HIGHLIGHTS, WINNERS & VIDEOS: October 2019 Female FEEDBACK Film Festival (Los Angeles)

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: BEST FILM: AMERICA FIRST: THE LEGACY OF AN IMMIGRATION RAID BEST PERFORMANCE: ENGLISH LESSONS performers BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: TONY MCCLEAN NEPAL TRUST BEST MUSIC: THE RIVER Theme of night: Resiliance Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos: AMERICA FIRST: THE LEGACY OF AN IMMIGRATION RAID, 40min., USA, Documentary NINA SAIZA, 6min., USA, Drama/Family SUNSET GLORY,… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS, WINNERS & VIDEOS: October 2019 Female FEEDBACK Film Festival (Los Angeles)

LA Festival Best Scene Screenplay Reading: ONE YEAR IN AMHERST, by Stuart Calloway

“One Year In Amherst” is a coming-of-age story with a dash of teen romance and sentimentality. The year is 1969 and 15 year old Clark is working at a gas station in Amherst. There he makes friends with an older boy, Dan Mallow aka Tyro, who introduces him to marijuana. When Clark’s father discovers this,… Continue reading LA Festival Best Scene Screenplay Reading: ONE YEAR IN AMHERST, by Stuart Calloway

LA Festival Best Scene Reading: The Miscalculation, by Stephen Davis

CAST LIST: Narrator: Carina Cojeen Mark: Kaleb Alexander Sarah: Natalie Morgan — 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 Festival Directors: Rachel Elder, Natasha Levy Camera Operators: Ryan Haines, Temitope Akinterinwa, Efren Zapata, Zack Arch

LA Festival Best Scene Reading: Two Parts: THE DISC, by Dewayne Hill

Part 1: CAST LIST: Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss Bishop: Ron Boyd Priest Jacob: Peter Nelson —– Part 2: CAST LIST: Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss Priest Jacob: Peter Nelson Agent Hudson: Lyndsay Clarkson — 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 Festival… Continue reading LA Festival Best Scene Reading: Two Parts: THE DISC, by Dewayne Hill

LA Festival Best Scene Reading: EMERGENCY PSYCHIATRIC SERVICE-EPS Pilot, by Holly Scarabosio

Psychiatric nurse Helena moves from Milwaukee to San Francisco to take a new job — accompanied by her fiancé Jake. They plan to start a new life together — she as a psychiatric nurse at a prominent EPS—Emergency Psychiatric Services; he as a computer tech and would-be writer. Plans don’t always work out. CAST LIST:… Continue reading LA Festival Best Scene Reading: EMERGENCY PSYCHIATRIC SERVICE-EPS Pilot, by Holly Scarabosio

LA Festival Best Scene Reading: GLASS ANGEL, by Lea Ann Vandygriff

A prominent family in Ireland is torn apart by a deadly accident. Sir Andrew turns away from his crippled daughter, Calina, because he cannot bare the sight of her. He slips into a depression and turns to alcohol for comfort. Sir Andrew’s estranged sister for help. Lady Amelia not backing down from her brother’s fury… Continue reading LA Festival Best Scene Reading: GLASS ANGEL, by Lea Ann Vandygriff

HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: August 2019 LGBT FEEDBACK Film Festival

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: BEST FILM: DOST BEST PERFORMANCES: DOST BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: CRUSH BEST MUSIC: AB LIB THEME: Choices Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos: TURN IT AROUND, 9min., Netherlands, LGBT/Drama CRUSH, 16min., USA, LGBT/Thriller AD LIB, 7min., USA, LGBT/Romance GAMERS, 10min., USA, LGBT/Drama CHANDELIER, 9min., Greece, LGBT/Comedy DOST, 41min., Netherlands, LGBT/Drama The theme of the August… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: August 2019 LGBT FEEDBACK Film Festival

LA Festival Best Scene Reading: Blood and Roses, by John McCarney

A young mink farmer enlists in the Marines in a naive plan to get his sister out of a mental hospital. CAST LIST: Aref: Jorge Molina Jenkins: Christopher Zamat Narrator: Val Cole Wall Street: Pierre Simpson Jon: David Draper Mendoza: Melie Rondeau — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel Elder Casting Director:… Continue reading LA Festival Best Scene Reading: Blood and Roses, by John McCarney

LA Festival Best Scene Reading: SOMEONE ELSE”S WAR, by John Prather

Phil Davis, Gary Burdelski, and Urban Forster are roommates at Pioneer College in Pennsylvania. It is 1966. The Vietnam War is raging and anti-war sympathies are brewing. Yet Davis has few worries; he is the starting quarterback and holds thousands of dollars of gambling IOU’s from the faculty. Only girlfriend Pam Fahey’s constant questions about… Continue reading LA Festival Best Scene Reading: SOMEONE ELSE”S WAR, by John Prather

HIGHLIGHTS, WINNERS & VIDEOS: JULY 2019 ACTION/FANTASY/HORROR/SCI-FI/THRILLER FEEDBACK Film Festival

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AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: BEST FILM: NOW BEST PERFORMANCES: THE MONSTER BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: THIS IS FINE BEST MUSIC: SLASHED! THEME: Reborn Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos: LOST AT SEA, 16min., USA, Thriller/Mystery I’M SORRY, 4min., USA, Horror/Found Footage THIS IS FINE, 7min, USA, Sci-Fi/Drama SLASHED!, 8min., UK, Horror/Comedy…