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Wednesday, January 8, 2025

ANIMATION Shorts Festival (FREE): Thur. Jan 16th. Toronto. RSVP Today

ANIMATION SHORTS Festival – Thurday January 16th, Carlton Cinemas

WILDsound is proud to showcase the best ANIMATION films from the last year from around the world today.

Thursday, January 16th, 7pm SHARP.
Event ends at 9pm.
80 minute program of films. Followed by Q&A with filmmakers in attendance.

Carlton Cinemas in downtown Toronto.
20 Carlton St., Toronto, ON M5B 2H5
(College Street Subway)

Tickets are FREE or Pay as you like. Tickets generally sell out. First RSVP. First served.

REPLY to this email to RSVP your FREE tickets!
Or, text the festival directly at 416-568-9046

SEE the full lineup of films: https://wildsoundfestivalreview.com/animation-toronto-festival/

clara

Monday, January 6, 2025

Deadline Today: TV Screenplay & Web Series Festival (automatic acceptance)

Thursday, January 2, 2025

MY TOP 10 MOVIES FOR 2024 - Fast Film Reviews - Top 10

Title: MY TOP 10 MOVIES FOR 2024
Author: Mark Hobin
Category: Top 10
Content:
As my list attests, 2024 had some remarkable films. Yet it was a challenging year for Hollywood. While the strikes occurred in 2023, their impact was felt most acutely in the first half of 2024, leaving a struggling box office until Inside Out 2 debuted in June. The film became the year's biggest hit and the highest-grossing animated movie ever. Sequels and franchises continued to dominate the box office—a trend that has defined the past 15 years. However, 2024 saw more family-friendly, PG-rated films occupy a larger chunk at the box office. Titles like Despicable Me 4, Moana 2, Wicked, Kung Fu Panda 4, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Mufasa: The Lion King, and The Wild Robot drew huge audiences, proving family-friendly films currently drive the theatrical experience. Of course, Deadpool & Wolverine was the exception that proved the rule, standing out as an R-rated blockbuster in a sea of family-driven successes. Popcorn flicks delivered the dazzling spectacle that theaters thrive on, but my top 10 list ventures beyond the big hits. It celebrates not only the cinematic grandeur of the year's biggest films but also quieter, character-driven dramas that left a lasting impression on me in unexpected ways. And now, for the big reveal. Drumroll, please…

Top 10 of 2024

1. Wicked

Directed by Jon M. Chu - Starring Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey, Michelle Yeoh

2. Conclave

Directed by Edward Berger - Starring Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Sergio Castellitto

3. Thelma

Directed by Josh Margolin – Starring June Squibb, Fred Hechinger, Richard Roundtree, Parker Posey

4. The Substance

Directed by Coralie Fargeat – Starring Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid, Edward Hamilton Clark

5. Dune: Part Two

Directed by Denis Villeneuve – Starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Austin Butler

6. Ghostlight

Directed by Kelly O'Sullivan and Alex Thompson – Starring Keith Kupferer, Dolly de Leon, Katherine Mallen Kupferer, Tara Mallen

7. Hundreds of Beavers

Directed by Mike Cheslik – Ryland Brickson Cole Tews, Olivia Graves, Wes Tank, Doug Mancheski

8. Sing Sing

Directed by Greg Kwedar – Starring Colman Domingo, Clarence Maclin, Sean San José, Paul Raci

9. Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

Directed by Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui - Starring Christopher Reeve, Dana Reeve, Matthew Reeve, Will Reeve

10. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

Directed by Dallas Jenkins – Starring Judy Greer, Pete Holmes, Molly Belle Wright, Lauren Graham

Just Missed the Top 10

11. Late Night with the Devil 12. Mean Girls 13. A Real Pain 14. Fly Me to the Moon 15. Trap 16. Cuckoo 17. Dìdi 18. Skincare 19. Your Monster 20. IF

Worst of the Year

These are ranked from the most dreadful at the top to progressively less objectionable.

Joker: Folie a Deux This Is Me... Now: A Love Story Kraven the Hunter Madame Web Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire The Watchers It's What's Inside

MY TOP 10 MOVIES FOR 2024 - Fast Film Reviews - Top 10

As my list attests, 2024 had some remarkable films. Yet it was a challenging year for Hollywood. Whi...

Guaranteed Acceptances Film & Screenplay Festivals:

All of these festivals are guaranteed acceptances! Awards and prizes are given out for each festival.

All film entries garner an audience feedback video and interview options. And all screenplay entries garner full feedback on their scripts. Plus a video best scene reading for the writer to use for promotional purposes.

