October 2025 Toronto/LA Documentary (5 Star!) Testimonials filmfreeway.com/TorontoDocum... Thank you very much for the professional support. The communication was outstanding and very timely and I have Thoroughly enjoyed the detailed feedback. I highly recommend participating in this festival!

Today’s Podcast: EP. 1595: Screenwriter Eric A Vasallo (A Polar Bear’s Nightmare) youtu.be/n8qES-OAWEc?... A grizzly bear and a polar bear mate as a result of climate change and in an attempt to find food for their “grolar bear” cub the male polar bear must leave the safety of their ice cave.

Watch Today’s FREE Festival: POETRY Film Festival Watch the festival at 8PM EST FOR FREE by signing up for the FREE 3-DAY trial using the link, or go to www.wildsound.ca Watch today’s Festival: www.wildsound.ca/events/poetr... #freefilms #poetrymovies #wildsound #poetryfestival

Watch the MUSIC Shorts Festival (in case you missed it) Watch the festival by signing up for the FREE 3-DAY trial using the link, or go to www.wildsound.ca Watch today’s Festival: www.wildsound.ca/videos/best-... #wildsound #musicfestival #filmfestival

Turning 61 Today: Guillermo del Toro festivalreviews.org/guillermo-de... “I think when we wake up in the morning, we can choose between fear and love. Every morning. And every morning, if you choose one, It’s important that we choose love over fear, because love is the answer”.

Turning 72 Today: Tony Shalhoub festivalreviews.org/tony-shalhoub/ I still think of myself as a stage actor. When I do film and television, I try to implement what I was taught to do in theatre, to try to stretch into characters that are far from myself.

Today’s Submittable Deadlines: October 9th wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit RELIGION Poetry SCI-FI/FANTASY Poetry 1pg. POLITICAL Short Story 1pg. YOUNG ADULT Screenplay DYSTOPIAN Stage Play EROTICA Screenplay TV PILOT/SPEC Screenplay Festival HISTORY Short Story CONTEMPORARY Novel

Today’s Stage Play Festival Deadline (Oct. 9th): DYSTOPIAN Stage Play Contest wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/33139... Submit your 10 Page Play, 1 Act Play, or Full Stage Play to the Festival. SUBMIT your STAGE PLAY Today You will receive feedback on your play in 3-5 weeks

Today’s Screenplay Festival Deadlines (Oct. 9th): EROTICA Screenplay Contest Submit via the website: festivalforromance.com/erotica-scre... Erotica is a genre of written works or art that focuses on sexual feelings and is intended to arouse similar feelings in readers

Today’s Short Story Festival Deadline (Oct. 9th): HISTORY Short Story Contest documentaryshortfilmfestival.com/history-shor... History is a narrative that describes, analyzes, and questions past events, and examines the patterns of cause and effect.

Today’s Novel Festival Deadline (Oct. 9th): CONTEMPORARY Novel Contest politicalfeedbackfestival.events/contemporary... A contemporary fiction novel is a work of prose that is set in the present or recent past and tells a story that could happen to real people.

Today’s FilmFreeway Discount code WILDsound Feedback Film Festival filmfreeway.com/WILDsoundFil... 50% off code: wild50 Top 100 Best Reviewed Film Festival #filmfreeway #filmfestival

October 2025 FilmFreeway Testimonials for FEEDBACK Film & Screenplay Festivals filmfreeway.com/FeedbackFest... Wonderful place to showcase your film. The feedback was very valuable and exciting for the producers to see what resonated. #filmfreeway #festivaldeadline

Watch Today’s FREE Festival: Best of DANCE Shorts Festival Watch the festival at 8PM EST FOR FREE by signing up for the FREE 3-DAY trial using the link, or go to www.wildsound.ca Watch today’s Festival: www.wildsound.ca/events/best-... #freefilmfestival #watchmovies

Turning 31 Today: Bae Suzy festivalreviews.org/bae-suzy/ Whenever I finish filming, it always feels like I’m going through puberty. I’ve realized that I’ve come to enjoy this, though it had brought me much pain at first. #baesuzy

Turning 66 Today: Bradley Whitford festivalreviews.org/bradley-whit... [on if he’s felt typecast after “The West Wing”] You’re going to get typecast, but to be typecast as that guy who was complicated, passionate, funny, that’s fine. But yeah, people think you’re going to be a smart guy in a suit.

