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WILDsound's The Film Podcast

In each episode, the C.E.O. of WILDsound, Matthew Toffolo, chats about all things storytelling and film. Conversations with talented individual from all around the world.

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Jan. 28, 2021 - Filmmaker Rennik Soholt (FORCED CHANGE)

FORCED CHANGE is a feature documentary that uses the path of destruction left behind by Hurricane Katrina as a vehicle to bring to life unique human stories that shed light on what it means to be home. Filmed at critical moments over the last fourteen years, FORCED CHANGE is a heart-breaking retrospective of four unique and relatable, but displaced, characters that left New Orleans after the hurricane and never returned home.

Great chat with the filmmaker Rennik Soholt on the 15 year process making this film. Rennik is an accomplished Emmy Nominated Producer. See IMDB credits.

Film playing at the Documentary Film Festival this Friday Jan. 29th. RSVP your FREE tickets and stream for free at home.

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Jan. 26, 2021 - Screenwriters Eila Algood, Holly Algood (COPPERLAND)

Friendship. Relationships. LGBTQ+, Mothers, Ashes., Death, Forgiveness, Mediums, Connections - There a lot of essence in the COPPERLAND screenplay written by the guests to the podcast today.

Candid chat with writers Eila & Holly Algood on the process of writing the screenplay. LISTEN to the best scene reading after the interview.

Watch the best scene reading:

Four intelligent, complex women are drawn together. A lesbian couple, their friend and a young woman are looking to find peace relating to their deceased mothers. The fight for equal rights shows up both from the past and present. There is an exciting discovery to bring solar energy to mainstream culture. A huge secret is revealed causing tension and turmoil yet offering new potential for depth in the relationships between the women.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Grace: Julie Sheppard
Raven/Dorothy: Hannah Ehman
Cate: Kyana Teresa
Maggie: Allison Kampf

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Jan. 25, 2021 - Screenwriter Kari Karsten (HELLE’S BELLE)

A based on a true story screenplay about a female serial killer at the beginning of the 20th century. Candid conversation with the writer of HELLE’S BELLE, Kari Karsten, about the process writing this screenplay from the research to finding the structure.

Summary of Script: In the early 20th century a young woman discovers a way to prosper from her husband’s death, leading her down a lifelong path of murderous treachery that threatens to be discovered by a local police detective investigating a sinister series of mysterious events.

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Jan. 23, 2021 - Filmmakers Alejandro Fanzago & Anne Valmont (THE GRIN OF EVIL)

THE GRIN OF EVIL is one of the best Fan Fiction film you’ll ever see. It’s also a teaser to a much bigger story. Interview with the director/star Alejandro Fanzgo and the producer Anne Valmont in Argentina.

Summary of Film: The Grin of Evil aims to explore the Joker's philosophy from his peculiar point of view and away from his faithful adversary. It's a journey of what lies behind the jokes and laughs: each chapter offers a different approach of the character, who will be portrayed in various styles. As fans, our main interest is to pay tribute to the characters that made a difference in our childhood and teenage years. The idea of bringing these characters and their universe to life from the vignettes is exhilarating. We feel committed to develop a creative challenge that would bring out the best of each artist, making it personal to us and to the viewers as well.

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Jan. 22, 2021 - Filmmaker Braden Joe (ALIVE)

ALIVE was the winner of BEST DOC FILM at the upcoming Dance & Music Festival. WATCH this film and an amazing lineup of shorts for FREE this Saturday: https://experimentalfilmfestival.com/next-los-angeles-event/

Streaming for all day. RSVP to be able to watch.

About the film: A hybrid, experimental documentary which explores the issue of modern-day slavery perpetrated by the fast fashion industry. Through art, dance, and anthropology, Alive seeks to start the conversation of our individual role in the world, and our responsibility to fix its issues.

Braden chats about the process making this film and the unique location they shot the film in.

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Jan. 21, 2021 - Filmmaker/Musician Mr. Corazon (THE DYING LIGHT)

THE DYING LIGHT was the winner of BEST FILM at the upcoming Dance & Music Festival. WATCH this film and an amazing lineup of shorts for FREE this Saturday: https://experimentalfilmfestival.com/next-los-angeles-event/

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Mr. Corazon chats candidly about the inspiration of making this music video as a support for Black Lives Matter. A true talent, he wrote, directed and did the music for this video.

