Script for an existing show: “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”

When the gang learns that Paddy’s is going to be featured in a Phillymag article about cheaper, lesser-known bars in Philadelphia, they desperately and cynically try to recruit some people of color as new employees, in a bid to make the demographics of their bar appear more diverse. Does it work? Of course not, it blows up in their faces.

CAST LIST:

Jessica: Aliya Hamid
Dee: Pascale Behrman
Mac: Chris O’Bray
Narrator: Val Cole
Dennis: Biden Hall
Charlie: Geoff Mays
Frank: Shawn Devlin

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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

On the hard edge of the urban west, Jess, an ex-con and single mother, strives to provide for herself and her own in the face of desperate poverty.

CAST LIST:

Various: Nikolai Afanasev
Carlos: Peter Mark Raphael
Narrator: Carina Cojeen
Jess: Kristen MacCulloch
JJ: Kyana Teresa
Various: Kaleb Alexander

Writer Statement

Danielle and I live in Denver, CO. It’s a confluence. Rivers meet here (anywhere else they’d be considered large creeks). Highways, too. People. In many ways, it’s the best of the West and the best of the Midwest. The weather is temperate. Some of the best skiing can be found a short drive away. Mountain biking, yoga, and live music. It’s all here, including a rapidly rising real estate market. The migration of the tech industry to its new Midwest hub, as well as the legalization of cannabis, has brought cutting-edge ideas and a population increase. At its peak…

Considered irresponsible and having a vivid imagination, a smart teenage stoner/hacker gains respect from his family when he saves his town engulfed in marijuana smoke from mutant killer corn creatures.

CAST LIST:

Anchorman: Kaleb Alexander
Narrator: Carina Cojeen
Devin: Nikolai Afanasev
Rick: Peter Mark Raphael

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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

Watch the best of 2019 Sci-Fi/Fantasy Screenplay Readings. 26 in total:

2 Feature Screenplay Readings:

Winning SCI-FI/FANTASY Feature Screenplay: The Venusian Chronicles, by Lynn Vincentnathan
Winning SCI-FI/FANTASY Feature Screenplay: The Venusian Chronicles, by Lynn Vincentnathan

Winning SCI-FI Feature Screenplay Reading: Steam Powered, by Kendrick Wallace
https://fantasyscififestival.com/2019/08/26/winning-sci-fi-feature-screenplay-reading-steam-powered-by-kendrick-wallace/

2 TV PILOT Readings:

Winning Sci-Fi TV Pilot Screenplay: NOVA: FIRST FLIGHT, by Rachel Fischer
Winning Sci-Fi TV Pilot Screenplay: NOVA: FIRST FLIGHT, by Rachel Fischer

Winning Sci-Fi TV PILOT Screenplay Reading of The Switch, by Thomas Clary
https://fantasyscififestival.com/2019/03/01/winning-sci-fi-tv-pilot-screenplay-reading-of-the-switch-by-thomas-clary/

6 Short Screenplay Readings:

Winning Sci-fi SHORT Screenplay Reading of STUCK by Katy Erin
https://fantasyscififestival.com/2019/03/12/winning-sci-fi-short-screenplay-reading-of-stuck-by-katy-erin/

Winning SHORT Fantasy Screenplay Reading of Servile(?), by Travis Darkow
https://fantasyscififestival.com/2019/03/12/winning-short-fantasy-screenplay-reading-of-servile-by-travis-darkow/

SCI-FI Winning Short Screenplay: Earthing, by Llewellyn Michael Bates
https://fantasyscififestival.com/2019/06/03/sci-fi-winning-short-screenplay-earthing-by-llewellyn-michael-bates/

SCI-Fi/FANTASY Short Screenplay Reading: The Last Breath Of Winter, by Thom Holland
https://fantasyscififestival.com/2019/07/26/sci-fi-fantasy-short-screenplay-reading-the-last-breath-of-winter-by-thom-holland/

Winning Sci-Fi/Fantasy Short Screenplay Reading: Fata Morgana’s, by Anthony Catino
https://fantasyscififestival.com/2019/12/18/winning-sci-fi-fantasy-short-screenplay-reading-fata-morganas-by-anthony-catino/

Winning Sci-Fi Short Screenplay: A Trespasser on…

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS:

BEST FILM: NOW

BEST PERFORMANCES: THE MONSTER

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: THIS IS FINE

BEST MUSIC: SLASHED!

THEME: Reborn

Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos:

LOST AT SEA, 16min., USA, Thriller/Mystery

I’M SORRY, 4min., USA, Horror/Found Footage

THIS IS FINE, 7min, USA, Sci-Fi/Drama

SLASHED!, 8min., UK, Horror/Comedy

NOW, 16min, USA, Sci-Fi/Fantasy

THE MONSTER, 11min., Horror/Thriller

NOMADIC CLOUD, 5min., Sci-Fi/Animation

THE DUMPSTER ROOM, 11min., USA, Horror/Thriller

The theme of the July 2019 LA Action/Horror/Sci-Fi/Thriller Feedback Film Festival in Toronto was “Deceiving Appearances”.

Each film was about a character or situation of nothing appearing what it seems.

The 7th event of the Los Angeles festivals in 2019.

5 more festivals to go in LA this year.

See you at the festivals.

– Matthew Toffolo

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS:
BEST SCI-FI FILM: DIVE ODYSSEY
BEST PERFORMANCES: HIDEOUS
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: DIVE ODYSSEY
BEST MUSIC: SOLITAIRE

Theme of night: Claustrophobia (Or enclosed with no where to go.)

Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos:

THE DISCOVERY, 16min., USA, Sci-Fi

THE SLEEP OF THE RIGHTEOUS, 16min., Mexico, Thiller/Action

SOLITAIRE, 15min., USA, Thriller/Drama

SIEGE, 15min., Canada, Sci-Fi

A NIGHT WITHOUT, 6min., Isreal, Thriller

HIDEOUS, 16min., UK, Thriller

DIVE ODYSSEY, 11min., Finland, Sci-Fi

The 27th event in Toronto in 2019.
4 more festival events in 2019.

See you at the festivals.

– Matthew Toffolo

Frankie De leonardis

What an amazing idea for us international fimmakers! We get an audience reaction video, an interview letting us explain a bit more about our film. The audience was so articulate! I’m in love.

Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Video: 

FLOATING, 8min., Spain, Sci-Fi

Directed by Frankie De Leonardis
A Russian astronaut awakes on an ISS space module after an accident. His attention is caught by outside knockings . Someone has come to welcome him, although it might all be just his Imagination, or maybe not.

CLICK HERE – and see full info and more pics of the film!

The starcraft Intrepid sets out, premature to save one star, and begins an isolated journey to unite the galaxy.

CAST LIST:

Veltin: Ron Boyd

Kilo: Michael Ruhs

Narration: Shawn Devlin

Bihong: Hannah Ehman

Klevar: Bree Ali

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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

DIVE ODYSSEY, 11min., Finland, Sci-Fi

Directed by Janne Kasperi Suhonen

A meditative journey into the depths of water – and mind Dive Odyssey takes the viewers on a journey into crystal clear darkness where the only light ever is man-made. The film is an ode to thousands of years of mystical experience of water. It is also a tribute to science-fiction classics, some of which may be recognized in the film.

CLICK HERE – and see full info and more pics of the film!

SIEGE, 15min., Canada, Sci-Fi

Directed by Deeptanshu Sinha

In a futuristic universe, Aaditya tries to commit suicide to escape the bloody violence orchestrated by his brother. However, the protagonist has to choose between being eternally captive in the illusory world of coma pushing him on the edge between life and death, or facing the atrocities of reality, in order to accomplish his destiny by becoming a symbol of hope.

CLICK HERE – and see full info and more pics of the film!