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, […]
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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Original screenplay from the popular ABC Sitcom CAST LIST: Narrator: Carina Cojeen Dre: Kaleb Alexander Bow: Natalie Morgan Eustace: Aaron Williams Janine: Barb Scheffler Diane: Cassandra Guthrie Junior: Gabriel Darku Josh: Andrew Ball — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel Elder Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne Editors: Kimberly Villarruel, Ryan Haines, John Johnson […]
Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Alexander Chernega: The screenplay is about friendship, family and love. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? The genre is animation/action. 3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie? This is saga under the name of Underwater Story consisting of five feature scripts. 5. What […]
via Interview with Screenwriter Alexander Chernega (THE UNDERWATER STORY) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary
Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Zach Kalinyak: The screenplay is about Larry Trenton’s success of turning had-been enemies into a close-knit family striving to unravel a galactic conspiracy that all of these aliens have unwittingly stumbled upon, earning them places on a hit-list. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Comedy, Action, […]
via Interview with Screenwriter Zach Kalinyak (STARLEAGUE) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary
Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Kim Renner: The screenplay is about Liv, a young American girl who travels to India in search of ways to better herself. She wants to heal the emotional pain she experiences from the lack of a father figure she has had in her life until now. Niraj, one […]
via Interview with Screenwriter Kim Renner (EYES OF A SWAMI) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary
First Scene Screenplay Festival 