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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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EP. 1132 - Screenwriters Laura Elliott & Joseph Samuels (Beyond The Rivers of Babylon)

Watch the best scene reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t96yy7b3gI

A journey through time when the Jews were threatened by the Muslims and how one young man’s life changed when he escaped and helped others smuggle into Israel from Baghdad- based on a true story.

https://www.laurasmagicday.com/

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Laura : It’s the true story of how Joseph came of age in Babylon during WWII, when a brutal pogrom of violence against the Jews (the Farhud), forces him to smuggle aboard a riverboat to freedom in Israel––leaving his friends, family, and country behind. It’s the story of how a mischievous, fun-loving boy became a man under extraordinary circumstances and not only survived, but thrived. But it’s also about how Muslims and Jews lived in peace in the region for over two thousand years until the Farhud.

Joseph: It is about sharing the lessons of life. Facing broken dreams to build new ones. How to take failure and use it as a stepping stone to success. How you can learn from disappointment and use it to learn how to improve your life. Facing fate, the uncontrollable circumstances we all find ourselves in, and using resilience to not only survive those circumstances, but to thrive. Last Sunday I spoke at the Holocaust Museum to a room full of people. I was saying that university teaches you about life. When you see this movie you will learn how to live. Not only how to survive, but to thrive. To see all the difficulties and turn to resiliency, tenacity, and courage to overcome the unpredictable difficulties that we face.


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EP. 1123 - Screenwriter John C. Fitch III (VIEWING)

Watch the Screenplay Reading: https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/viewing

After a supernatural experience, a street artist at the end of his rope goes to work for a billionaire as a psychic viewer but must fight his way out when he discovers that his shadowy employer is embroiled in a deadly conspiracy. Inspired by true events.

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After a supernatural experience, a young street artist at the end of his rope goes to work for a fossil fuel billionaire as a psychic viewer but must fight his way out when he discovers that his employer is embroiled in a deadly conspiracy. Inspired by true events.

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EP. 1081 - Screenwriter Melissa Skirboll (7 YEARS AFTER)

Watch the Screenplay Reading: https://youtu.be/tJB-5ePkaXE

Seven years after a religious-nationalist sect has taken over most of the country, as the last of the sanctuary cities begin to fall, a poet and her friends fight the forces of oppression.

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EP. 1068 - Screenwriter Gabrielle WIlliams (TAKE THE PLUNGE)

Watch the Screenplay Reading: https://youtu.be/MW0m51jMlVE

A son is scared to jump off of the diving board, so the dad helps him build up the courage.

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Sept. 16, 2023 - Writer Pamela PerryGoulardt

Pamela PerryGoulardt has had multiple scripts performed at the WILDsound Festival, with 5 scripts being turned into “Script Movies”. Those films have gone onto winning multiple awards at various festivals.

You can watch Pamela’s script movies and screenplay readings here:

https://www.wildsound.ca/search?q=Pamela%20PerryGoulardt

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July 14, 2023 - Screenwriter Michael Harris (PREMIUM ECONONY)

Watch the Winning Screenplay Reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3--iiwTEfKE

Falling Down meets Dude, Where’s My Car? Over 24 hours, a recently divorced accountant loses his job, his Jeep and accidentally traffics Heroin. His only escape? Become a beige pants badass aka a Dad Ass.

From the writer:

Premium Economy is How Stella Got Her Groove Back meets Dude, Where’s My Car meets Falling Down (without the racial animus). It’s funny with deceptively touching relationships, even amongst the criminals, and it would be a low budget movie to shoot.

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June 22, 2023 - Screenwriter Jeff Sommer-Zervos (IN SILENCE)

Watch the Screenplay Reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8DK5KJ2MqU

The story follows Jamie Rommen, a man suffering in silence with grief, loneliness, and depression. The loss of his family weighs on him heavily a year later; still reliving the events of their death, alone in the new world of COVID quarantine. He’s out of work. Bills are piling up. His life falling apart.