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Jan. 20, 2021 - Filmmaker Max Westerman (SMALL-TOWN POLITICS IN THE AGE OF TRUMP)

WATCH MY FRIEND, THE MAYOR: SMALL-TOWN POLITICS IN THE AGE OF TRUMP at our POLITICAL Film Festival this upcoming Friday: https://lafeedbackfilmfestival.com/virtual-cinema-screening/

Streaming for FREE all day. RSVP to be able to watch.

Candid conversation with the filmmaker and how this film came to be.

Summary of FILM: Among the first to be hit by the AIDS epidemic in the 1980’s, Sean Strub’s political ambitions took a backseat as he struggled to survive. Now 60, he is running for mayor of a conservative town in Pennsylvania. How will this liberal, openly gay ex-New Yorker and founder of POZ, a magazine for people with HIV, fare in a rural community that voted for Donald Trump?

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Jan. 19, 2021 - Filmmaker Toby Hayman & Paige Lee (THE BIRDER)

Director Toby Hayman & Producer/Editor Paige talk about the process of making their short DOC film THE BIRDER. Still time to watch the film and the festival now: https://documentaryshortfilmfestival.com/

Summary of film: J. Drew Lanham has lived his life vicariously through birds. As a boy in rural South Carolina they showed him a world beyond his backyard, and taught him how the places of the world are connected. Today as an ecology professor and ornithologist he watches birds to learn how our environment is changing. They provide a warning, but they also give us hope.

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Jan. 18, 2021 - Katherine Sweetman & Jade White (Documentary HIGH FLYING JADE)

Chat with filmmaker Katherine Sweetman & Documentary subject Jade White from the award winning short doc HIGH FLYING JADE. Still time to watch the film and the festival now: https://documentaryshortfilmfestival.com/

Summary of Film: Walking the line between mindfulness and adrenaline rush, an American, bipolar, aerialist tries to reconcile her suicidal inclinations, her past life as an air traffic controller and the pressures of training for opening night at the Vietnamese circus.

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Jan. 15, 2021 - Filmmaker Jason Flakes (HEAR CONGO)

The raw materials that go into most electronics today are mined from the Congo. This is how HEAR CONGO is helping. Playing at the Under 5 Minute Film Festival today. Watch/RSVP the festival: https://under5minutefilmfestival.com/next-festival-event/

See how HEAR CONGO got made and why it’s a very important subject and film.

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Jan. 14, 2021 - Filmmaker Elizabeth Quiroga Jordan (HOME BREAK IN)

The art of the one-minute-movie. Great chat with the filmmaker of HOME BREAK IN, playing at the Under 5 Minute Film Festival on Friday. Watch/RSVP the festival: https://under5minutefilmfestival.com/next-festival-event/


How to tell the beginning, middle and give an amazing twist ending in just 60 seconds. Watch HOME BREAK IN:

“A mysterious woman breaks into a man’s apartment while he is showering. After some unknown events, the story ends unexpectedly.”

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Jan. 12, 2021 - Author/Activist/Producer Ray Barron-Woolford (FEEDING LEWISHAM)

FEEDING LEWISHAM is the winner of BEST FILM at the January 2021 DOCUMENTARY Short Film Festival. RSVP to WATCH this film at the upcoming Virtual Festival: https://documentaryshortfilmfestival.com/next-event/

Ray Barron-Woolford is a true life time community activist that writes for The London Economic, and regular on LBC, Talk Radio Europe. BBC and RT news . His is a multi award winning expert on Social enterprise, establishing first not for profit housing business and established the largest independent food bank in the UK We Care food bank and #ChrissySentUs project , See his work at New Cross Food Bank on You Tube.


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His Blog http://lewishamcampaigner.blogspot.co.uk

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Jan. 9, 2021 - Actor/Writer/Producer Margarita Zhitnikova (2 WEEKS)

2 WEEKS is a film about asexuality. Part of the LGBTQ+ Film Festival streaming today.

Watch the festival now: https://lgbttorontofilmfestival.com/

Great chat with the writer/producer/actor of the short film, Margarita Zhitnikova, on the process of making her short film. From crowdfunding, to prepping the film, to production, to post, to having to go back and re-shoot a scene. It was a long but rewarding process.

Summary of 2 WEEKS, 9min., USA, Drama

When 20-something-year-old Tanya begins to realize she’s asexual, the highly charged sexualized world she lives in as an actress and partner begins to fall apart and feels more and more like an unbearable nightmare.

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Jan. 8, 2021 - Actor/Writer Jeremy Glazer (ON THE RIDE)

ON THE RIDE was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the January 2021 LGBTQ+ Film Festival. There is a special screening streaming all day on Saturday January 9th.