Turning 79 Today: Charles Dance festivalreviews.org/charles-dance/ [on Meryl Streep] Let’s just say I found her a little distant. I hardly got to know her. We had dinner a couple of times, but she only spoke about work. I didn’t find her easy to work with but it’s not her job to make it easy for me

Turning 43 Today: Dan Stevens festivalreviews.org/dan-stevens/ The comfort zone is the great enemy to creativity; moving beyond it necessitates intuition, which in turn configures new perspectives and conquers fears. #danstevens

Today’s Podcast: EP. 1596: Filmmaker Anthony Joseph Spatafora (AN ANATOMY OF GRIEF) youtu.be/rj0YAo9u8m0?... AN ANATOMY OF GRIEF, 15min., Canada Directed by Anthony Joseph Spatafora A mother grieving the death of her son while being haunted by his corpse. #podcast #filmmaker

Today’s Submittable Deadlines: October 10th. wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit DRUGS Poetry Contest CINQUAIN Poetry Contest WAR Stage Play Contest FAMILY Short Story Contest SPORTS Screenplay Contest DRAMA Novel Festival Contest #submittable #writing

Today’s Screenplay Festival Deadline (Oct. 10th): SPORTS, FITNESS, & RECREATION Screenplay Contest sportsfilmfestival.video Submit your screenplay that’s an erotica genre and/or plot line to the festival. This festival has a guaranteed 4-tier set up for each accepted script. #screenplay

Today’s Stage Play Festival Deadline (Oct. 10th): WAR Stage Play Contest wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/33139... Submit your 10 Page Play, 1 Act Play, or Full Stage Play to the Festival. SUBMIT your STAGE PLAY Today You will receive feedback on your play in 3-5 weeks

Today’s Short Story Festival (Oct. 10th): FAMILY & KIDS Short Story Contest festivalforfamily.com/family-kids-... Submit your FAMILY or KIDS Short Story to the Festival here and we will automatically have it performed by a professional actor and turned into a promotional video

Today’s NOVEL Festival Deadline: DRAMA Novel Contest festivalfordrama.com/drama-novel-... Submit your DRAMA Book by the deadline. A drama novel is a fictional story that centers around characters in conflict at a critical moment in their lives.

Today’s FilmFreeway Testimonial: FANTASY/SCI-FI Film Festival (87 FIVE Star Reviews!) filmfreeway.com/FantasySciFi... I felt like we got to be a part of a really cool community when submitting my film. The audience feedback in particular is great! Thank you so much. I’m honoured to receive a prize

Turning 72 Today: Tony Shalhoub festivalreviews.org/tony-shalhoub/ I still think of myself as a stage actor. When I do film and television, I try to implement what I was taught to do in theatre, to try to stretch into characters that are far from myself.

October 2025 UNDER 5 Minute Festival (5 STAR) Testimonials! filmfreeway.com/Under5minFil... Loved this festival! It was great to receive feedback on our short film 148: SNEEZE – something many festivals do not do. Also we were very happy to have won “Best Performances” too thanks. Highly Recommend

Turning 28 Today: Tina Tamashiro festivalreviews.org/tina-tamashi... “I am still immature, but I will work hard to build a comfortable home together, holding hands with my husband and supporting each other”.

Turning 76 Today: Sigourney Weaver festivalreviews.org/sigourney-we... Some of the most intense affairs are between actors and characters. There’s a fire in the human heart and we jump into it with the same obsession as we have with our lovers.

Turning 55 Today: Matt Damon festivalreviews.org/matt-damon/ Some people get into this business and they’re so afraid to lose anything. They try to protect their position like clinging to a beachhead. These actors end up making really safe choices. I never wanted to go that route.

Watch Today’s FREE Festival: Best of MUSIC Shorts Showcase Watch the festival at 8PM EST FOR FREE by signing up for the FREE 3-DAY trial using the link, or go to www.wildsound.ca Watch today’s Festival: www.wildsound.ca/events/best-... #freefilmfestival #wildsound #film

Today’s Submittable Writing Deadlines: October 8th. Submit via Submittable: wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit ARTIST Poetry LIFE Poetry 1pg. DRAMA Screenplay 1pg. MAGICAL REALISM Short Story MUSICAL Stage Play CRIME Short Story ACTION/ADVENTURE Novel Festival ENVIRONMENTAL Screenplay

Today’s Short Story Festival Deadline (Oct. 8th): CRIME Short Story Contest crimemysteryfestival.com/crime-short-... Submit your CRIME short story to the festival here, and we will automatically have it performed by a professional actor and turned into a promotional video for yourself.

