological dig in 1954 Crete. While excavating Minoan ruins, she unwittingly enters a labyrinth of post-war sociopolitical conflict.

Watch the Novel Transcript Reading: https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/thessalonika

Get to know the writer:

The title of my novel is about a girl willing to sacrifice her name and her identity. The middle name of Cleo Hart, a scholarship student at a prestigious New England university in the 1950’s. A feminized form of “Thessaloniki,” a city in Greece possibly named after Alexander the Great’s half-sister

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Turning 38 Today: Kit Harington. Happy Birthday

December 26, 2024 festreviews Happy Birthday Kit Harington. Happy Birthday

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Born
December 26, 1986 · London, England, UK

Birth name
Christopher Catesby Harington

Spouse

Rose Leslie (June 23, 2018 – present) (2 children)

QUOTES:

I love going out. I love partying.

I just don’t know anything about fashion.

The best people to have power are the ones who don’t want it.

Working with animals is always going to be tough because the animal doesn’t know it’s an actor.

There’s a huge difference between stage fighting and real sword fighting.

There are lots of actors out there who are hugely, hugely talented and haven’t got the breaks I’ve had.

Politics is a game and a profession. It doesn’t really serve the people the politicians are supposed to serve.

Turning 53 Today: Jared Leto. Happy Birthday

December 26, 2024 festreviews Happy Birthday Jared Leto. Happy Birthday

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Born
December 26, 1971 · Bossier City, Louisiana, USA

Birth name
Jared Joseph Bryant

QUOTES:

“I don’t think Requiem for a Dream (2000) is for children, but I think if you went home and looked at the video games that your kids are playing, you’d be much more shocked.” – Mr. Showbiz, November 2000.

All those reports that I sleep in my closet. I don’t know how people get that. People are so obsessed with what you do at home.

I could care less about anybody knowing who I am, but I realize this is part of the game. Maybe if I really hated this whole public thing, I would go do plays in Hoboken.

I was never interested in ‘Teen Beat’ like roles. I just wanted to work.

I was raised around a lot of artists, musicians, photographers, painters and people that were in theater. Just having the art-communal hippie experience as a child, there wasn’t a clear line that was drawn. We celebrated creative experience and creative expression. We didn’t try and curtail it and stunt any of that kind of growth.

Turning 29 Today: Lola Petticrew. Happy Birthday

December 25, 2024 festreviews Happy Birthday Lola Petticrew. Happy Birthday

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Born
December 26, 1995 · Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

QUOTES:

I just feel like I don’t really buy into the way the world is gendered and I don’t think that I ever really felt like a woman. I sort of saw womanhood as a set of rules that were imposed on me that I had no say in. I think it’s just something that you know. And I always knew. After I came out as queer, it still felt like there was something that wasn’t quite right. And after coming out as non-binary and coming to terms with that, you just feel like yourself.

I think that what your sexuality and your gender is, is ultimately yours. People don’t have to understand every bit and nuance of my sexuality or gender, that’s fine – all they have to do is respect it.