Submit your Family Film or Screenplay to the Festival: http://festivalforfamily.com
Watch the best of Family Screenplays from2016. CLICK and watch the winning readings:
 Feature Screenplay – GATES OF HELL March 2016 Reading Written by Pamela Green and Everett House Sr. |
 1st Scene Screenplay – BEFORE GOD March 2016 Reading Written by Stuart Wright |
 SHORT Screenplay – THE CONFESSIONAL August 2016 Reading Written by Jeremy Rigby |
Submit your Family Film or Screenplay to the Festival: http://festivalforfamily.com
Watch the best of Family Screenplays from2016. CLICK and watch the winning readings:
 FEATURE SCRIPT – Pontiff No Return October 2015 Reading Written by Eric Boyd |
 A SIGNWATCH Audience FEEDBACK Video 2015 17min., Belguim, Drama |
 BELL TOWER ENIGMAWATCH Audience FEEDBACK Video 2015 10min, UK, Horror/Mystery |
Submit your Family Film or Screenplay to the Festival: http://festivalforfamily.com
Watch the best of Family Screenplays from2016. CLICK and watch the winning readings:
 SHORT STORY – TALKING YEOW July 2016 Reading Written by Lynne Adams Barze |
 TIME SMASH, 2min., USA, Animation/Sci-FiWATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
 Short Story Reading – MAMA’S PURFECT DAY June 2016 Reading Written by Richard Marra |
 Short Story Reading – THE WOMAN IN PARIS WHO WALKED HER CAT April 2016 Reading Written by Joe Kilgore |
 Best Scene Screenplay – LE CHAT NOIR April 2016 Reading Written by Paula Sewell |
 MARIE MADELEINEWATCH Audience FEEDBACK 22min, France, Crime/Drama |
 Short Story: PERNOD August 2015 Reading by Lionel Walfish |
 VALOR CATWATCH Audience FEEDBACK 2015 Animation/Comic Book, 7min, USA |
Submit your Family Film or Screenplay to the Festival: http://festivalforfamily.com
Watch the best of Family Screenplays from2016. CLICK and watch the winning readings:
 FEATURE Screenplay – DUE SOUTH November 2016 Reading Written by Even R. Schullery |
 THE KUSBEGI, 2min, Mongolia, DocumentaryWATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
| BEST SCENE Screenplay – DUE SOUTH July 2016 Reading Written by Evan Schullery |
 SPARROW DUET, 4min, USA, Animation/ExperimentalWATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
 INSIDE, 3min., Belguim, Animation/Comedy WATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
 SHORT Screenplay – SAMMY’S PARROT September 2016 Reading Written by Dimitri Devyatkin |
Submit your Family Film or Screenplay to the Festival: http://festivalforfamily.com
Watch the best of Family NOVELS & SHORT STORIES from 2016. CLICK and watch the winning readings:
 NOVEL Transcript Reading – A CHANCE FOR LIFEDecember 2016 Reading Written by Laura Anne Ewald |
 SHORT Story – A CHRISTMAS REUNIONNovember 2016 Reading Written by Joy Lin |
 NOVEL Prologue – THE ACE OF KINGS August 2016 Reading Written by Dan Levinson |  SHORT STORY – TALKING YEOW July 2016 Reading Written by Lynne Adams Barze |
 SHORT STORY – LEFT ON LUNDY July 2016 Reading Written by James R. Cavell |  SHORT STORY – DESPITE DEMENTIA July 2016 Reading Written by Janet Bennett Cox |
 Short Story Reading – CULT FAN June 2016 Reading Written by Gina Lee Ronhovde |  Short Story Reading – DESTINY OF JOY June 2016 Reading Written by Mary Eastham |
 Short Story Reading – MAMA’S PURFECT DAY June 2016 Reading Written by Richard Marra |  Short Story Reading – TEARS FOR MY BABY SISTER May 2016 Reading Written by Jody T. Morse |
 Short Story Reading – TOGETHER AND SEPARATE May 2016 Reading Written by Herb Schultz |  Short Story Reading – MR “NAUGHTY” BECOMES MR “NICE” May 2016 Reading Written by Laura Anne Ewald |
 Short Story Reading – THROWING KIDS May 2016 Reading Written by Erik Linthorst |  1st Ch. Novel Transcript – TJ’S LAST SUMMER IN CAPE COD May 2016 Reading Written by Garfield Whyte |
 Short Story Reading – AFTERNOON CABARET May 2016 Reading Written by Grey Hall |  Short Story Reading – COUNT WILLIAM April 2016 Reading Written by Tegon Maus |
 Novel Chapter 1 Reading – EXOTIQA April 2016 Reading Written by M. Black |  1st Chapter Reading – THE MAGIC PILLOW March 2016 Reading Written by K.J. Kratz |
