“Carla Jean Johnson accepts her fast and aggressive cancer diagnosis with clarity and grace while photographer Anna Kuperberg, her long time wife, documents their final days and weeks together.” That is the summary of this amazing documentary short film. Playing at the LGBTQ+ Film Festival today. Watch the festival RIGHT NOW for FREE all day.

Heartfelt and honest conversation with the director and main subject of the documentary, Anna Kuperberg. She is very candid about her experiences and insights making this film.

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Feb. 13, 2021 - Filmmaker Anna Kuperberg (ELEVEN WEEKS)

Matthew Toffolo

A story about two men, two worlds and one real rocket. The summary of the winning LGBTQ+ short film AND WE COLLIDE from China. Playing at the LGBTQ+ Film Festival today. Watch the festival RIGHT NOW for FREE all day.

Great conversation with filmmaker Lanca Li on the process of making this film. It all started with the scheduled rocket launch to end the film. Then she went backwards from there.

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Feb. 13, 2021 - Filmmaker Lanca Li (AND WE COLLIDE)

Matthew Toffolo

COME ALIVE is a winning LGBTQ+ Festival script about a middle-aged gay couple’s attempt to rekindle their relationship that turns into an absurd, hormone-fueled quest to defeat alien invaders and save a new LGBTQ society.

Great chat with screenwriter L. Andrew Cooper on the process of writing this script.

Watch the winning best scene reading: https://vimeo.com/503731254

CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Alvy: Bill Poulin
Tim: Allan Michael Brunet
Ron: Steve Rizzo
Michelle: Julie Sheppard
Duke: Geoff Mays

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Feb. 9, 2021 - Screenwriter L. Andrew Cooper (COME ALIVE)

Matthew Toffolo

THE FANDOM dives headfirst in the imaginative world of “furries,” the often-misunderstood internet subculture of fans of the anthropomorphic arts.

Watch this feature film HERE for FREE:

Stop by THE FANDOM store: https://store.thefandomfilm.com/

Amazing chat with the filmmakers of the film about the world of THE FURRIES. How they made the film and how there might be more films in the future.

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Feb. 7, 2021 - Filmmakers Ash & Phil Kreis (THE FANDOM)

Matthew Toffolo

Sean Strub was the subject in the award winning feature documentary MY FRIEND, THE MAYOR:
SMALL-TOWN POLITICS IN THE AGE OF TRUMP. A film about his pursuit (a gay man, HIV positive, liberal) of becoming mayor of Milford, Pennsylvania, a Trump supporting “red” town. It played at our LGBTQ+ Film Festival to rave reviews. Some of our frequent attendees called it the most joyful film that has ever played at our festivals. (Sean wins. Spoiler alert!!)

This is one of those podcasts where we could have chatted with Sean for 5 hours. He’s lead a fascinating life. Just go to his Wikipedia page for examples. This podcast chat was about making this documentary, his motivations to run for mayor, and the day to day operations of being a mayor of a small town.

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Feb. 1, 2021 - Sean Strub (Mayor of Milford, Pennsylvania)

Matthew Toffolo

2 WEEKS played at the January 2021 LGBTQ+ Film Festival. A landmark short about asexuality.

Summary: When 20-something-year-old Tanya begins to realize she’s asexual, the highly charged sexualized world she lives in as an actress and partner begins to fall apart and feels more and more like an unbearable nightmare.

Great chat with the multi-talented directed Victoria Negri. How you need to keep grinding away., connect with other artists, and work on your talent day by day. The art of being successful.

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Jan. 31, 2010 - Filmmaker Victoria Negri (2 WEEKS)

Friendship. Relationships. LGBTQ+, Mothers, Ashes., Death, Forgiveness, Mediums, Connections - There a lot of essence in the COPPERLAND screenplay written by the guests to the podcast today.

Candid chat with writers Eila & Holly Algood on the process of writing the screenplay. LISTEN to the best scene reading after the interview.

Watch the best scene reading:

Four intelligent, complex women are drawn together. A lesbian couple, their friend and a young woman are looking to find peace relating to their deceased mothers. The fight for equal rights shows up both from the past and present. There is an exciting discovery to bring solar energy to mainstream culture. A huge secret is revealed causing tension and turmoil yet offering new potential for depth in the relationships between the women.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Grace: Julie Sheppard
Raven/Dorothy: Hannah Ehman
Cate: Kyana Teresa
Maggie: Allison Kampf

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Jan. 26, 2021 - Screenwriters Eila Algood, Holly Algood (COPPERLAND)

Matthew Toffolo

WATCH MY FRIEND, THE MAYOR: SMALL-TOWN POLITICS IN THE AGE OF TRUMP at our POLITICAL Film Festival this upcoming Friday: https://lafeedbackfilmfestival.com/virtual-cinema-screening/

Streaming for FREE all day. RSVP to be able to watch.

Candid conversation with the filmmaker and how this film came to be.

Summary of FILM: Among the first to be hit by the AIDS epidemic in the 1980’s, Sean Strub’s political ambitions took a backseat as he struggled to survive. Now 60, he is running for mayor of a conservative town in Pennsylvania. How will this liberal, openly gay ex-New Yorker and founder of POZ, a magazine for people with HIV, fare in a rural community that voted for Donald Trump?

