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2BR02B: TO BE OR NAUGHT TO BE, 18min, Canada, Sci-Fi/Fan Fiction
Directed by Marco Checa Garcia
Based on the short story “2 B R 0 2 B” by Kurt Vonnegut. Set in a dystopian future where population is strictly controlled, a Father waits for his children to be born. In a deserted hospital waiting room, one man must ask himself exactly what he is willing to do, to give his children a chance at life, any life at all.
Film Type:Short
Genres:sci fi
Runtime:18 minutes
Completion Date:February 1, 2016
Production Budget:0 USD
Country of Origin:Canada
Country of Filming:Canada
Film Language:English
Shooting Format:HD Arri Alexa
Film Color:Color
FILM CREW:
Writer/Producer: Derek Ryan
Sound Desiger: Martin Cantwell
Key Cast: Melissa Roxburgh
Key Cast: Artin John
Key Cast: Jason Diablo
Key Cast: Tyler Johnston
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ARKHAM’S JOURNAL, 7min, Canada, Fan Fiction/Mystery
Directed by Matthew P.H Rea
Based on “Batman” DC Comics. Filmed in and around Toronto, this short proof-of-concept film provides a small insight into the untold stories of Gotham’s darkest hour. With the timeline loosely based around the batman comic, “Knightfall”, Arkham’s Journal is told through the words of Dr. Arkham’s Journal, detailing the lives of all the Arkham Asylum patients.
Film Type:Short
Runtime:7 minutes 1 second
Completion Date:July 4, 2016
Production Budget:20,000 USD
Country of Origin:Canada
Country of Filming:Canada
Film Language:English
Shooting Format:RED Epic-X
Film Color:Color
FILM CREW:
Producer: Thao Nguyen
Writers: Stas Simon, Matthew Read
Key Cast: James Levesque
Key Cast: Aleksandra Kimaeva
Key Cast: Dave Walpole
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The FEEDBACK Monthly Film Festival is back for 2016.. Our home is The Carlton Cinemas, located in the heart of downtown Toronto at 20 Carlton Street. The event runs from 7pm to 9:10pm.
Continuing to showcase the best of short films from around the world, while maintaining our audience feedback format moderated by Matthew Toffolo. Showcasing a festival twice a month in 2017 starting in February!
Tickets for 2017 are PAY WHAT YOU LIKE. Purchase your tickets online via Paypal or Credit Card. Tickets are first come first serve.
All proceeds to this month’s festival will be donated to festival cinema costs (suggestion $8 and up), which helps the monthly event:
OR, if you like to obtain seats in advance and pick them up on the day of the event (come for FREE, or make a donation), please email us at festivalevent@wildsoundfestival.com and we’ll reserve seats for you.
You can pick up the tickets on the day of the event at the cinema. Tickets are first come, first serve. This festival has sold out 48 out of its last 50 events!
You will be able to buy alcohol (beer, wine, liquor), popcorn, candy, and refreshments before the show.
Here is the full program of films. Festival starts at 7pm sharp!
FIRST ACT PROGRAM – SCI-FI/FANTASY
IM PERFEKT, 7min, Hungray, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Directed by Zsuzsanna KosztiThe short film aims to show a date in 2046. How the technology can shape our lives in an everyday situation. What if someone else controls your senses.
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INTO THE DARK, 14min, USA, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Directed by Lukas Hassel Sometime in the future, two men strapped in back to back, on a journey from Moon to Earth. Real Justice. Just Reality.
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MARIA FERNANDA IN TIME, 9min, Spain, Sci-Fi/Comedy
Directed by Xavier Pijuan An overprotective mother produces an accident with terrible consequences in the space-time continuum in the scientific laboratory where his son works.
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SECOND ACT PROGRAM – FAN FICTION
REVENGANT, 7min. Germany, Fan Fiction/Sci-Fi
Directed by Ferdinand Koerner KYLO REN is on the HUNT for a ancient SITH HOLOCRON that the Resistance gathered on the planet DAHENDOR in the Outer Rim. Will KANE ALTIS be able to rescue himself before the HOLOCRON is found by KYLO REN and his REVENGANT?