 Novel Transcript Reading – INTO THE SHADOWS March 2016 Reading Written by Marie Jones |  Watch Novel Made into Movie: AAHBC Written by Albert Lewis |
 Chapter 7 Reading – THE FURLITES OF ARORIEL January 2016 Reading Written by Marie J.S. Phillips |
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Director/Producer: Matthew Toffolo
Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne
Editor: John Johnson
Submit your Family Film or Screenplay to the Festival: http://festivalforfamily.com
Watch the best of Family Short Films from 2016. CLICK and watch the winning readings:
 BIRTH WEAVING LIFE, 6min., Japan, Animation/DocumentaryWATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
 I AM DYSLEXIC, 6min. Norway, Animation/Music VideoWATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
 GRANDMA: A TRUE STORY, 5min, UK, Animation/FamilyWATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
 PHANTOM CITY, 6min, Canada, Animation/CrimeWATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
 THE GRAVEYARD SHIFT, 2min, USA, Animation/ComedyWATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
 CACOPHONY, 2min, USA, Animation/DramaWATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
 SISTERS, 4min, USA, Animation/Music VideoWATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
 AFRO CRAB, 4min, Taiwan, Animation/ComedyWATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
 STUTTER, 13min., USA, Family/DramaWATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
 MAN’S BEST FRIEND, 7min. UK, Family/AnimationWATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
 WHAT’S WEARING MUMMY, 15min, UK, Family/Comedy WATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
 THE GRENADE, 4min., Brazil, Experimental/MusicWATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
 THERE WAS A PLACE, 14min. Spain, DramaWATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
 FALLING STARS, 25min, Germany, Drama/Mystery WATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
 LATE, 5min, Canada, Drama WATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
STUTTER, 13min., USA, Family/Drama WATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
 COLOR, 6min, USA, Experimental/StudentWATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
THERE WAS A PLACE, 14min. Spain, Drama WATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
WHAT’S WEARING MUMMY, 15min, UK, Family/Comedy WATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
 BACK TO THE FUTURE?, 10min., USA, Comedy/Sci-FiWATCH Audience FEEDBACK September 2016 Film Festival |
 THE CHAMPION, 17min, USA, DocumentaryWATCH Audience FEEDBACK September 2016 Film Festival |
 AWESOME BEETLE’S COLORS, 3min, Latvia, Animation/MusicalWATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
 INSIDE, 3min., Belguim, Animation/Comedy WATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
 5476 Miles, 4min, UK, Animation/Music VideoWATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
 SPARROW DUET, 4min, USA, Animation/ExperimentalWATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
 A SMALL VOICE, 2min, UK, Animation/DramaWATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
 BOTTOMLESS, 2min, USA, Animation/BiographyWATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
 SEA OF INK, 3min, USA, Animation/DramaWATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
 1916, 4min, UK, Animation/DramaWATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
 TIME SMASH, 2min., USA, Animation/Sci-FiWATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
 JAILBREAK, 1min., USA, Animation/Crime WATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
 LUCY, 16min, Greece, Family/DramaWATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
 GHOSTBOY, 9min., UK, Animation/ComedyWATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
 101 CUPCAKES, 13min, Australia, Family/DramaWATCH Audience FEEDBACK |
