Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Michela Carattini & Leanne Mangan: We had each made a short film before, but wanted to work with each other, so we met and just chatted for a while. It emerged that we were both interested in the grey areas of cyber crime, especially the doxxing […]

via Interview with Filmmakers Michela Carattini & Leanne Mangan (REMOTE ACCESS) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

RICK THUNDER IN…LOOK BACK TOMORROW was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the March 2020 COMEDY Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Jason Harris: Rick Thunder was originally part of a web series concept for an apartment complex where we shot 8 comedy short films to showcase the complex. […]

via Interview with Filmmaker Jason Harris (RICK THUNDER IN…LOOK BACK TOMORROW) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

THE INTERVIEW was the winner of BEST MUSIC at the March 2020 Comedy Film Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Alan Brennan: Long time listener, first time caller. 2. From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to make this short? Way way […]

via Interview with Filmmaker Alan Brennan (THE INTERVIEW) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

VERITAPHOBIA was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the March 2020 COMEDY Film Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? John Hayden: The film was originally prompted from a dare to write a short ten minute play about phobia’s by the Shelter Theatre Group in NYC. From the idea to […]

via Interview with Filmmaker John Hayden (VERITAPHOBIA) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

WORD ON THE STREET was the winner of BEST FILM at the March 2020 COMEDY Film Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Sean Parker: We’ve made films together for about 20 years, including a lot of silly, low-key sketches for YouTube, and with Word on the Street, we wanted […]

via Interview with Filmmaker Sean Parker (WORD ON THE STREET) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

KILLING CHRISTMAS was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the March 2020 DRAMA Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Pippa Hinchley: I originally wrote it as a play for a one act play season at Studio C in LA. The core of it is my own personal story – […]

via Interview with Screenwriter/Actor Pippa Hinchley (KILLING CHRISTMAS) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

MATCH was the winner of BEST FILM at the February 2020 ROMANCE Festival in Toronto. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Martin Geisler: I’ve always been fascinated by relationships between men and women. Lately, in the media we have heard a lot about the female point of view, their experiences in our […]

via Interview with Filmmaker Martin Geisler (MATCH) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

This is the story of Georges Danton leading up to his execution. CAST LIST: NARRATION – DIANA FRANZ Marat – 1 – GENE ABELA St Just – 1 – THOMAS FOURMIER Robespierre – 11 – SEAN BALLANTYNE — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel Elder Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne Editors: Kimberly Villarruel, […]

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Tagline: A TV showrunner clashes with his head writer and network executive girlfriend to get his pilot made as promised before he gets ousted out of the TV business for good. Synopsis: Ryan’s show L.A.’s Finest is well over budget while trying to film the pilot. He sought help from his old friend, Morgan, who […]

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