Month: February 2020

Roderick Usher is a struggling portrait painter in 1880s Providence, Rhode Island. After meeting the beautiful Ligeia, a poet, muse and force of nature in her own right, Usher learns of a deadly technique that enables him to produce “life-like” portraits. After falling in love with Ligeia he is commissioned to paint her portrait. Usher […]… Continue reading THRILLER Best Scene Reading: THE PORTRAIT, by Matthew Marshall — Thriller/Suspense Film and Writing Festival

CAST LIST: Jeffrey: Aaron Maxwell Williams Abigail: Kristen MacCulloch Narrator: Carina Cojeen Tammy: Camila Aguirre Portia: Katelyn Varadi Karaleigh: Melinda Jordan — 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,… Continue reading THRILLER Best Scene Reading: KILLER BE KILLED, by Frank Friedlander — Thriller/Suspense Film and Writing Festival

A genetic mutation used by the CIA must choose the fate of a fellow Dugway experiment as they join forces to find a cure. CAST LIST: Janet: Angelica Alejandro Dr. Robinson: Peter Nelson Narrator: Elizabeth Morriss Lt. Coza: Kaleb Alexander Dr. Brown: Peter Mark Rapheal — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel […]… Continue reading THRILLER Best Scene Reading: MISCREATION, by Mark Donnell — Thriller/Suspense Film and Writing Festival

Guided by dreams and driven by fate, Amos Konklin, sledgehammer in hand, escapes the clutches of a kidnapper, amnesia, and prison to carry out his own brand of justice. CAST LIST: Narrator: Hugh Ritchie Seymour: Russell Batcher Amos: James Chapman — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel Elder Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne […]… Continue reading THRILLER Best Scene Reading: High Striker, by Gerald Rigdon — Thriller/Suspense Film and Writing Festival

CAST LIST: Christopher: James Chapman Prince: Brandon Knox Kristen: Jessica Bowmer Narrator: Hugh Ritchie Amber: Kristen Pepper Brittany: Regan Brown — 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 […]… Continue reading THRILLER Best Scene: CHOSEN REALITY, by James Samuel — Thriller/Suspense Film and Writing Festival

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: BEST THRILLER FILM: A NIGHT WITHOUT BEST SCI-FI FILM: DIVE ODYSSEY BEST PERFORMANCES: HIDEOUS BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: DIVE ODYSSEY BEST MUSIC: SOLITAIRE Theme of night: Claustrophobia (Or enclosed with no where to go.) Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos: THE DISCOVERY, 16min., USA, Sci-Fi THE SLEEP OF THE RIGHTEOUS, 16min., Mexico, Thiller/Action SOLITAIRE, 15min., […]… Continue reading HIGHLIGHT & VIDEOS: November 2019 THRILLER/SUSPENSE Film Festival — Thriller/Suspense Film and Writing Festival

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: BEST FILM: ACCOMPLICE BEST ACTION FILM: WIDOW BEST PERFORMANCES: TRAP BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: THE DESECRATED BEST MUSIC: BLOODBURN Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos: WIDOW, 16min., USA, Action/Western TRAP, 10min., Canada, Action/Thriller BEFORE YOU WOKE, 4min., USA, Action/Thriller SILENCE, 7min., USA, Action/Drama ACCOMPLICE, 19min., Spain, Thriller BLOODBURN, 7min., Netherlands, Crime/Thriller THE WOODS, 4min., USA, […]… Continue reading HIGHLIGHT & VIDEOS: May 2019 ACTION Film Festival — Action/Adventure Film & Screenplay Festival

Poseidon Adventure meets Night of the Dead. When the world’s largest cruise ship is over-run by thousands of shambling, groping, synthetically reanimated corpses, celebrity Vlogger Rozo and her Dad Ammy, the Chief Engineer, must help the last survivors off the ship – which is made all the more hellish when it capsizes, as these particular […]… Continue reading Screenplay MOVIE: ZOMBIE CRUIZE, by A.K.A. SMITH — Action/Adventure Film & Screenplay Festival

A pair of hapless private detectives, middle-aged brothers Craig and Timmy, are sick of Los Angeles and finally moving home… until they stumble into the middle of a murder investigation and the crosshairs of the Irish Mafia. Their only way out is to actually become the detectives they had always pretended to be. CAST LIST: […]… Continue reading ACTION 1st Scene Screenplay Reading: Johnny’s Pico, by Sean Monahan , Scott Hennelly — Action/Adventure Film & Screenplay Festival

When charismatic and reckless archeology professor Jack Benton finds a secret tomb underneath New York, he must band together with his academic grad student Cherry Cooper to save its treasure from a mysterious organization. CAST LIST: Narration: Isabel Kruse Jack: Brandon Knox Hartsburg: Allen Brunet —- Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel […]… Continue reading ACTION TV Best Scene Screenplay Reading: Beginner’s History, by Emily Cheever — Action/Adventure Film & Screenplay Festival