You can RSVP/WATCH the festival at https://lgbttorontofilmfestival.com/next-film-festival-event/

http://www.ontheridefilm.com
Facebook: @ontheridefilm
Instagram: @ontheridefilm
Twitter: @ontheridefilm

Summary of ON THE RIDE, 13min., USA, Drama:

On his morning bike ride, Scott grapples with the memories of a trauma he experienced with his husband Todd. When his route suddenly takes an unexpected turn, Scott finds himself on the doorstep of a stranger intimately connected to the past he can’t shake.


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Jan. 6, 2021 - Screenwriter Jacobo Fe (ACE)

Upcoming screenwriter Jacobo Fe is a recent graduate from the UCLA Screenwriting program. He wrote a winning script based on a the true story about Sir Douglas Bader, a British pilot during WWII, who, after losing both of his legs, became a flying ace.

Listen to interview with Jacobo, plus a best scene reading performance after the interview.

Watch the best scene reading: https://vimeo.com/492733632

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Bader: Shawn Devlin
Halahan: Sean Ballantyne
Coach: Matthew Camp

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Jan. 4, 2021 - Screenwriter Daniel Corey (CRACKSMEN)

CRACKSMEN is a terrific high concept feature screenplay written by comic book writer/screenwriter Daniel Corey:

“Cracksmen are a new class of criminal that specialize in slipping into an alternate dimension to commit crimes. Jake is one of the best, but to escape the mob, he has to strike a deal that will get him in trouble with syndicates on both sides of reality.”

Watch the Best Scene Screenplay Reading: https://vimeo.com/491979244

CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Jake: Steve Rizzo
Leo: Sean Ballantyne
Isis: Allison Kampf

Writer Biography – Daniel Corey

Daniel Corey is a writer and content producer who has created for comics, live theatre and virtual reality.

Daniel’s projects include the graphic novels BLOODWORTH and PROPHET, which he wrote and distributed through his company, DangerKatt, as well as MORIARTY and RED CITY, which he published through Image Comics (home of THE WALKING DEAD). MORIARTY has been adapted into a VR comic book titled MORIARTY: ENDGAME VR, which earned him the #2 spot on Onalytica’s Top 100 VR Influencers list.

He has also worked in broadcast news for NPR and ABC, serves on the Creative Writing Program Advisory Committee at Full Sail University, and speaks at pop culture conventions around the country.


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Dec, 30, 2020 - Screenwriter Anthony Catino (Neighbor Versus Neighbor)

Winning short screenplay writer Antony Catino wrote a polarizing story called NEIGHBOR VERSUS NEIGHBOR, about the insidious nature of government oppression and how blind we are to the methods government and political parties use to retain power.


Watch the Screenplay Reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0z9ULTvuZY

Wracked with guilt, a former East German Stasi officer who enforced tyranny and destroyed lives – including his own family – uses current events as a chance for redemption to fight government oppression.

CAST LIST:
Anneliese: Julie Sheppard
Frank: Geoff Mays
Martin: Shawn Devlin
Brianna: Hannah Ehman
Esf Agent/Desmond: Bill Poulin

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Dec. 28, 2020 - Screenwriter Monty C. Floyd (WHO KNEW?)

WHO KNEW? is the story about a Hollywood A-lister falling for a spunky political press secretary. A classic romantic comedy that everyone wants to watch, whether they admit it or not!

Great chat with Monty C. Floyd, the Romance Festival screenplay winner, on the process of writing & living overseas in Germany raising a family.

Watch the best scene script reading of WHO KNEW? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p49-1ppVF80

Hope finds unexpected love in Washington D.C..

CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Hope: Kyana Teresa
Dan/Howard: Geoff Mays
Audra: Julie Sheppard

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Dec. 26, 2020 - Directed by Ian Asbjørnsen (ODYSSEY OMEGA)

The process of making the movie that you want to make and succeeding doing so. ODYSSEY OMEGA is a film that you’ve never seen before. It’s full of emotion and creativity. A must watch!

You can stream the exclusive screening all day Saturday by emailing the festival for the password here: https://thrillersuspensefestival.com/next-festival-event/

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Dec. 25, 2020 - Director Matt Szymanowski (DARK DAY)

DARK DAY is a must see 7 minute Thriller written & directed by the talented filmmaker Matt Szymanowski

You can stream the exclusive screening all day Saturday by emailing the festival for the password here: https://thrillersuspensefestival.com/next-festival-event/


Matt talks about how he found his sound team (designer and composer) by simply asking two very established people. Plus, how this film began as an demo reel idea for the lead actor and turned into one of the best Crime/Thriller short films of 2020.

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