SCREENPLAY MOVIE: Secondhand Heart, by Amber Nardolillo

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Reese is a commitment-phobic lesbian who can’t be in the same room with her homemaker sister Rachel without them verbally eviscerating each other, but, when Rachel’s marriage falls apart, Reese is forced to take her sister in, along with her two kids and their dog until they can get back on their feet. Along the way Reese rediscovers her passion for music, the importance of family and that her first may be the only love that ever mattered.

Visual Design & Editor: Kimberly Villarruel

Produced by Matthew Toffolo

CAST LIST:

F – Narrator: – Val Cole
M – Reese: – Katie Clark
F – Kate: – – Teeboo Esther
F – Rachael: – Danielle Nicole
F – Alice: – – Lindy Thurrell
M- Ray: – – Matt Barnes
M: Jim: – – Geoff Mays

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HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: March 2020 LGBT FEEDBACK Film Festival

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AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS:
BEST FILM: JUS+ LIKE ME
BEST PERFORMANCES: OLD FLAMES
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: LA DISTANCIA
BEST MUSIC: RESHAPING BEAUTY

Theme of night: Acceptance

Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos:

festival posterTHE DISTANCE, 18min., Spain, Drama/Teen

festival posterTHE QUIT, 28min., USA, Comedy/Relationship

festival posterJUS+ LIKE ME, 15min., UK, Documentary

festival posterNOW I KNOW, 7min., USA, Drama/Teen

festival posterBOXING DAY, 7min., USA, Family/Drama

festival posterRESHAPING BEAUTY: ROUND IN ALL THE RIGHT PLACES, 8min., USA, Documentary

festival posterOLD FLAMES, 7min., USA, Romance/Comedy

The 3rd festival in Los Angeles in 2020.
9 more festival events in 2020.

See you at the festivals.

– Matthew Toffolo

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LGBT Best Scene Screenplay Reading: Across The Neon Hours, by J. Malia Miranda

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Unable to face the reality of her collapsing marriage after news that her husband has gambled away a small fortune, a Las Vegas casino manager bonds with a card-playing tourist during one impulsive night under the neon lights of Sin City.

CAST LIST:

Dante: Allan Brunet
Reese: Jillian Robinson
Narration: Kat Smiley
Alex: Pascale Behrman

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Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com

Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel Elder

Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne

Editors: Kimberly Villarruel, Ryan Haines, John Johnson

Festival Directors: Rachel Elder, Natasha Levy

Camera Operators: Ryan Haines, Temitope Akinterinwa, Efren Zapata, Zack Arch

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1st Scene LGBT Screenplay Reading: Cutting Edge, by Renee Galloway-Golden

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A strong willed young teen finds her own life slipping away after coming out in hopes her peers will follow. Self-harm and suicide attempts seem to be the only way out for this beautiful young spirit. This young warrior will have to decide if her life is worth saving. Will she become a warrior or a statistic?

CAST LIST:

Frank – Neil Bennett
Chase – Marcus Bernacci
NARRATION – David Jackson
Rae – Tracy Rowland
Tiana – Rebecca MacDonald

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Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com

Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel Elder

Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne

Editors: Kimberly Villarruel, Ryan Haines, John Johnson

Festival Directors: Rachel Elder, Natasha Levy

Camera Operators: Ryan Haines, Temitope Akinterinwa, Efren Zapata, Zack Arch

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LGBT Festival Testimonial – May 16 2020

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Screenwriter Christopher Willis (CAMOUFLAGE)

I wanted feedback from an LGBT perspective. The initial feedback fostered a significant rewrite and re-submission.

Watch the Screenplay Reading: 

A top-secret American unit uses inflatable tanks and phony artillery barrages to divert German resources away from actual Allied forces. Many in the unit are well suited to their mission of deception having lived in the shadows of homosexuality all their lives. Inspired by real men.

CAST LIST:

SS Major: Ted Powers
Henri: Gene Abella
Narrator: Laura Kyswaty
Pierre: Sean Ballatyne
Monique: Caroline Concordia

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Female Festival Best Scene Screenplay Reading of Dream by Randall Talton

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In this scene Elliott, overcome with guilt, has a dream about the child he abandoned. Anais, the child’s Mother offers no sympathy

CAST LIST:

NARRATION – KAT SMILEY
Elliot – STEPHEN SANDQUIST
Anais – JESSICA BOWMER

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Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com

Festival Moderators: Kierston Drier, Shepsut Wilson
Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne
Editors: Kimberly Villarruel, Kyle Drier, John Johnson

Festival Directors: Mary Cox, Rachel Elder, Natasha Levy

Camera Operators: Hugh Fraser, Andy Camp, Aser Santos Jr., Zack Arch

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Female Best Scene Reading of Uncelebrated Passing by Randall Talton

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CAST LIST:

Waiter – SARAH-HAZEN BASK
NARRATION – STEVE SWITZMAN
Corey – KAT SMILEY
Mother – JULIE SHEPPARD

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Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com

Festival Moderators: Kierston Drier, Shepsut Wilson
Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne
Editors: Kimberly Villarruel, Kyle Drier, John Johnson

Festival Directors: Mary Cox, Rachel Elder, Natasha Levy

Camera Operators: Hugh Fraser, Andy Camp, Aser Santos Jr., Zack Arch

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