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ARKHAM’S JOURNAL, 7min, Canada, Fan Fiction/Mystery
Directed by Matthew P.H ReaBased on “Batman” DC Comics. Filmed in and around Toronto, this short proof-of-concept film provides a small insight into the untold stories of Gotham’s darkest hour. With the timeline loosely based around the batman comic, “Knightfall”, Arkham’s Journal is told through the words of Dr. Arkham’s Journal, detailing the lives of all the Arkham Asylum patients.
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QUESTIONS, 6min, USA, Fan Fiction/Action
Directed by Zack Russell BartlettBased on “Question” DC Comics. Two faceless vigilantes search for answers as they take on a dangerous criminal.
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2BR0@B: TO BE OR NAUGHT TO BE, 18min, Canada, Sci-Fi/Fan Fiction
Directed by Marco Checa GarciaBased on the short story “2 B R 0 2 B” by Kurt Vonnegut. Set in a dystopian future where population is strictly controlled, a Father waits for his children to be born. In a deserted hospital waiting room, one man must ask himself exactly what he is willing to do, to give his children a chance at life, any life at all.
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The story takes place 5 years later in 1958, when their relationship has had time to ripen and gain complexity within the homophobic era. They have to be closeted, so their public and professional lives are discontinuous with who they are with each other. This causes high stakes, tension, and great potential for drama and character development.
A reinvention of the popular series with the same castaways (reinvented) who end up having to fight off Zombies during the night on the far away island.
Get to know the winning writer:
What is your fan fiction screenplay about?
“Gilligan’s Island of The Dead” is a reboot of the classic TV comedy, with everything turned on its head… and zombies!
Why does this modern day twist of the iconic TV show work?
With updated characters, including Gilligan and The Skipper as a gay couple, and the Howells as the Madoffs hiding from the Feds, the series also capitalizes on the current zombie craze.
How would you describe this TV show in 2 words?
Zombie Survival
What TV show have you seen the most times in your life?
The Avengers from the 1960’s!
How long have you been working on this screenplay?
It took about three months to write.
How many stories have you written?
Well over fifty.
What motivated you to write this screenplay?
Funny story, that. NBC had decided to do a reboot of the TV comedy, The Munsters. They spent millions on the pilot, including building the full size Munsters house. Halfway through the filming of the pilot, they realized it was going to be such a total disaster, they pulled the plug on the series before they had even finished shooting. I was joking with some friends about it on Facebook, and said. “We should do a reboot of Gilligan’s Island with zombies!” I stopped dead. I thought, hey, that’s not a bad idea. I actually detest when old shows are redone and changed, and I’m not a zombie fan, but I decided to put everything I don’t like into this. Of course, it wins a contest!
What obstacles did you face to finish this screenplay?
. I really didn’t face any obstacles writing it. I knew the old series very well. I read some books on the making of the series, including one by series creator, Sherwood Schwartz, and watched a documentary produced by Dawn Wells, who played Mary Ann. I did try to market the script, but the Schwartz estate and CBS have the rights, so that was a dead end.
Apart from writing, what else are you passionate about?
I was a professional ballet dancer with The Joffrey Ballet for eight years, and I now teach in LA. I’m very passionate about my students and their development as dancers.
What influenced you to enter the festival? What were your feelings on the initial feedback you received?
I submitted a first scene to you guys that won, and the feedback was wonderful, so I decided to enter this full script. I recommend your contests to all my writer friends. The feedback on this project was fantastic. Of course, I loved the praise. The suggestions and criticisms were extremely precise and helpful. What I really appreciated was that you got what I was trying to do. I wanted to take the original series in a completely different direction, but one that made sense in relation to the original characters.
Any advice for other writers?
A much smarter man than I said, 95% of writing is re-writing, so start writing. Don’t sit around thinking about writing, just write. Then write some more. Then enter a Wildsound contest! Also, never assume a woman is pregnant.
