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WILDsound's The Film Podcast

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. 1063 - Screenwriter Casey Seline (A-Okay)

Watch the Screenplay Reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgpA0h30_HQ

Merritt and Hylan are returning to their high school for their ten year reunion. Friends and roommates, the two complete each other in being completely different; Hylan — a confident, sexually active and adventurous extrovert, and Merritt — a shy, hopeless romantic who is struggling with her sexual identity. Unlike Hylan, Merritt does not enjoy sex or physical intimacy and believes she may be asexual.


Get to know the writer:

A-OKAY is about Merritt, a hopeless romantic, grappling with the fact that she’s asexual… or somewhere on the asexual spectrum. Still longing for romantic fulfillment, she sets out to define the boundaries of her sexual identity.

In this pilot episode, Merritt goes to her ten-year reunion, planning to reconnect with her high school flame, Rohan. She’s accompanied by her best friend/roommate (and probable nymphomaniac) Hylan, who has plans of her own for revenge against an old high school bully.

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Ep. #1012 - Screenwriter Jimmy Sanders (JUST THE SIX OF US)

Watch the Comedy Festival TV Pilot best scene reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-3S46hX1YE

Four sisters, suddenly reunited, try to make a better future for themselves by reconnecting to their past.


http://www.thelostepisodes.com/https://instagram.com/the_lost_episodes

Get to know the writer:

The four Lubbock sisters, from the late-80s cult classic “Just the Ten of Us”, are suddenly together again after a rapid succession of reunions. The youngest, Connie, is stuck in a dead-end job at a dead-end television station in Tampa. She’s stuck in a rut; but sees some welcome change when her father, Graham, comes to live with her for a little while. Little does she know that her younger brother, the outrageous Harvey, is in tow. Before long, her other sisters; the manic Marie, the gold digging Wendy, and the spacey Cindy, all come to Connie looking for refuge from the consequences of their own personal failures.

You can sign up for the 7 day free trial at www.wildsound.ca (available on your streaming services and APPS). There is a DAILY film festival to watch, plus a selection of award winning films on the platform. Then it’s only $3.99 per month.

June 1, 2023 - Screenwriter Matthew Domingos (THE UNINVITED)

Watch the Screenplay Reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL7az_cO2hg

When two American soldiers go on a mission to an abandoned house in the Iraqi desert, what they find there makes them question reality itself.

Get to know the writer:

My screenplay is essentially about human conflict. I wanted to express how uniquely strange and traumatic the experience of being in a warzone is for all those involved. It is an environment of extremes and one that, in my opinion at least, can only be expressed visually.

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May 7, 2023 - Screenwriter Andrea Lawson (The Road to Sorrowful)

Watch the Screenplay Reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjWe3zqFzqk

In the afterlife, a murdered man meets a grieving mother who died during the Great Depression and has been ferrying souls through purgatory ever since for the chance to rescue her daughter’s soul from damnation.


Get to know the screenwriter:

I think my 1-hour pilot script would make a fantastic television show. Sure, it’s about death, but it’s also about choices, addiction, co-dependency, guilt, loss, forgiveness, and personal responsibility, all wrapped up in a fun, dark, dangerous world where the characters really are down to their very last chance.


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September 27, 2022 - Screenwriter Morgan Allison Ross (N’Ever Ever After)

“N'Ever Ever After” is a winning TV Pilot screenplay from the Comedy Festival.

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

N’Ever Ever After is a mockumentary and workplace comedy featuring the unlucky-in-love wedding director, Mildred “Milly” Salvatore, and her chaotic wedding planning team known as “Cupids” as they strive (and often struggle) to make the wedding dreams of San Francisco Bay Area couples come true… by any means necessary.

http://morgan-ross.com/

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August 8, 2022 - Filmmaker Mark Pluck (HORNBEAM)

HORNBEAM was the winner of BEST DIRECTION at the Toronto LGBTQ+ Film Festival.

Under cover of darkness, two strangers bond over a shared secret. But how well do they really know each other?

Director Biography - Mark Pluck

Mark is a London-based writer, director and producer. In 2017 he wrote voyeuristic thriller ‘The Photographer’ starring Sophia di Martino (Marvel's Loki) which screened at the East End Film Festival, Danny Boyle’s festival ‘Shuffle’ and the British Independent Film Festival. In 2019 he produced the comedy-horror short 'Meat is Murder' - in collaboration with London advertising agency VCCP, which was described by the British Comedy Guide as “Really funny, then genuinely unsettling”. In 2020 Mark made his directorial debut with horror short ‘Platform’ which received its world premiere at Grimmfest and later screened at Lund Fantastic Festival and the British Horror Film Festival, where Mark was awarded the Rising Star Award.

