Originally posted on WILDsound Festival:
Watch readings of the winning screenplays performed by professional actors: FEATURE Film Screenplay – POOP MOVIEMarch 2018 Readingby Byron Erwin ****** Producer: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Director: Matthew Toffolo Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne Editor: Kimberly Villarruel Camera Op: Mary Cox
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Interview with Screenplay Writer Dan Hass (THE UPSIDE OF OVER TV Pilot)
Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
Winning LGBT TV PILOT Screenplay for October 2017. 1. What is your TV Pilot screenplay about? The Upside of Over is about a gay (possibly alcoholic?) twenty-something named Adam—whose fresh start is interrupted when the ex he ran away from forces his way back into his life. 2.…
Interview with Winning TV PILOT Writer Katie Grotzinger (MINNIE NOIR)
Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
What is your TV Pilot screenplay about? Minnie Hughes is a hardboiled noir detective that also just so happens to also be the shortest girl in the fourth grade. When a candidate for class president’s show and tell South African ostrich egg goes missing, Minnie jumps on the…
Interview with Winning Student TV PILOT Screenplay Winner – K. Wayman Dodd (EVERHART)
Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
K. Wayman Dodd is the August 2017 STUDENT Screenplay Winner. What is your TV screenplay about? In modern-day Chicago, a rebellious college freshman discovers magic and lands herself and her over-protective brother in the middle of a magical mob war. Why should this screenplay be made into a…
Interview with Filmmaker Jesse Gotfrit (SUNLIGHT OVER WATER)
Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
SUNLIGHT OVER WATER played to rave reviews at the December 2017 LGBT FEEDBACK Film Festival. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Jesse Gotfrit: The story came from a personal place, from formative relationships and experiences of intimacy that I had in my adolescence, which I…
Interview with Filmmaker Stephen Riscica (IT GETS BETTER?)
Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
IT GETS BETTER? was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the December 2017 LGBT FEEDBACK Film Festival. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Stephen Riscica: I started writing this film almost years ago after learning about Jamey Rodemeyer, a young gay teenager from Buffalo, NY…
Interview with the film team of the short film CHRISTINE (Jessica Adler, Kate Montgomery, Stephanie Serra)
Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
CHRISTINE was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the December 2017 LGBT FEEDBACK Film Festival. 1. What motivated you to make this film? We wanted to tell a story that highlighted the idea that you can be yourself, even if you don’t have words to describe it yet.…
Interview with director Lisa Baron & Writer/Actor Malin Barr (HEDDA NEEDS HELP)
Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
HEDDA NEEDS HELP was the winner of BEST FILM at the November 2017 Female Feedback Film Festival. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Lisa & Malin: We (Co-Writer/Lead, Malin Barr & Co-Writer/Director, Lisa Baron) both really wanted to create a short film that made people…
Interview with Filmmaker Robert Guthrie (EASY, A 3 MINUTE LOVE STORY)
Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
EASY, A 3 MINUTE LOVE STORY played to rave reviews at the February 2018 ROMANCE FEEDBACK Film Festival on Valentine’s Day. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Robert Guthrie: So many LGBTQ films, especially coming-of-age films, focus on difficulties. Violence, unrequited love, isolation… etc. Yes,…
Interview with Winning Screenwriter Katie L. Marshall (FALLING STAR)
Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
1. What is your screenplay about? ‘Falling Star’ is about a young pop star who is driven to a mental breakdown by those profiting from her fame. Alexa King is forced to keep her sexuality a secret in the limelight, for fear of losing fans and the profits that…
