Liv seeks out change in her life. She knows there is something missing, and that these issues lie within her deep past. She embarks on a journey to an ashram in India where she learns healing through yoga. She fills her missing father-figure void with an unlikely person. When she is violated by a teacher in the compound, her new mentor vows revenge on her behalf.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Val Cole
Niraj: Chris O’Bray
Liv: Aliya Hamid

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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

CAST LIST:

Renee: Julie Sheppard
Narrator: Carina Cojeen
Mike: Kaleb Alexander
Cashier: Nikolai Afanasev

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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

A detective is close to solving the one case that has driven him throughout his life, that of the serial killer known as The Skull Hunter. His obsession drives his every thought and action, risking relationships with his family, friends and all that he holds dear to himself, blurring the lines between obsession, his very existence and exposing repressed nightmares that force him to question his sanity as he spirals into a vortex of self destruction to achieve what he believes is his goal.

CAST LIST:

Mrs. Jones: Julie Sheppard
Sanson: Luke Robinson
Narrator: Regan Brown
John: Daniel Jones
Captain: Scott McCullouch

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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

A detective is close to solving the one case that has driven him throughout his life, that of the serial killer known as The Skull Hunter. His obsession drives his every thought and action, risking relationships with his family, friends and all that he holds dear to himself, blurring the lines between obsession, his very existence and exposing repressed nightmares that force him to question his sanity as he spirals into a vortex of self destruction to achieve what he believes is his goal.

CAST LIST:

Mrs. Jones: Julie Sheppard
Sanson: Luke Robinson
Narrator: Regan Brown
John: Daniel Jones
Captain: Scott McCullouch

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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

A detective is close to solving the one case that has driven him throughout his life, that of the serial killer known as The Skull Hunter. His obsession drives his every thought and action, risking relationships with his family, friends and all that he holds dear to himself, blurring the lines between obsession, his very existence and exposing repressed nightmares that force him to question his sanity as he spirals into a vortex of self destruction to achieve what he believes is his goal.

CAST LIST:

Mrs. Jones: Julie Sheppard
Sanson: Luke Robinson
Narrator: Regan Brown
John: Daniel Jones
Captain: Scott McCullouch

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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

When recovering amnesiac FBI agent Katelyn Carrie accepts an assignment to interrogate a traitorous government chemist who knows the location of a deadly nerve agent controlled by terrorists, Kate learns that she is the subject of the interrogation to uncover the weapon’s secret chemical formula locked inside the depths of her own mind.

CAST LIST:
Eric: Aaron Maxwell Williams
Susan: Carina Cojeen
Narration: Aaron Williams
Joanne: Christina Leonard
Abigor/Gunther: Geoff Mays

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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

When recovering amnesiac FBI agent Katelyn Carrie accepts an assignment to interrogate a traitorous government chemist who knows the location of a deadly nerve agent controlled by terrorists, Kate learns that she is the subject of the interrogation to uncover the weapon’s secret chemical formula locked inside the depths of her own mind.

CAST LIST:
Eric: Aaron Maxwell Williams
Susan: Carina Cojeen
Narration: Aaron Williams
Joanne: Christina Leonard
Abigor/Gunther: Geoff Mays

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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

WHEN A TERMINALLY ILL DETECTIVE’S PARTNER IS BRUTALLY MURDERED, AND POLICE BRASS HAVE RULED AGAINST HER WORKING THE CASE. WITH LESS THAN TWO MONTHS TO LIVE, THERE’S ONLY LENA’S RULES.

CAST LIST:

Paz: David Rowan
Narration: Kat Smiley
Lena: Jillian Robinson
Det. Gotay: Sean Ballantyne

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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 68 screenplays & stories performed at the festival in January 2020.

1 Feature Screenplay:

LGBT Feature Script Winner: JESS, by Sean J.S. Jourdan & Danielle Prall
LGBT Feature Screenplay Winner: Jess, by Sean J.S. Jourdan, Danielle Prall

2 TV Screenplays:

SPEC of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, by Jordan Champagne
TV SPEC Reading of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia “The Gang Gets Diverse”, by Jordan Champagne

TV PILOT: SECTOR: 2814, by Jonathan Mabee
Winning TV PILOT Screenplay Reading: Sector: 2814 (Green Lantern), by Jonathan Mabee

7 Short Screenplays:

ANIMATION Short: BARRINGTON BUNNY, by Sandy Wolf
Winning ANIMATION Short Screenplay: BARRINGTON BUNNY, by Sandy Wolf

COMEDY Short: DECISIONS, by Anna Bezahler, Thorunn Sigurdardottir
https://festivalforcomedy.com/2019/12/28/comedy-short-screenplay-reading-decisions-by-anna-bezahler-thorunn-sigurdardottir/

LA 1pg. Short: THE LAST TIME I SAW MARY, by Adam Steinfeld
https://lafeedbackfilmfestival.com/2019/12/18/1pg-short-screenplay-reading-the-last-time-i-saw-mary-by-adam-steinfeld/

LA 1pg. Short: ENERGY, by Devin Klos
https://lafeedbackfilmfestival.com/2019/12/27/1pg-short-screenplay-energy-by-devin-klos/

LA 1pg. Short: DAY AFTER DISASTER, by Sara F. Hathaway
https://lafeedbackfilmfestival.com/2019/12/27/1pg-short-screenplay-day-after-disaster-the-changing-earth-series-by-sara-f-hathaway/

LA 1pg. Short: THE MIDDLING CLASS, by…