Category: wildsound film festival review

SEPTEMBER 2018 Winning Films, Screenplays & Stories

A FilmFreeway preferred festival:     DISCLOSURE, 9min., USA, Drama/Crime AMERICAN BOY, 9min., USA, Drama 1st Scene Screenplay: MARKED by Leah PollackSeptember 2018 LA BEST SCENE Screenplay: THE TATTOOED BLONDE by Paul SargiaSeptember 2018 BEST SCENE Screenplay: BROWN DOG by Andrew WardSeptember 2018 Novel Transcript: FORTRESS OF DECEIT by John DzakovicSeptember 2018     ****… Continue reading SEPTEMBER 2018 Winning Films, Screenplays & Stories

Best Scene Reading of Long Way To Neverland by Calvin M. J. Smith

Logline: A ruthless hitman finds himself on the run with the teenage girl he was ordered to kill and must evade his pursuers to keep them alive. Narrator: Mandy May Cheetham ****** Producer: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Director: Kierston Drier Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne Editor: Kimberly Villarruel Camera Op: Mary Cox

Crime/Mystery Festival Testimonial – September 24 2018

Thank you very much for your appraisal of my script “Nine Bullets in Paris”. The review far exceeded my expectations. Your reader raised some very interesting issues which I shall endeavour to address in the next draft. Please pass on my sincere thanks to the Reader. I think he / she wrote a highly professional… Continue reading Crime/Mystery Festival Testimonial – September 24 2018

AUGUST 2018 Winning Films, Screenplays & Stories

A FilmFreeway preferred festival:   THRILLER BEST SCENE Screenplay: REFLECTION by Jac BrennanAugust 2018 CRIME BEST SCENE Screenplay: AFFAIR OF THE POISONS by Charles LeipartAugust 2018 DIVERSITY Short Screenplay: BUREAU 121 by Helene TaylorAugust 2018 THE GHOULIES, 5min., Australia, Drama/Crime SNIP, 6min., New Zealand, Drama/Crime UNEARTHED, 9min., USA, Drama/Crime   **** Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival… Continue reading AUGUST 2018 Winning Films, Screenplays & Stories

CRIME/THRILLER Best Scene Screenplay of Affair Of The Poisons by Charles Leipart

Beautiful redheads, jealous blondes, ruthless brunettes, ambitious courtiers…Affairs have turned fatal at the Palace. France, the 17th Century: In the crucial year 1683 of Louis XIV’s reign, after a series of notorious poisoning and witchcraft trials, Marie-Claire, a young convent girl, travels to Versailles to investigate the circumstances of her older sister’s sudden death. Royal… Continue reading CRIME/THRILLER Best Scene Screenplay of Affair Of The Poisons by Charles Leipart

Crime/Mystery Festival Testimonial – August 19 2018

 Troy Kelly (INDIAN COUNTY) I chose this particular festival because it was genre specific. Since this was my first screenplay and my first foray into entering into contests like this, I wanted to be intentional in how and where I entered. Also, having the chance for a full reading from professional actors was a really exciting… Continue reading Crime/Mystery Festival Testimonial – August 19 2018

KALTRINA Short Film – Audience FEEDBACK from the August 2018 Drama Festival

KALTRINA, 10min., Drama/Crime Directed by Evi Stamatiou  Centers around Kaltrina, a nurse from Kosovo who lives and works in NY and the conflicts that occur when a stranger who breaks into her apartment. CLICK HERE – and see full info and more pics of the film!

JULY 2018 Winning Films, Screenplays & Stories

A FilmFreeway preferred festival:   BREATHLESS, 7min., USA, Drama/Crime SISTER IN ARMS, 9min., UK, Crime/Drama Winning CRIME Feature Film: INDIAN COUNTY by Troy Kelly Novel Reading: S.A.M. by C.A. Jarest Novel Reading: LEAVING PANAMAS PARADISE by Julie Bawden-Davis   **** Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Kierston Drier, Shepsut Wilson Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne Editor: Kimberly Villarruel… Continue reading JULY 2018 Winning Films, Screenplays & Stories

Winning FEATURE Script – INDIAN COUNTY, by Troy Kelly

  Genre: Crime, Drama An up-and-coming white-collar defense lawyer gets caught up in a fraud scheme and must take on the pro bono defense of a Native American man facing the death penalty in order to restore his reputation. CAST LIST: Agent Forrest: Danilo Reyes Carole: Julie C. Sheppard Nona: Tayna Bevan Narrator: Kate Fenton Carter: John Marcucci Kari: Samantha Carly… Continue reading Winning FEATURE Script – INDIAN COUNTY, by Troy Kelly

1st Scene Screenplay TV CRIME – THE WRONG TICKET, by John Ravitz

  Genre: Crime, Thriller A United States Senator, and the Republican Presidential Nominee is a sleeper agent for a powerful extremist organization determined to destroy the government. The outgoing president has asked his godson the Governor of New York, who has his own secrets to help him stop the conspiracy. CAST LIST: Paul: Rob Notman Boy: Jarrod… Continue reading 1st Scene Screenplay TV CRIME – THE WRONG TICKET, by John Ravitz