Female Festival Best Scene Reading of Candyland.com by Joan Barrett

Baby boomers/matures enter the 21st century’s dating scene as they seek the last loves of their lives on Candyland.Com, an online mature dating site under the guidance of well-intentioned though flawed founders, boomers Joan and Hughie. Hughie’s house- arrest above Joan’s garage/dating site office plays havoc with both their business and personal relationships.

A Film Freeway Preferred Festival:

CAST LIST:

Hughie: Scott McCullogh
Narrator: Matt Barnes
Dianne: Kyana Teresa
Joan: Olivia Barret

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Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com

Festival Moderators: Kierston Drier, Shepsut Wilson
Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne
Editor: Kimberly Villarruel

Festival Directors: Mary Cox, Rachel Elder, Natasha Levy

Camera Operators: Hugh Ritchie, Isabal Cupryn, Aser Santos Jr., Zack Arch

Female Festival Best Scene Reading of The Cleanup Crew by Sherrill Schmidt

October 31, 2018 femalefilmfestival Screenplay Table Read, Winning Screenplays Feature Screenplay Reading, female writers, Gabriel Darku, matt barnes, nick hendrik, olivia barret, scott mccullough, table reading, The Cleanup Crew by Sherrill Schmidt

After a mysterious mass killing at a planetarium, a father and son crime scene cleanup team are brought in to take care of it but things get lively when they add a third person to the crew who has plans of her own.

CAST LIST:

Security Guard: : Nick Hendrik
Tracy: Olivia Barret
Narrator: Matt Barnes
Sam: Gabriel Darku
George: Scott McCullogh

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Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com

Festival Moderators: Kierston Drier, Shepsut Wilson
Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne
Editor: Kimberly Villarruel

Festival Directors: Mary Cox, Rachel Elder, Natasha Levy

Camera Operators: Hugh Ritchie, Isabal Cupryn, Aser Santos Jr., Zack Arch

FEMALE Best Scene Reading of ON THE VERGE by Rita Martinos

September 14, 2018September 14, 2018 femalefilmfestival Screenplay Table Read, Story Readings, Winning Screenplays BEST SCENE Reading, Elizabeth Rose Morriss, Female Stories, female writers, katelyn varadi, ON THE VERGE by Rita Martinos, Sean Ballantyne, shawn devlin

Following her roommate’s suicide, Lily is inspired by Salma to take a trip outside the United States and explore a foreign culture in Lebanon.

CAST LIST:

Lily – Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Narration – Shawn Devlin
Theo – Sean Ballantyne
Salma – Katelyn Varadi

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Producer: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com

Director: Kierston Drier

Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne

Editor: Kimberly Villarruel

Camera Op: Mary Cox

FEMALE Best Scene Reading of TREED by Staci Greason

September 14, 2018September 14, 2018 femalefilmfestival Screenplay Table Read, Winning Screenplays BEST SCENE Reading, Elizabeth Rose Morriss, female writers, norma dawn dunphy, omar aufi, Sean Ballantyne, TREED by Staci Greason

After the death of her estranged mother, a grieving housewife climbs a tree by the mall to save it from destruction and uncovers the root of true happiness.

CAST LIST:

Kate (late 30s) – Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Narration – Sean Ballantyne
Ruby (older) – Norma Dawn Dunphy
Mort (30s) – Omar Aufi

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Producer: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com

Director: Kierston Drier

Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne

Editor: Kimberly Villarruel

Camera Op: Mary Cox

FEMALE Best Scene Reading of Remember Kent State by Cicely Wynne

September 14, 2018September 14, 2018 femalefilmfestival Screenplay Table Read, Winning Screenplays best scene, BEST SCENE Reading, female writers, geoff may, katelyn varadi, norma dawn dunphy, Remember Kent State by Cicely Wynne, shawn devlin

The Vietnam War, Kent State, violent student protests, sex, drugs, classic rock. One week In May 1970 that defined a generation.

CAST LIST:

Margaret – Katelyn Varadi
Announcer – Geoff Mays
Narration – Norma Dawn Dunphy
Case – Sean Ballantyne
Lucy – Katelyn Varadi
Walter Kronkite – Shawn Devlin

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Producer: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com

Director: Kierston Drier

Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne

Editor: Kimberly Villarruel

Camera Op: Mary Cox

I CAN’T SLEEP, 3min, Ireland, Drama

August 7, 2018 femalefilmfestival Festival Audience Feedback, Short Films 3min, Drama, FEMALE FEEDBACK FILM FESTIVAL, female writers, I CAN'T SLEEP, Ireland

This is Lucy’s story.

“I Can’t Sleep” features a dual narrative track, depicting the possible fates of a young girl, Lucy, who leaves State care at the age of eighteen.

In one scenario, she benefits from Focus Ireland’s support and secure housing, in another she is forced to live on the streets, prey to violence and drugs.

More than 500 young people leave state in the Republic of Ireland care every year, too many of them become homeless.

Focus Ireland know that this can be prevented.

Their services are tailored specifically to young people – and they work.

Focus Ireland: “We are driven by the fundamental belief that homelessness is wrong.

Wrong because it is a failure of society that creates victims out of ordinary people and robs them of their potential.

Wrong because it can be prevented, it can be solved but is allowed to continue and in doing so, undermines society”.

The film features U2’s song ‘Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own’ from the 2004 album How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, used with the band’s full permission.

Written & directed by Laura Way and produced by bodecii.com/ for focusireland.ie/

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