UPCOMING DEADLINES:

TELEVISION Screenplay & Web Series Festival: January 6th Deadline
https://filmfreeway.com/TELEVISIONFEEDBACKScreenplayWebSeriesFestival

ASIAN Feedback Film Festival: January 7th Deadline
https://filmfreeway.com/ASIANFeedbackFilmFestival

COMEDY Feedback Film & Screenplay Festival: January 8th Deadline
https://filmfreeway.com/ComedyFilmScreenplayFestival

DIVERSITY Film & Screenplay Festival: January 9th Deadline
https://filmfreeway.com/diversity

DOCUMENTARY Feedback Film Festival: January 10th Deadline
https://filmfreeway.com/DocumentaryFilmFestival

LA FEEDBACK Film Festival: January 11th Deadline https://filmfreeway.com/LosAngelesFEEDBACKFilmFestival

ANIMATION Feedback Film Festival: January 12th Deadline
https://filmfreeway.com/FEEDBACKAnimationFilmScreenplayFestival

GENRE Film & Screenplay Festival: January 13th Deadline https://filmfreeway.com/genrescreenplayfestival

EUROPEAN Film & Screenplay Festival: January 14th Deadline https://filmfreeway.com/europeanfeedbackfestival

LA LGBTQ+ Film Festival: January 15th Deadline
https://filmfreeway.com/LGBTLosAngelesFilmFestival

STYLE/EXPERIMENTAL/FASHION Film Festival: January 16th Deadline
https://filmfreeway.com/stylefashionexperimental

ACTION/ADVENTURE Film Festival: January 17th Deadline
https://filmfreeway.com/LosAngelesFestival

BLACK & WHITE Film Festival: January 18th Deadline
https://filmfreeway.com/BlackandWhiteFilmFestival

POLITICAL Film Festival: January 19th Deadline
https://filmfreeway.com/PoliticalFilmFestival

MOVIE TRAILERS FESTIVAL: January 20th Deadline
https://filmfreeway.com/FestivalforTrailersMonthly

FIRST SCENE & SHORT SCREENPLAY Festival: January 21st Deadline: https://filmfreeway.com/FirstSceneScreenplayFestival

FAN FICTION Film & Screenplay Festival: January 22nd Deadline
https://filmfreeway.com/FanFictionFestival

Festival for DRAMA Film & Writing Festival: January 23rd Deadline
https://filmfreeway.com/dramafestival

STUDENT & YOUNG ARTISTS Feedback Festival: January 24th Deadline
https://filmfreeway.com/StudentFestival

Toronto FEMALE Feedback Film Festival: January 25th Deadline
https://filmfreeway.com/TorontoFemaleFeedbackFilmFestivalTOFFFF

Toronto FANTASY/SCI-FI Film & Screenplay Festival: January 26th Deadline
https://filmfreeway.com/torontoscifi

LATINO Feedback Film Festival: January 27th Deadline
https://filmfreeway.com/LatinoFEEDBACKFilmFestival

SPORTS, FITNESS, & RECREATION Film Festival: January 28th Deadline
https://filmfreeway.com/SportsFilmFestivalMonthly

BLACK Film & Screenplay Festival: January 29th Deadline
https://filmfreeway.com/BlackFestival

FAMILY Film & Screenplay Festival: January 30th Deadline
https://filmfreeway.com/FAMILYFilmFest

clara

Thursday, December 19, 2024

Today’s FilmFreeway Deadline: Female Feedback Film Festival

Today's FilmFreeway Deadline

Deadline Today: Female Feedback Film Festival.

https://filmfreeway.com/FEEDBACKFemaleFilmFestivalFFFF

https://femalefilmfestival.com/

Film Festival (short & feature) occurs 12 times a year (every month) in Los Angeles and Toronto.

Accepted films get their films screened at 2 festivals. The Audience Feedback Festival, where you will receive a video of people's reactions to your film. (Great asset to promote your movie.) Plus, the Film Festival Streaming Service Festival, where it will be seen by people in the industry and film fans.

Plus, each filmmaker gets the opportunity to do two interviews to further promote them and their work. A blog interview and a podcast interview on the Film Festival iTunes show.

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Screenplay readings also take place every single month.

Every submission received full feedback on their script from an industry professional. Winning scripts get their script performed by professional actors and made into a video for you.

Festival Mandate:

The irony of this festival is to eventually not be relevant because there is zero need to have a festival geared for female talent and female stories because the stories presented in Hollywood and around the world are a balanced showcase of the human experience from both sexes.

When putting together the weekly festival, the administration noticed a lack of a female presence in the stories being shown at the festival.

A classic example and analogy to the frustration is how the festival noticed that even the smaller roles in a screenplay were written for a man to play. There was zero reason for this in many stories. How a police officer, or a political campaign manager, for example, with 3-4 lines in a screenplay was a "HE" character. Why? And these are the screenplays written by the winners! The talented one who has obtained agents and has begun/began their careers as a writer.

The festival quickly realized when doing the casting for the writing festival readings and setting up the film festival each week two distinct things:

There are so many talented female actors out there who don't have enough roles to play. 65% of the assigned roles in a screenplay out of over 500 winning readings from 2018–21 were for males. A woman character got only 35% of the roles! And it's safe to say that so many elite & talented women out there are sitting on the sidelines for no other reason than there is a lack of diversity in Hollywood and around the world in the stories being written.

There is a silent revolution happening around the world with female Indepentant directors. The festival has noticed that out of the last 100 films shown at the festival in the last year, 41 of those films were directed by a female. That is a great achievement in relation to how it is with Hollywood-produced films (3 out of 100 of the last films directed by a female.) but is that really something to be proud of? If 50% of the world's population is female, then shouldn't 50% of the films be produced and directed by a female? This is what the goal of this festival is.

Simply put, there NEEDS to be more stories told from the female point of view. And those stories need to be presented.