Performed by Hannah Ehman

About You, by Joyce Villeta

Crazy I still weep about you
Cry myself to sleep about you
Still I cannot be without you
Thinking how I felt about you
Thought that I could be without you
Never can I be without you
Everything I love about you
My heart bled and throbbed without you
Broken, sick and dead without you
I still hurt and drown without you
Empty and left lost without you
I still write and dream about you
Of all things I am without you
What hurts most you’re fine without me

Performed by Hannah Ehman

AI! AI! AI! (A Tartarus for Youth), by David Estringel

I.

AI! AI! AI!

Sated with stolen life,

emerged from mother’s Night,

there is longing to be free

from the warmth of darkened humours–

to be crowned by The Light of Artificial Gods.

Our worlds quake and rip,

tossing us upon gory shores

beyond fertile crests,

illuminated by a cold Sun.

Messengers sweep down in clouds of winged oblivion

to wet lips with Lethe’s waters

upon cruel fingertips.

“Shhhh.”

II.

AI! AI! AI!

Blinded,

light brings pain

in rushes of movement and sound

that sting the flesh.

Icy

with invasions

of steel and sterile prodding,

souls rouse to profess philosophies

in cries and screams

that crack the air,

unheard

like the falling of leaves upon the ground

from distant trees

III.

AI! AI! AI!

Swaddled bodies,

searched in vain for the safety of familiarity,

tell much…

All readings performed by professional actors.

Poetry Reading: AI! AI! AI! (A Tatarus for Youth), by David Estringel
Poetry Reading: AI! AI! AI! (A Tatarus for Youth), by David Estringel

Poetry Reading: ABOUT YOU, by Joyce Villeta
Poetry Reading: ABOUT YOU, by Joyce Villeta

Poetry Reading: DAUGHTER OF THE DUST, by Fadrian Bartley
Poetry Reading: DAUGHTER OF THE DUST, by Fadrian Bartley

Poetry Reading: He Looks Human To Me, by Elly Paul A. Tomas
Poetry Reading: He Looks Human To Me, by Elly Paul A. Tomas

Poetry Reading: GENERATION, by A. Brown
Poetry Reading: GENERATION, by A. Brown

POETRY Reading: Bully, by Travaughn
POETRY Reading: Bully, by Travaughn

POETRY Reading: End, by Christine Bolton
POETRY Reading: End, by Christine Bolton

POETRY Reading: THE DEVIL’S CLUTCH, by Kevin Parish
POETRY Reading: THE DEVIL’S CLUTCH, by Kevin Parish

POETRY Reading: Almost Homeless, by Perry Terrell
POETRY Reading: Almost Homeless, by Perry Terrell

POETRY Reading: The Old Man and the Tree, by…

Watch the winning readings performed by professional actors. 37 screenplays in total.

2 Feature Screenplays:

Winning COMEDY Feature Screenplay Reading: Dick 2.0, by Henry Sarwer-Foner & Noel Baker
Winning COMEDY Feature Screenplay Reading: Dick 2.0, by Henry Sarwer-Foner & Noel Baker

Winning COMEDY Feature Screenplay Reading: Johnny’s Pico, by Sean Monahan, Scott Hennelly
Winning COMEDY Feature Screenplay Reading: Johnny’s Pico, by Sean Monahan, Scott Hennelly

6 TV Pilots:

Winning COMEDY TV PILOT Screenplay: Out of Order, by Zach Gladstone
Winning COMEDY TV PILOT Screenplay: Out of Order, by Zach Gladstone

COMEDY TV PILOT Screenplay Reading: 33 Weeks A Prude, by Kelly Byrnes
COMEDY TV PILOT Screenplay Reading: 33 Weeks A Prude, by Kelly Byrnes

COMEDY TV Pilot Best Scene Reading: Sink Or Swim, by Keith Shapiro
https://festivalforcomedy.com/2019/12/16/comedy-tv-pilot-best-scene-reading-sink-or-swim-by-keith-shapiro/

