“A couple goes for a walk on their favorite trail. They are taken hostage by a killer on the run. Cat & Mouse games begin.”

That is the summary of the multiple award winning feature film THE HIKE. Playing at the HORRROR Film Festival this upcoming Friday. RSVP your FREE TICKETS to watch all day Friday.

Conversation with the director David Fugett. The process of making this low budget, and highly successful film. The team of cast/crew that was formed, and being determined to keep the 120 minute running time.

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Feb. 16, 2021 - Filmmaker David Fugett (THE HIKE)

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TAKE AND RUN is an amazing 38 minute short film about the Kyrgyz culture and the free and easy kidnapping of young women that takes place all too often.

Playing at our special FEMALE Filmmakers Film Festival this upcoming Saturday. Get YOUR FREE TICKETS now and sign up to watch the festival all day February 6th.

Great chat with the filmmaker Maria Brendle on the 4 year journey to make this film. From development and research, to filming in foreign country with many language barriers, to the conflict of the film’s subject, to the post-production process.

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Feb. 4, 2021 - Filmmaker Maria Brendle (TAKE AND RUN)

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

The raw materials that go into most electronics today are mined from the Congo. This is how HEAR CONGO is helping. Playing at the Under 5 Minute Film Festival today. Watch/RSVP the festival: https://under5minutefilmfestival.com/next-festival-event/

See how HEAR CONGO got made and why it’s a very important subject and film.

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Jan. 15, 2021 - Filmmaker Jason Flakes (HEAR CONGO)

Matthew Toffolo

Watch the award winning Horror Short Film “NUMERUS DUO” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqeD_bI3C_Y

Then come back and listen to the interview with DP/Editor and overall creator Dustin Lee. Dustin chats about the process of making this film and his many other shorts while balancing his family life.

Dustin is also a master of the “FAN EDIT”. Go to his website http://www.maple-films.com/ and you can watch this fan edits of “The Hobbit”, “Rogue One”, and the supercut of “The Darkest Hour” & “Dunkirk”.

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November 16th 2020 - Interview with Politician turned Screenwriter John Ravitz (THE WRONG CANDIDATE)

Matthew Toffolo

November 17 2020 - Interview with DP/Editor Dustin Lee (NUMEROUS DUO)

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#83 - Watch & Listen: WATCH: Titanic II, LISTEN: Interview with Deanna Drector

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First Off: Watch the Short Film Millennials Throughout History: A Titanic Following: https://vimeo.com/385629704

Then listen to the Interview with Writer / Producer / Creator: Deanna Director

Starring real-life Influencer: Max Emerson (@Maxisms)

An Influencer from 2020 wins the sponsored trip of a lifetime...in 1912.

Shot aboard The Queen Mary ship in Long Beach, CA.

Episode sponsored by the 1 Page Story Contest. Get your story performed by a professional actor: https://novelwritingfestival.com/onepage

Before you listen to this podcast, WATCH the 4 minute short film BEFORE YOU WOKE on Vimeo.

Then come back here and listen to the podcast with Director/Writer of the short film David Bradburn.

If there is a theme to this episode, it's would be: “It’s All About your Team!” or “It’s All About your Crew!”

A great episode on the art of making a short film. David praises his terrific cast and crew.

His Cast: Christian Litke (and Stunt Coordinator) & Kiea Houseton

His Producing team: Teresa Mathew & Angela Verdino (and Production Designer)

Composer: DC McAuliffe

Cinematographer: Joel McGinty

Film Editor:B.A. Lewandowski

Sound Designer: Evan B. Hisey

Key Grip: Francis Edward

Camera Operator: Joe Mastrino

This episode was sponsored by the 1 page short story contest.

#57- Watch & Listen. Watch: BEFORE YOU WOKE short film. Listen: To Director David Bradburn

by Matthew Toffolo, WILDsound