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.
Accept only stories that fit into the DYSTOPIAN genre.
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Festival designed to expose and promote films and screenplays that work outside the system and break the boundaries in the horror genre. To bring a voice to the talented independent filmmakers & writers living in a world saturated with commercial entertainment.
Submit your HORROR screenplays today to the festival.
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Our mission is to promote screenplays, films and videos that dissent radically in form, technique, or content, and challenge and transcend commercial and audience expectations using the audience FEEDBACK festival format that the flagship festivals uses.
Screenplay Festivals occur once a month. We perform the winners in a studio using professional Canadian actors and post them online for the entire world to see.
NOTE: Accepted works also get the opportunity to do two interviews: A blog interview and an ITunes Film Festival podcast interview.
WATCH Winning Horror Screenplay and Story Readings:
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Get FULL FEEDBACK on your ROMANCE novel from our committee of Professional Writers, and Writing Consultants. Get your ROMANCE novel performed by a professional actor at the festival.
Submit your ROMANCE Novel HERE: https://festivalforromance.com/romance-novel-festival-3rd-options-to-submit-deadline-dec-5th/
SUBMIT your novel now (full novel accepted) To be eligible for our Writing Festival Events. Submissions take 3-5 weeks for evaluation
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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.
STRING HEAD, 7min., USA
Directed by Matthew Vargas
A man in bed, after failing to fall asleep, is forcefully kept awake by String Head – an entity made of string that psychologically tortures him by wrapping him in a cocoon made from the deepest, darkest thoughts of his mind.
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What motivated you to make this film?
One night at 3:00 AM I had a vision of String Head walking into my room. A thread of red string was on top of me. Thinking of String Head at the end of my bed was a creepy fascinating image – I had to make it and explore it. I also wanted to push the boundaries with Production Design as I never have before and use it to really convey symbolism and tell a story.
What were your initial reactions when watching the audience talking about your film in the feedback video?
I love the reactions and I feel so giddy about the different analyses. The positive reaction to the final song made my sound designer, Rochelle, very happy as they wrote + sang the song themselves under their artist name La Roche. The comparison of the film to night terrors that occur in real life was so on point that I felt a great sigh of relief. Many ideas had to be conveyed in this film and I feel as though they all landed. I was worried because there is no dialogue, but that is intentionally so in the film because these terribly anxious moments usually occur wordless and in the brain.
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“The FEEDBACK Female Film Festival was great. I received a great deal communication from this festival. It was one of the most communitive festivals I’ve encountered yet. I am pleased to have had my film, “He Only Hit Me Four Times” to be chosen for the festival and to have won an award for “Best Story”. As a first-time filmmaker this was an awesome honor. Additionally, the recorded feedback from the festival’s viewers was phenomenal. It let me know that the message that I was trying to relate and the vision that I had for the movie was successful. I and extremely happy with this festival and would recommend it to anyone who want to get an honest review of your film.”
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THE PEACE GIRL, 4min., Portugal
Directed by Patrícia Matos/Rui Duque
A GIRL LIVES HAPPY IN HER SMALL HOUSE. ONE DAY, WHEN WATCHING TELEVISION, SHE REALIZES THE SUFFERING CAUSED BY THE WAR AND DECIDES TO GO HELP!
I Am a Very Special Being, 4min., Denmark
Directed by Marcus Mandal
40-year-old Christian is diagnosed with autism.
He wrote the lyrics for this song about who he is – and he sings it himself.
CLARA, 3min., Portugal
Directed by CENA
Clara was a cheerful and sweet girl. At her school, a group of students teased her all the time. Still, she was not an unhappy child!
The Dream That Sets Us Free, 3min., Portugal
Directed by CENA
Limited by his health, an elderly man feels trapped and unable to fulfill his dream of traveling the world. Unexpectedly, freedom arrives in a moment of sharing.
An Unexpected Friendship, 3min., Portugal
Directed CENA
An unexpected friendship between two animals will create a great hustle in the forest. Who knows how this adventure will end!
The Big Change, 3min., Portugal
Directed by Andreína Agrela;Eduardo Namora ; Matias Oliveira; Jayden Pereira; João Sousa; Liane Aranjuren; Margarida Sousa; Soraia Santos; Matilde Correia; Nancy Paixão; Santiago Gonçalves; Simon Freitas; Tomás Teles; Vitória Ferreira
In a not too distant time, freedom of choice and expression were not acquired rights of a people. A big change needed to happen.