 SILENCE, 3min, Russia, Romance/Drama Short Film from July 2016 Film Festival |  I LIKE YOU, 2min, Italy, Drama/Romance Short Film from July 2016 Film Festival |
 JACK IS PRETTY, 26min, USA, Fantasy/Family Watch Audience FEEDBACK Video of the Short Film from June 2016 Film Festival |
 1Minute NatureWATCH Audience FEEDBACK 4min, Netherlands, Documentary/Animation |
 FROGWATCH Audience FEEDBACK 17min, USA, Family/Drama |
 ACEWATCH Audience FEEDBACK Video 6min, UK, Family/Kids |
 FISHWATCH Audience FEEDBACK 10min, USA, Family/Drama |  CHATEAU SAUVIGNON: TERROIRWATCH Audience FEEDBACK 13min, USA, Horror/Family |
Submit your Family Film or Screenplay to the Festival: http://festivalforfamily.com
Watch the best of Family Screenplays from2016. CLICK and watch the winning readings:
 1st SCENE Screenplay – DOORLOCKERDecember 2016 Reading Written by Tony DiSibio & BL Cooper |
 SHORT Screenplay – THE THREE LODGERSDecember 2016 Reading Written by Bayo Baker |
 BEST SCENE Screenplay – TINKDecember 2016 Reading Written by Edward Ybarra |
 SHORT Screenplay (Under 5pg.) – CLOSURENovember 2016 Reading Written by Devin Klos |
 TV PILOT Screenplay – CHILDREN OF CHAOSNovember 2016 Reading Written by Kara Dueck |
 FEATURE Screenplay – DUE SOUTHNovember 2016 Reading Written by Even R. Schullery |
 BEST Scene Screenplay – PLACE TO BENovember 2016 Reading Written by Natalia Maslin |
 1st SCENE Screenplay – THE BURIED MOON AND HER DAUGHTERNovember 2016 Reading Written by Rena Dunsworth |
 BEST SCENE Screenplay – REACH FOR THE SKYNovember 2016 Reading Written by Eric Carlson |
 BEST Scene Screenplay – FAMILY OF SPIESNovember 2016 Reading Written by Susan Lambert Hatem |
 BEST SCENE Screenplay – PARADISE AT MAIN AND ELM October 2016 Reading Written by Barry Brennessel |
 FEATURE Screenplay: CHARLOTTE SOMETIMES October 2016 Reading Written by Cate Carson |
 BEST SCENE Screenplay – 3 FAMILIES September 2016 Reading Written by J.D. Poland |  TV SPEC Screenplay: MODERN FAMILY September 2016 Reading Written by Chai Karve |
| BEST SCENE Screenplay – DUE SOUTH July 2016 Reading Written by Evan Schullery |  SHORT Screenplay – THE BLUE DRESS July 2016 Reading Written by Dave Riese |
 SHORT Screenplay – THE FACTS OF LIFE July 2016 Reading Written by Chris Beadnell |  FAN FICTION Screenplay – STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE July 2016 Reading Written by Jennifer Renner |
 TV PILOT Screenplay – WILD MAGIC June 2016 Reading Written by Julie Nichols |  Best Scene Screenplay – SEED OF THE WOMAN June 2016 Reading Written by Gary R. Billings |
 Short Screenplay – CARRION May 2016 Reading Written by Karen Palmer |  TV PILOT Screenplay – MARRIAGE EQUALITY April 2016 Reading Written by Jamie Pierce |
 Best Scene Screenplay – LE CHAT NOIR April 2016 Reading Written by Paula Sewell | Feature Screenplay – GATES OF HELL March 2016 Reading Written by Pamela Green and Everett House Sr. |
 Best Scene Screenplay – SCREAMING MY HEART OUT March 2016 Reading Written by Janyce Lapore |  Feature Screenplay – HENRIETTA’S ODYSSEYFebruary 2016 Reading Written by L.R. Whittinger |
 Fan Fiction – DOCTOR WHO “The Time Cuckoo”February 2016 Reading Written by David Gilbank & Paul Renhard |
 Feature Screenplay – FOUR FOR THE BORDERFebruary 2016 Reading Written by Toby Roberts |
 TV PILOT – LIFE IN THE FAST LANE January 2016 Reading Written by Debi Calabro |
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Director/Producer: Matthew Toffolo
Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne
Editor: John Johnson
AUDIENCE FESTIVAL AWARDS
Best Film: I AM DYSLEXIC
Best Performances: STUTTER
Best Animation: SISTERS
Best Music: The music from SISTERS
Short Film played at the December 2016 Family/Animation Film Festival.
| AUDIENCE FEEDBACK VIDEO of the short film: |
THE GRAVEYARD SHIFT, 2min, USA, Animation/Comedy
Directed by Lara Arikan
It’s long past midnight when the tired and jumpy waitress decides to go and investigate the ominous noise she hears right outside the roadside coffee shop she’s working at.
