Mark McKee is a Sci-Fi Festival Screenplay Winner from the Coverfly submission platform. LISTEN to his interview with Matthew Toffolo, followed by the audio version of the script reading WILDsound performed at the festival.

Watch the screenplay reading of POSTHUMAN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaHPqjPBzRo

Follow his death and resurrection, a boy is hunted by a mysterious government organization hell-bent on learning the secrets of the afterlife.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Allison Kampf

Darren: Allan Michael Brunet

Bruce: Geoff Mays

Elderly Woman: Mandy May Cheetham

Nurse: Cassandra Guthrie

Clerk: Steve Rizzo

Submit to the festival anytime via FilmFreeway: https://filmfreeway.com/WILDsoundFilmandWritingFestival

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Matthew Toffolo “zooms” to Australia to interview screenwriter Lyndal Simpson about her multiple winning screenplay THE FARRELL GIRL. Audio version of the screenplay movie after the interview.

About the Screenplay:

Two young sisters, sole survivors of a family massacre, must find one another after almost twenty years of separation, when the chief suspect in the killings seeks to hunt them down once more.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Allison Kampf

Caitlin: Kyana Teresa

Rosie: Val Cole

Annabelle: Alicia Ryan

Erica: Hannah Ehman

Michael: Allan Michael Brunet

Fish: Bill Poulin

Submit to the festival anytime via FilmFreeway: https://filmfreeway.com/WILDsoundFilmandWritingFestival

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October 16th - This Day in History

1923 - Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio founded

1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis begins as JFK is shown photos confirming the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba

1968 - Americans Tommie Smith (gold 19.83 WR) and John Carlos (bronze) famously give the Black Power Salute on the 200m medal podium during the Mexico City Olympics to protest racism and injustice against African-Americans

2020 - Matthew Toffolo interviews writer Miguel Ángel Parra from Spain about his winning LGBT screenplay THE PINK HOUSE. Listen to the best scene script reading after the interview.

Summary of THE PINK HOUSE:

Pablo, a hedonistic homosexual with problems to accept his age, meets Star, a transsexual who used to perform at the gay bar that Pablo just bought and in which he wants to open a disco. Shocked by the harsh history of her life and the situation of abandonment in which Star and some of her friends find themselves, Pablo joins a group of activists in a crazy and fun race to get a safe place for older LGBT people, In spite of the oabstacles that a homophobic town councilor puts on them.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Allison Kampf
Raul: Scott Beaudin
Pablo : Steve Rizzo
David : Allan Michael Brunet

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October 15, 2020 - This Day in History

1940 "The Great Dictator", a satiric social commentary film by and starring Charlie Chaplin released

1951 "I Love Lucy", starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, debuts on CBS

2020 - Interview with the winning Comedy Festival screenwriter for THE HOTEL PALMYRA, John Montgomery. LISTEN to audio recording of a best scene reading of the script after the interview

Summary of Script:

A romantic comedy about an uptight executive sent to refurbish a ruined tropical hotel full of nutty guests and a slew of suitors.

CAST LIST: Narrator: Allison Kampf

Marian : Kyana Teresa

Manager : Allan Michael Brunet

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October 14, 2020 - This Day in HIstory

1882 - Arthur Conan Doyle publishes "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" collection of 12 stories - first publication of the famous Sherlock Holmes series.

2003- The Bartman game at Wrigley Field. Game 6 of the NLCS. Fan Steve Bartman deflects the ball away from Chicago Cubs outfielder Moises Alou changing the series and ruining a chance of the Cubs to go to the World Series.

2007 - "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" featuring Kim, Khloé, and Kourtney Kardashian premieres on the E! cable network in the US.

2020 - Matthew Toffolo interviews writer Mike Meier about this screenplay The Love Hex. Best scene reading of the script performed after the interview..

Summary of Script:

New York in 1929, shortly before the Great Depression. Rose is unhappily married to a mobster lawyer. She suffers from early-onset arthritis. Her doctor recommends a hot spring treatment. Her friend Alice, recently widowed and a mother of three, suffers chronic fatigue. Eventually, both travel to the hot springs in Mexico and hook up with two young gigolos. The days are jolly until on the Día de los Muertos, when Rose's jealous husband arrives out of the blue.