From the writer:

In Silence is about a guy who struggles internally with depression and PTSD, stemming from a lifetime of mental and emotional abuse, exacerbated by the loss of his family over a short period of time. The purpose of the story is to show how the devastating effects of depressing and PTSD, both forms of brain trauma, can spiral out of control if not addressed. A lesser theme of the film shows the pitfall of the male mindset that says “I’m a man, I don’t need help”, “I can do it on my own”, which is a bunch of archaic non-sense that needs to go away. It’s OK to cry, guys. There’s nothing wrong with asking for help. This story is inspired by my own experiences, so take my word for it. I am Jamie Rommen.

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June 13, 2023 - Screenwriter Simone Brazzini (MY NAME IS BLUE)

Watch the best scene screenplay reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=730wDV6OBk0

After an obsessive teenager sneaks into the trailer of their lifelong idol, a recently canceled actor, the two embark on a cross country journey of forced dreams and the impossibility of escaping the past.


Get to know the writer:

My Name is Blue is a coming of age story following the journey that Blue, an obsessive non-binary teen, takes as they run away to follow Jack, a recently cancelled actor, across the country. It’s about trying to escape your past, facing your traumas, and letting go of dreams that hold you back.

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June 2, 2023 - Writer Mildred Schindler Janzen & Screenwriter Kenneth Gire (ALL THAT YOU LOVE)

ALL THAT YOU LOVE is a winning feature screenplay written by Kenneth Gire. Based on the novel by Mildred Schindler Janzen called “Surviving Hitler, Evading Stalin: One Woman's Remarkable Escape from Nazi Germany”

Watch the Screenplay Best Scene Reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YF2Bc5iB0I

A teenager’s idyllic life on a German farm is shattered during World War II by a ruthless Soviet invasion that separates her from her family, putting


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May 5, 2023 - Screenwriter James W. Gould (MOTHER SUPERIOR)

Watch the Screenplay Reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6lx36tTrjE

In 1350s Florence, an insecure nun unwillingly becomes the Mother Superior after the Plague kills the leaders of her nearly bankrupt convent. To save her convent, she must find the strength to confront the male dominated Church, Guilds and civil authorities, and her own demons.


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While set in the past, Mother Superior has great modern-day relevance. The Plague foreshadows the disruptions of our Covid epidemic. Today’s struggles of women with a male dominated Church and civil society, and with their own faith, echo those of the protagonist.

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April 10, 2023 - Screenwriter David Creighton (BILLY)

Watch the Screenplay Reading of BILLY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXF5dI4CMN4

In this satirical look at over-positive parenting, a desperate teacher tries to explain a student’s litany of crimes to a couple who can see no wrong. It’s Modern Family meets SNL.

Get to know the screenwriter:

The script tells the story of an exasperated teacher, desperately trying to convince a pair of over-positive parents that their son is a living terror. If I’m doing the cliche answer: It”s SNL meets Modern Family. This is a pure comedy

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March 11, 2023 - Screenwriter Alex Vickery-Howe (WATCHLIST)

Watch the Screenplay Reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80HWDaLb7VA

Logline: A young man falls in love with an ecoterrorist only to discover their pasts are entwined.

Synopsis: Basil Pepper is not ‘the man’, he’s not a doer, or a fighter…or even much of a thinker. World events pass him by, ideology makes him sleepy, and the Prime Minister’s name eludes him. Delia Dengel is determined to take a stand, to succeed where generations have failed, and be the change she wants to see, even if she’ll always be hunted. Basil is smitten. It isn’t long before he begins to see the world through Delia’s eyes…
And that’s when the storm begins.

How far would you go to save the world?

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March 8, 2023 - Screenwriter Jennifer C. Clark (ALL THE COOL KIDS)

Watch the Screenplay Reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wxOOpBCqPs

A closeted teen football star, Harley Harris, discovers his friends and fellow townsfolk are being replaced by demonic shapeshifters, and he is next! Together with, out and proud friend, Tessa, Harley must break the demon’s curse before his identity and life are lost forever.

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It’s a story with a few themes that teens are going through today, and always have.

On the surface, it’s about a teenage boy coming to terms with his sexuality and the pressures he faces in doing so. These pressures are manifested as a demon forcing him to fit the Mold society would expect him to.

