1) What is the theme of your poem? To beat the odds and expose the corruption displayed through our daily lives. 2) What motivated you to write this poem? I wanted to use my voice to speak on a serious topic about police. 3) How long have you been writing poetry? 3 years 4) If […]… Continue reading Interview with Poet K. Exum (ASPIRATION) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary
Author: 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.
Interview with Screenwriters Vicki Cargill, Adam Cargill (STEVE & OLIVIA) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary
Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Adam : The story is about what really makes a family. Two long-lost siblings are reunited when they are both at their lowest and find a connection they’ve never experienced before. Vicki : It’s about finding roots and discovering your own definition of family. It’s about watching two […]… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriters Vicki Cargill, Adam Cargill (STEVE & OLIVIA) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary
Interview with Screenwriter Renate Grassmugg (FREE FALLING) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary
Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Renate Grassmugg: The journey of two men to each other. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Drama. Romantic drama. Family drama. 3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie? Because Kiefer Sutherland and Sam Heughan will be brilliant in it. 4. How would you […]… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Renate Grassmugg (FREE FALLING) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary
Interview with Screenwriter Alice L. Lee (Purgatory: A Love Story) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary
Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Alice L. Lee: “Purgatory: A Love Story” is my reworking of the “Princess and the Frog”. There are lots of versions of this story from all around the world, but for many women, the story boils down to having to kiss a lot of frogs (read, unsuitable men) […]… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Alice L. Lee (Purgatory: A Love Story) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary
Why the Movie Industry Is Fleeing California —
Ah, Hollywood. The Mecca of filmmaking. Thousands of would-be actors, screenwriters, and directors flock to Los Angeles, California to fulfill their dreams of becoming a star because, after all, that’s where movie-making happens. Everyone knows this. And for close to a century, it was true. But today, Hollywood—the way we generally think of it—is fading […]… Continue reading Why the Movie Industry Is Fleeing California —
Zoe Saldana To Star in FENCER Telling the Autobiographical Story of Writer and Director Jasmine McGlade — Entertainment Updates
Zoe Saldana (Avatar, Star Trek, Guardians of the Galaxy) is set to star in the upcoming film, Fencer, from writer and director Jasmine McGlade, who based the story on her own life experience as a national champion fencer. Deadline reports the following story description: Set in the competitive world of fencing, Saldana is attached to […]… Continue reading Zoe Saldana To Star in FENCER Telling the Autobiographical Story of Writer and Director Jasmine McGlade — Entertainment Updates
Read Poem: Paranoia, I seek help, by Vyom Desai — POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film.
I suffer from chronic personality disorder Also called emotional dysregulation disorder, where I suffer from mood swings and behavioral changes, just like abruptly changing seasons, winter to monsoon, monsoon to summer, not following the regular order. order to keep track of my body I keep forgetting what happened 2 mins back, but remember every time […]… Continue reading Read Poem: Paranoia, I seek help, by Vyom Desai — POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film.
Read Poem: All Hallows Eve Fun, by Jackie Mead — POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film.
On the darkest night of the year. I was alone at home, quivering with fear. I started remembering the year before; I had a fright. Just as the day was fading to night. I recounted the encounter which gave me such a fright. On the scariest, darkest of nights. Walking home, alone, I pulled my […]… Continue reading Read Poem: All Hallows Eve Fun, by Jackie Mead — POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film.
Read Poem: Soft Stone, by Meera Zeir — POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film.
Karine Ancellin My lover put a stone in my hand. Hunting the beach with her Long white legs, Veins on marble, lines on limestone faint dark fuzzies playing on translucent skin Torso bent parallel to the horizon Millennia on minute She scans the pebbles radaring the sand and weeds The eroded lithified orb humbles my […]… Continue reading Read Poem: Soft Stone, by Meera Zeir — POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film.
Read Poem: About You, by Joyce Villeta — POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film.
Crazy I still weep about you Cry myself to sleep about you Still I cannot be without you Thinking how I felt about you Thought that I could be without you Never can I be without you Everything I love about you My heart bled and throbbed without you Broken, sick and dead without you […]… Continue reading Read Poem: About You, by Joyce Villeta — POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film.
FEEDBACK Female Film Festival 