Short Stories by Barry Brennessel

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Watch the September 2016 Winning Short Story Readings.

7 Stories by Barry Brennessel. Performed by Kaleb Alexander, Erynn Brook, Val Cole.

Watch the 7 Stories: 

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What is your 1pg Short Story about?

All seven stories (EGG BOY, HIDOI, HIBAKUSHA, IN UNISON, OLD SOUL, SACRIFICE, SNOW MONSTERS) are snapshots of people struggling at various points in Japanese history.

What genres would you say this short story is in?

Drama. These are people fighting with emotional, financial, personal, and physical stress.

How would you describe this story in two words?

Life’s challenging.

What movie have you seen the most in your life?

I would have to say the record goes to “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.”

How long have you been working on this story?

Each of the seven stories took about 3 weeks to write and polish.

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By femalefilmfestival

The irony of this festival is that its goal is to not be around in 5 years time. To eventually not be relevant because there is zero need to have a festival geared for female talent and female stories because the stories presented in Hollywood and around the world are a balanced showcase of the human experience from both sexes. Our goal is to achieve a lot of success and then fold into oblivion simply because there is no need for this festival. This festival was created by the FEEDBACK Film & Writing Festival as a simple reaction to a strong need to showcase female talent from around the world in a more profound way. When putting together the weekly festival, the administration noticed a lack of a female presence in the stories being shown at the festival. A classic example and analogy to the frustration is how the festival noticed that even the smaller roles in a screenplay were written for a man to play. There was zero reason for this in many stories. How a police officer, or a political campaign manager, for example with 3-4 lines in a screenplay was a "HE" character. Why? And these are the screenplays written by the winners! The talented one who have obtained agents and have began/beginning their careers as a writer.

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