These pressures are not just reserved for teenagers, however being a teenager and discovering who you are can be is relatable for everyone who has gone through it. Plus, you add social media into the mix of hormones and self-discovery and these demons are just icing on the cake.

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March 4, 2023 - Screenwriter Patrick Norman (THE HIGHWAYMAN)

Watch the Screenplay Reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFl77xk6Qzg

A deep and all-consuming romance set in eighteenth-century England between a highwayman and a landlord’s daughter tests their love, loyalty, and willingness to make the ultimate sacrifice.

Logline: He met her on life’s darkest road, and her soul became his moon.

Get to know the screenwriter:

It’s an adventure, romance set in 18th century England about a lonely highwayman who happens upon a beautiful woman along the coast of Wales. After a couple close encounters, they connect and realize that they are one, and develop an unbreakable, intense soul connection. It’s a story about undying love and that special bond that rises to a twin flame or soulmate level. It’s a story about finally uniting with the one you were meant to be with, losing them, and realizing that you can’t live without them.

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February 19, 2023 - Screenwriter Matthew Nicholson (Pietra Fredda)

The Italian Marble Institute hand-selects sculptress Ellen Corsair to study in the marble capital of the world, Carrara, Italy. Will the stone come alive or will it mark someone’s grave?


Watch the Screenplay Reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48T_sHjEQNg

Get to know the writer:

Horror and art fans alike can enjoy this piece. “Pietra Fredda” is a dark spin on how far an artist will go to master their medium. The supernatural elements of the script invite the audience to walk that fine line between genius and madness and get a sense of what it means to be consumed by your art. The limited locations and cast make it ideal for a short film, and it has a proven track record placing and winning at festivals with nearly 20 screenwriting laurels.

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December 29, 2022 - Screenwriter Kimberly Butler (THE ELECTRIC EYE)

A middle aged woman finds herself convicted of murder in the 1930’s. She is sent to an all male prison in deep Southern Illinois to await her fate for a crime she may not have committed. Based on true events.

Watch the Best Scene Script Reading of THE ELECTRIC EYE:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8SolAV87Mk

From Kimberly Butler:

The life story of a woman in the 1930’s who finds herself convicted of murder. She is sentenced to the death penalty, and sent to an all male prison to carry out her sentence. This story is based on true events.

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December 15, 2022 - Screenwriter Jonah McKenzie Howell (SMOKING MIRRORS)

In 1880s Texas, Pinkerton agents John and Henry are tasked with apprehending members of an Aztec cult. But when they become stranded in the desert with the cult's leader, the three men embark on a spiritual journey that forces them to question who their allegiances really lie with.


Watch the screenplay reading of SMOKING MIRRORS: https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/smoking-mirrors-script

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Hannah Ehman
Mexica Man #1: Steve Rizzo
Mexica Woman #1 and #2: Kyana Teresa
Mexica Man #2/Young Man: Sean Ballantyne

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July 29, 2022 - Screenwriter Max Orkis (ALL YOU CAN CARRY)

ALL YOU CAN CARRY is a winning short screenplay from the Chicago Feedback Film Festival.

Logline: Vladislav and Inna live with Inna’s 92-year old mother, Daria, in Ukraine when Russians start to invade and they are all forced to make difficult choices.

Conversation with Max Orkis on the writing of the script and it’s timely aspect.

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July 28, 2022 - Pamela Perry Goulardt (Underwater Hazards)

“Underwater Hazards” is the winning screenplay from the Environmental Film Festival. Interview with writer Pamela Perry Goulardt, followed by the best scene reading of the screenplay performed by professional actors.

Watch the screenplay reading here: https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/underwater-hazards

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July 24, 2022 - Screenwriter Julian David Hoxter (TRAMPS LIKE US)

TRAMPS LIKE US us the winning TV PILOT from the Black & White Film Festival. Interview with Julian Hoxter followed by the best scene reading.

Watch the screenplay reading: https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/tramps-like-us-tv-pilot

“The diverse crew of the tramp steamer Stella Maris sails into fantastic danger in the South Seas in this horror adventure set in the 1930s.”

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