AUDIENCE FEEDBACK VIDEO of the FAN FICTION Short Film:
BACK TO THE FUTURE?, 10min., USA, Comedy/Sci-Fi
Directed by Kyle Chen
Marty convinces Doc to go back to October 21, 2015 and when they arrive in current day they are shocked and disappointed. Everyone they see is obsessed with their cell phones and none of the cool inventions they remember from the previous trip to 2015 exist. They decide to leave this sad parallel universe.
Main Cast: Jeffrey Weissman
Actor/Doc Brown
Jeffrey Weissman has been performing as an actor since taking to the stage in 1972. He started in film in 1977, Jeffrey has costarred in dozens of film and television productions. He had been screen testing for leads in various films during the early 1980’s, and landed his first costar role in 1982 in George Miller’s “Nightmare at 30,000 Feet” episode of Twilight Zone the Movie. Jeffrey is best known for playing Teddy Conway in Clint Eastwood ‘s Pale Rider (1985) and taking over the George McFly role in the “Back to the Future” sequels. His recent working indie films have garnered him raves from his comedic turn in “corked!” as an OCD winemaker, and his dramatic work in several features.
Logan Wildey
Producer and Actor/Marty McFly
I’ve always loved film. Watching it, creating it, getting friends to help make it with me. “Back to the Future?” is the perfect example of me telling my 12 year old self that dreams really do come true. I fell in love with the trilogy at 12. I used to wonder what kind of person I would be when I was 32 because I knew that was the age I would be when Marty and Doc went to the future. I was lucky enough to get a lot of help from a lot of people to help make this final product possible. Although there were many people that didn’t think it could be done, my coproducer Jen Floor Mathews never doubted it for a second. She was the driver that kept this dream alive.
Main Crew:
Jen Floor Mathews
Producer/ Cell phone dropper
Jen Floor Mathews is a Silicon Valley actor who began taking Improv classes after finally completing a PhD in Psychology. Tired of auditioning to play a mother to interesting characters she began screenwriting in earnest. She now is an award winning producer and still auditions to play the role of “Mother” in other people’s films about young white people in their 20s. She is also employed by Dinner Detective in San Jose.
Yuito Kimura
Director of Photography
Yuito Kimura is San Francisco based Cinematographer, born in Tokyo, Japan. He kick started his earlier filmmaking education in Santa Barbara City College. Later he furthur his film study in the Academy of Art University, San Francisco majoring in Cinematography and visual storytelling. Through numerous filmmaking experiences, Yuito’s curiosity over filmmaking process has endowed him forward to learn and push boundaries of both the conventional and his unique style of his visual storytelling
Matthew McClelland
Director of Photography
I have been doing video production and other media related tasks for 6 years now. I started out making videos when I was Senior in High School and then I attended the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where I received my Bachelors of Science Degree with a major in Communications Media. Since then I have been striving to become the best story teller that I can be. Whether that is with filmmaking, photography, graphic design, web design or music. After graduating college, I decided to move out to California to pursue bigger dreams.
Fan Fiction: VIGILANTE: The Origins of Casey Jones (TMNT) by Justin Prince
SYNOPSIS:
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
After an injury put a halt to his plans of playing hockey in the NHL, Casey Jones doesn’t believe life can get much worse. He soon finds out just how wrong he is. Faced with a tragedy Jones takes justice into his own hands, becoming a hockey mask wearing vigilante. (Based on the character from Eastman and Laird’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles).
My screenplay works as a retelling of the origin story of Casey Jones, the hockey masked vigilante of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle’s fame. The story reveals who Casey is as a person and what events push him to take on his crime-fighting persona.
What genres does your screenplay fall under?
I would describe it as a graphic action/superhero film.
Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?
Casey Jones is one of the most popular characters from the TMNT universe outside of the four turtles themselves. This script really just gives you an idea of who Casey Jones is, the hardships that shaped him and how he develops into the vigilante that goes on to become one of the turtle’s most trusted allies.
How would you describe this script in two words?
Gritty & fun.
What movie have you seen the most times in your life?
I’m not sure; there are a lot of movies I revisit, including the original 1990s live action TMNT film. But, the film I’ve probably watched the most in my life is probably “Raging Bull.”
