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MARCH 2018 WINNING STORIES, SCREENPLAYS and FILMS

Originally posted on WILDsound Festival:
23 short films. 6 Short Stories & Novels. 25 Screenplays = 51 winning works for March 2018 TWO, 7min., Japan, Drama WATCH Audience FEEDBACK THE MANLIEST MAN, 23min., India, Drama WATCH Audience FEEDBACK THE SURVIVOR, 12min., UK, Sci-Fi/Drama WATCH Audience FEEDBACK CHINESE TAKEOUT FOR ONE, 3min., Drama/Romance WATCH Audience FEEDBACK…

DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL – Thursday May 31, 2018 – 7PM

The FEEDBACK Monthly Film Festival is back for 2018.. 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 Kierston Drier. Showcasing a festival twice… Continue reading DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL – Thursday May 31, 2018 – 7PM

Director BIO: Daniel Steiner (WILDLAND)

Director Biography – Daniel Steiner Daniel Steiner is a San Francisco native (*gasp*), and has worked in the documentary television and film industry for over a decade –with some periodic trips into the ad world to pay for the aforementioned career. He makes films about nature, rehabilitation, and all things science. He is a recent graduate… Continue reading Director BIO: Daniel Steiner (WILDLAND)

Short Film: WILDLAND, 25min., USA, Documentary

Three young inmates enlist in one of the last firefighting programs in the country for juveniles offenders; but a deadly incident forces them to contemplate their futures both on and off the fire-line. Wildland debuted this year at the Big Sky International Documentary Festival in Missoula, MT Project Links  Facebook Film Type: Documentary, Short, Student… Continue reading Short Film: WILDLAND, 25min., USA, Documentary

Director BIO: Jenna MacMillan (MOTHERS & METHADONE)

Director Biography – Jenna MacMillan Jenna MacMillan is a director from PEI, Canada. She makes documentaries, fiction films, digital series and music videos. She is passionate about affecting change through storytelling. Director Statement I didn’t know anything about methadone treatment before I made this film. I’m also not a mother. I learned about the true nature… Continue reading Director BIO: Jenna MacMillan (MOTHERS & METHADONE)

Short Film: MOTHERS & METHADONE, 11min, Canada, Documentary

This film traces the journeys of four women who were in a methadone maintenance program while pregnant. The documentary explores the many sides of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome from a clinical and experiential standpoint. News & Reviews “Methadone & Motherhood: New P.E.I film aims to raise awareness” cbc.ca http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-film-

Director BIO: Craig Detweiler (REMAND)

Director Biography – Craig Detweiler Craig Detweiler’s documentary, (un)Common Sounds, premiered on ABC in 2013. His films have won the CINE Golden Eagle, the Heartland Film Festival, the Breckenridge Festival of Film, and the Tallahassee Film Festival. Craig was recently named Variety’s 2016 Mentor of the Year for his work as a film professor and creative… Continue reading Director BIO: Craig Detweiler (REMAND)

Short Film: REMAND, 40min., Uganda, Documentary

Henry, a Ugandan boy, is losing hope, languishing in prison, awaiting trial for two murders he didn’t commit. Jim’s comfortable life as a Los Angeles lawyer and law professor nearly ensured he and Henry would never meet. REMAND tells the true story of how Tumusiime Henry and Jim Gash, separated by an ocean, thousands of… Continue reading Short Film: REMAND, 40min., Uganda, Documentary