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May 2018 – Read the best of Film Festival Interviews

May 11, 2018 WILDsound Festival 1 Comment

Here what they have to say about FilmFreeway too!

Interviews by Matthew Toffolo

Interview with Festival Director Nicole Manoochehri (Los Angeles Dance Short Film Festival)
Interview with Festival Director Nicole Manoochehri (Los Angeles Dance Short Film Festival)

FilmFreeway is great! We use it exclusively for our festival. I like to have everything in one place. It is my submission site of preference when submitting as well so I’m a huge fan here!

Interview with Festival Director Warren Workman (Feature Film Festival)
Interview with Festival Director Warren Workman (Feature Film Festival)

FilmFreeway is incredible. We used other services in the past but now take submissions exclusively through FilmFreeway because it is easy to use and the customer service is outstanding.

Interview with Festival Director Marc D. Lyons (Variety International Film Festival)
Interview with Festival Director Marc D. Lyons (Variety International Film Festival)

We love partnering with filmfreeway!, its literally a one stop shop for fillmakers and festivals!, we can screen and judge all in one place. It makes life so much easier not having to chase down the many different formats films today come in.

Interview with Festival Director Eric Morgret (Crypticon Seattle Horror Film Festival))

It’s a great service! I think we were the 4th festival to sign up for them a few years back and since day one they have been responsive and helpful with any questions we have had. They also work hard to improve the service and are always adding useful services and tools.

Interview with Festival Directors Lisa Wisely & James Felix McKenney (GREAT WESTERN CATSKILLS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL)
Interview with Festival Directors Lisa Wisely & James Felix McKenney (GREAT WESTERN CATSKILLS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL)

So far, so good. The submissions have been trickling in slowly, probably because we’re a first year festival and our final deadline is still a ways off. We’re mostly getting submissions for short films right now and looking forward to seeing more features come our way.

Interview with Festival Director Lari Teräs (Toronto Int’l Spring of Horror & Fantasy Film Festival (TISH))
Interview with Festival Director Lari Teräs (Toronto Int’l Spring of Horror & Fantasy Film Festival (TISH))

The submission process has been great. Last year we got on the Top-100 Best Reviewed Festivals list for quite a while, which definitely boosted our submissions significantly. Furthermore, we have noticed filmmakers whose works we have previously screened resubmitting to us, which is always nice to see. The only downside is that the amount of quality submissions we receive makes the selection process very hard.

Interview with Festival Director Mike Messier (AVALONIA Film Festival)
Interview with Festival Director Mike Messier (AVALONIA Film Festival)

So far, so good. I found FilmFreeway to be very user friendly as a filmmaker myself, and its entry process helped me win about half of my film and TV Awards. Running Avalonia Festival on it is also relatively easy, time consuming at times, but nothing I can’t handle.

August 2017 – Interview with Film Festival Directors

August 10, 2017 WILDsound Festival 1 Comment

Read 13 interviews with festival directors from around the world:

Interviews by Matthew Toffolo

Interview with Festival Director Stephanie Dadet (OUR CITY FILM PROJECT)
https://festivalreviews.org/2017/08/09/interview-with-festival-director-stephanie-dadet-our-city-film-project/

Interview with Co-Festival Director Mia Davis (Queen City Cinephiles)
https://festivalreviews.org/2017/08/09/interview-with-co-festival-director-mia-davis-queen-city-cinephiles/

Interview with Festival Directors Roger and Shelley Gillespie (COPA SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL)
https://festivalreviews.org/2017/08/01/interview-with-festival-directors-roger-and-shelley-gillespie-copa-shorts-film-festival/

Interview with Festival Director Michael Kamel (DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival)
https://festivalreviews.org/2017/08/01/interview-with-festival-director-michael-kamel-dc-palestinian-film-and-arts-festival/

Interview with Festival Director Sina Dolati (TORONTO NEW WAVE)
https://festivalreviews.org/2017/07/25/interview-with-festival-director-sina-dolati-toronto-new-wave/

Interview with Festival Directors Lee Marohn & Paul Salzer (NORTHEAST WISCONSIN HORROR FILM FESTIVAL)
https://festivalreviews.org/2017/07/25/interview-with-festival-directors-lee-marohn-paul-salzer-northeast-wisconsin-horror-film-festival/

Interview with Gustavo Coletti (ROSARITO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL)
https://festivalreviews.org/2017/07/25/interview-with-gustavo-coletti-rosarito-international-film-festival/

Interview with Festival Director José Claudio Silva (PORTUGAL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL)
https://festivalreviews.org/2017/07/25/interview-with-festival-director-jose-claudio-silva-portugal-international-film-festival/

Interview with Festival Director Kirill Proskura (MIND THE INDIE FILM FESTIVAL (MTIFF))
https://festivalreviews.org/2017/07/25/interview-with-festival-director-kirill-proskura-mind-the-indie-film-festival-mtiff/

Interview with Festival Director Jonny Mancini (FROSTBITE International Film Festival)
https://festivalreviews.org/2017/07/25/interview-with-festival-director-jonny-mancini-frostbite-international-film-festival/

