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Today’s Novel Festival: ENVIRONMENTAL Festival

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Submit your ENVIRONMENTAL Book by the deadline.

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.

Submit on the festival site: https://environmentalfestival.com/environmental-novel-festival/

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.

A great way to get your words out there, obtain the agent you’re looking for, or just get your story seen by more people. If you win, your story will be seen by 100,000s of people when it’s read online using a top professional actor. It’s a rush you’ll never experience in your life seeing it come to life that way.

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Today’s Podcast: Filmmaker Podcast: Gurjoeth Singh Bassra (SECRET IDENTITY)

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SECRET IDENTITY, 35min,. UK
Directed by Gurjoeth Singh Bassra
A closeted gay actor who’s known for playing a superhero character on an 80s TV show must confront his dual identity.

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Get to know the filmmaker:

What motivated you to make this film?

I was inspired by the story of Kevin Conroy, who remained in the closet for most of his life, and found it very interesting the way he played a superhero character who had a secret identity of his own, and suddenly it clicked, a light bulb turned on and I could feel a story coming to me. It also helped that I was really bored over my summer break so I essentially locked myself in a room, threw away the key, and started writing the first draft of the script.

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

It all made sense to me, the sound issues were also apparent to me, but to be entirely honest I kind of just got tired of trying to make the film exactly perfect and figured it was better to release it now or otherwise it will just never get released, and the time I spend trying to make this slightly better could be time I spend on the next project. Overall, I’m happy with how the film turned out.

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Turning 42 Today: Jude Law. Happy Birthday

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Born
December 29, 1972 · Lewisham, London, England, UK

Birth name
David Jude Law

Spouses
Phillipa Coan (April 30, 2019 – present) (2 children)
Sadie Frost (September 2, 1997 – October 29, 2003) (divorced, 3 children)

QUOTES:

I honestly have no interest in celebrity whatsoever. If anything, I always cringe at it because it takes away from what I am, which is an actor who wants to be better and do better things.

I don’t want to do anything that I’m not passionate about.

Success, and even life itself, wouldn’t be worth anything if I didn’t have my wife and children by my side. They mean everything to me.

I have no problem with nudity. My friend Ewan McGregor and I are starkers in most of our films.

I think it’s a bigger risk following a part that plays up your looks than it is to try and carve out a career as an actor.

[on his role in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)] I told Anthony that if I play Dickie Greenleaf, I want to eat in the best restaurants and drink the best wines every night because he would.

Turning 77 Today: Ted Danson. Happy Birthday

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Born
December 29, 1947 · San Diego, California, USA

Birth name
Edward Bridge Danson III

Spouses

Mary Steenburgen (October 7, 1995 – present) (2 children)
Cassandra Coates (July 30, 1977 – June 3, 1993) (divorced, 2 children)
Randy Danson (August 8, 1970 – 1977) (divorced)

QUOTES:

If I had my way everyone would be in a 12-step program.

Smoking is a great prop. It’s a great prop in life.

Acting is pretending that you’re not pretending when you’re actually pretending.

I am the king of the faux pas. I call everybody by their wrong name, and I congratulate women who are not pregnant. I’ve done so many awful things by mistake, and usually it’s things that make me look totally foolish.

Turning 55 Today: Jennifer Ehle. Happy Birthday

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Born
December 29, 1969 · Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Birth name
Jennifer Anne Ehle

Spouse
Michael Scott Ryan (November 29, 2001 – present) (2 children)

QUOTES:

I always thought of Pride and Prejudice (1995) as more of a romantic comedy than a period drama. It just happens that they were the clothes people wore when it was written.

[on trying to fit in after moving to Britain from America] There were a few days when I was having trouble finding words to express feelings of enthusiasm. But when I discovered “brilliant”, I was fine.

[nudity in her first role] I wish I’d not taken off all my clothes in my first television series, The Camomile Lawn. When I took the job, I did not realize there would be so much nudity. But no one forced me to do it. I played the young Calypso (her English actress mother, Rosemary Harris, played the character as an older woman) and had some very full-on scenes. I went home one day and was physically sick.

Turning 42 Today: Alison Brie. Happy Birthday

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Born
December 29, 1982 · Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Birth name
Alison Brie Schermerhorn

Spouse
Dave Franco (March 2017 – present)

QUOTES:

[on growing up with a Christian father and Jewish mother] My mother, God love her, is a very proud Jew and would always make sure we knew we were Jewish. I remember being 6 years old and her saying, you know you guys are Jewish. If Hitler came today he would take you…

I enjoy doing drama, and I enjoy doing comedy equally.

I always wanted to play a mental patient. I was fascinated with playing crazy people in college, and I don’t know if I ever quite perfected it.

A lot of people come to Los Angeles and think that they’re going to be famous, just like that.

Turning 47 Today: Kate Moennig. Happy Birthday

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[on what she’s learned from playing the role of Jake Pratt on Young Americans (2000)] “The clothes are comfortable…but on a deeper level I learned that the competition between boys and girls isn’t as strong as between women”

Watch Winning PSYCHOLOGICAL DRAMA Shorts: ABORTION HYPROCRITE

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Watch film here: https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/abortion-hypocrite-watch

ABORTION HYPROCRITE, 39min., USA
Directed by Josué Mastroianni
Abortion is one of the most controversial and divisive themes raging across the social and political spectrum of the US and Europe – making this new, compelling psychological drama perfectly timed. Would the most confident among pro-life and pro-choice rethink their arguments if confronted head-on with certain circumstances or opportunities? Who or what would any one be unwilling to lose for the sake of one’s pro life/choice argument?

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

Watch Today’s Festival: Best of COMEDY Shorts Festival

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Watch the Film Festival HERE: https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/comedy-shorts-december

Go to the Daily Film Festival Platform http://www.wildsound.ca and sign up for the free 7 day trial to watch a new and original festival every single day.

Go to the festival page directly and watch dozens of films:
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Sere the full lineup of films:

BRUSH ME, 2min., Austria
Directed by Nikolaus Jantsch
In a bustling bathroom, amidst the chaos of everyday life, two toothbrushes, find themselves drawn to each other. “Brush me” is a heartwarming tale of love, loss, and the resilience of the toothbrush spirit.

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



SLOPPY SECONDS, 12min., Canada
Directed by Colin Gervais
Just a total average day in the life of a crazy group of parking lot donation bin workers…

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

IT’S JUST MY THING, 7min., Canada
Directed by Jordan Bray, Chris O’Brien
We all have our “thing.” This is Frank’s.

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Today’s Novel Deadline: HISTORICAL FICTION Festival

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(3 options to submit): Deadline Dec. 28th

Submit your HISTORICAL FICTION Book by the deadline.

Go to the festival’s website and submit: https://festivalfordrama.com/historical-fiction-novel-festival/

A historical fiction story is a fictional story that takes place in the past and incorporates details about the time period to achieve authenticity. These details can include social norms, customs, traditions, and manners. Historical fiction stories can include actual historical figures or events, but the people and their actions are invented by the author.

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.