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.
TAGS was the POLITICAL Festival winning screenplay. Conversation with screenwriter Stephen Glickman on the process writing the TAGS.
“A young woman abandons her dying mother to free laboratory animals; capturing the world’s attention and forever changing the vivisection industry (based on real events)...”
You can WATCH the Screenplay Reading HERE
CAST LIST:
Narration: Steve Rizzo
Sarah: Hannah Ehman
Marcu: Bill Poulin
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YOU CAN KISS ME was the winner of BEST DIRECTION at the November 2021 FEMALE FEEDBACK Film Festival.
“Penelope’s search for the kind of love that’s missing in her life leads her to a motel room with another woman – only to be confronted by the realities of her marriage.”
Conversation with writer/director Jan Jalenak on the making of her first film.
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A BIT MUCH was the September 2021 FEMALE Festival best screenplay winner. “After being told her whole life she’s “a bit much,” an outspoken middle-aged woman has an existential crisis when a first date asks her, “Do you want red or white wine?” Unsure how to answer, she retreats to the restroom in embarrassment, where both sides of her psyche recount her past to help her determine if authenticity is a plus or a minus when it comes to new relationships.”
Conversation with the talented Stacy Dymalski on writing this screenplay. Followed by a best scene reading.
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WATCH the best scene reading of A BIT MUCH
CAST LIST:
Narration: Elizabeth Roose Morriss
Waiter: Andy Camp
Robert: Geoff Mays
Marlene: Kyana Teresa
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FINDING EDEN is an award winning screenplay. “Captured along with 30 female asylum-seekers by modern-day pirates on a remote utopian island, Captain Anna Kruger struggles to escape while her rescue ship’s crew attempts to unite warring African, Arab and Asian villages to mount a rescue.”
Conversation with Brad Dude on the process writing this screenplay. Followed by the 1st scene reading of the script.
CAST LIST:
Narration: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Chike: Bill Poulin
Desta: Geoff Mays
Kruger: Hannah Ehman
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THE SURGE is the winning ENVIRONMENTAL Festival screenplay.
Conversation with writer David Cooper on the process of writing the screenplay, plus his time running for office in Georgia. Followed by best scene reading of the screenplay.
You can watch the video best scene reading of THE SURGE - HERE
“John O’Neal wants to change the world to honor his dead mother and to spite his abusive father—while getting very, very rich. Following a worldwide Global Warming catastrophe, he loses his invention to a deep conspiracy and becomes an eco-terrorist—until he uncovers the truth.”
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
O’Neal: Geoff Mays
Foster: Andy Camp
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EL ALACRAN is the winner feature screenplay from the Female Film Festival.
“After being stung by a scorpion during a holiday in Mexico, Lexie uses newfound superpowers to wreak revenge on men who have crossed her, ridding her world of toxic waste ... one asshole at a time..”
Interview with writer Julie Miller and best scene reading afterwards.
WATCH the Best Scene Reading of EL ALACRAN HERE
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morris
Lexie: Hannah Ehman
Cassidy: Kyana Teresa
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WHAT? is a black and white, not-so-silent comedy about a struggling deaf actor, sick of agreeing to increasingly humiliating tasks just to get a role, who decides to take matters into his own… hands. Starring John Maucere
Interview with filmmaker Alek Lev on the process making this film. You can go to the film’s website at www.thewhatmovie.com/
Alek is also a podcast producer for the popular show Meeting Tom Cruise: www.meetingtomcruise.com/
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“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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THE ALPINES is a Thriller/Suspense Feature Film that is playing at the July 2021 LA FEEDBACK Film Festival. Playing at the festival all day for FREE this upcoming Sunday.
“The Alpines” follows seven friends coming together for a weekend getaway after several years of little contact. They’ve grown apart. They’ve moved on with their lives. But the secrets of their past have come back to haunt them. This time with a very real threat ready to expose every last one.
Conversation with director Dante Azibahn and the writer and lead actor of the film Mally Corrigan on the process making this Indy feature.
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WILDsound has performed a few scripts of Hank BIro’s in the last few years, most recently the fan fiction winning screenplay “Godzilla and the Technicolor Guards”.
Listen to interview with the accomplished writer, plus best scene reading of “Godzilla” afterwards.
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The art of making an Indy feature film with a very small budget, but with dozens of locations and speaking parts. NOWWHERESVILLE is playing at the THRILLER/SUSPENSE Festival this upcoming Thursday. You can WATCH the festival HERE.