Interview with Mariah Mathew (Little Wing Film Festival)
https://festivalreviews.org/2017/07/25/interview-with-mariah-mathew-little-wing-film-festival/

Interview with Festival Director Alex P. Michaels (Prelude2Cinemas)
https://festivalreviews.org/2017/07/25/interview-with-festival-director-alex-p-michaels-prelude2cinemas/

Interview with Danny Caprio (The Mediterranean Film Festival (MedFF))
https://festivalreviews.org/2017/07/25/interview-with-danny-caprio-the-mediterranean-film-festival-medff/

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Deadline TODAY for Screenplay and Writing Festival Contests

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Upcoming Festival DeadlinesDeadline July 31st

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

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

Watch Recent Winning Readings

Search Films and Stories from Festival

JUNE 2017 COMEDY FILM FESTIVAL
Watch Audience Feedback Videos from the Los Angeles Festival.

JUNE 2017 SCI-FI FILM FESTIVAL
Watch Audience Feedback Videos from the Los Angeles Festival.

JUNE 2017 UNDER 5 MINUTE FILM FESTIVAL
Watch Audience Feedback Videos from the Toronto Festival.

JUNE 2017 LGBT FILM FESTIVAL
Watch Audience Feedback Videos from the Toronto Festival.

LGBT Feature Screenplay – ARRANGING MIA
June 2017 Reading
by Joanie Fox

FEMALE TV PILOT Screenplay – JUNKED
June 2017 Reading
by Alice Dennard

FAN FICTION TV SPEC Screenplay – DOCTOR WHO
June 2017 Reading
by Paul Hewitt

1st SCENE Screenplay – GOOD INTENTIONS
June 2017 Reading
by Sandy Tovray Greenberg

1st SCENE Screenplay – GRAVITY’S PULL
June 2017 Reading
by Robert Sivigny

FANTASY SHORT Screenplay – NOTHING IS FREE
June 2017 Reading
by Terry Milner & Rebecca Brillhart

ANIMATION SHORT Screenplay – BATROOM
June 2017 Reading
by Crafty St. James /

FAMILY SHORT Screenplay – GIRL IN THE PAINTING
June 2017 Reading
by Scott Williamson

SCI-FI SHORT Screenplay – SWITCHMAN
June 2017 Reading
by Henry Leeker

Under 5min. SHORT Screenplay – I KNOW
June 2017 Reading
by Steve Vasiliou

Under 5min. SHORT Screenplay – NIGHT SHIFT
June 2017 Reading
by Yanjuan Song

Under 5min. SHORT Screenplay – 900 PAGES
June 2017 Reading
by Juanita Cepero

1pg. SHORT Screenplay – THE PARK PERVERT
June 2017 Reading
by Mark Levitt

LGBT BEST Scene Screenplay – DADDY
June 2017 Reading
by Bernard Leed

ROMANCE BEST Scene Screenplay – POLITICALLY BROKEN
June 2017 Reading
by Lawrence Whitener

DRAMA BEST Scene Screenplay – FOR A GOOD LIFE
June 2017 Reading
by Natalia Maslin

CRIME BEST Scene Screenplay – ABRAHAM’S CONFLICT
June 2017 Reading
by J.R. Rodriguez

THRILLER BEST Scene Screenplay – SQUID JIGGERS
June 2017 Reading
by Judi Blaze

ACTION BEST Scene Screenplay – CADEBY
June 2017 Reading
by David James Keogh

BEST SCENE Screenplay – CONTINENTALIS
June 2017 Reading
by Aurele Ndja

ACTION BEST Scene SHORT Screenplay – TURNT
June 2017 Reading
by Haldane Dane Hamilton

SHORT Story – BEFORE AND AFTER
June 2017 Reading
by S. Pfeiffer

SHORT Story – ALWAYS WATCHING
June 2017 Reading
by Kordale Gibson

SHORT Story – THERE ARE NO LIGHTS IN NAPLES
June 2017 Reading
by Dennis L. Havlin

NOVEL Transcript Reading – A POOR MAN’S TRUCE
June 2017 Reading
by H.E. Scott

JUNE 2017 Poetry Readings
Watch readings performed by Elizabeth Rose Morriss

MAY 2017 WINNING STORIES, SCREENPLAYS, and FILMS
12 shorts films. 22 screenplays. 7 novels and short stories = 41 winning works

APRIL 2017 WINNING STORIES, SCREENPLAYS, and FILMS
20 shorts films. 14 screenplays. 4 novels and short stories = 38 winning works

MARCH 2017 WINNING STORIES, SCREENPLAYS, and FILMS
16 short films. 18 screenplays. 4 novels and short stories = 38 winning works

FEBRUARY 2017 WINNING STORIES, SCREENPLAYS, and FILMS
18 screenplays. 13 short films. 4 novels. 4 short stories = 39 works showcased!

JANUARY 2017 WINNING STORIES, SCREENPLAYS, and FILMS
20 screenplays. 7 short films. 3 novels. 7 short stories = 37 works showcased!

