WHEN A TERMINALLY ILL DETECTIVE’S PARTNER IS BRUTALLY MURDERED, AND POLICE BRASS HAVE RULED AGAINST HER WORKING THE CASE. WITH LESS THAN TWO MONTHS TO LIVE, THERE’S ONLY LENA’S RULES. CAST LIST: Paz: David Rowan Narration: Kat Smiley Lena: Jillian Robinson Det. Gotay: Sean Ballantyne — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel… Continue reading Action/Crime/Mystery Festival Best Scene: Lena’s Rules, by Ken Comer
Category: winning screenplays
ACTION/CRIME Best Scene Reading: Chemical Attraction, by Alan Field
When recovering amnesiac FBI agent Katelyn Carrie accepts an assignment to interrogate a traitorous government chemist who knows the location of a deadly nerve agent controlled by terrorists, Kate learns that she is the subject of the interrogation to uncover the weapon’s secret chemical formula locked inside the depths of her own mind. CAST LIST:… Continue reading ACTION/CRIME Best Scene Reading: Chemical Attraction, by Alan Field
July 2019 Film/Story/Screenplay Winners
A FilmFreeway preferred festival: SCREENPLAY MOVIE: MIND FORCE, by James ZeankowskiJuly 2019 Winner FEATURE SCREENPLAY: BATMAN: BEYOND THE COWL, by Reginald JohnsonJuly 2019 Winner TV SPEC SCREENPLAY: WESTWORLD, by Brenda HolidayJuly 2019 Winner HORROR 1st Scene SCREENPLAY: PEOPLE OF MERRITT, by Adam PottleJuly 2019 Winner SHORT SCREENPLAY: SAMANTHA, by Kieran FreemantleJuly 2019 Winner… Continue reading July 2019 Film/Story/Screenplay Winners
June 2019 Film/Story/Screenplay Winners
A FilmFreeway preferred festival: SCREENPLAY MOVIE: MOTORIST, by Julie Thor FrydJune 2019 Winner ACTION 1ST SCENE SCREENPLAY: JOHNNY’S PICO, by Sean Monahan ScottJune 2019 Winner Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel Elder Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne Editors: Kimberly Villarruel, Kyle Drier, John Johnson Festival Directors: Rachel Elder, Natasha Levy Camera… Continue reading June 2019 Film/Story/Screenplay Winners
May 2019 Film/Story/Screenplay Winners
A FilmFreeway preferred festival: FEATURE SCREENPLAY: PERSEVERANCE, by Josh BrushettMay 2019 Winner THRILLER 1ST SCENE: THE VOYEUR WIKI, by Kevin GlikmannMay 2019 Winner BEST SCENE SCREENPLAY: KNIGHT OF THE KOLOSSOS, by Jeremy StoreyMay 2019 Winner BEST SCENE SCREENPLAY: BITTERSWEET SERENITY, by Louetta Jensen & Paul LawrenceMay 2019 Winner WIDOW, 16min., USA, Action/Western TRAP,… Continue reading May 2019 Film/Story/Screenplay Winners
April 2019 Film/Story/Screenplay Winners
A FilmFreeway preferred festival: 1st Scene SCREENPLAY: THE WONDER, by George M. JohnsonApril 2019 Winner FANTASY Best Scene SCREENPLAY: HART BLOOMFIELD: SPACE DETECTIVE, by Daniel FishbaynApril 2019 Winner THE TALK, 15min, USA, Drama/Family RETRIEVER, 5min., Australia, Drama **** Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Kierston Drier, Shepsut Wilson Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne Editors:… Continue reading April 2019 Film/Story/Screenplay Winners
March 2019 Film/Story/Screenplay Winners
A FilmFreeway preferred festival: FEATURE SCREENPLAY: UBE BUGOG, by Swag StagallMarch 2019 Winner FEATURE SCREENPLAY: THE EARL OF SUSSEX, by Larry WoldenbergMarch 2019 Winner TV PILOT SCREENPLAY: BLOWBACK, by Eric MurphyMarch 2019 Winner TV BEST SCENE SCREENPLAY: TEXAS SHIELDS by Kathryn L. ScurryMarch 2019 Winner BEST SCENE SCREENPLAY: HE TRIED TO KILL ME by… Continue reading March 2019 Film/Story/Screenplay Winners
CRIME/MYSTERY Festival Testimonial – March 29 2019
I entered the FEEDBACK Festival because it was recommended on moviebytes.com. It was highly rated, and I liked that I would receive feedback regardless of the outcome of my script. Good feedback is hard to find, and so I decided to do it. The feedback received was very valid and constructive. – Screenwriter Niel Thompson… Continue reading CRIME/MYSTERY Festival Testimonial – March 29 2019
CRIME/MYSTERY Festival Testimonial – March 19 2019
I wanted quick feedback on my first draft. Feedback was valid – but maybe the reader wanted a more predictable story. S. Barton A FilmFreeway preferred festival: Watch the Screenplay Reading: When a cutthroat lawyer seeks a new life and redemption in a secluded homestead in the high desert of New Mexico, she discovers the… Continue reading CRIME/MYSTERY Festival Testimonial – March 19 2019
February 2019 Film/Story/Screenplay Winners
A FilmFreeway preferred festival: SCREENPLAY MOVIE: HOMETOWN KILL BOX by Richard M. Kjeldgaard TV PILOT SCREENPLAY: THE SWITCH by Thomas Clary 1st Scene SCREENPLAY: KYD’S GAME by Marc Rosenberg Best Scene SCREENPLAY: …AND THEN THIS HAPPENED by Steve Feld Best Scene SCREENPLAY: MOON OVER THE HILL by Stan Barton Novel Transcript READING: MENOPAUSE MURDERS… Continue reading February 2019 Film/Story/Screenplay Winners
Crime/Mystery Film & Writing Festival 