Great conversation with Producer/Director/Writer Kevin McVey on making this terrific thriller feature film. He also shares a great story about with with Tom Sizemore, who has a supporting role in this film.
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CARE FOR CRICKETS is a winning LGBTQ+ Festival feature screenplay.
Synopsis: Through a string of family events, an emotionally estranged woman comes face to face with her step-father’s abuse. The confrontation threatens to unravel her facade and reveal the dark secrets she keeps in the guise of protecting the family she’s avoided for fifteen years.
Great chat with writer Jessica Hilscher on the process of creating this screenplay. Followed by a best scene reading afterwards.
WATCH the reading HERE
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Spencer: Hannah Ehman
Mel: Kyana Teresa
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“15” was the winning THRILLER/SUSPENSE Festival screenplay for March 2021. Great chat with writer Tim McClelland on the process of turning his idea into a script.
Audio version best scene reading after the interview.
WATCH the Screenplay Reading of “15”
As a child, Adrian experienced a horrific trauma resulting in 15 years of self-imposed solitude in his home, and now, his brother is sanctioning a radical new therapy that will push Adrian to his limits, forcing him to question his own sanity.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Adrian: Kyana Teresa
Barton: Geoff Mays
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THE MOUNTAINS ARE CALLING is a terrific family/drama screenplay about a recovering addict attempting to connect with his 18 year old daughter in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Great chat with the writer Eva Bennett on the process writing this award winning screenplay, followed by the audio version best scene reading.
Watch the first scene reading of the screenplay HERE
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Dale: Sean Ballantyne
Nurse/Edith: Kyana Teresa
Masion: Geoff Mays
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“A world without power and electricity.” That is the teaser sentence for the award winning Sci-Fi/Fantasy Festival screenplay GRID, written by Joshua Tywater.
Conversation with the writer, followed by the audio version best scene reading of GRID.
Watch the Screenplay Reading HERE
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Niles: Geoff Mays
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SEVERENCE PAYBACK is a winning THRILLER/SUSPENSE Festival screenplay. Great chat with writer Richard M. Kjeldgaard on the process of screenwriting, and his other award winning work.
Watch the winning screenplay reading HERE
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
Female Voice/Amanda: Kyana Teresa
Female Voice #2/Teenage Voice: Val Cole
Male Voice/Parking Attendant: Allan Michael Brunet
Lindsey Voice: Julie Sheppard
Robert Voice: Bill Poulin
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The art of writing a screenplay: Hunker down and get the words on the page. Go back and edit.
Great chat with winning screenwriter Sierra Hall on the process of writing her TV PILOT script SWEET VALLEY SPY, loosely based on the “Sweet Valley High” novel series. Now the characters have grown up!
Watch the Best Scene Reading HERE
Liza has a budding career at a pharmaceutical company. Her twin sister, Jess, talks to a bottle of tequila and dates a guy who tells dead-baby jokes. When Liza mysteriously disappears, Jess gets a crash course in the family business – espionage.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Allison
The Narrator: Geoff Mays –
The Spy: Andy Kamp
Rick Astley: Rick Astley
Jess: Hannah Ehman
Liza: Julie Sheppard
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THROWAWAYS was the winner of BEST SHORT FILM at the ENVIRONMENTAL Feedback Film Festival.
Great chat with Andy Carpenter on the process of writing this script.
Watch the SHORT Screenplay Reading HERE
After a seemingly insignificant plastic toy is manufactured by a young child in Latin America, it begins a journey across the world by tractor trailer, a fast-food restaurant trash can, SUV, a garbage truck, and an ocean-freighter. Each mode of transportation offers glimpses into the lives of its transporters, whether mundane, privileged, or desperate. Finally making its way into the grateful hands of a young orphan trying to survive in the trash-wastelands of Malaysia, these throwaways prove that significance is relative.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Iris/Shelly: Julie Sheppard
Juan/Manager/Foreman: Geoff Mays
Man/Father/Rayyan: Sean Ballantyne
Oliver/Nathaniel: Allan Michael Brunet
Wife/Woman: Hannah Ehman
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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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A based on a true story screenplay about a female serial killer at the beginning of the 20th century. Candid conversation with the writer of HELLE’S BELLE, Kari Karsten, about the process writing this screenplay from the research to finding the structure.
Summary of Script: In the early 20th century a young woman discovers a way to prosper from her husband’s death, leading her down a lifelong path of murderous treachery that threatens to be discovered by a local police detective investigating a sinister series of mysterious events.
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