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Filmmaker Woody Yocum (GROCERY RUN)

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GROCERY RUN, 2min., USA
Directed by Woody Yocum
Just a quick run to the store for milk and eggs….and everything we could squeeze into two minutes flat. Directed and animated by Woody Yocum. Music composed and performed by Klaus Ebert.

https://instagram.com/woodyyocum

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/grocery-run-review

Get to know the filmmaker:

1. What motivated you to make this film?
All of our shorts are collaborations between me and our great composer/master musician Klaus Ebert. Short animated film is a perfect outlet for both of us. This is our seventh short film together and we hope to continue into the distant future. I am the solo animator/visual artist on our projects. This is a blessing and curse as it is wonderful to have the freedom to experiment and take risks with new styles and approaches but animation also has a tendency to bury one in work. I have worked in the animation business for almost fifty years, starting out at Nelvana in its infancy in 1975. I have spent more than the last thirty years in LA with the last more than twenty five years at Disney TV Animation. The pressures of TV production have a tendency to confine us to roles that we are especially efficient at and decades can fly by doing a one part of the process that you know and are known for. Having the opportunity at the end of my career to explore new subjects and styles but also to do all the parts of the animation process I love, is something I wouldn’t trade.

2. From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to make this film?
This film took about four months to make from starting to build the puppets to final comp and mix. Our process is a stop frame hybrid. I build the puppets out paper, wire, latex and hot glue, using tiny magnets instead of ‘tie downs’ in the feet. I have a very small shooting stage with a tin floor above which I built a large soft light box. I shoot almost all the character animation over green screen with our backgrounds as photoshop docs that I comp in After Effects.

3. How would you describe your film in two words!?
‘Paper World’ the style I am embracing is make all the characters and settings feel like they are crafted from paper.

4. What was the biggest obstacle you faced in completing this film?
My greatest obstacle is in cleaning up the inevitable flaws in my shoots. It is difficult and time consuming to track stop frame animation and this is a problem that I continue to try to search for easier approaches for/

5. What were your initial reactions when watching the audience talking about your film in the feedback video?
I was thrilled! I really appreciate the thoughtful responses from each of your reviewers. They really spoke to the goals that I had in mind in crafting the world of our little story. It gave me a real boost!

6. When did you realize that you wanted to make films?
It’s always been my dream but for me many of the NFB films of the sixties and seventies opened my eyes to the possibilities and I was lucky enough to go the Sheridan College in Oakville in the early days of their animation program.

7. What film have you seen the most in your life?
There are too many to say. For my favorite piece of animation though, I would have to say Genie’s ‘You Ain’t Never Had a Friend Like Me’ song from Aladdin animated by Eric Goldberg. People will still marvel at that hundreds of years from now.

8. What other elements of the festival experience can we and other festivals implement to satisfy you and help you further your filmmaking career?
I love your video reviews! I gives any filmmaker such a boost to see an audience ‘gets’ what they are trying to do. You have a really extraordinary festival and we really appreciate being part of it.

9. You submitted to the festival via FilmFreeway. How has your experiences been working on the festival platform site?
Film freeway is flawless! It os the machinery that makes so much possible in the indie film world.

10. What is your favorite meal?
Anything with family around the table.

11. What is next for you? A new film?
Yes, there are several in the works and I am working on refining our stop frame hybrid technique for larger productions.

Filmmaker Podcast: EP. 1184 – ANDY CARRUTHERS (TARARUA S-K)

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TARARUA S-K, 22min., New Zealand
Directed by Andy Carruthers
Have you ever wondered what it feels like to push your limits in the wild, facing the ultimate physical challenge? The Tararua SK Traverse is waiting for you.

YouTube channel – https://www.youtube.com/AndyCarruthers62

Tararua S-K Film


https://www.facebook.com/TararuaSK
https://www.instagram.com/tararuask_film/

LISTEN to the podcast:

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/ep-1184-filmmaker-andy-carruthers-tararua-s-k/id1406973270?i=1000651839418

https://www.wildsoundpodcast.com/the-film-podcast-by-wildsound/2024/4/8/ep-1184-filmmaker-andy-carruthers-tararua-s-k

Get to know the filmmaker:

I want to inspire people to go on an adventure ⛰️

You can sign up for the 7 day free trial at http://www.wildsound.ca (available on your streaming services and APPS). There is a DAILY film festival to watch, plus a selection of award winning films on the platform. Then it’s only $3.99 per month.

Subscribe to the podcast:

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April 2024 – Movie Trailers Festival

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A showcase of the best new movies and their respective trailers from around the world today.

