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Last Chance to RSVP Feedback Film Fest – Thursday May 26th. 7pm. Free or PWYL — Double Festival! (Best of Documentary)

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SPECIAL EVENT: Featuring the best of Documentary Short Films from around the world. Films from USA, Canada, Netherlands, Jordan, UK, Italy, and Argentina.

Due to the surplus of the amazing documentary shorts made in the last year, we are doing a double festival night.

Thursday May 26th event. Carlton Cinemas, 20 Carlton Street.

First Screening – 7pm to 9pm – Best of Foreign Documentary Shorts:
http://www.wildsound.ca/torontofilmfestivals.html

Second Screening – 9:10pm to 11pm – Best of North American Documentary Shorts:
http://www.wildsound.ca/torontodocumentaryfilmfestival.html

You can RSVP for either event, or both. Plus, see full details of every film being played.

Fifth event of 2016. Festival all 12 months this year! RSVP your FEEDBACK Toronto Film Festival seats.

FREE OR MAKE A DONATION TO THE FESTIVAL via the program page.

This month’s festival is a packed lineup of the greatest documentary short films from the last year.

Giving you films from all corners of…

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May 22, 2016 – Writing Festival Details

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This week’s Writing Festival is a showcase of the winning Fan Fiction screenplay, plus the 3 1st scene screenplay winners. We have also added 2 best scene script readings, and a winning short screenplay. 

They will be performed by some of the top actors working in Toronto today.

Here are the details of the screenplays being performed:

#1 – Fan Fiction TV Spec – SPACE 2099 (Based on the television series Space: 1999), by  Gerry and Sylvia Anderson

Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Synopsis: The commander of Moonbase Alpha must prevent a terrorist group, led by an old adversary, from taking over a nuclear refinery.

#2 – 1st Scene – WHEN THERE WAS TIME, by James Gillard, Kevin McGruder

Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Synopsis: When a drug dealer is killed in Harlem, NY, a corrupt cop is ordered to solve the case.  A conscious witness in the community steps forward.

#3 – 1st Scene – STARBOUND…

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North American Documentary Festival – Thursday May 26 2016

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The FEEDBACK Monthly Film Festival is back for 2016.. Our home is The Carlton Cinemas, located in the heart of downtown Toronto at 20 Carlton Street. The event runs from 9:10pm to 11:00pm.

Continuing to showcase the best of short films from around the world, while maintaining our audience feedback format moderated by Matthew Toffolo. Showcasing a festival every single month in 2016!

Tickets for 2016 are PAY WHAT YOU LIKE. Purchase your tickets online via Paypal or Credit Card. Tickets are first come first serve.

All proceeds to this month’s festival will be donated to festival cinema costs (suggestion $8 and up), which helps the monthly event:


OR, if you like to obtain seats in advance and pick them up on the day of the event (come for FREE, or make a donation), please email us atinfo@wildsound.ca and we’ll reserve seats for…

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Foreign Documentary Festival – Thursday May 26 2016

documentaryfestival's avatarDocumentary Film Festival. Los Angeles & Toronto

The FEEDBACK Monthly Film Festival is back for 2016.. Our home is The Carlton Cinemas, located in the heart of downtown Toronto at 20 Carlton Street. The event runs from 7pm to 9:10pm. See the program for the (9:10 to 11pm lineup) on Thursday May 26 2016.

Continuing to showcase the best of short films from around the world, while maintaining our audience feedback format moderated by Matthew Toffolo. Showcasing a festival every single month in 2016!

Tickets for 2016 are PAY WHAT YOU LIKE. Purchase your tickets online via Paypal or Credit Card. Tickets are first come first serve.

All proceeds to this month’s festival will be donated to festival cinema costs (suggestion $8 and up), which helps the monthly event:


OR, if you like to obtain seats in advance and pick them up on the day of the event (come…

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Interview with Stuntwoman Luci Romberg (Ghostbusters, Divergent, Spy)

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What fun it was to sit down with stunt performer Luci Romberg, who has recently been working as Melissa McCarthy’s stunt double (Ghostbusters, The Boss, Spy, Identity Thief).  She has also performed stunts on over 60 films in the last 10+ years, including Transformers, The Conjuring, Divergent, Zombieland, and Earth to Echo.

luciromberg_and_mccarthy_2.jpgInterview with Luci Romberg:

Matthew Toffolo: You have been Melissa McCarthy’s stunt double on more than a few films, including the upcoming “Ghostbusters” film. What does that job entail? Does she appreciate you taking the “bumps” on her films?