Today’s NOVEL Festival Deadline (Oct. 8th): ACTION/ADVENTURE Novel Contest actionadventurefestival.ca/actionadvent... SUBMIT your novel now (both your 1st chapter or full novel accepted) To be eligible for our Writing Festival Events. Submissions take 3-5 weeks for evaluation

Today’s Stage Play Festival Deadline (Oct. 8th): MUSICAL STAGE PLAY Contest wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/33138... Submit your 10 Page Play, 1 Act Play, or Full Stage Play to the Festival. SUBMIT your STAGE PLAY Today You will receive feedback on your play in 3-5 weeks

Today’s Screenplay Festival Deadline (Oct. 8th): ENVIRONMENTAL Screenplay Contest environmentalfestival.com/environmenal... This festival has a guaranteed 4-tier set up for each accepted script. (No matter what, all screenplays submitted receive FULL FEEDBACK on their work.)

Today’s Podcast: EP. 1594: Filmmaker/Musician Donna Weng Friedman (A SILENT CRY) youtu.be/_ZhRToLVOhk?... “A Silent Cry” is a two-and-a-half-minute microfilm set in the Himalayan Mountains—one of the world’s most vital and fragile ecosystems.

Today’s FilmFreeway Testimonial: ACTION/FANTASY/SCI-FI/THRILLER Festival (32 FIVE Star Reviews!) filmfreeway.com/ActionAdvent...  Awesome festival, can’t wait to see what you do in the future and how you grow! Very honored to have won best story!!!! Wukong Couriers!!! #filmfreewat #film

Today’s FilmFreeway Testimonial: HORROR Underground Film Festival (48 FIVE Star Reviews) filmfreeway.com/horrorunderg... Ah truly fantastic experience all round. They really engage with you and your work – very, very highly recommended! #horrorfestival #filmfreeway #filmfestival

Today’s Podcast: EP. 1593: Screenwriter Timothy Bradley Reinhold (THE HARMONY SAGA) youtu.be/31-M9KJQpOk?... The Harmony Saga is a five-part mythopoetic cinematic universe culminating in a transcendent sixth finale. Combining visionary science fiction, sacred myth, and philosophical depth.

Turning 66 Today: Dylan Baker festivalreviews.org/turning-66-t... In an interview for the Back to One podcast, Baker discussed his approach to playing despicable people, saying that he is not afraid of “going to those dark places” He believes that understanding a character’s full history is crucial

Turning 28 Today: Kira Kosarin festivalreviews.org/kira-kosarin/ “Your mind, your brain, is your greatest superpower, so use it for good, use it to be kind, use it to ask questions, learn everything that you can, and be so, so good to each other”. #kirakosarin

Turning 20 Today: Lulu Wilson festivalreviews.org/lulu-wilson/ “I have not ever played Ouija board before. I used to have Ouija board, but I didn’t know what it was, I had it in my apartment and my dad used to always ask me, ‘Do you want to play Ouija?’ #luluwilson

Watch CHILDREN IN EXILE (DOC Feature Winner – in case you missed it) Watch the festival by signing up for the FREE 3-DAY trial using the link, or go to www.wildsound.ca Watch today’s Festival: www.wildsound.ca/videos/doc-f... Children in Exile, 58min., USA #wildsound #docfestival

Watch Today’s FREE Festival: Winning DOC Shorts Festival Watch the festival at 8PM EST FOR FREE by signing up for the FREE 3-DAY trial using the link, or go to www.wildsound.ca Watch today’s Festival: www.wildsound.ca/events/winni... #freefilmfestival #watchmovies #filmfestival

Today’s Submittable Writing Deadlines: October 7th. wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit Deadlines: FASHION Poem YOUNG ADULT Poem 1pg. FAMILY Screenplay Contest 1pg. HORROR Short Story Contest MAGICAL REALISM Stage Story LITERARY FICTION Short Story GRAPHIC Novel STUDENT Screenplay

Today’s Screenplay Festival Deadline (Oct. 7th): STUDENT Screenplay Contest studentfeedbackfestival.com/student-scre... NOTE: Submissions must be done by a STUDENT (college, university, high school, trade school etc…)! Submissions take 3-5 weeks for evaluation.

Today’s Short Story Festival Deadline (Oct. 7th): LITERARY FICTION Short Story Contest festivalfordrama.com/literary-fic... Submit your LITERARY FICTION Story to the Festival here and we will automatically have it performed by a professional actor and turned into a promotional video for yourself.

Today’s Stage Play Festival Deadline (Oct. 7th): MAGICAL REALISM Stage Play Contest wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/33138... Submit your 10 Page Play, 1 Act Play, or Full Stage Play to the Festival. SUBMIT your STAGE PLAY Today You will receive feedback on your play in 3-5 weeks

Today’s Novel Festival Deadline (Oct. 7th): GRAPHIC Novel Contest wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/31402... Submit your GRAPHIC NOVEL by the deadline. “Graphic Novel” is a format, not a genre. Graphic novels can be fiction, non-fiction, history, fantasy, or anything in-between.