2016 FILM FESTIVAL VIDEOS
18 Film Festivals. 2 cities. 131 Films. 32 Countries.

2016 FEATURE SCREENPLAY READINGS
19 winning performance readings.

2016 SHORT STORY READINGS
69 winning performance readings.

2016 NOVEL TRANSCRIPT READINGS
36 winning performance readings.

2016 1st. SCENE SCREENPLAY READINGS
31 winning performance readings.

2016 TV SPEC SCREENPLAY READINGS
13 winning performance readings.

2016 TV PILOT SCREENPLAY READINGS
19 winning performance readings.

2016 SHORT SCREENPLAY READINGS
103 winning performance readings.

2016 BEST SCENE SCREENPLAY READINGS
52 winning performance readings.

2016 FAN FICTION SCREENPLAY READINGS
12 winning performance readings.

WILDsound Performers
List of actors who performed at the Writing Festival from 2013 to present.

SEE over 200 GENRES from 2016 STORIES from the WRITING FESTIVALGENRES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

#-C GENRE
19th Century
Action/Adventure
Addiction
Adultery
African American
Airplane
Alcoholism
Alien
Angel
Animation
Apocalypse
Artist
Assassination
Baby
Bar
Battle
Beach
Biography
Birds
Blood
Bully
Business
Cat
Catholic
Chase
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Church
CIA
Civil War
Coffee

C-F GENRE
Coming of Age
Computer
Conspiracy
Con
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Corruption
Crime/Mystery
Daughter
Demon
Depression
Detective
Devil
Divorce
Doctor
Documentary
Dragon
Drama
Drugs
Environmental
Escape
Experimental
Family
Fantasy
FBI
Farm
Father
Father/Daughter

F-H GENRE
Father/Son
Female
Femme Fatale
Fight
Film Noir
Fire
Football
Food
Forest
Friendship
Funeral
Future
Gambling
Gay
General
Ghost
Global Warming
God
Gore
Grandparents
Gun
Haunting
Heaven
Heist
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Hell

H-M GENRE
High School
History
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Hotel
Hospital
Hong Kong
Homeless
Hollywood
Internet
Island
Inventor
Jealousy
Jewish
Journalist
Kidnapping
Killer
King
Kiss
Lesbian
Loneliness
Las Vegas
Lawyer
Love
Love Triangle
Lust
Mafia

M-P GENRE
Magic
Marijuana
Marine
Mentor/Protege
Mission
Money
Monster
Mother
Mother/Daughter
Mother/Son
Movies about Movies
Murder
Musical
Musician
Nazi
New York City
Office
Orphan
Paris
Police
Political
Poverty
Pregnancy
Priest
Prison

P-S GENRE
Psychiatrist
Psychopath
Quest
Rabbit
Rape
Refugee
Relationship
Religion
Reporter
Restaurant
Revenge
Road Trip
Robbery
School
Scientist
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Serial Killer
Sheriff
Siblings
Small Town
Snow
Soldier
Son
Space
Spaceship
Sports

S-Z GENRE
Spy
Storm
Suburbia
Suicide
Supernatural
Teacher
Teen
Texas
Theater
Time Travel
Thief
Thriller
Torture
Train
Trial
Twist
UFO
Vampire
War
Weather
Werewolf
Western
Worker
Wrestling
Writer
Zombie

TOP 2750 ACTORS of all-time

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Deadline June 30th: Novel Festival

June 29, 2017 WILDsound Festival Leave a comment

Deadline June 30th: NOVEL Festival – Get FULL FEEDBACK. Get novel performed by professional actors
http://www.wildsound.ca/book_contest.html

Watch Recent Novel Transcript Readings:

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Deadline June 30th: TV PILOT & SPEC Screenplay Festival

June 29, 2017 WILDsound Festival Leave a comment

Deadline June 30th: TV Screenplay Festival – Get FULL FEEDBACK. Get script performed by professional actors
http://www.wildsound.ca/tvscreenplaycontest.html

READ 100s of testimonials from past submitters –
https://wildsoundfestivalreview.com/feature-screenplay-submission-testimonials-wildsound-screenplay-contest-review

Multiple winners every single month! Watch recent and past winners:

TV PILOT Winners

TV SPEC Winners:

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Attend this week’s Best of CANADIAN Shorts Festival and Conquer CANCER – Thur. May 25th. 7pm. Carlton Cinemas

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RSVP the CANADIAN Short Film Festival this Thursday May 25th, 7pm, Carlton Cinemas.

Come for FREE or make a donation which will go to FIGHT CANCER


A celebration of the best of Canadian short films from the last year.

See the full lineup: http://www.wildsound.ca/canadianfilmfestival.html

Films from all over the country in different genres and formats.


RSVP your tickets at festivalevent@wildsoundfestival.com

Or simply reply to this email and state the # of seats you like to reserve.



All proceeds to the Best of CANADIAN Shorts Festival will go to the 5th Annual Journey to Conquer Cancer Run or Walk on Sunday, June 18, 2017 and raising funds for cancer research at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre.

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