Director Statement

I’ve always been drawn to stories that explore the lives we live behind closed doors, beyond the carefully curated façade we project out to the world. I’m interested in the lengths we go to in order to conceal these truths and, more importantly, how these actions affect those we care for the most. HORNBEAM is a film that aims to explore some of this rich and rather murky territory through the lens of a tender love story. Set almost entirely within the confines of a van over several nights, it follows two men who are both living a lie and seeking a safe space to come clean. But unfortunately, as is so often the case in life, the truth can be hard to bear.

Film playing on the Film Festival Streaming service today. You can sign up for the 7 day free trial at www.wildsound.ca (available on your streaming services and APPS). There is a DAILY film festival to watch, plus a selection of award winning films on the platform. Then it’s only $3.99 per month.

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June 28, 2022 - Screenwriter Clare Bradley Smyth (BEAUTY/BEAU)

“BEAUTY/BEAU” is the winning LGBTQ+ TV Pilot screenplay written by Clare Bradley Smyth.

Conversation with Clare, followed by the best scene screenplay reading.

“The story of a teenage rock star whose journey begins the night they reveal being F to M. It’s prom night in Kalamazoo, IL 2003. BEAUTY ROBERTS dressed like a prom queen shakes in front of a mirror. Their prom date SAM pleads under the window to understand why she took off. Beauty wants to see themselves for who they truly are, which is Beau. Beauty/Beau is transgender. He is also a talented singer songwriter with a rock star edge. Beauty cuts off their hair, washes off their makeup, and takes off to Chicago to make it as Beau. “

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January 20, 2021 - Screenwriter David Gray (Kurst and Blest)

KURT & BLEST is a winning COMEDY Festival TV screenplay.

Conversation with screenwriter David Gray on his journey as a writer.

When an Angel and a Demon decide to open a restaurant, they did not expect that working with humans would be their biggest challenge.

Watch the Screenplay Reading:

CAST LIST:
Narrator: Julie Sheppard
LIVE: Hannah Ehman
IZZY: Sean Ballantyne
BOY/JAKE: Steve Rizzo
MOTHER/GOD: Kyana Teresa

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January 16, 2022 - Screenwriter Don Stroud (Misfortune Cookies)

MISFORTUNE COOKIES is the 2021 winning HORROR Festival screenplay. Conversation with writer Don Stroud on the process writing the screenplay, followed by the best scene reading.

Watch the Best Scene Reading of “Misfortune Cookies”

After killing an elderly Chinese chef during a botched robbery, a desperate teenager and her redneck cohorts struggle to stay alive when the chef's spirit returns from the grave, brutally picking them off one-by-one with fortune cookie-themed deaths.

CAST LIST:

Narration: Elizabeth Rose Morriss

RUDY RAY: Steve Rizzo

DELMER: Geoff Mays

GARNELL: Allan Michael Brunet

PANSY: Kyana Teresa

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January 8, 2022 - Screenwriter Matthew Evans (HELLAS)

HELLAS was the 2021 winning TV Pilot from the Fantasy/Sci-Fi Film Festival. Listen to interview with screenwriter Matthew Evans on his motivation and process writing this award winning script. Followed by the 1st scene reading of the script performed by artist Steve Rizzo.

Watch the Screenplay Reading

In the dystopic near-future, an undercover agent is sent to the Hellas Basin of Mars to break up a mining union—only to side with the miners and help lead a revolution for Martian Independence.

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November 27, 2021 - Screenwriter Tessie Herrasti (JEWELS OF LIGHT)

JEWELS OF LIGHT is a TV PILOT screenplay winner. Interview with screenwriter Tessie Herrasti on the process and journey writing the pilot. Followed by the audio version best scene reading.

“In the world of Upprunkna, a guilt-ridden elven warrior is tasked with the care of a powerful and untrusting royal. Together, they begin a journey that will unite the most adventurous beings of the different realms and force them to work together in order to restore the vital energies of a darkening era. But, one of them holds an ominous secret.”

Watch the BEST SCENE Reading

CAST LIST:

Narration: Steve Rizzo

Mullion: Bill Poulin

Thulia: Kyana Teresa

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November 4, 2021 - Filmmaker David Ash (INCOMPLETENESS)

INCOMPLETENESS was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the November 2021 TV Web Series Festival. You can watch the film and full festival this upcoming Saturday for FREE HERE

A terminal cancer diagnosis leads a miserable workaholic on a self-indulgent quest to win back his pregnant-and-estranged wife and connect with his unborn son through a self-funded, semi-autobiographical movie about the meaning of life.”

Conversation with filmmaker David Ash on the making of this TV series from concept to distribution.

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October 14, 2021 - Screenwriter Janet Oh (WOOSUNG 2020)

WOOSUNG 2020 is a winning TV PILOT screenplay from the FAN FICTION Film Festival. “This script is a greatly structured story about the challenges of someone who isn’t familiar with her culture and is trying to integrate herself into it.”

