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Interview with Stuntwoman Luci Romberg (Ghostbusters, Divergent, Spy)

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What fun it was to sit down with stunt performer Luci Romberg, who has recently been working as Melissa McCarthy’s stunt double (Ghostbusters, The Boss, Spy, Identity Thief).  She has also performed stunts on over 60 films in the last 10+ years, including Transformers, The Conjuring, Divergent, Zombieland, and Earth to Echo.

luciromberg_and_mccarthy_2.jpgInterview with Luci Romberg:

Matthew Toffolo: You have been Melissa McCarthy’s stunt double on more than a few films, including the upcoming “Ghostbusters” film. What does that job entail? Does she appreciate you taking the “bumps” on her films?

Luci Romberg: Melissa is a dream come true!! She is kind, thoughtful, caring, hilarious and so supportive! I love her!! She is an amazing athlete and does a ton of her own stunts! The only ones she doesn’t do are the ones the studio won’t let her. I am truly fortunate to be her double. Aside from loving her…

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Deadline TODAY: 1pg. Short Story Contest

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Submit a short story that is only 1 page long (maximum 400 words) and have it performed at the Writing Festival by a professional actor. Also garner FULL FEEDBACK on your work.

Submit your Short Story here: https://novelwritingfestival.com/1pg-short-story-contest/

Deadline May 18th. Submit for only $10. Most of the stories will be accepted and performed. If there is a beginning/middle/end, and the grammar is sound, we will perform it.

A great way to get your words out there, obtain the Agent you’re looking for or just get your story seen by more people. If you win, your story will be seen by 100,000s of people when it’s read online using a top professional actor. It’s a rush you’ll never experience in your life seeing it come to life that way.

Watch Past Story and Novel Readings performed by professional actors:

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WILDsound Announces its May 2016 Short Screenplay Winners (Watch Readings)

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Deadline to Submit your Short Screenplay to the Festival: http://www.wildsound.ca/shortscriptcontest.html

Watch the 3 Winning Short Screenplay Readings for May 2016:

SCENARIO 957
Written by Amy E. Jones
Read 10 Questions with the writer

SYNOPSIS:

Genre: Sci-Fi, Action

Synopsis: Fighting against time and terrorists on an earth struggling to survive after a devastating energy crisis, young scientific genius James Kale must figure out how to launch the rocket destined to save mankind before it’s too late.

CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Kelci Stephenson
JAMES – Sean Kaufmann
DR. KALE/HENRY: – Moui Nene
GREG – Zack Amzallag
COMPUTER – Jennifer Ferris

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FIFTY FIVE SECONDS
Written by Kwasi Mensah
Read 10 Questions with the writer

SYNOPSIS:

Genre: Mystery, Drama, Film Noir

A grizzled veteran hitman tries to impart wisdom to his younger colleague but then they’re forced to question their loyalty to each other.

CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Sean Kaufmann
FRANK – Moui…

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1pg. Screenplay Contest

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The Los Angeles FEEDBACK Festival Presents:

Submit a screenplay that is only 1 page long and have it performed at the Writing Festival by professional actors. Also garner FULL FEEDBACK on your work.

(NOTE: The screenplay submission must be properly formatted.)

Deadline May 29th. Submit for only $10. Most of the screenplays will be accepted and performed. If there is a beginning/middle/end, and the grammar is sound, we will perform it.

A great way to get your words out there, obtain the Agent you’re looking for or just get your story and work seen by more people. If you win, your story will be seen by 100,000s of people when it’s read online using top professional actors. It’s a rush you’ll never experience in your life seeing it come to life that way.

The RULES are simple:

1. Write a story that is 1pg. maximum. Edit the heck out of it…

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Watch the May 2016 Winning Screenplays & Novels

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Watch the winning writing festival novels, stories, films, and screenplays for May 2016.

Submit your script, film, or story to the festival. – Full Feedback. Get film showcased at FEEDBACK Film Festival. Get script/stories performed by professional actors.

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Press Release – RSVP Feedback Film Fest – Double Festival! (Best of Documentary) Thursday May 26th. 7pm. Free or PWYL

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SPECIAL EVENT: Featuring the best of Documentary Short Films from around the world. Films from USA, Canada, Netherlands, Jordan, UK, Italy, and Argentina.

Due to the surplus of the amazing documentary shorts made in the last year, we are doing a double festival night.

Thursday May 26th event. Carlton Cinemas, 20 Carlton Street.

First Screening - 7pm to 9pm - Best of Foreign Documentary Shorts:
http://www.wildsound.ca/torontofilmfestivals.html

Second Screening - 9:10pm to 11pm - Best of North American Documentary Shorts:
http://www.wildsound.ca/torontodocumentaryfilmfestival.html You can RSVP for either event, or both. Plus, see full details of every film being played. Fifth event of 2016. Festival all 12 months this year! RSVP your FEEDBACK Toronto Film Festival seats. FREE OR MAKE A DONATION TO THE FESTIVAL via the program page. This month's festival is a packed lineup of the greatest documentary short films from the last year. Giving you films from all corners of…

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May 15, 2016 – Writing Festival Details

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This week’s Writing Festival is a showcase of the winning Horror Feature Screenplay, plus the winning short script (also a horror) and 4 best scene screenplays.

They will be performed by some of the top actors working in Toronto today.

Here are the details of the screenplays being performed:

#1 – Feature Screenplay: INKED IN BLOOD by Paul Corricelli

Genre: Horror

Synopsis:

A young man with a tortured past discovers that you really can go home again. To kill.

#2 – Short Screenplay: DEATH’S LADY LOVE by Stephen M. Hunt

Genre: Horror

Synopsis:

Death falls in love only to find that love is a killer.

#3 – Best Scene Screenplay: AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT by Philip Naiman

Genre: Comedy

Synopsis:

After being saddled with the care of a niece he has never met a gambler’s life becomes further complicated when he is unable to pay off his kid brother’s…

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Watch April 2016 Family Short Story Reading

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Submit your Family Film or Screenplay to the Festival:http://festivalforfamily.com

Count William, Short Story Reading by Tegon Maus

Watch the Winning 1pg. Short Story. Performed by Danielle Nicole

Watch COUNT WILLIAM:

Get to know writer Tegon Maus:

Matthew Toffolo: What is your 1pg Short Story about? 

Tegon Maus: Perceptions…. People already have their minds made up about almost everything. You can give them 3 words and they will jump ahead because they think they know where the story is going… I like to make sure they don’t !!

MT: What genres would you say this short story is in? 

TM: Humor

MT: How would you describe this story in two words?  

TM: Pleasantly unexpected

MT: What movie have you seen the most in your life? 

TM: It would be a toss-up between ID4 / Twister or 5th Element I have seen them all at least 9 times !

MT: How long have you been working on this story?  

TM: A weekend

MT: Do you have an all-time favorite novel? 

TM: Any of the Lensmen Series by E.E. Doc Smith

MT: What motivated you to write this story? 

TM: It was a Vampire story contest

MT: What artist would you love to have dinner with? 

TM: Jackson Pollock… I had read that in 1952 Jackson drank a six-pack of Coors beer and then filled the cans with different color paint… he then hung them with string over a blank canvas… poked a hole in the bottom of each with an ice pick and beat them wildly with a stick while listening to rock and roll ! The result is his now famous painting called Convergence that he sold to the Chicago Museum of Art for $68,000. Now that is a dinner conversation I would like to have !!

MT: Apart from writing, what else are you passionate about? 

TM: I write, paint, sculpt, garden, wood work, and love to take naps !

MT: What influenced you to enter the 1pg. Short Story contest?

Always looking for new readers.

MT: Any advice or tips you’d like to pass on to other writers? 

Only one ! Write whatever you want… not what’s popular. Just what YOU want to read… let everyone else follow you. Not the other way around.

April 2016 Romance Screenplays, Films, Stories

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Submit your Romance Screenplay Festival: http://festivalforromance.com

See the best of Romance Stories and Films showcased at the festival:


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10min, Australia, Action/Romance

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Director/Producer: Matthew Toffolo
Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne
Editor: John Johnson

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Watch April 2016 Winning Romance Feature Screenplay Reading

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Feature Script: MISPRINTS
by Adam Preston

SYNOPSIS:

Genre: Comedy

An emotionally shredded proof reader shares an apartment with a naive intern at a publishing house. When they decide to publish a rejected manuscript by an uncontrollable, priapic, egotistical and superannuated author their little island of dissatisfaction is blown apart.

CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Frances Townend
RICHARD – Kaleb Alexander
OLLIE – Jarrid Terrell
DR. ZAHN – David Occhipinti
SARAH – Erynn Brook
JESSICA/FI – Christina Santos
NICK – Rob Notman

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Director/Producer: Matthew Toffolo
Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne
Editor: John Johnson

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