Female Festival 1st Scene Reading: Steal The Light, by Whitney Stewart — FEEDBACK Female Film Festival

After Hurricane Katrina destroys her home and career, a young journalist abandons everything to fulfill her German grandmother’s dying wish — to discover the fate of her brother who disappeared on the Russian Front of World War Two. CAST LIST: Narrator: Sean Ballantyne Charlotte: Hannah Ehman Anna: Nkasi Ogbonnah — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival […]

Female Festival 1st Scene Reading: Steal The Light, by Whitney Stewart — FEEDBACK Female Film Festival

Female Festival Winning Feature Screenplay Reading: For Better Or For Worse, by Clara BIJL — FEEDBACK Female Film Festival

An American-born woman who’s deemed to be an “illegal” attempts to avoid deportation at any cost, only to find that her seemingly fool-proof plan has backfired. CAST LIST: Various: Regan Brown Phil: Dale Samms Jane: Cassandra Guthrie Narration: Kat Smiley Edith: Melie Rondeau Brad: Hugh Ritchie Mike: Wayne Yuan — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival […]

Female Festival Winning Feature Screenplay Reading: For Better Or For Worse, by Clara BIJL — FEEDBACK Female Film Festival

HIGHLIGHTS, WINNERS & VIDEOS: February 2020 Female FEEDBACK Film Festival (Los Angeles) — FEEDBACK Female Film Festival

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: BEST FILM: CYCLE BEST COMEDY FILM: LABOR RELATIONS BEST PERFORMANCES: LISTEN BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: CIGARETTE LIPS BEST SOUND & MUSIC: JACKS Theme of night: Not really listening. NOTE: Festival took place during the COVID-19 virus lockdown so all screenings were held in private. Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos: TIME AT WOODPINE, 17min., USA, […]

HIGHLIGHTS, WINNERS & VIDEOS: February 2020 Female FEEDBACK Film Festival (Los Angeles) — FEEDBACK Female Film Festival

An Idea Short Film, Audience Feedback from April 2020 ANIMATION Festival — FEEDBACK Animation Film & Screenplay Festival

AN IDEA, 6min., Mexico, Animation Directed by Juan Paulín All sorts of things can happen in the search of an idea. CLICK HERE – and see full info and more pics of the film!

An Idea Short Film, Audience Feedback from April 2020 ANIMATION Festival — FEEDBACK Animation Film & Screenplay Festival

Serpendipity Short Film, Audience Feedback from April 2020 ANIMATION Festival — FEEDBACK Animation Film & Screenplay Festival

SERPENDIPITY, 7min., USA, Animation Directed by Carlos Mejia & Kevin Barwick Gordon does not want to freeze during his dinner date. Not only is Gordon nervous, but he has a secret- he has snakes for hair with a bad habit of turning people into stone. Will he find love or is this a date with disaster? […]

Serpendipity Short Film, Audience Feedback from April 2020 ANIMATION Festival — FEEDBACK Animation Film & Screenplay Festival

Unified Theory Short Film, Audience Feedback from April 2020 ANIMATION Festival — FEEDBACK Animation Film & Screenplay Festival

UNIFIED THEORY, 5min., USA, Animation Directed by Christina Hibner Unified Theory is an experimental animation that follows two cosmic entities. The main character, Junior, is trying her best to learn about the nature of the universe from her teacher, Senior, who is a master of the universe. CLICK HERE – and see full info and more pics […]

Unified Theory Short Film, Audience Feedback from April 2020 ANIMATION Festival — FEEDBACK Animation Film & Screenplay Festival

Waters Of March Short Film, Audience Feedback from April 2020 ANIMATION Festival — FEEDBACK Animation Film & Screenplay Festival

WATERS OF MARCH, 3min., Canada, Animation Directed by Elizabeth Lewis Waters of March is the classic written by Tom Jobim and performed by jazz singer Stacey Kent. The delicately rendered animated drawings move at a rollicking pace transitioning back and forth from real to abstract images telling the everchanging story of loss and hope. CLICK […]

Waters Of March Short Film, Audience Feedback from April 2020 ANIMATION Festival — FEEDBACK Animation Film & Screenplay Festival

Hesar (Gate) Short Film, Audience Feedback from April 2020 ANIMATION Festival — FEEDBACK Animation Film & Screenplay Festival

HESAR (GATE), 5min., Canada, Animation/Music Video Directed by Nomadic Alternative & Farnaz Ohadi The video is the backdrop for the song “Hesar” from Farnaz Ohadi’s Persian Flamenco debut album. It focuses on themes of Iranian women’s struggles, immigration, mental health and the artist’s journey when she arrived in Canada in 1990. The movie traces the journey […]

Hesar (Gate) Short Film, Audience Feedback from April 2020 ANIMATION Festival — FEEDBACK Animation Film & Screenplay Festival

HIGHLIGHTS, WINNERS & VIDEOS: April 2020 ANIMATION FEEDBACK Film Festival — FEEDBACK Animation Film & Screenplay Festival

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: BEST FILM: HESAR (GATE) BEST CHARACTERS: SERPENDIPITY BEST VISUAL DESIGN: WINTER’S BLIGHT BEST SOUND & MUSIC: UNIFIED THEORY Theme of night: Inner conflicts NOTE: Festival took place during the COVID-19 virus lockdown so all screenings were held in private. Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos: HESAR (GATE), 5min., Canada, Animation/Music Video WINTER’S BLIGHT, […]

HIGHLIGHTS, WINNERS & VIDEOS: April 2020 ANIMATION FEEDBACK Film Festival — FEEDBACK Animation Film & Screenplay Festival

How ‘Penny Dreadful: City of Angels’ Re-Creates Old Los Angeles — With Monsters Real and Imagined — Variety

“Penny Dreadful: City of Angels” all started with creator John Logan’s love of maps. In this case, historic maps of Los Angeles, and how they chronicle the city’s rapid growth in the early part of the 20th century. As a matter of fact, Logan kept a colossal map of 1938-era L.A. on an easel in […]

How ‘Penny Dreadful: City of Angels’ Re-Creates Old Los Angeles — With Monsters Real and Imagined — Variety