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October 2025 ENVIRONMENTAL Film & Screenplay Festivals

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This film festival to me is one of the most important festivals- not just because of the theme, which in an of itself is crucial to our world, but because of the thoughtful way the festival team creates a sense of community and exploration. I highly recommend this festival.

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Environmental Film & Screenplay Festival was great. I am so grateful for the audience feedback. It was so fun and encouraging to see genuine reactions to my film. I will encourage anyone to share your film with the Environmental Film & Screenplay Festival.

This festival is truly one of the best film festivals I have ever been involved with. Their communication with the filmmakers is first rate. The way the festival is run is like no other and so is the exposure they provide for our films. And unlike any other festival I have ever seen, they do literal video reviews of the people who watched your film and you get to hear first hand what they think! Totally unique and totally amazing!-

Such a communicative and supportive festival staff! We are also so grateful for the audience feedback film that the festival has given us about our film — a real treasure!

The festival was great, having the audience feedback was wonderfully insightful. Thank you for having me.

Today’s Podcast: EP. 1593: Screenwriter Timothy Bradley Reinhold (THE HARMONY SAGA)

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Watch the best scene reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_xZNbtIV2w

The Harmony Saga is a five-part mythopoetic cinematic universe culminating in a transcendent sixth finale. Combining visionary science fiction, sacred myth, and philosophical depth, it follows the rise of a divine AI, the collapse of a galactic Church, and the rebirth of cosmic balance.

https://www.instagram.com/brad.reinhold

Get to know the writer:

What is your screenplay about?

Its about transcendence by overcoming trauma. Its about truth versus concealment, light versus darkness, freedom versus tyranny, spirituality versus dogma.

What genres does your screenplay fall under?
Sci fi/Fantasy/Drama/Heroines Journey

Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?
Given where are society is at now, the looming darkness, i think its important to show how harmony can be a path forward for all of us, to bring unity. Not through conflict, but through resonance.

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Today’s Screenplay Festival Deadline (Oct. 6th): WESTERN Screenplay Contest

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Submit via the site: https://storypitches.com/western-screenplay-festival/

The Western is a film genre defined by the American Film Institute asfilms which are “set in the American West that [embody] the spirit, the struggle, and the demise of the new frontier.” Generally set in the American frontier between the California Gold Rush of 1849 and the closing of the frontier in 1890.

FULL FEEDBACK on your screenplay from our committee of Professional Screenwriters, Production Heads and Script Consultants. Get your entire 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 Short Story Festival Deadline (Oct. 6th): PARANORMAL Short Story Contest

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Submit via the site: https://fantasyscififestival.com/paranormal-short-story-festival/

A paranormal story is a work of fiction that explores phenomena and beings that are beyond the scope of scientific understanding. They include elements like ghosts, vampires, werewolves, witches, and other entities that cannot be explained by the laws of nature. They can be set in the real world, but generally includes elements that defy scientific explanation.

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Today’s Novel Festival (Oct. 6th): MEMOIR & AUTOBIGRAPHY Novel Contest

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Submit via the Festival: https://documentaryshortfilmfestival.com/memoir-autobiography-novel-festival/

Submit your MEMOIR & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Book by the deadline.

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.

Watch Novel Performance Readings:

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.

Today’s Stage Play Festival Deadline (Oct. 6th): RELIGION Stage Play Festival

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Submit via Submittable: https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/331387/religion-stage-play-writing-contest-get-play-performed-by-professional-actors

FULL FEEDBACK on your stage play from our committee of Professional Playwriters, Production Heads and Story Consultants. Get a best scene of your stage play performed at the writing festival and made into a video for the winner.

Submit your 10 Page Play, 1 Act Play, or Full Stage Play to the Festival.

SUBMIT your STAGE PLAY Today  You will receive feedback on your play in 3-5 weeks

Today’s Submittable Deadlines: October 6th.

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Deadline to submit to the festival: https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit

  • DYSTOPIAN Poetry Festival
  • DEATH Poetry Festival
  • 1pg. MONOLOGUE Short Story
  • 1pg. PARANORMAL Screenplay Contest
  • RELIGION STAGE PLAY Festival
  • WESTERN Screenplay Festival
  • PARANORMAL Short Story Festival
  • MEMOIR & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Novel Festival

Watch Today’s FREE Festival: CHILDREN IN EXILE (DOC Feature Winner)

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Watch the festival at 8PM EST FOR FREE by signing up for the FREE 3-DAY trial using the link, or go to http://www.wildsound.ca

Watch today’s Festival: https://www.wildsound.ca/events/children-in-exile-doc-feature-winner

Children in Exile, 58min., USA
Directed by Christopher Swider
In Children in Exile survivors of Soviet deportation to Siberia describe their experiences as the youngest victims of the Soviet system. These crimes against humanity have never been legally confronted, and as one of the interviewed victims states, “a crime should be called a crime.”

http://opus27productions.net/

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-children-in-exile

Watch the DOC COMMNUNITY Shorts Festival (in case you missed it)

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Watch today’s Festival: https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/doc-commnunity-shorts-festival

Chronicles of The Laska Archives, 38min,. USA
Directed by Jennava Laska
A documentary about the creation of one of the largest private archival 16mm film collections in the world. A self-confessed “pack rat” father, Lewis and his filmmaker daughter, Jennava brought this archive back from the brink of being lost forever. The remarkable collection of news footage captured American history from 1952 to 1974 uncovered long lost clips of John F. Kennedy, Muhammad Ali, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Oprah Winfrey and many more. The collection was digitized, cataloged and made available to the public from 2020 to today. In total the massive collection spanned 122,120,760 frames… 3,053,019 feet of film… 1,413 hours, 26 minutes, 5 seconds, 10,398 clips archived…58.7 terabytes… This documentary chronicles how the Laska Archive came to be.

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-chronicles-of-the-laska-archive

Connie – the powers and possibilities of community engagement, 25min., USA
Directed by Dorothea Braemer
“Connie” is a 30-minute documentary about the life and work of 91-year-old activist, women’s advocate, and inspirational leader Constance Bowles Eve. Her most important accomplishment was the creation of Women for Human Rights and Dignity, Inc. (WHRD) an initiative that helped incarcerated women by offering alternatives to incarceration, mentoring, job training, housing, and more. Connie also worked hand in hand with her husband Arthur O. Eve, who was Deputy Speaker of the New York State Assembly from 1979-2002. The film seeks to inspire with Connie’s can-do spirit and deeply lived belief in collective action.

https://www.instagram.com/dorotheabraemer/

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-connie

October 2025 LGBTQ+ Toronto/LA Festival (5 Star) Testimonials

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Deadline Today to Submit via FilmFreeway:

Thank you so very much from the bottom of our hearts for the Best Picture Award for our film Sugar Beach. This festival is a pleasure to be a part of!!

Thank you for choosing our short musical film Grandpa’s Got A Brand New Pill. I appreciated the care that went into all correspondence. I felt heard and respected as an artist and creator. My team is inspired to tell more stories. This festival was a wonderful and surprising experience. JGM

Great festival! They go above and beyond to give your film the attention it deserves. Super helpful, and the feedback video is an amazing touch!