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Jan. 20, 2021 - Interview Filmmaker Max Westerman (SMALL-TOWN POLITICS IN THE AGE OF TRUMP)

Matthew Toffolo

2 WEEKS is a film about asexuality. Part of the LGBTQ+ Film Festival streaming today.

Watch the festival now: https://lgbttorontofilmfestival.com/

Great chat with the writer/producer/actor of the short film, Margarita Zhitnikova, on the process of making her short film. From crowdfunding, to prepping the film, to production, to post, to having to go back and re-shoot a scene. It was a long but rewarding process.

Summary of 2 WEEKS, 9min., USA, Drama

When 20-something-year-old Tanya begins to realize she’s asexual, the highly charged sexualized world she lives in as an actress and partner begins to fall apart and feels more and more like an unbearable nightmare.

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Jan. 9, 2020 - Actor/Writer/Producer Margarita Zhitnikova (2 WEEKS)

Matthew Toffolo

ON THE RIDE was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the January 2021 LGBTQ+ Film Festival. There is a special screening streaming all day on Saturday January 9th.

You can RSVP/WATCH the festival at https://lgbttorontofilmfestival.com/next-film-festival-event/

http://www.ontheridefilm.com
Facebook: @ontheridefilm
Instagram: @ontheridefilm
Twitter: @ontheridefilm

Summary of ON THE RIDE, 13min., USA, Drama:

On his morning bike ride, Scott grapples with the memories of a trauma he experienced with his husband Todd. When his route suddenly takes an unexpected turn, Scott finds himself on the doorstep of a stranger intimately connected to the past he can’t shake.

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Jan. 8, 2021 - Actor/Writer Jeremy Glazer (ON THE RIDE)

Matthew Toffolo

ALVORADA was the winner of BEST FILM at the January 2021 LGBTQ+ Film Festival. There is a special screening streaming all day on Saturday January 9th.

You can RSVP/WATCH the festival at https://lgbttorontofilmfestival.com/next-film-festival-event/

Summary of ALVORADA, 12min., Portugal, Drama

Vasco’s exposed to his brother’s extremist ideals, expressed
through the National Socialist Black Metal genre. However, Vasco doesn’t identify with the movement’s nature and hides from his brother an essential aspect of his life, in order to avoid a fraternal break, while tracing the path of self-acceptance. Vasco’s exposed to his brother’s extremist ideals, expressed
through the National Socialist Black Metal genre. However, Vasco doesn’t identify with the movement’s nature and hides from his brother an essential aspect of his life, in order to avoid a fraternal break, while tracing the path of self-acceptance.

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JAN. 7, 2021 - FILMMAKER CAROLINA NEVES (ALVORADA)

Matthew Toffolo

Kurt T. Choate, PhD is an associate professor and department chair of psychology and counseling at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.

He’s also a great screenwriter.

Listen to the interview with the professor/writer and after listen to the best scene reading of his screenplay INHERITANCE

Watch the Screenplay Reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnJF1NFTRcU

, by Kurt T. Choate

An F.B.I. agent turns to someone from his past to stop a serial killer, but healing the fractured relationship may prove to be the bigger challenge.

CAST LIST:

Narration: Allison Kampf

Caleb: Geoff Mays

Vaughn: Shawn Devlin

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Dec. 15, 2020 - Screenwriter Kurt T. Choate (INHERITANCE)

Matthew Toffolo

WATCH: the Short Film ANYTHING FOR MY MOTHER

https://vimeo.com/386333429
>>>> Password: Familia

LISTEN: To interview with filmmaker Alex Meridy.

Chat about the process of making this terrific Latino based Family LGBT Short Film. From finding the story when he went to see a play in Los Angeles, to the finalizing the film in post-production.

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Dec. 4th 2020 - Watch & Listen Podcast: Short Film "ANYTHING FOR MY MOTHER" (dir. Alex Meridy)

Matthew Toffolo

Watch the Short film MY NAME WAS JANUARY: https://www.nsi-canada.ca/2019/02/my-name-was-january/

Then listen to this podcast with Producer Alex Sangha.

BIO of Short Film:

When a trans sister, January Marie Lapuz, is brutally murdered in her own home, a community reacts and her friends and other trans women of colour come to share and voice their issues, concerns, and challenges. January was seen as a bright light in the lives of many. This is the story of January, a friend, a daughter, a person. This film will not only bring justice to January, but to all the women who have lost their lives. January had a beautiful soul, and now part of her soul rests in each and every one of us.

Watch & Listen: Watch Short DOC: MY NAME WAS JANUARY. Listen: Interview with Producer Alex Sangha

Alex Sangha, Matthew

Matthew Toffolo chats with the Winning LGBTQ Feature Screenplay writer Bonnie Brookby (02:13). They chat about the feature script writing process, adding character depth to your story, her roots in Texas, and the importance of LGBTQ themed screenplays.

You can watch the full reading performed by professional actors here: https://youtu.be/ld2MiyYVX3A

Then Matthew says good-bye to longtime WILDsound employee Kierston Drier, who set up this very podcast (33:15). Using his high school football career as an analogy to her career at WILDsound.

PODCAST will upload 2-3 times a week from here on out, mainly interviewing the winning filmmakers and screenplay writers from the various WILDsound festivals in Los Angeles & Toronto.

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Bonnie Brookby - LGBTQ Screenplay Festival Winner (THINGS WE MISS)

Matthew Toffolo