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AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: BEST FILM: DOST BEST PERFORMANCES: DOST BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: CRUSH BEST MUSIC: AB LIB THEME: Choices Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos: TURN IT AROUND, 9min., Netherlands, LGBT/Drama CRUSH, 16min., USA, LGBT/Thriller AD LIB, 7min., USA, LGBT/Romance GAMERS, 10min., USA, LGBT/Drama CHANDELIER, 9min., Greece, LGBT/Comedy DOST, 41min., Netherlands, LGBT/Drama The theme of the August […]… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: August 2019 LGBT FEEDBACK Film Festival — Los Angeles feedback film festival

This is a story about one’s boys journey out of the closest, and the consequences of the lies he’s to everyone in his life, especially his girlfriend. CAST LIST: Narrator: Val Cole Jack: Biden Hall Daisy: Aliya Hamid — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel Elder Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne Editors: Kimberly […]… Continue reading LGBT Best Scene Screenplay: Consequences of Living a Lie, by Kieron O’Sullivan — LGBT Toronto Film Festival

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Reily Pilcher: It is about a young adult named Jeremy and his two friends, Lucy and Kayla. Jeremy gets dumped and ghosted by his ex boyfriend, who steals some of his possessions and his pet cat. His two friends decide to help him by breaking in to the […]… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Reily Pilcher (Righteous Fury) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? J. Malia Miranda: Across the Neon Hours takes Reese, a local poker room supervisor, and Alex, a card-playing tourist, on a twelve-hour adventure in Las Vegas. Reese initially coaxes Alex to venture out on the town as a way to distract from her husband’s gambling debts that are […]… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter J. Malia Miranda (ACROSS THE NEON HOURS) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

PICTURES OF LEO was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY and BEST PERFORMANCES at the January 2020 LGBT Film Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Eric Rusch : I had had this idea for a feature length film for many years. I’m not really a filmmaker, so I never thought […]… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Eric Rusch (PICTURES OF LEO) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

VIOLET was the winner of BEST MUSIC at the January 2020 LGBT Film Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Madeline Graham & Christopher Whiteside: Same sex marriage has only recently become legal in Northern Ireland and we felt that it was important to give voice to the people who […]… Continue reading Interview with Filmmakers Madeline Graham & Christopher Whiteside (VIOLET) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary