Thank you for this wonderful festival and thank you once again for making our short film as a semi finalist.
-Kiran ( ISIS – In Some Indifferent Situations, short film)
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Family Films & Readings in 2019:
22 – Screenplays Performed
6 – Novels/Stories Performed
19 – Films Showcased at Festival
It is an unforgettable festival with wonderful people, full of imagination and talent.
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A FilmFreeway preferred festival:
 FEATURE SCREENPLAY: SAILING SARAH, by Phil DaveyJune 2019 Winner |  UNDER 5MIN. SHORT SCREENPLAY: FARE THEE WELL, by Brian WhiteJune 2019 Winner |
 BEST SCENE SCREENPLAY: STAGE DAD, by Joel Henning DotyJune 2019 Winner |  BEST SCENE SCREENPLAY: THE TALENTED UNCLE JULIEN, by Kaede LohJune 2019 Winner |
Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com
Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel Elder
Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne
Editors: Kimberly Villarruel, Kyle Drier, John Johnson
Festival Directors: Rachel Elder, Natasha Levy
Camera Operators: Denissa Palmer, Temitope Akinterinwa, Efren Zapata, Zack Arch
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MAXWELL’S DEMON, 21min., Brazil, Drama/Family |
LOLA, 25min., USA, Drama, Coming of Age |
 NOVEL Transcript Reading: CATLIPS INCORPORATEDDecember 2018 Reading by Sharon Bennett Gandy |
 FAMILY BEST scene Screenplay: FAMILY TREE by Andrea N. CarrDecember 2018 |
 FEATURE Screenplay: WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST by Tara C. HallDecember 2018 |
 TV BEST SCENE Screenplay: SQUAD by Louric RankineDecember 2018 |
 DIVERSITY SHORT Screenplay: NORTH STAR by PJ PalmerDecember 2018 |
 LGBT BEST scene Screenplay: VIN & JILL by Gracious VallariousDecember 2018 |
 BEST scene Screenplay: JONNY QUEST by Alan RosenfeldDecember 2018 |
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Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com
Festival Moderators: Kierston Drier, Shepsut Wilson
Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne
Editor: Kimberly Villarruel
Festival Directors: Mary Cox, Rachel Elder, Natasha Levy
Camera Operators: Hugh Ritchie, Isabal Cupryn, Aser Santos Jr., Zack Arch
 Audrey Arkins |
This was BY FAR our best Festival experience. The US venue is Regal Cinemas in DTLA at LA Live/Staples center. Great seats, great screens, great food with beer/wine. Accepted films get at least 20!!! comped tix and additional guests may reserve for free or by donation. Our short, American Boy, won Best Film for this event but all films got an edited compilation of audience feedback (here’s ours: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69lHptHCrjE ). We got excellent web coverage from the festival before and after. This is truly an outstanding Festival. I haven’t reviewed others because I try not to be negative, but they were useless in comparison. This festival made up for all of that. I originally applied because of the term “family” in the title. My film is about kids, but gang murder, so not exactly family fare either. But I hadn’t been able to bring the cast and their friends to other festivals because of R-rated content which concerned their parents. This festival split the program so the kids could leave at the intermission.  |
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WATCH Winning Family Screenplay and Story Readings:
WATCH Audience FEEDBACK Film Festival Videos:
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 Novel Reading: EMPTY SEATS by Wanda Adams Fischer
|  BEST SCENE Screenplay: INSIDE THE WORLD OF ZOE SANDER by Suzanne LutasAugust 2018 |
 FIREFLIES, 3min., UK, Drama
|  GIRL IN YELLOW, 3min., USA, Drama/Family |
 BROTHERS, 5min., USA, Drama/Family |
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Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com
Festival Moderators: Kierston Drier, Shepsut Wilson
Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne
Editor: Kimberly Villarruel
Festival Directors: Mary Cox, Rachel Elder, Natasha Levy
Camera Operators: John Johnson, Isabal Cupryn, Aser Santos Jr., Zack Arch
PRIEST TO PRIEST, 9min., USA, Family/Drama
Directed by Diana Losen
A nine-year-old priest seeks a mentor to help him defeat the antichrist, a devious middle-school bully.
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 BROKEN FRAME – Best Scene ScreenplayJune 2018 Reading by Stephen Boncella |
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Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com
Festival Moderators: Kierston Drier, Shepsut Wilson
Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne
Editor: Kimberly Villarruel
Festival Directors: Mary Cox, Rachel Elder, Natasha Levy
Camera Operators: John Johnson, Isabal Cupryn, Aser Santos Jr., Zack Arch
Emily Eaglin is a film major and art history minor at the University of Maryland in Baltimore County. In addition to being an actor and filmmaker, she is passionate about activism regarding race relations, gender equality, LGBT+ rights, and access to education. In her spare time she babysits and organizes with Baltimore frontline activists, both inspired her to write the short Sweeter.
I am a 12 year old student film maker, I go to Millikan Middle school and I am in the Cinematic Arts Academy. This film is special to me because my grandmother is suffering from slight memory loss, and I got to take her reality and make it into an art for many people to see. I also have been taking piano for eight years and I enjoy composing to my own short films.
I believe we have film to send out a powerful message to people. I make films to send the message. I want people to finish my film with emotion, and a thought that can help the world. I am an animal advocate, and went to a school with inclusion called CHIME, where special needs kids work in the same classroom.
BURIED, 14min., UK, Thriller/War
AINHOA, 19min, Spain, Drama/Thriller
VINDICTE, 26min., Germany, Drama/Family
FESTIVAL for FAMILY 