Luci Romberg: Melissa is a dream come true!! She is kind, thoughtful, caring, hilarious and so supportive! I love her!! She is an amazing athlete and does a ton of her own stunts! The only ones she doesn’t do are the ones the studio won’t let her. I am truly fortunate to be her double. Aside from loving her…

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Deadline TODAY: 1pg. Short Story Contest

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Submit a short story that is only 1 page long (maximum 400 words) and have it performed at the Writing Festival by a professional actor. Also garner FULL FEEDBACK on your work.

Submit your Short Story here: https://novelwritingfestival.com/1pg-short-story-contest/

Deadline May 18th. Submit for only $10. Most of the stories will be accepted and performed. If there is a beginning/middle/end, and the grammar is sound, we will perform it.

A great way to get your words out there, obtain the Agent you’re looking for or just get your story seen by more people. If you win, your story will be seen by 100,000s of people when it’s read online using a top professional actor. It’s a rush you’ll never experience in your life seeing it come to life that way.

Watch Past Story and Novel Readings performed by professional actors:

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WILDsound Announces its May 2016 Short Screenplay Winners (Watch Readings)

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Deadline to Submit your Short Screenplay to the Festival: http://www.wildsound.ca/shortscriptcontest.html

Watch the 3 Winning Short Screenplay Readings for May 2016:

SCENARIO 957
Written by Amy E. Jones
Read 10 Questions with the writer

SYNOPSIS:

Genre: Sci-Fi, Action

Synopsis: Fighting against time and terrorists on an earth struggling to survive after a devastating energy crisis, young scientific genius James Kale must figure out how to launch the rocket destined to save mankind before it’s too late.

CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Kelci Stephenson
JAMES – Sean Kaufmann
DR. KALE/HENRY: – Moui Nene
GREG – Zack Amzallag
COMPUTER – Jennifer Ferris

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FIFTY FIVE SECONDS
Written by Kwasi Mensah
Read 10 Questions with the writer

SYNOPSIS:

Genre: Mystery, Drama, Film Noir

A grizzled veteran hitman tries to impart wisdom to his younger colleague but then they’re forced to question their loyalty to each other.

CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Sean Kaufmann
FRANK – Moui…

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Watch the May 2016 1st Scene Script Winners

Submit your First Scene to the Festival: http://firstscenescreenplay.com

Watch the May 2016 1st Scene Script Winners:

Watch PUPPETS, by James Griffiths:

Genre: Sci FI, Thriller, Noir

Synopsis: A rebellious New Yorker suspects his warehouse retail employer is controlling the minds of it’s staff and causing them to commit suicide.
CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Sean Kaufmann
LADY – Jennifer Ferris
ANNOUNCER – Moui Nene

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RORSCHACH, by Federico Franchi, Filippo Pierangelini

SYNOPSIS:

Genre: TV series pilot, sitcom

Lawrence Maietti, 22 years old, is in serious troubles and now has to quickly find some money. Unable to find work, he has an idea: trying to get the government subsidy by reason of insanity.

CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Kelci Stephenson
LAWRENCE – Moui Nene
CLAIRE – Jennifer Ferris
CLAUDE – Zack Amzallag
MAN/PRIEST – Sean Kaufmann

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Director/Producer: Matthew Toffolo

Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne

Editor: John Johnson

WILDsound Announces its May 2016 Winning Feature Screenplays

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Watch the 2 winning screenplays performed by professional actors at the festival. Each screenplay that gets submitted receives full feedback on their work. 

#1 – Feature Screenplay – THE BOO
May 2016 Reading
Written by Scott McEntire

SYNOPSIS:

Genre: Thriller, Suspense, Horror, Drama

Synopsis: Ronnie is a small-town sheriff in the South who still talks to his dead wife on a daily basis. His estranged sister-in-law, Brooke, is dealing with the sudden loss of her husband while still trying to conquer the mental demons of her past. Healing an old family rift becomes all the more difficult when those demons turn out to not merely be figments of her imagination.

CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Sean Kaufmann
BROOKE – Kelci Stephenson
RONNIE – Zack Amzallag
OLIVIA/ANGELA – Jennifer Ferris
LUCIEN – Moui Nene
RAYLAND – Sean Ballantyne

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#2 – Feature Screenplay – STAR WARS Episode I: THE REDEMPTION OF SKYWALKER

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