Winning COMEDY Festival TV PILOT Reading: GOOD AND EVIL, by Michael Corleone
https://festivalforcomedy.com/2019/10/06/winning-comedy-festival-tv-pilot-reading-good-and-evil-by-michael-corleone/

TV SPEC Screenplay Reading of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, by Christus Ahmanson
https://festivalforcomedy.com/2019/08/26/tv-spec-screenplay-reading-of-its-always-sunny-in-philadelphia-by-christus-ahmanson/

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS:
BEST FILM: NOW AND NOT YET
BEST COMEDY FILM: SHORT CALF MUSCLE
BEST PERFORMANCES: COLLIDE
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: NOW AND NOT YET
BEST MUSIC: KING OF THE HOUSE

Them of night: “Skewed Perceptions”

Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos:

SHORT CALF MUSCLE, 13min., Netherlands, Comedy

SIRI WITH A VENGEANCE, 5min., Norway, Comedy/Thriller

HOPE IS FRENCH, 15min., France, Comedy/Relationships

COLLIDE, 10min., USA, Drama/Relationship

KING OF THE HOUSE, 11min., USA, Animation/Music

ENJOY?, 3min., USA, Comedy/Parody

NOW AND NOT YET, 6min., USA, Drama/Crime

The 1st ever event in Chicago!!
4 festival events in 2020. 12 starting in 2021.

See you at the festivals.

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS:

BEST FILM: ELI

BEST COMEDY: PLEASURE PALS

BEST PERFORMANCES: SCATTERED

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: ELPIDA

BEST MUSIC: MEMORY BOX

Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos:

SCATTERED,9min., Canada, Comedy

PLEASURE PALS, 10min., USA, Comedy/Animation

BIG BOOOM, 4min., Russia, Drama/Animation

ELI, 11min., UK, Drama

ELPIDA, 7min., 7min., USA, Drama/Sci-Fi

MEMORY BOX, 11min., USA, Drama

A ROOMBA’S TALE, 5min., USA, Comedy

THE SERPENT IN THE APPLE, 18min., USA, Comedy/Documentary

T.I.M: This Is Me, 4min., UK, Drama

The theme of the June 2019 DRAMA & COMEDY Feedback Film Festival in Toronto was “Reinvention of the Soul”.

Each film was about a character who reinvents themselves to a new purpose.

The 6th event of the Los Angeles festivals in 2019.

6 more festivals to go in LA this year.

See you at the festivals.

– Matthew Toffolo

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS:
BEST DRAMA FILM: THE PASSPORT
BEST COMEDY FILM: THE GET TOGETHER
BEST PERFORMANCES: APPY DAYS
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: APPY DAYS
BEST MUSIC: A DOG STORY

Theme of night: Identity. Who we are under stress and strange circumstances.

Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos:

THE PASSPORT, 15min., China, Drama/Film Noir

WHAT’S YOUR NUMBER? , 18min., USA, Drama

SERIAL KILLER SUPERSTAR, 6min., USA, Comedy/Horror

A DOG’S STORY, 7min., USA, Comedy

APPY DAYS, 20min, USA, Comedy/Family

THE GET TOGETHER, 12min., USA, Comedy

The last event for Los Angeles in 2019.

See you at the festivals.

– Matthew Toffolo

When two old friends meet up at a school reunion, it doesn’t take long for the conversation to go from chatty to catty!

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Regan Brown
Louise: Cassandra Guthrie
Michelle: Vanessa Quagliara

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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 documentary camera crew records the misadventures of reservist aircraft maintainers in this workplace comedy.

CAST LIST:

PA: Daniel Jones
Narrator: Regan Brown
Virgil: Scott McCullouch
Hart’s Voice: Julie Sheppard

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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 documentary camera crew records the misadventures of reservist aircraft maintainers in this workplace comedy.

CAST LIST:

PA: Daniel Jones
Narrator: Regan Brown
Virgil: Scott McCullouch
Hart’s Voice: Julie Sheppard

—

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