How long have you been working on this screenplay?
I have been a TMNT fan my entire life but as I got older I began to identify more with Casey Jones than I did the turtles themselves. So I’ve been conceptualizing the script for a long time I’d say. But, it wasn’t until after the most recent TMNT film was released that I began to really sit down and outline the story. The TMNT of the comics are actually really dark and gritty with Casey Jones being one of its darkest and most gritty characters. I really wanted my script to reflect the comic universe more so than any of the film incarnations of the TMNT have.
How many stories have you written?
Oh, I could never put a number on it. I’ve been writing stories since I was a little kid. I’ve always enjoyed storytelling and have told stories in almost every format you can tell one in. As far as scripts go this is my fifth short script. I’m also currently working on the screenplay a feature length film.
What motivated you to write this screenplay?
I just really wanted to tell a story within the TMNT universe but tell it in a way that reflected the comics more so than the cartoons. The original TMNT comics are really quite a contrast from the other forms of TMNT media; they also started as a parody of the superhero genre. I wanted to bring the grittiness of the comics to life in a script and I also wanted to have that element of parody. So here that element comes with Casey’s obsession with action films and his penchant for quoting them in battle.
What obstacles did you face to finish this screenplay?
The biggest obstacle was writing the action sequences. I haven’t ever really written any significant action sequences for a screenplay before and this one has several of them. So figuring out how to write them in a way that conveyed what I envisioned along with the pacing I had in mind was really something I had to experiment with to figure out.
Apart from writing, what else are you passionate about?
I’m really passionate about all aspects of film. Lately, I’ve really began to delve into editing and learning the way that editors tell a story or alter how a story is told.
Any advice or tips you’d like to pass on to other writers?
My biggest tip is embracing the rewriting process. So many people like to write, but they don’t like to rewrite. You have to learn to love rewriting, especially if you’re going to choose to write screenplays.
Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Power Loss by Jennifer Renner
SYNOPSIS:
Genre: Sci-Fi, Adventure, Action, Fantasy
Synopsis: Episode 32.5 of the TV series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The station welcomes visitors from a planet in the Gamma Quadrant that allows only women to hold positions of authority.
Deep Space 9 welcomes visitors from a planet in the Gamma Quadrant that only allows women to hold positions of authority.
2. Why does this episode fit into the context of the show?
The episode uses a futuristic setting and the unique perspectives of the characters to discuss a social issue. One of my favorite things about the whole Star Trek phenomenon was the ability to look at potentially controversial issues under a new and intriguing light.
3. How would you describe this script in two words?
Existential exploration.
4. What TV show do you keep watching over and over again?
Star Trek: TNG
5. How long have you been working on this screenplay?
I worked on this screenplay for about three months.
6. How many stories have you written?
I’ve written many short screenplays and three feature length screenplays.
7. What motivated you to write this screenplay?
I love the different personalities in DS9. The topic of gender has been in the spotlight recently and using the voices of DS9 seemed a good way to explore this issue.
8. What obstacles did you face to finish this screenplay?
I don’t have much experience writing for TV, so that was fairly new to me. I also wanted to do justice to the Star Trek universe and it is a complex place to navigate. Use the term “warp coil” when you specifically mean “warp nacelle” and you’ve lost all credibility.
9. Apart from writing, what else are you passionate about?
All things film! From theory to shooting and editing, to just a lot of viewing, I enjoy it all.
10. What influenced you to enter the festival? What were your feelings on the initial feedback you received?
I was excited about the prospect of receiving feedback to improve my writing. The feedback I received offered many helpful suggestions, both in terms of my writing in general and as a piece in the DS9 universe. I’m definitely glad I entered this festival.
11. Any advice or tips you’d like to pass on to other writers?
Although I don’t feel qualified to give advice, I would say to try writing as many different types of works as you can. From one-act plays to feature screenplays to poetry to just a really well-written email, there are so many ways to express yourself well through writing.
2BR02B: TO BE OR NAUGHT TO BE, 18min, Canada, Sci-Fi/Fan Fiction 
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