FEMALE FEEDBACK Festival Testimonial – June 22, 2018

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Chloe Bellande

I was a winner for the FIRST SCENE stage reading for my movie While The Village Sleeps. This was my first time getting a prize like this one and I’ve gotta say that this was pretty useful to my writing! They kept a video on YouTube that I still use a reference to show people how my opening scene “sound like”. Their response rate is very fast and they are very friendly and accomodating. I also attending the Festival a few times at the Regal Cinemas in LA. Great ambiance! Cool to see that everyone in the audience is so respectful of the movies that are showing on every night, and feedback is always encouraged at the end of each film block. This is definitely a festival that I would recommend to both filmmakers and screenwriters as there are great perks for both sides. Definitely re-submitting for my other screenplays and possibly a movie I made. Go check it out! You won’t be disappointed.

5 Star Review

Watch the Screenplay Reading by a script written by Chloe:

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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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