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS:
MOVIE TRAILER: FROM FRAGILE TO FAMOUS
Director: THE TAN MAN
Documentary Trailer: BAMBI
Edited Trailer: ROMAN
Environmental Trailer: DREAM BIG FOR WHAT YOU WANT TO HAPPEN
Experimental Trailer: EYES ON US
Fantasy Trailer: PROJECT ETHER
Horror Trailer: CHASING ZOMBIES
Inspirational Trailer: PARROT
Human Interest Trailer: GHOST ON A ESTONIAN FARM
LGBTQ+ Trailer: WITH MYSELF
Most Unique Movie Trailer: BEEMOVIE
Parody Trailer: OUR WARS
Performances: A LITTLE TOUCH OF HARRY
Sci-Fi Trailer: SCEPTER
Slapstick Trailer: MASTER CHANCLA
Story: THE LAST HAND
TV Show Trailer: CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN: EP. 1

See the Full Lineup of Films:

FROM FRAGILE TO FAMOUS, 3min.
Directed by Lawrence Riggins

MASTER CHANCLA, 1min.,
Directed by Mariano Mendoza
A mexican KungFu Master with unique Martial Arts created by Master Chancla

http://www.marianomendoza.com/
https://www.facebook.com/MarianoBigDawg17
https://instagram.com/mexicanbigdawg

A LITTLE TOUCH OF HARRY, 1min.,
Directed by Neill Fleeman
Trailer for the film A Little Touch of Harry

http://pemarstonfilms.com/

GHOST ON A ESTONIAN FARM, 1min.,
Directed by Magdaleena Unt, Nikolai Unt
At the heart of the story is a woman with cancer who has three months left to live. He arrives in long-term depression, looking for a cure for cancer in the books. Inexperienced discovers cursed text in the painting. The spell worked. Her is diagnosed with cancer.

PARROT, 1min,.
Directed by Cameron Faulkner
After forcibly being sold a parrot, Ollie is thrust into a surprise birthday party hosted by his roommates. The night spirals into chaos as he tries to regain control and sort his life out. Based on an unbelievable true story.

https://instagram.com/parrotfilmofficial/

OUR WARS, 1min,.
Directed by Geo Thelen
In a Galaxy Not So Far Away…
Musk v. Zuckerberg
a Movie Trailer Parody

https://thelencreative.com/
https://www.facebook.com/ThelenCreative/
https://www.instagram.com/instatoblast/

SCEPTER, 2min.,
Directed by Jim S. Beeson
Dr. Karen Morrow is the lead computer engineer aboard the space station ‘SCEPTER’ – a terraforming facility orbiting the planet ‘Therion Prime’ in the Sagittarius clusters. While preparing for the installations first mission a saboteur named Eric Dyrne (thinking that the station is vacant) infiltrates the facilities power nodes and plants a virus in the computer’s software turning the engines into thermonuclear bombs.

https://threerings4.wixsite.com/spiritwar-picures

PROJECT ETHER, 2min.,
Directed by Jim Beeson
Professor Alexander Cheyne is a world renowned physicist specializing in the quantum teleportation of matter. His work with The CIAs remote viewing project ‘ICARUS’ led to his discovery that the minds of certain individuals called ‘sensitive’s’ are literally creating wormholes through space which explains the phenomena of psychic ability. All humans have this ability to some degree.

THE TAN MAN, 43 seconds
Directed by Greg James Blount
Jason, a charismatic Jewish/Italian New Yorker, appears to be just another successful entrepreneur, owning a chain of bustling tanning salons. However, there’s more to Jason than meets the eye. While the salons are a front for his legitimate business, it is the hidden world behind the back door that truly defines him.

https://www.soundtreeent.com/the-tan-man

DREAM BIG FOR WHAT YOU WANT TO HAPPEN, 3min.,
Directed by Peter Vordenberg
The trailer for Dream Big, a documentary about listening rather than talking in order to make progress in our fight against climate change.

BEEMOVIE, 2min
Directed by Vera Sebert
In this film bees are neither artificially animated nor do they appear as documented objects of study. They themselves take on the role of human actors. The meaning of their actions remains uncertain and offers a manifold projection surface for human recipients. The cinematic images provide insight into an alienated world, which, when viewed, is inevitably adapted to ours.

CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN: EP. 1 , 2min.
Directed by Dr. Lisa Spencer
Dr. Lisa Spencer fights to change laws in the US and abroad to better protect children.