CAST LIST: Narrator: Allison Kampf

Rose : Hannah Ehman

Spencer : Allan Michael Brunet

Ramiro : Scott Beaudin -

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October 13, 2020 - This day in history

1951- The best picture winner for 1951 “All About Eve” premieres

1962 - Edward Albee’s play "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" opens on Broadway featuring actress Uta Hagen

2020 - Matthew Toffolo interviews Joel McElvaney about his Dungeons & Dragons inspired screenplay “Dragons of the Gloam”, with a best scene recording of his script after the interview..

A group of teenage Dungeons & Dragons players get zapped into their game—and into the bodies of their characters. Still scared teens on the inside, the game characters must work together to find a hidden castle and defeat a poison-breathing dragon in order to return to their normal lives—and selves.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Allison Kampf

Lumbu: Bill Poulin

Gruber: Sean Ballantyne

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October 12th 2020 - This Day in History is a Sports Edition

1979 - Boston Celtics guard Chris Ford scores the first ever 3-point shot in basketball history.

1989 - Worst trade in sports history takes place when the Dallas Cowboys trade Herschel Walker to the Minnesota Vikings for a truckload of draft picks, setting up the Cowboy 90s dynasty.

1992 - Bret “Hitman” Hart defeats Ric Flair for the WWF title at a house show shocking the wrestling universe.

2020 - Matthew Toffolo interviews the Action/Adventure Festival screenplay winner Tim Kontje (ZERO LINE). Then listen to the audio best scene reading of his script.

Watch the reading: https://youtu.be/Keepz5so21I

A hard-charging journalist teams up with a cynical soldier of fortune and an Iraqi archaeologist as her story on ISIS antiquities trafficking becomes a race against a ruthless private military corporation. Inspired by true events.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Allison Kampf

Jen: Hannah Ehman

Chandra: Elizabeth Rose Morriss

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January 9th - This Day in History

1926 - NBC (National Broadcasting Corporation) begins.

1986 - The Late Show with Joan Rivers premieres on Fox, first woman to host a US late-night TV talk show

2020 - Matthew Toffolo interviews the winning screenwriter of “ReView”, Jonathan Zarantonello

Watch the screenplay reading here: https://youtu.be/dvkStad_IW0

In a video message, a girl invites other women to have sex with her boyfriend, but only if they leave her a review after.

 @Wildsound Festival 

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Allison Kampf

Taylor: Kyana Teresa

Denise: Elizabeth Rose Morriss

This podcast is edited and produced by Kimberly Villarruel

This date in history October 8 2020

1927 - Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy film THE SECOND HUNDRED YEARS premieres. The first film for the comedy duo.

1942 - The comedy duo Abbott and Costello launch their weekly radio show, marking the beginning for another iconic comedy duo.

2020 - Matthew Toffolo chats with David Sabbath : https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3543330/

The WILDsound organization has performed two of David’s screenplays through the years.

Just recently, 53 Hours In Harpers Ferry: https://youtu.be/uneh9P2Zyrk

And last year, Dancing in the White Room: https://youtu.be/pxs4GvRTTmM

This podcast was produced and edited by Kimberly Villarruel

This day in history on October 3rd

1941 - The Maltese Falcon" directed by John Huston, starring Humphrey Bogart, premieres

1952 - The 1st video recording on magnetic tape occurs.

2020 - Matthew Toffolo interviews Annika Freese, winning screenwriter of THE DETOUR. A recorded best scene of the script occurs after the interview

Watch the video screenplay reading here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXsF4-cBwSQ

When her boyfriend unexpectedly proposes, Accaila MacLochlann realizes she has no idea what she wants from her life. So, when the opportunity to drive across country to sell her parents’ truck and trailer in San Francisco arises, Accaila takes it.