The Cry of the Earth, 3min., Portugal
Directed by CENA
Two planets meet in space and talk about their concerns. One of them is sick and they don’t know if he will get better.
The ocean belongs to everyone, 3min., Portugal
Directed by CENA
The normal day of a family turns out to show that many of the actions we take can have serious consequences for the environment.
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Born
December 5, 1901 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died
December 15, 1966 · Los Angeles, California, USA (complications from lung cancer)
Birth name
Walter Elias Disney
Spouse
Lillian Disney (July 13, 1925 – December 15, 1966) (his death, 2 children)
QUOTES:
[quoted in the book “The Humour of Sex” by Robert Hale] I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I’ve ever known.
[on the Order of DeMolay, a Masonic youth organization] I feel a great sense of obligation and gratitude toward the Order of DeMolay for the important part it played in my life. Its precepts have been invaluable in making decisions, facing dilemmas and crises. DeMolay stands for all that is good for the family and for our country. I feel privileged to have enjoyed membership in DeMolay.
People like to think their world is somehow more grown up than Papa’s was.
I sell corn, and I love corn.
You know, every once in a while I just fire everybody, then I hire them back in a couple of weeks. That way they don’t get too complacent. It keeps them on their toes.
[to director Richard Fleischer, who made 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) for Disney, on how to be successful] Well, then, why don’t you do as I do? Let somebody else do all the work and you take all the credit.
Around here, however, we don’t look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious… and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.
The proper comedy for the screen is visual. Films try to get too many laughs out of the dialogue. We use pantomime not wisecracks. Portrayal of human sensations by inanimate objects such as steam shovels and rocking-chairs never fail to provoke laughter. Human distress exemplified by animals is sure-fire. A bird that jumps after swallowing a grasshopper is a natural. Surprise is always provocative.
Every time they make a pornographic film, I make money.
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Born
December 5, 1951 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Birth name
Suzanne Cupito
Spouse
Jack Gill (May 31, 1981 – present) (2 children)
QUOTES:
[In 2012, reflecting on how her one-minute scene in The Scarlett O’Hara War (1980) changed her career] It’s the search for Scarlett O’Hara and at the very end, I show up and take the hat off and it’s the burning of Atlanta. I want to do that! Are you kidding me? That’s the climax of the whole movie. I want to do this. I don’t care about the money. The money doesn’t matter to me. Here’s what I wanted my agents to do: I wanted them to get me a separate card credit that says “And Introducing Morgan Brittany as Vivien Leigh.” Best choice I ever made in my life! Best choice I ever made! Because of that role, when that movie came out, my picture was on the cover of every supplemental TV guide across the country: “Morgan Brittany as Vivien Leigh.” People put a name to the face that they had seen for years on Ultra Bright, Levis and Ford commercials. They didn’t know who I was, but now they did. That came to the attention of the Dallas (1978) people. It just domino-ed, and it really was meant to be!
[on Natalie Wood] She smoked, constantly smoked. I never saw her without a cigarette, ever.
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Born
December 5, 1980 · Montréal, Québec, Canada
QUOTES:
When the time comes when nobody cares about me anymore and nobody wants to see my face anymore, then that’s fine, too. It’s totally normal.
I’m very much at home in drama and I identify as melodramatic. But I want to do everything. For me the thing that I gravitate toward, other then character and writing, is collaboration. I love the collaborative aspect of television and film, and I like the marriage of technology and craft and art. I just want to keep working.
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Born
December 5, 1976 · Dallas, Texas, USA
Birth name
Amy Louise Acker
Spouse
James Carpinello(April 25, 2003 – present) (2 children)
QUOTES:
[1/23/03] I want to be strong and a vampire slayer.
[interview in “Fresno Bee”, 2/4/04, on her Angel (1999) character Fred] Looking back at my character, I’ve gotten to do about 12 different parts because I started out crazy, in a potato sack, in a demon dimension. Now I’m in charge of this multi-million-dollar science lab. The journey between those points has really brought a lot of strength to the role.
[on knowing Joss Whedon before the role of Fred on Angel (1999)] I wouldn’t say I knew much about Joss Whedon, but I did know about Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997). My boyfriend in college, his roommate and his girlfriend had ‘Buffy’ pizza night every Tuesday. At first I was like, ‘I don’t know about this show, a vampire show,’ and immediately got sucked in. I was like, ‘This is the best writing ever.
