True crime novels detail the actions of people affected by or associated with a crime. They often explore the motivations and psychological factors behind criminal behavior, as well as the consequences of those actions.
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.
Get your script and story performed by professional actors at the Young Adult Festival. Get your Short Film showcased at the FEEDBACK Film Festival and get an audience video.
– 0ffers screenwriters, novelists and storytellers at all levels the fantastic opportunity to hear their stories read aloud using TOP PROFESSIONAL ACTORS (see below for recent performance readings).
– Offers filmmakers to get their works showcased at the FEEDBACK Film Festival. Then the filmmaker will receive and audience reaction video on their film (see below for recent film festival videos)
– One of the best places in the world for the writers to sell their script and/or obtain and agent.
– No matter what happens, you will receive full feedback on your work by our established committee. No other place in the world will you get coverage for the price you pay.
– Even if you’re just looking for feedback of your work, this is the festival for you.
– It’s there for all to see. The proof is in the viewership. These videos garner 1000s of views online. Some of the screenplay readings are more popular than actual studio films made!
– We specialize in showcasing Family stories and making sure that when the work is ready, the writer will benefit by at least obtaining a solid agent.
A travel story is a piece of writing that describes a location, its people, culture, and customs. It can also be a narrative of a journey that provides information about the physical, biogeographic, and ethnographic characteristics of an area.
Accept only stories that fit into the TRAVEL genre.
Mainly what this contest does is give exposure to the writer. They will be able to obtain a solid agent, plus get notice by producers looking for writers like yourself. NOTE: The writer will always own 100% rights to their story. The only thing we do is help the writer. Either with notes on their next draft, or gain exposure by having their story showcased at our festival.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 20: Alexa Demie attends the HBO Max FYC event for ‘Euphoria’ at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on April 20, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/WireImage)
Born December 11 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Was considered for the role of Tashi Duncan in Challengers (2024). The role went to Zendaya instead.
Her mother, Rose Mendez, is a celebrity make-up artist and writer, from Michoacán, Mexico. Her father is an American of Ashkenazi Jewish, German, and French-Canadian descent.
Born December 11, 1944 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Died October 29, 2024 · Los Angeles, California, USA (degenerative disease of the nervous system)
Spouse John O’Neil(November 11, 1993 – 1996) (divorced, 1 child)
QUOTES:
I’ve always had this American-pie face that would get work in commercials . . . I’d say things like, “Hi, Marge, how’s your laundry?” and “Hi, I’m a real nice Georgia peach”. Sometimes this work is one step above being a cocktail waitress.
Any movie I’ve ever made, the minute you walk on the set they tell you who’s the person to buy it [cocaine] from. Cher said they’re going to make two monuments to us–the two girls who lived through Hollywood and never had cocaine.
It’s different things at different times, you know? It’s like when you read a true crime story and think it’s really good, then the next book you pick up is a biography and you really like that. I don’t consider that I have to judge any of the movies I make all the time, but people are always asking me: “What’s your favorite movie?” And I never know what to say. They’re just jobs to me, really. I take the part I’m lucky enough to get and do the best I can and then — I don’t know, they’re just jobs.
Born December 11, 1996 · Tarzana, Los Angeles, California, USA
Birth name Hailee Puring Steinfeld
Engaged to Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen
QUOTES:
Well I was eight years old, and I have an older cousin who is three years older than me and she was doing acting, commercials, and modeling at the time and… to see my cousin doing that was really inspiring and I wanted to do it. So I went to my mom and I asked her if I could do it, and for the acting part of it, she made me study for a year. My first modeling job was Gap, and my first time in front of the camera was for a Soda Pop Girls commercial – it’s one of those Bratz dolls, Barbie dolls…one of those.
I don’t know if it has set in or not. Honestly, it’s crazy. It’s such an amazing honor. I remember thinking back to being in my room waiting for the call to see if I got the part. It’s like winning the lottery. I’m proud to be a member of such an amazing cast – that’s the best award of all.
Child actors come off as work being their life and doing it 24/7, but I still have those days where it’s totally, like, whatever: shopping, movies, adventures.
[on True Grit, 2010] The shooting of the guns, that was kind of funny, because rolling a cigarette and shooting a gun aren’t like normal things for a 13-year old girl!
[in 2016] My grandfather, my mom’s dad, was half African-American, half Filipino. And Filipinos, I’ve learned, have many wonderful traits – the main ones being passion and pride. I went to the Philippines for the first time this spring, and it was amazing.
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CRAVE, 5min., UK Directed by Lois Norman Late at night, her bed still warm from her lover leaving, a painter dips her brush into her own imperfect past & parts of her: a lost truth drips through…
12 ANGRY LESBIANS, 22min,. Canada Directed by Patrice Leung A comedic riff on ’12 Angry Men’ set in the early 1990s, featuring a group of lesbians stuck in their team’s annual softball meeting. This short film explores the diversity within ‘diversity’, and its tortuous need for democracy to triumph at all costs.
WHAT ARE WE?, 15min., USA Directed by Eileen Hanley Jess and Kayley, two platonic queer bffs with benefits and unfortunately both bottoms, have a threesome with the top of their dreams and define their unorthodox relationship.
“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.”
Hannah Enhman chats with Canadian actor J.C. Williams about his leading role in the feature film “Home Swiss Home”.
HOME SWISS HOME, 72min., Switzerland Directed by Geert Smets Mike, a defiant New Yorker, is left by his girlfriend Julie, who argues that he doesn’t have the necessary means to provide for the future family she so desperately wants. Determined to win her back, he sets out to secure his long-awaited promotion.
