Month: October 2016

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Highlights from the Thursday October 20, 2016 event. The October 2016 ACTION/CRIME Festival was a major success. The sold out crowd loved every single film. The theme of the festival was “Remember the Red Herring”. In these genres (action, crime, mystery) especially, the “red herring” element always appears, like they…

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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…

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It was definitely an education chatting with story artist Yoriaki Mochizuki. He chats about working storyboarding animation movies and how it can be a much more creative process than working on live action films, and so much more…. Read the Full Interview at MatthewToffolo.com On working on THE LEGO MOVIE…

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rent Opaloch is easily the most talented and sought after cinematographers in the world today. He has DP’d for director Neil Blomkamp  on “District 9”, “Elysium”, and “Chappie”,  and director’s Anthony & Joe Russo on “Captain America: Winter Soldier”, and the upcoming “Captain America: Civil War”. It was an honor to sit…

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Thank you for the detailed feedback. Whoever did this feedback is a caring person with heart! – Doris B. Gill (Rembrandt and the Seedlings, Feature Script) Get your script and story performed by professional actors at the Family Festival. Get your Short Film showcased at the FEEDBACK Film Festival and…

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AMERICAN PASTORAL (USA 2016) *** Ewan McGregor makes his directing debut and stars alongside Oscar winner Jennifer Connelly and Dakota Fanning in this ambitious adaptation of Philip Roth’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, about a “perfect” American family that is torn apart by the social and political upheavals of the 1960s. One must…

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The FEEDBACK Female Film Festival (FFFF) was created for women filmmakers and screenwriters. The goal is to showcase the best of female talent in film & TV from around the world. Film Festival takes place twice a year. Next Festival is December 29, 2016 Screenplay Festival takes place monthly. Submit…

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What a great time I had chatting with the extremely talented Newton Brothers (Andrew Grush & Taylor Stewart). A composing team that has already “scored” an impressive resume. I talked with them while they were in the midst of promoting their composing work on the horror film “Ouija: Origin of…