Upcoming Writing Festival Deadlines: TV/Feature Screenplay. Short Films. Novels.

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Deadline September 15th

SUBMIT your TV PILOT or TV SPEC Script
Voted #1 TV Contest in North America.

SUBMIT your SHORT Film
Get it showcased at the FEEDBACK Festival

1st CHAPTER or FULL NOVEL CONTEST
Get full feedback! Winners get their novel made into a video!

SUBMIT your FEATURE Script
FULL FEEDBACK on all entries. Get your script performed

Deadline September 20th

SHORT SCRIPT CONTEST
Submit your short film screenplay!

FREE TWITTER SHORT STORY CONTEST

Submit 140 character story. Get made into movie.

Deadline September 25th

SHORT STORY CONTEST
Get full feedback! Winners get their short story made into a video!

VIDEO PITCH FESTIVAL

Submit your own video pitch today.

FEEDBACK Film and Writing Festival.Three events a month! Daily deadlines to submit. Full Feedback on all entries. Get your screenplay, novel, short story, play, or poem performed by professional actors at the festival and then showcased online for agents…

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Submit to the FanFiction Festival via FilmFreeway

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I know it’s often hard to get fan fiction work recognized and when I found out about the festival I saw it is a wonderful opportunity. The the quality of the feedback was amazing. I feel like it has helped me understand further into the screenwriting craft and will ultimately help me become a better writer.
– Andrew Akler (Batman: Patient Zero, screenplay)

Guaranteed winner every single month!

Submit via FilmFreeway:

In today’s market, agents and producers are looking for new talent who can write under the parameters of existing works and franchises. The art of adding a new twist/plot while knowing the themes and characters of the works you’re writing for. That is why the Fan Fiction Festival has been created.

Submit a FAN FICTION Script of a classic television show, movie series, or iconic franchise. Any past TV show or movie in the history of cinema. For example:…

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Today’s TIFF Movie Reviews:

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Today’s Toronto International Film Festival reviews: https://festivalreviews.org/category/tiff-2016-movie-reviews/

TIFF 2016 Movie Review: UNLESS (Canada/Ireland 2016) ***

Academy Award nominee Catherine Keener and Hannah Gross star in this adaptation of the final novel by the late, great Canadian novelist Carol Shields, about a writer who discovers her runaway daughter panhandling on the street and seemingly deprived of speech.

TIFF 2016 Movie Review: TRESPASS AGAINST US (UK 2016) ***1/2

Like the 2010 Australian film ANIMAL KINGDOM, also the name of the film’s production company, TRESPASS AGAINST US is a film about a dysfunctional crime family – British style. The family live in a trailer park in England a kind of white British trailer trash.

TIFF 2016 Movie Review: TRAMPS (USA 2016)

Adam Leon’s low budget lonely hearts club romance has two newcomers Callum Turner and Grace Van Pattern play two unlikely pawns in a shady delivery deal.

TIFF 2016 Movie Review: THE LIMEHOUSE GOLEM (UK 2016)

This crime…

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Today’s TIFF Movie Reviews:

September 13, 2016 1stscenescreenplay Uncategorized

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Today’s Toronto International Film Festival reviews: https://festivalreviews.org/category/tiff-2016-movie-reviews/

TIFF 2016 Movie Review: UNLESS (Canada/Ireland 2016) ***

TIFF 2016 Movie Review: TRESPASS AGAINST US (UK 2016) ***1/2

Like the 2010 Australian film ANIMAL KINGDOM, also the name of the film’s production company, TRESPASS AGAINST US is a film about a dysfunctional crime family – British style. The family live in a trailer park in England a kind of white British trailer trash.

TIFF 2016 Movie Review: TRAMPS (USA 2016)

Adam Leon’s low budget lonely hearts club romance has two newcomers Callum Turner and Grace Van Pattern play two unlikely pawns in a shady delivery deal.

TIFF 2016 Movie Review: THE LIMEHOUSE GOLEM (UK 2016)

This crime…

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Read Best of Professional Costume Designer Interviews

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Interview via Matthew Toffolo at http://www.matthewtoffolo.com

Interview with Costume Designer Malgosia Turzanska (Maggie’s Plan)

Chatting with Costume Designer Malgosia Turzanska was inspirational, educational, and fun! She’s a true talent and someone who is obviously in love with her job. Maggi To learn more about Maglosia, go to her website: http://www.turzanska.com

Interview with Costume Designer Janelle Nicole Carothers (The Perfect Match)

No matter the medium it’s all a delicate balance between style and craft. I put 100% into every project so they all require the same amount of blood, sweat and tears.