EYES ON US, 3min,.
Directed by Ilysa Spencer
This spy trailer introduces two CIA agents struggling between love and hate.

BAMBI, 2min.,
Directed by Ilysa Spencer
This true crime story, that happened in my hometown the year my dad died, comes full circle when the investigating PI meets me and hands me the torch.

ROMAN, 5min.,
Directed by Nina Calori, Valérie Piola Caselli
A mother, a son, a secret ….

THE LAST HAND, 10min,.
Directed by Denis Crampton
Four Assassins play a high stakes game of poker, when Big Al dies at the table it seems only right that the game is abandoned, however Willie has no intention of stopping his winning streak.

WITH MYSELF, 2min.
Directed by Leonardo Corbucci
Laura broke up with her boyfriend, Alex, the same day as the Covid-19 pandemic lock-down struck, her emotions spiral out of control as she realizes her boyfriend cheated on her. As she seeks revenge, she unexpectedly finds a special person, in a special moment, leading her to question and understand her sexual identity, with

http://withmyselfmovie.com/
https://www.instagram.com/with_myself_movie/

CHASING ZOMBIES, 3min.
Directed by Mike Ancas
This documentary was shot at the George A. Romero Filmmaking Program, with special effects by Tom Savini’s Special Make-up Effects Program. The story involves iconic zombie extras from the original Dawn and Day of the Dead who, decades later, find themselves in demand at Pop Culture Comicons. We chase down these zombies to see why these early Romero films resonate so much with fans. Meanwhile, the crew shooting this film set out on a horrifying adventure of their own.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26920161/

ANIMATION Film & Screenplay Festival (FREE options to submit)

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Deadline for the ANIMATION Film & Screenplay Festival (FREE options to submit)

Submit via FilmFreeway:

Animation Festival

FREE Festival Submission option:

Festival will occur every single month.

ANIMATION Film Festival VIRTUAL Events occurs once a month on the WILDsound Streaming Service.

All film submissions are FREE. Opportunity to have your film showcased on the popular streaming service for 48 hours.

(Other opportunities to garner a distribution deal with the company and have your film showcased always on the streaming service.)

Festival also showcases screenplays that are animation themed. We give full feedback on all entries. Winners get their script performed by professional actors and made into a promotional video.

For the guaranteed submissions:

Submit your Animation Short Film and get it showcased at the FEEDBACK Film Festival. 12 film festival dates a year in Los Angeles and Toronto.

All festival dates are private screenings with the same Audience FEEDBACK videos made for the short & feature films. And recorded script readings performed by professional actors for the screenplays. This is our way of showing community over distance so everyone around the world can experience our Audience Feedback videos.

Other FREE Festivals to submit to:

POLITICAL Film Festival
https://filmfreeway.com/PoliticalFilmFestival

STYLE, EXPERIMENTAL, FASHION Film Festival
https://filmfreeway.com/stylefashionexperimental

STUDENT & YOUNG Artiss Film Festival
https://filmfreeway.com/StudentFestival

Toronto FANTASY/SCI-FI Film Festival
https://filmfreeway.com/torontoscifi

EUROPEAN Film & Screenplay Festival
https://filmfreeway.com/europeanfeedbackfestival

Today’s FREE Film Festival: Deadline Today: FAN FICTION Film & Screenplay Festival

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FREE Film Festival submission & Guranteed acceptance options. 

http://fanfictionfestival.com/

https://filmfreeway.com/FanFictionFestival

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I know it’s often hard to get fan fiction work recognized and when I found out about the festival I saw it is a wonderful opportunity. The quality of the feedback was amazing. I feel like it has helped me understand further into the screenwriting craft and will ultimately help me become a better writer.
– Andrew Akler (Batman: Patient Zero, screenplay)

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Fan Fiction Screenplay Festival:

Guaranteed winner every single month!

In today’s market, agents and producers are looking for new talent who can write under the parameters of existing works and franchises. The art of adding a new twist/plot while knowing the themes and characters of the works you’re writing for. That is why the Fan Fiction Festival has been created.

Submit a FAN FICTION Script of a classic television show, movie series, or iconic franchise. Any past TV show or movie in the history of cinema. For example: You can send in a Friends TV screenplay, or a feature script from the Star Wars universe.

This festival has a guaranteed 4 tier set up for each accepted script. (No matter what all screenplays submitted receive FULL FEEDBACK on their work by industry professionals.)

1st Tier: FULL FEEDBACK on your screenplay (all submissions)

2nd Tier: Accepted scripts (25% on average of submitted entries) get their screenplay performed by professional actors and made into a promotional vehicle.