Director Statement
There’s never a shortage of ideas, only thoughts that haven’t caught up with you yet.
Film Type:Animation, Short, Student
Genres:Horror, Animation, Comedy, Action
Runtime:2 minutes 13 seconds
Completion Date:May 1, 2016
Production Budget:2,275 USD
Country of Origin:United States
Film Color:Black & White and Color
First-time Filmmaker:Yes
Student Project:Yes
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 OCTOBER HORROR/THRILLER 2016 Film FestivalWatch Audience Feedback Videos from October event |
 OCTOBER ACTION/CRIME 2016 Film FestivalWatch Audience Feedback Videos from October event |
 SEPTEMBER DOC/COMEDY 2016 Film FestivalWatch Audience Feedback Videos from September event |
 AUGUST FAMILY/ANIMATION 2016 Film FestivalWatch Audience Feedback Videos from August 25th event |
 AUGUST HORROR/THRILLER 2016 Film FestivalWatch Audience Feedback Videos from August 18th event |
 JULY 2016 Film FestivalWatch Audience Feedback Videos from July 28th event |
 JUNE 2016 Film FestivalWatch Audience Feedback Videos from June 30th event |
 MAY 2016 Film FestivalWatch Audience Feedback Videos from May 26th event |
 APRIL 2016 Film FestivalWatch Audience Feedback Videos from April 28th event |
Short Film played at the December 2016 Family/Animation Film Festival.
| AUDIENCE FEEDBACK VIDEO of the short film: |
BIRTH WEAVING LIFE, 6min., Japan, Animation/Documentary
Directed by Arisa Wakami
This is a documentary animation on the very beginning and the mystery of life, told from the point of view of a mother.
Film Type:Animation, Documentary, Short
Runtime:19 minutes 4 seconds
Completion Date:June 1, 2015
Production Budget:4,000,000 JPY
Country of Origin:Japan
Country of Filming:Japan
Film Language:English, Japanese
Shooting Format:HD,Blu-ray,DCP,DVD
Aspect Ratio:16:9
Film Color:Color
First-time Filmmaker:No
Student Project:No
Director Biography
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WATCH PAST FILM FESTIVAL EVENTS and the FEEDBACK VIDEOS of EACH SELECTED FILM
| OCTOBER HORROR/THRILLER 2016 Film Festival Watch Audience Feedback Videos from October event |
OCTOBER ACTION/CRIME 2016 Film Festival Watch Audience Feedback Videos from October event |
SEPTEMBER DOC/COMEDY 2016 Film Festival Watch Audience Feedback Videos from September event |
| AUGUST FAMILY/ANIMATION 2016 Film Festival Watch Audience Feedback Videos from August 25th event |
AUGUST HORROR/THRILLER 2016 Film Festival Watch Audience Feedback Videos from August 18th event |
JULY 2016 Film Festival Watch Audience Feedback Videos from July 28th event |
| JUNE 2016 Film Festival Watch Audience Feedback Videos from June 30th event |
MAY 2016 Film Festival Watch Audience Feedback Videos from May 26th event |
APRIL 2016 Film Festival Watch Audience Feedback Videos from April 28th event |
WHAT’S WEARING MUMMY, 15min, UK, Family/Comedy
MAN’S BEST FRIEND, 7min. UK, Family/Animation
BIRTH WEAVING LIFE, 6min., Japan, Animation/Documentary
I AM DYSLEXIC, 6min. Norway, Animation/Music Video
GRANDMA: A TRUE STORY, 5min, UK, Animation/Family
PHANTOM CITY, 6min, Canada, Animation/Crime
THE GRAVEYARD SHIFT, 2min, USA, Animation/Comedy
CACOPHONY, 2min, USA, Animation/Drama
AFRO CRAB, 4min, Taiwan, Animation/Comedy
FESTIVAL for FAMILY 