Interview with Costume Designer Linda Muir (The Witch, Bitten)

What a terrific honour it was sit down with the talented costume designer Linda Muir, who is based in Toronto, Canada. She has worked in the industry for the last 30 years, on many successful films and TV shows, which she talks about in the interview. A must read for anyone working or…

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Watch Aug. 2016 FEEDBACK Film Festival Videos (20 short films)

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DO NOT DISTURB, 13min, UK
WATCH Audience FEEDBACK

A FILM BY VERA VAUGHN, 10min, USA
WATCH Audience FEEDBACK

DON’T LET THEM IN, 13min, USA
WATCH Audience FEEDBACK

PREFERENTIAL OPERATION, 20min, Spain
WATCH Audience FEEDBACK

KADDISH!, 6min, France
WATCH Audience FEEDBACK

DRAWN TO FEAR, 7min, USA
WATCH Audience FEEDBACK

101 CUPCAKES, 13min, Australia, Family/Drama
WATCH Audience FEEDBACK

LUCY, 16min, Greece, Family/Drama
WATCH Audience FEEDBACK

GHOSTBOY, 9min., UK, Animation/Comedy
WATCH Audience FEEDBACK

AWESOME BEETLE’S COLORS, 3min, Latvia, Animation/Musical
WATCH Audience FEEDBACK

INSIDE, 3min., Belguim, Animation/Comedy
WATCH Audience FEEDBACK

5476 Miles, 4min, UK, Animation/Music Video
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SPARROW DUET, 4min, USA, Animation/Experimental
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A SMALL VOICE, 2min, UK, Animation/Drama
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BOTTOMLESS, 2min, USA, Animation/Biography
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SEA OF INK, 3min, USA, Animation/Drama
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1916, 4min, UK, Animation/Drama
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TIME SMASH, 2min., USA, Animation/Sci-Fi
WATCH Audience FEEDBACK

JAILBREAK, 1min., USA, Animation/Crime
WATCH Audience FEEDBACK

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Best of Today’s TIFF 2016 Movie Reviews

September 12, 2016 1stscenescreenplay Uncategorized

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Best of Reviews from the Toronto International Film Festival:

TIFF 2016 Movie Review: RAGE (IKARI) (ANGER) (Japan 2016) ***** Top 10

TIFF 2016 Movie Review: THE LEVELLING (UK 2016) ****

TIFF 2016 Movie Review: THE BELKO EXPERIMENT (USA 2016) ****

TIFF 2016 Movie Review: THE OATH (Iceland 2016) ***1/2

TIFF 2016 Movie Review: THE UNTAMED (Mexico/Switz/France/Germany/Denmark 2016) ***

TIFF 2016 Movie Review: APPRENTICE (Singapore/Fr/HK/Germ/Qatar) ***

TIFF 2016 Movie Review: GODSPEED (Taiwan 2016)

TIFF 2016 Movie Review: FREE FIRE (UK 2016) **

TIFF 2016 Movie Review: THE DUELIST (Russia 2016) ***

TIFF 2016 Movie Review: SAFARI (Austria 2016) ***

TIFF 2016 Movie Review: PRANK (Canada 2016)

TIFF 2016 Movie Review: THE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE

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Best of Interviews from Award Winning Short Filmmakers

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Interviews conducted by Matthew Toffolo at http://www.matthewtoffolo.com

Interview with Filmmaker Veronique Vanblaere (BOTTOMLESS)

I got to be a fly on the wall. Seeing and hearing people talking about my film while I could not be there was not only a “voyeuristic” treat, but provided fantastic constructive feedback on my work. I do not know of a festival that provides this type of experience for their filmmakers.

Interview with Filmmaker Oscar Lewis (1916)

I was very touched. I’m not sure how to properly express this, but what I appreciated above all else is the fact that it was understood – I mean really understood – more so than anything anyone had said about it before or since. I made this film because I wanted to explain how you often don’t realise when something life changing is happening. And that memory is fragmented and imperfect like a ‘bad flick book’. I thought that was…

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Read Interviews with Film Festivals from all over the world:

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Read interviews with Film Festival directors from all over the word: https://festivalreviews.org/tag/festival-interview-2/

Interview with Festival Director Danny MAlin (YES! Let’s make a Movie Film Festival)

This festival aims to bring together all corners of the globe to share passion of filmmakers.

Interview with Festival Director Jon Mercurio Knight (Wasteland Film Festival)

The Wasteland Film Festival is entering its fifth year and only growing bigger. The highlight short films with especially post-apocalyptic subject matter and, in addition, alternative films displaying a certain character right at home in the post nuke society. Films meeting certain criteria will be screened as part of the competition, others will simply be for exhibition.

Interview with Festival Director Moosa Saleem (Access Code Short Film Festival)

After amazing 8 editions, we are here again. It’s a festival where 200 movies are played, more than any of the festival in the world. Almost every film that enters the festival will be screened…

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Deadline TODAY: 1pg. Screenplay Contest

September 12, 2016 1stscenescreenplay Uncategorized

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The Los Angeles FEEDBACK Festival Presents:

Submit a screenplay that is only 1 page long and have it performed at the Writing Festival by professional actors. Also garner FULL FEEDBACK on your work.

(NOTE: The screenplay submission must be properly formatted.)

Submit for only $15. Most of the screenplays 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 and work seen by more people. If you win, your story will be seen by 100,000s of people when it’s read online using top professional actors. It’s a rush you’ll never experience in your life seeing it come to life that way.

The RULES are simple:

1. Write a story that is 1pg. maximum. Edit the heck out of it. We accept…

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