CAST LIST:
Narration: Allison Kampf
SPENCER : Allan Michael Brunet
ACCAILA : Hannah Ehman

Read the blog interview with Annika here: https://matthewtoffolo.com/2020/09/22/interview-with-screenwriter-annika-freese-the-detour/

Weekly WILDsound Film Festival events stream online every single Saturday night. Plus, submit to our upcoming festivals at www.wildsoundfestival.com

Watch the Reading of the Winning LGBT Screenplay CIRCLE OF ILLUMINATION: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hTX82xID34

Simon, a shy introvert, and Rosie, a bon vivant, have been best friends since Kindergarten. After Rosie dies, Simon receives e-mails from Rosie’s account with detailed instructions as to how to spread her ashes throughout Europe. The problem is: Simon only has two weeks to visit four countries. Will Simon overcome his fears and carry out his best friend’s wishes in time? We follow Simon on an epic quest that turns out to be as challenging as it is illuminating.

CAST LIST:

Molly/Dayonare: Jennifer Lieberman
Adele/Mrs. Murphy: Esther Thibault
Narration: Geoff Mays
Simon: Max Ackerman
Rosie: Maiza Dubhe
Various: Russell Batcher

If there is a theme to this episode, it would be - “Stay excited. Stay optimistic!”

Brooke Elowe was the Fan Fiction Feature Screenwriter winner for BLACK WIDOW: FUGITIVE.

Watch the winning screenplay reading HERE

We also did a Screenplay Movie as well. You can WATCH IT NOW

A contrast from this podcast to our last podcast, episode #63 with Thomas Clary. Thomas is a seasoned veteran in the industry with 20 years experience. As Brooke is just starting out and in University. Both winners. Both from different perspectives in the world today.

This episode was sponsored by the 1 page short story contest.

The theme of this episode is: “Who deserves an origin story!”S

Chat with the fan fiction screenplay winner Paul Watkins. He wrote an Obi Wan Kenobi Star Wars origin story screenplay.

You can watch the winning reading HERE.

Synopsis of screenplay:

When a hidden settlement on the system of Tatooine is attacked by a force from the past a mysterious villager and his odd ball team will seek out a legendary Jedi Knight.

This podcast was sponsored by the 1 Page Screenplay Contest. Submit your 400 word or less story and get it performed by a professional actor and made into a video.

The theme of this episode is that Screenplay Contests Work! As we see from interviewing Michael Meade from Portland, Oregon.

Interview starts at (3:17). Matthew Toffolo chats with Michael about his Fan Fiction screenplay win “Welcome to Crystal Lake”, based on the Friday the 13th series, in 2017.

Watch the screenplay reading here: https://fanfictionfestival.com/2017/09/20/winning-fan-fiction-screenplay-welcome-to-crystal-lake-friday-the-13th-by-mike-meade/

Two years later, Michael is the writer of the feature film of Friday the 13th, called “Vengeance”, coming to a cinema near you in a few weeks.

Watch the Trailer for Friday the 13th: Vengeance here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AwA6V39Tu0

And join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/F13Vengeance/

Michael also talks about currently working rewrites on the feature film “Nightfall”, his original screenplay that was optioned and is set to go into production next year, directed by Matthew Tibbenhaum.

This podcast was sponsored by the 1 Page Screenplay Contest. Submit your 400 word or less story and get it performed by a professional actor and made into a video.

Matthew Toffolo chats with UK writer Neal Doran about his winning feature screenplay CHANGES.

Watch the full reading performed by professional actors at the festival: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EP2MwbsZsmk

Submit your Screenplay (any) or short film to the festival via FilmFreeway: https://filmfreeway.com/WILDsoundFilmandWritingFestival

Toby is a typical gamer kid approaching the woes of puberty. The after school routine with his bookish friend Nic is spent navigating the London tube line trying to figure the most efficient route to make the infamous 1609 train. However, when one of the popular kids start riding the tube with them they become increasingly involved with a group of girls from another school travelling the same way.

CAST LIST:

Various: Sean Ballantyne
Clare: Leanne Hoffman
Nik: Caleb Jaques
Chris: Ross Cummings
Narration: Carina Cojeen
Toby: Aaron Williams
Jen: Victoria Murdoch
Mandy/Smiley: Natalie Morgan