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Interview with Screenwriter Ronald Sandoval (PLIGHT) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Ronald Sandoval: A small secluded group home of boys with an array of developmental disabilities, transverse a world affected by social, economic, and government collapse after their caregiver dies. A world inhospitable to … Continue reading

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Interview with Screenwriter Federico Vicino (Karl Reagan: The Capitalist-Communist) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Federico Vicino: Karl Reagan: The Capitalist-Communist is about a dark horse candidate running for a seat in Missouri’s House of Representatives. Set on the heels of a near-apocalyptic nuclear winter, his platform is … Continue reading

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Female Festival Testimonial – April 30 2020 — FEEDBACK Female Film Festival

Screenwriter Whitney Stewart (STEAL THE LIGHT) I am interested in seeing more films by female writers and directors, and I like to see strong female leads. That’s why I submitted to the FEEDBACK Female Film Festival. I also wanted to … Continue reading

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Interview with Screenwriter Whitney Stewart (STEAL THE LIGHT) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Whitney Stewart: My screenplay, Steal the Light, is about the resilience of humans through war and disaster, and about family bonds that endure. The story takes place in post-Katrina New Orleans and in … Continue reading

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Interview with Screenwriter Ma Troggian (FOREIGN) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Ma Troggian: Foreign is a story about love, loss and immigration in a politically polarized America. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Drama, Romantic Drama. 3. Why should this screenplay be … Continue reading

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8 Things I’m Loving in Lockdown — Jenny in Neverland

AD – This post contains gifted items but all thoughts are my own I think if there’s one good thing to come out of this complete nightmare, it’s the sheer amount of positivity radiating from people at the moment. Us … Continue reading

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Action/Crime Festival Testimonial – May 15 2020 — Crime/Mystery Film & Writing Festival

Richard Kjeldgaard Great experience from the advice regarding structure all the way to the table reading which was fabulous. Thanks to the competition director to the actors to the positive reviews of my spec Nowhere-Ville. A FilmFreeway preferred festival: via Action/Crime … Continue reading

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Writing, Rewriting, Refining — Cinema Truth

Over the birthday of an actor who is to be the lead in a feature I cancelled in 2017, I did another scroll through the draft and also went through the simplified alternate draft I wrote that year to generate … Continue reading

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9 Great Scripts — Simon Bewick: Fiction and More

The following is an article from the collection I published Off Script (available for free on Kindle Unlimited and for £1.99 in regular Kindle format). As well as four original screenplays and some short stories, the book contains some suggestions … Continue reading

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Interview with Screenwriter Mike D’Ambrosio (SPACE FRONTIERS) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Mike D’Ambrosio: A young Space Fleet officer (Will) convinces his commander to pursue a mythical crystal (the Eye) which foretells future events and may be the secret to a barbaric alien king’s successes … Continue reading

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