Then (Tier #3) we will send you a list of questions to answer for our blog interview that will promote you and your film. Then after that (Tier #4) we will set up a podcast interview on our popular ITunes show where will we chat with you about the process of how the film was made.

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Film Festival: FREE Submissions:

FAN FICTION Film Festival VIRTUAL Events occurs once a month on the WILDsound Streaming Service.

All film submissions are FREE. Opportunity to have your film showcased on the popular streaming service for 48 hours.

(Other opportunities to garner a distribution deal with the company and have your film showcased always on the streaming service.)

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Film Festival: Guaranteed Option to submit:

If you submit for the paid service, ALL submissions get accepted and garner an audience feedback video of their film. Plus, a written movie review on http://www.festivalreviews.org

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Film Freeway Deadline Today: FEMALE Feedback Film Festival

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The FEEDBACK Female Film Festival (FFFF) was created for women filmmakers and screenwriters. The goal is to showcase the best of female talent in film & TV from around the world.

https://filmfreeway.com/FEEDBACKFemaleFilmFestivalFFFF

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Film Festivals (short & feature) occurs 12 times a year (every month) in Los Angeles and Toronto.

Accepted films get their film screened at 2 festivals. The Audience Feedback Festival where you will receive a video of people’s reactions to your film. (Great asset to promote your movie). Plus, the Film Festival Streaming Service Festival where it will be seen by people in the industry and film fans.

Plus, each filmmaker gets the opportunity to do two interviews to further promote them and their work. A blog interview, and a podcast interview on the Film Festival ITunes show.

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Screenplay Readings also take place EVERY SINGLE MONTH.

Every submission received full feedback on their script from an industry professional. Winning scripts get their script performed by professional actors and make into a video for you.


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Today’s FREE Festival: STUDENT & YOUNG ARTISTS Feedback Film Festival

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STUDENT & YOUNG ARTISTS Feedback Film Festival – Deadline

Submit to the Student & Young Filmmakers Festival Today:

https://filmfreeway.com/StudentFestival

FREE or GUARANTEED Acceptance Submissions!

This festival is designed to showcase the best of student short films and screenplays. Plus, short films and screenplays from young artists under the age of 30.

Over the last 5 years, the FEEDBACK Festival has noticed a dramatic increase of quality in young artist’s projects. So the time has come for a distinct showcase of the many amazing student films and screenplays from around the world.

Festival will occur every single month.

For the FREE Submissions:

STUDENT Film Festival VIRTUAL Events occurs once a month on the WILDsound Streaming Service.

All film submissions are FREE. Opportunity to have your film showcased on the popular streaming service for 48 hours.

(Other opportunities to garner a distribution deal with the company and have your film showcased always on the streaming service.)

PAID IN Options to submit:

If you submit for the paid service, ALL submissions get accepted and garner an audience feedback video of their film. Plus, a written movie review on http://www.festivalreviews.org

Screenplay Event:

Every SINGLE month, the festival will host a student screenplay reading series that will be performed by professional actors in Los Angeles and Toronto.

And every 2 months, the festival will host a “Best of Short Film” lineup using the popular FEEDBACK Festival format. The audience reaction video the student filmmaking team receives will help the film get into other festivals around the world.

Festivals take place the Revue LA LIVE Cinemas in downtown Toronto, and the Carlton cinemas in downtown Toronto.

Festivals occur 6 times a year in Toronto & Los Angeles. Go to the website for information on the next events.

This festival wants to show the future of cinema!

Film Review: HIT-GIRL: A Kick-Ass Christmas Story. Directed by Kevin Barile

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Synopsis:

Mindy McCready is home alone on Christmas Eve when a gang of criminals invade her house looking for a stolen package. Mindy deals with them directly as her alter-ego, HIT-GIRL.

https://www.instagram.com/barilliant_action

Review by Andie Karvelis:

Marvel Cinematic Universe or the MCU has become synonymous with blockbuster action films. It put a ( well deserved ) spotlight on Superheroes and Anti-Heroes giving them a household name. Which makes me ridiculously happy because I am one of those geeky chicks that loved the comics. So to see your favorite characters come to life on screen ( and done RIGHT ) makes you as giddy as a little kid at Christmastime.


That is exactly how I felt watching this film. Kevin Barile wrote and designed the action sequences on Hit Girl – A Kick-Ass Christmas Story and it does not disappoint! As a matter of fact, this is done so flawlessly you could very well be watching a Disney Plus Christmas special. Yeah Disney, you heard me.


