Ran Sheng (STAR RUNNER)

I was surprised by hearing how the host describes my film. It is always great to learn from other people’s perspectives. Also, I really enjoy having all the feedback from the audience. It is the first time my film been public screened, so all those feedback means a lot to me!

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 Filmmaker Kurtis Theorin (MARY & MARSHA IN THE MANOR OF MADNESS)

“Oh, thank god they like it. I actually have some idea about how to make good films and am not a fraud.”

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BEST SCENE Screenplay: INSIDE THE WORLD OF ZOE SANDER by Suzanne Lutas August 2018

MARGARET AND THE MOON, 12min, USA, Sci-Fi/Animation

PERSONA, 2min., UK, Animation/Experimental

KCLOC, 3min., India, Documentary/Animation

NOT THE SAME RIVER. NOT THE SAME MAN, 4min., Animation/Experimental

AUGENBLICKE – A BLINK OF AN EYE, 4min., Animation/Drama

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

Festival Moderators: Kierston Drier, Shepsut Wilson
Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne
Editor: Kimberly Villarruel

Festival Directors: Mary Cox, Rachel Elder, Natasha Levy

Camera Operators: John Johnson, Isabal Cupryn, Aser Santos Jr., Zack Arch

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS:

BEST FILM: ISIS WAS HERE

BEST CHARACTERS: BEYOND THE WALL

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: HAART KENYA

BEST MUSIC: WATER

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The theme of the August 2018 DOCUMENTARY FEEDBACK Film Festival in Toronto was “Pursuit of Freedom”. Every character on all of these presented films were either looking for freedom – either attempting to remove themselves from a hostile environment, or simply attempting to be free within themself.

This was an important…

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS:

BEST FILM: REMAND

BEST SUBJECT MATTERS: WILDLAND

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: REMAND

BEST MUSIC: PROJECT 1948

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The theme of the May 2018 DOCUMENTARY FEEDBACK Film Festival was “Repairing”. Every single film was about a world or characters needing to fix or repair the situations that they are currently in.

Documentary shorts festivals are easily the hardest to program for many reasons. The main two are because there are so many well made doc shorts that are over 20 minutes in length. And many of those said films have deep and emotionally hard to watch subjects. So you don’t want to overwelm the audience with so many different and important subjects in just one sitting.

So you have to…

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BEST FILM Winner: THE GOOD BLINDER

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The April 2018 Los Angeles FEEDBACK Film Festival was a tale of two festivals. The audience was overly positive and receptive in the first half documentary moderation, and then the gloves came out in the 2nd half. Perhaps the most “judgemental” and polarizing moderation session this festival has had in over 2 years.

The theme of the festival was “Self Empowerment”.

The LA Festival is building itself up month by month. The co-MVPs of the festival were our camera operators Zack Arch & Aser Santos Jr.. They have really nailed how to shoot in this gigantic cinema and make sure that all the coverage is there for the editor.

They both have to shoot hand-held…

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BEST FILM: SUNUNU: THE REVOLUTION OF LOVE

BEST PERFORMANCES: FRONTLINE FENTANYL

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: FACE BLIND

BEST MUSIC: SUNUNU: THE REVOLUTION OF LOVE

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The theme of the March 2018 Documentary Short Film Festival was “Bravery.” Every situation was about a character confronting a momental task.

This was a crazy day for the city of Toronto. It was the day before two interlocking holidays in Easter and Passover, something that rarely occurs in the calendar. To top it off the local professional baseball team (Blue Jays) was having its home opener, while it poured a windy and at times violent rain all day and night. So many people were driving into the…

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

Festival Moderators: Kierston Drier, Shepsut Wilson
Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne
Editor: Kimberly Villarruel

Festival Directors: Mary Cox, Rachel Elder, Natasha Levy

Camera Operators: John Johnson, Isabal Cupryn, Aser Santos Jr., Zack Arch

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

Festival Moderators: Kierston Drier, Shepsut Wilson
Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne
Editor: Kimberly Villarruel

Festival Directors: Mary Cox, Rachel Elder, Natasha Levy

Camera Operators: John Johnson, Isabal Cupryn, Aser Santos Jr., Zack Arch

Submit your film exclusively via Film Freeway:

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

Festival Moderators: Kierston Drier, Shepsut Wilson
Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne
Editor: Kimberly Villarruel

Festival Directors: Mary Cox, Rachel Elder, Natasha Levy

Camera Operators: John Johnson, Isabal Cupryn, Aser Santos Jr., Zack Arch