Month: February 2020

https://youtube.com/watch?v=0tRelLlWdlk%3Fversion%3D3%26rel%3D1%26fs%3D1%26autohide%3D2%26showsearch%3D0%26showinfo%3D1%26iv_load_policy%3D1%26wmode%3Dtransparent 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.… Continue reading THRILLER Best Scene Reading: THE PORTRAIT, by Matthew Marshall — Thriller/Suspense Film and Writing Festival

https://youtube.com/watch?v=YQs0irxCMUo%3Fversion%3D3%26rel%3D1%26fs%3D1%26autohide%3D2%26showsearch%3D0%26showinfo%3D1%26iv_load_policy%3D1%26wmode%3Dtransparent 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… 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

https://youtube.com/watch?v=xxST1K9o73g%3Fversion%3D3%26rel%3D1%26fs%3D1%26autohide%3D2%26showsearch%3D0%26showinfo%3D1%26iv_load_policy%3D1%26wmode%3Dtransparent 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… Continue reading THRILLER Best Scene Reading: High Striker, by Gerald Rigdon — Thriller/Suspense Film and Writing Festival

https://youtube.com/watch?v=6DqyQM9sPmw%3Fversion%3D3%26rel%3D1%26fs%3D1%26autohide%3D2%26showsearch%3D0%26showinfo%3D1%26iv_load_policy%3D1%26wmode%3Dtransparent 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,… 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

https://youtube.com/watch?v=j_qgDOwYGGc%3Fversion%3D3%26rel%3D1%26fs%3D1%26autohide%3D2%26showsearch%3D0%26showinfo%3D1%26iv_load_policy%3D1%26wmode%3Dtransparent 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… Continue reading Screenplay MOVIE: ZOMBIE CRUIZE, by A.K.A. SMITH — Action/Adventure Film & Screenplay Festival

https://youtube.com/watch?v=H68nb3KYjWg%3Fversion%3D3%26rel%3D1%26fs%3D1%26autohide%3D2%26showsearch%3D0%26showinfo%3D1%26iv_load_policy%3D1%26wmode%3Dtransparent 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… Continue reading ACTION 1st Scene Screenplay Reading: Johnny’s Pico, by Sean Monahan , Scott Hennelly — Action/Adventure Film & Screenplay Festival

https://youtube.com/watch?v=S11PdhiVDGE%3Fversion%3D3%26rel%3D1%26fs%3D1%26autohide%3D2%26showsearch%3D0%26showinfo%3D1%26iv_load_policy%3D1%26wmode%3Dtransparent 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,… Continue reading ACTION TV Best Scene Screenplay Reading: Beginner’s History, by Emily Cheever — Action/Adventure Film & Screenplay Festival