Conversation with writer Janet Oh followed by the BEST SCENE Screenplay Reading of WOOSUNG 2020.

CAST LIST:

Narration: Steve Rizzo

Justin: Bill Poulin

Tae-Min: Sean Ballantyne

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August 1, 2021 - Screenwriter Henry Myers (Jubilee Nation)

“Jubilee Nation” is an erotic thriller about a political conspiracy that takes place in a fictional 1960’s all-black nation created in the aftermath of the Civil War. It is what the world would look like if reimagined through an alternate historical lens.

Conversation with writer Henry Myers on the process writing this screenplay, with best scene reading afterwards.

Watch the best scene reading.

CAST LIST:

Narration: Hannah Ehman
Newscaster: Geoff Mays
Symington: Allan Michael Brunet
Farnsworth: Bill Poulin

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July 14, 2021 - Screenwriter Jessica L. Folk (KING)

KING is a LGBTQ+ TV PILOT Screening Winner. “After landing a coveted junior associate position at a prestigious law firm, a freshly minted lawyer must navigate the harsh reality of working for one of D.C.’s top firms, all while uncovering a dark family secret buried under decades of carefully cultivated deceit.”

Conversation with Jessica L. Folk on the process writing this screenplay. BEST SCENE audio version reading of the script after the interview.

Watch the Best Scene Reading HERE

CAST LIST:

Narration: Elizabeth Rose Morris
Ollie: Kyana Teresa
Sage: Hannah Ehman


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July 7, 2021 - Filmmaker/Actor Jeananne Goossen (THE ARTIST'S WAY OUT)

Actor turned director Jeananne Goossen discusses her unique process writing the TV Web Series THE ARTIST’S WAY OUT. Played at the June 2021 TV Web Series Festival. Winner of BEST DIRECTION at the festival.

You can watch the full series at the website https://www.artistswayout.com/

Jeananne is an accomplished actor, presently known to many for playing the role of Aunt Ruth on the multiple award winning series “The Handmaid’s Tale”. She talks about her journey to becoming a director, starting with this TV Web Series.

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July 1, 2021 - Artist Nicole Simone (ON A LIST Web Series)

“On A List” is a short content series about doing the most vulnerable and difficult tasks as a means to fall in love. Watch the series on Instagram @onalistshow and YouTube @onalist

Winner BEST TV WEB SERIES at the June 2021 TV Festival. Watch the Audience Feedback Video of the first episode HERE

Follow Nicole on Twitter @nicolesimone and Instagram @late.july

Conversation with musician turned actor turned director Nicole Simone on the process creating the Web Series ON A LIST.

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June 14, 2021 - Screenwriter Caledonia Hanson (NECROPOLIS)

NECROPOLIS is an award winning TV PILOT screenplay. Conversation with writer Caledonia Hanson on the process writing this series and the process making it happen. Followed by audio version best scene reading of the script after the interview.

WATCH the video of the best scene reading.

Necropolis: A violent and seedy hell on earth, the part of the city everyone warns you about. When 18-year-old Eddie Soreno ventures into this insidious place to uncover the truth of his father’s past, only his sister, Maria, holds hope that he will return alive. Against the clock, Maria goes in after him, willingly risking her life so that her brother won’t suffer the same fate as their father.

CAST LIST:
Narrator: Allison Kampf
Horaz: Sean Ballantyne
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April 13, 2021 - Screenwriter Valeran Lothaniel (THE MANDALORIAN)

She’s a journalist, a future politician and a full fledged nerd of the Star Wars universe. Valeran Lotaniel is also the FAN FICTION Screenplay winner for her Season 3 Episode 1 version of THE MANDALORIAN. Great interview on the process writing this film.

Listen to the audio version best scene reading of her Mandalorian script.

WATCH NOW the video best scene reading.

Four years after returning the child Grogu to the Jedi, the lone Mandalorian warrior Din Djarin faces his greatest challenge yet: protecting four foundlings from conflicting Galactic forces, and raising them in the way of the Mand’alor.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Kyana Teresa
Cobb Vanth: Allan Michael Brunet
Mandalorian: Allison Kampf
Voice on the Comlink: Andy Camp

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April 3, 2021 - Screenwriter Daniel Roche (Nature > Nuture)

“When the north and south magnetic poles flip overnight, people’s innate personalities are revealed.” - That is the teaser of the winning SCI-FI/FANTASY Festival TV PILOT screenplay by Daniel Roche.


Great chat with the writer on the process of working on this script, plus the audio version best scene reading after the interview.

Watch the winning Script Reading HERE

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Steve Rizzo

Alexander: Allan Michael Brunet

Dr. Fields: Sean Ballantyne

Grayson: Andy Camp

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