Kevin Barile was incredibly clever in the way he wrote this, designed the action sequences, and the cast and crew he chose. Plus he did all this in just 4 weeks. Are you paying attention, Disney? You should be. Robert Steven Brown was the Stunt Coordinator on this and what a team he and Kevin make! They are absolute pro’s. The stunt choreography was so seamless with the camerawork that it sold each and every hit, fall, flip, gunshot and kick. These guys knew where to slow down a hit to the face and add that bit of comedy. Even with the talent of Kevin and Robert calling the shots, you still need a fantastic stunt team. Check! They got that. Each and every stunt performer was beyond amazing, including Sammie Nicol who was Hit Girl’s stunt double. They didn’t shy away from some of the more difficult stunt work like a fire stunt and a high fall. Pretty. Dang. Amazing.


This film is more than just great stunts though. Tony Diaz handled the Cinematography and it’s just beautiful, then again… it IS Tony Diaz doing the visual effects and cinematography so of course it’s gonna be gorgeous. They captured the essence of what a Marvel Kick-Ass film is. Robert Dill is pure genius as Tax Man. So many times his delivery had me laughing out loud and I loved the “refrigerator” scene. His stunt work was equally as brilliant. Angie Estevao is a natural on camera, you immediately adore her and she did an exceptional job in this.

There is definitely magic with this group of filmmakers and I, for one, can’t wait to see what they will do next.

Directed by Kevin Barile

DOP: Tony Diaz

Sound Designer: Francois Blaignan

Original Music: Hayley Rosenthal

Starring: Angie Estevao, Robert Dill

New York SCIENCE & NATURE Film & Screenplay Festival – Deadline Today

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New York SCIENCE & NATURE Film & Screenplay Festival – Deadline Today

NEW OPTION: Submit for a GUARANTEED Acceptance.

https://filmfreeway.com/NewYorkScienceNature

Monthly Festival designed to showcase the best of SCIENCE and NATURE films (shorts, features, web series) and screenplays (short, feature, TV) in the world.

Any film & screenplay with a science and/or nature thematic and plot is eligible to be showcased at this festival.

FILM FESTIVAL:

We are proud to announce a FOUR tier festival set up of your accepted film at the festival. Two screenings of your film at our festival, plus two separate interviews.

Screening #1 will take place in NYC and will be a private screening for a select group of people. They will then go home after the festival and record their comments of your film. Then we turn those comments into our regular FEEDBACK Festival Video

Screening #2 takes place one time only (for FREE) VIRTUALLY for all to see on our online feed every single day. 365 festivals in 2022. Already these screenings are garnering an audience of 1000s each day.

So in the end you will have TWO showcases of your film and you’ll receive your audience feedback video a week before the Virtual Festival.

Then (Tier #3) we will send you a list of questions to answer for our blog interview that will promote you and your film. Then after that (Tier #4) we will set up a podcast interview on our popular ITunes show where will we chat with you about the process of how the film was made.

SCREENPLAY FESTIVAL:

Winning screenplays performed by professional actors and made into a video each month. Film festival also occurs each month.

FULL FEEDBACK on all screenplay submissions. Film submissions can also request the committee’s feedback notes on their film.

Filmmaker PODCAST : EP. 1154 – Tim Searfoss & Michael Ortoll (One Second at a Time)

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A powerful documentary about a father and the resilience of his daughter Christine Ortoll as she confronts mental illness, addiction, and the transformative power of support. Through her personal journals and the unwavering dedication of her loved ones, witness a journey of hope and the creation of a meaningful legacy by her father.

Interview with Christine’s father and producer Michael Ortoll, & director Tim Searfoss

https://www.onesecondatatime.com/

Director Statement

This is a film about family, about love, about wanting to escape your personal pain and finding yourself addicted to a substance that takes over your life. It’s a story about Christine Ortoll and the family and friends who love her.

This powerful film helps us understand why we fall for addiction, and hopes to humanize and de-stigmatize this powerful disease.

You can sign up for the 7 day free trial at http://www.wildsound.ca (available on your streaming services and APPS). There is a DAILY film festival to watch, plus a selection of award winning films on the platform. Then it’s only $3.99 per month.

Subscribe to the podcast:

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LISTEN to the podcast:

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/ep-1155-filmmaker-steven-speliotis-artist-naomi-hadar/id1406973270?i=1000650428331

https://www.wildsoundpodcast.com/the-film-podcast-by-wildsound/2024/3/25/ep-1155-filmmaker-steven-speliotis-amp-artist-naomi-hadar-dont-stare-see-me