7 Questions with FilmFreeway.com Founder Zachary Jones

January 14, 2016 festivalforfamily Uncategorized

Today we are in conversation with Zachary Jones, the Founder of FilmFreeway.com, the new alternative submission center for Film Festivals and Filmmakers/Screenwriters. A startup from Canada that launched in February 2014 that is already becoming stiff competition to the dominance of withoutabox for over 15 years.

Matthew Toffolo – First off, congrats on announcing 1250 Film Festivals in your database as of this interview. That’s amazing in such a short time. What has been the key to your success so far?

Zachary – Thank you so much! The secret is really quite simple. We set out to re-invent festival submissions with modern technology and a fair business model. FilmFreeway offers a simple, user-friendly service that is always 100% free to filmmakers and writers. We back that up with friendly, reliable customer service from real people who care and are happy to assist our customers anytime.

MT – What motivated you…

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Today’s Family Audience FEEDBACK Video: VALOR CAT, Animation/Comic Book, 7min, USA

January 12, 2016January 12, 2016 festivalforfamily animation, audience feedback, comedy, experimental, family festival, family movies, family stories, feedback film festiv al, Uncategorized, wildsound festival review audience feedback, Audience FEEDBACK Video, Benjamin Reicher, family film festival, feedback film festival, valor cat short film

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VALOR CAT, Animation/Comic Book, 7min, USA
Directed by Benjamin Reicher

Valor Cat (secretly mayor Mark Bristle) is the hero of Valor City. John Sci is Valor Cat’s best friend and the man who gave him his powers. Burmac is a robot that Valor Cat thought he killed. He has recently repaired himself and is planning to take down Valor Cat with the only thing that could possibly stop him.

Writers
Ben Reicher

Key Cast
Ben Reicher
Paul Berkholds
Sharon Kim
Brian Smee

Musical Composition
Melanie Carroll-Dolci

Musical Arrangement
Jesse Richardson

Sound Design
Marcus Sobczak

Film Type: Animation, Short, Student

Genres: Musical, Comedy, opera, superhero

Runtime: 6 minutes 30 seconds

Completion Date: April 10, 2015

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Film Language: English

Shooting Format: Digital

Aspect Ratio: 2.39:1

Film Color: Color

Family Logline of the Day: THE TRUTH ABOUT HUNTINGTON, by Dominique Seward

January 12, 2016January 12, 2016 festivalforfamily family festival, family movies, family stories, Logline of the Day, loglines, pitch, pitches, Uncategorized Dominique Seward, feature screenplay, Logline of the Day, movie pitches, pitches, the truth about huntington's

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Title: The Truth about Huntington’s

Written by: Dominique Seward

Type: Feature Film

Genre: Drama, Family, History, Biography

Logline: “The Truth about Huntingtons” is a film that explores the topic of whether or not a person can cope with the reality of being a prison in his or her own body.

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Movie Review: BATMAN FOREVER (1995)

January 11, 2016 festivalforfamily Uncategorized

FAN FICTION Film and Writing Festival

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BATMAN FOREVER, 1995
Movie Reviews

Directed by Joel Schumacher
Starring: Val Kilmer, Nicole Kidman, Chris O’Donnell, Jim Carrey and Tommy Lee Jones
Review by Andrew Kosarko

SYNOPSIS:

The third installment in the “Batman” series. Here the Caped Crusader must once again contend with two strange-looking, personality-impaired villains. First, there’s maniacal ex-DA Harvey Two-Face, so named because half his countenance has been horribly disfigured by acid. Then there’s the wise-cracking, hyperactive Riddler, whose alter-ego Edward Nygma is a nerdy, highly disgruntled ex-employee of Bruce Wayne. Together, these two masterminds plan to conquer the world with a device that not only mesmerizes users with 3-D television images, but also transports the viewer’s thoughts into the Riddler’s mind. Batman also has to contend with two other new people in his life. One is lovely psychiatrist Chase Meridian, who has fallen in love with Batman…

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Today’s Family Screenplay Reading: MODERN FAMILY TV Spec

January 6, 2016January 21, 2021 festivalforfamily festival dealines, MOTHER Stories, table read, television show, tv pilot, Uncategorized, wildsound festival review, winning screenplays, winning stories, writing festival Debi Calabro, family screenplay, jane hailes, jane smythe, kari-michael helava, modern family tv spec, robert notman, Sean Ballantyne, sean kaufmann, winning screenplays

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MODERN FAMILY TV SPEC
Written by Debi Calabro
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SYNOPSIS:

This episode it about the ups and the downs of parenthood but ultimately it’s all good in the end.

CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Sean Kaufmann
GLORIA – Jane Hailes
CLAIRE – Jane Smythe
PHIL/MITCHELL – Kari-Michael Helava
CAMERON/LUKE/MANNY – Robert Notman
LILY
JAY – Sean Ballantyne

Family Logline of the Day: GOOD AFRICAN BANANAS, by Victor Ogugua

January 6, 2016January 6, 2016 festivalforfamily family festival, family screenplay, feature screenplay, Logline of the Day, loglines, movie pitches, pitch, Uncategorized feature screenplay, going african bananas, Logline of the Day, movie pitches, Victor Ogugua

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LOGLINE PITCH:

Title: Going African Bananas

Written by: Victor Ogugua

Type: Feature Film

Genre: Comedy, Family, Drama

Logline: A rich girl has three first class tickets to go holiday in Africa, Including one for her dog (Pet Chihuahua) who gets replaced by her two friends and a fake African prince; from Cairo in Egypt to Nigeria in West Africa they get to see Africa with all the good and bad sides of it. “Like when the Africans mother slaps the American for greeting her husband as Ma Dawg” its a hilarious and fast paced comedy guaranteed to get laughs with a bright prospect for sequels.

Interested in this logline, please email us at info@wildsound.ca and we’ll forward your email to the writer.

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Winning Drama Feature Screenplay Reading: 66 West, by Christopher Willis

January 6, 2016 festivalforfamily Uncategorized

Festival for Drama in Film, Screenplays, Novels

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66 WEST
Written by Christopher Willis
Read 10 Questions with the writers

SYNOPSIS:

This is the story of a spunky teenage girl in 1935 who leaves her abject poverty in dust bowl Oklahoma to follow her dreams to Hollywood. Along the way she befriends three misfits that help her to realize that her real life is far richer than the one she’d dreamed about for so long.

CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Adam Martignetti
MILLIE – Kelly Daly
ROGER/NORTH – Nick Baillie
YANCEY/BROWN – Dan Cristofori
JOSEPH – Sako Kababji
DOTTIE – Elizabeth Owens Scidmore
LILLY – Sara Price

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Drama Logline of the Day: Acumen byFreya Lawrence

January 6, 2016 festivalforfamily Uncategorized

Festival for Drama in Film, Screenplays, Novels

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ACTOR Title: Acumen

Written by: Freya Lawrence

Type: Feature Film

Genre: History, Drama

Logline: In the midst of the witch trails in 1800 England, a young woman is accused of practising magic when in fact she is on the verge of a scientific discovery.

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Movie Review: FAMILY ON BOARD (Award Winning Short Film) 2015

January 3, 2016 festivalforfamily Uncategorized

Festival Reviews

Family on Board played to rave reviews at the November 2015 FEEDBACK Film Festival.

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MOVIE POSTER FAMILY ON BOARD, 15min, USA, Drama
Poetry by George Pogatsia

On his way to report to prison, Mike Petito reflects on his life and anticipates what lies ahead … that’s when catastrophe strikes.

Review of the Short Film by Amanda Lomonaco:

Family on Board encompasses so many different elements and genres that it seems almost impossible to put it all into a few reductive paragraphs. In fact I find it difficult to even fit it into one single genre. Despite all this confusion, or perhaps exactly because of it, most of the audience seemed to really enjoy it. Considering the ominous title and the manner in which the film ends I have a feeling that the mish-mash of genres was very much intentional to make the twist ending…

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