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Film and Writing Festival for Comedy. Showcasing best of comedy short films at the FEEDBACK Film Festival. Plus, showcasing best of comedy novels, short stories, poems, screenplays (TV, short, feature) at the festival performed by professional actors.

YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from July 2019 Comedy Festival

YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY, 8min. USA, Comedy/Thriller Directed by Vickie Rose Sampson A dark comedy/thriller about a GPS who takes revenge on a cheating husband. Longer synopsis:A dark comedy thriller, “You Drive Me Crazy” is a cautionary tale about our obsessive reliance on technology. A seemingly ordinary guy, Glen, is driving when his GPS voice gives… Continue reading YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from July 2019 Comedy Festival

COMEDY TV 1st Scene Screenplay Reading: Born in LA, by Marlene Sharp

CAST LIST: Narration: Allen Brunet Marlene: Isabel Kruse Rosalie: Kyana Theresa —- Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel Elder Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne Editors: Kimberly Villarruel, Kyle Drier, John Johnson Festival Directors: Rachel Elder, Natasha Levy Camera Operators: Denissa Palmer, Temitope Akinterinwa, Efren Zapata, Zack Arch

COMEDY Best Scene Screenplay Reading: For Love or Music, by Scott Sawitz

Ashley Powell is an ordinary bar singer when she rockets to fame overnight from a viral video. The song she was playing becomes a hit and she winds up on the fast track to musical stardom. She’s carrying a big secret though: she can only write music when she’s miserable after a break up. With… Continue reading COMEDY Best Scene Screenplay Reading: For Love or Music, by Scott Sawitz

COMEDY Best Scene Screenplay Reading: The Outlaw Josey From Wales, by Mark Spurlock

After learning his brother is missing a Welch not so outlaw must leave his country and travel to America to find him. With the help of an Indian tracker and a gay sheep herder, the three leave an everlasting mark on American history. CAST LIST: Bison Bob: Sean Ballantyne Man at Table: Allen Brunet Narration:… Continue reading COMEDY Best Scene Screenplay Reading: The Outlaw Josey From Wales, by Mark Spurlock

COMEDY Short Screenplay Reading: Herculean Task, by Mark Allard-Will

  Comedy and mythology collide in Mark Allard-Will’s Short Screenplay, Herculean Task. After climbing a Mountain with his girlfriend, Sheila, and claiming that he’s completed a ‘Herculean task’ in doing so, he mysteriously finds himself in Ancient Greece tasked with actually completing Herculean tasks (commonly known as The Twelve Labours of Hercules). CAST LIST: King:… Continue reading COMEDY Short Screenplay Reading: Herculean Task, by Mark Allard-Will

Director Biography – Vickie Rose Sampson (YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY)

Victoria Sampson is an award-winning producer/writer/director, film and sound editor. With over 201 Sound credits, including sound editing on Academy Award winning films for Sound, “Speed” and “The River,” she has also won 4 Golden Reel Awards and an Emmy for her sound work. Since 1992, Victoria also created and taught Post Production Sound for… Continue reading Director Biography – Vickie Rose Sampson (YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY)

Short Film: YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY, 8min. USA, Comedy/Thriller

You Drive Me Crazy is a dark comedy/thriller about a GPS who takes revenge on a cheating husband. Longer synopsis:A dark comedy thriller, “You Drive Me Crazy” is a cautionary tale about our obsessive reliance on technology. A seemingly ordinary guy, Glen, is driving when his GPS voice gives him directions that don’t quite add… Continue reading Short Film: YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY, 8min. USA, Comedy/Thriller

Short Film: THE GLORIOUS PEANUT, 18min., Belgium, Comedy

“The Glorious Peanut” is not a story about a peanut, it’s the story about Patrick. And Patrick is not a peanut, he’s a 30 years old bald lumberjack. It’s important to say he’s bald because that’s why he’s very unconfident. But his lack of confidence is also due to his Father, who crushes him like… Continue reading Short Film: THE GLORIOUS PEANUT, 18min., Belgium, Comedy

Director Biography – Antoine de Bujadoux (TEN MINUTES TOPS)

Thanks to his father who is a French music composer, Antoine discovered the magic of cinema during his childhood and has always wanted to take part to the movie industry. Writer of a first novel published in 2015, he has already directed two short films which got selected in more than thirty countries. Ten minutes… Continue reading Director Biography – Antoine de Bujadoux (TEN MINUTES TOPS)